Life — May 26, 1927 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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rted Old , of rps \ibi- orth : on that July +—Two hundred liners. sail from New York bearing record crowd of European tourists. July 14—Sight-seeing bus con- taining group of American tourists halted by natives near Rheims (France), and occupants compelled to walk home. State Department promises investigation of outrage. July 28—Bill introduced into Massachusetts State Legislature, de- priving State Judges of privilege of personally electrocuting _ prisoners distasteful to them, defeated as de- rogatory to the dignity of the Mas- sachusetts judiciary. 7 PEE TY S39 RE ORD August 7—As a relief measure for the fifty-two thousand automobiles jammed for five weeks in the cross town streets of New York City, Mayor Fleming appoints a com- mittee to study the traffic situation and report on methods of alleviating it. Red Cross coffee service insti- tuted for occupants of blocked cars. August 11—The body of the young woman, fashionably dressed, who dived off the Tri-Borough Bridg ew York City, has not as yet been identified. August 21—Chairman Geffen, of the Miami (Fla.) Chamber of Com- merce, scouts reports that serious damage was done by recent hurri- canes. “We'll be ready for our winter visitors by September 15,” he says. August 830—Monster benefit at Los Angeles Coliseum for John Coogan, venerable character actor, nets $17.21, September 2—S. S. Sunnysides, carrying crowd of vacation seekers from Chicago to Michigan City, sinks in Lake Michigan with loss of 13,281 lives. Rigorous investigation of the disaster indicates that ship was overcrowded, and responsibility for this is assigned to Captain James B. Connors, who perished with the ship. September 19—The State of Georgia decides to dismiss the case against thirty-four citizens of Mari- etta accused of lynching James Franklin, a Negro. September 28—Sir Arthur Con- stable, celebrated British author, re- turning from Hollywood, where he has been writing original stories directly for the screen, s that in his estimation “the movie is. still in its infancy.” October 3—A petition, signed by forty-two college professors, urges the Government to cancel war debts as of wars 1914-18, 1929-37, 1938- 44, 1956-68. White House Spokes- man withholds comment on this pe- tition, October 18—Sensational dis- closures by the Evening Graphic, New York’s foremost newspaper, cause New Jersey authorities to re- open the Hall-Mills murder case. October 27 — Disarmament Con- ference assembled in Washington agrees to abolish liquid dynamite and to use only those gases which kill without disfiguring... .Confer- ence chamber stormed by representa- tives of liquid dynamite manufactur- ers with banners reading: “Don’t be Lily-Livered!" and “We Stand for a Man’s War Fought by He-Men.” November 3—The National “Get- Out-the-Vote” Association is well satisfied with the results of its propaganda campaign. Fully four per cent. of the qualified voters ap- peared at the polls on Election Day. November 7—Resumption of ath- letic relations between Harvard and Princeton celebrated to-day by foot- ball game which Princeton wins— score, 83 to 79. After the contest, victory-crazed Princetonians take the goal-posts, the new Stadium, the Freshman dormitories, University Hall and Jimmie’s Lunchroom, all of which are carried jubilantly back to Old Nassau. November 9—Resenting certain references in the Harvard Lampoon, Princeton authorities announce that athletic relations with Harvard have been severed. “We take this step solely in the interest pf clean sport,” says President Peathie, add- ing that there is no ill-feeling. shopping and mailing early,” coun- sels Postmaster-General Flint. December 12—Governor Gencral Perkins of Peru submits report to Congress giving his oy Peruvians are not yet ready for self- government and that it would be a shameless evasion of duty for the Marines to withdraw at this time. December 25—A farmer in Clydesdale, Wisconsin, reports that, while plodding homeward through the snow, a stranger approached him and stated that he (the stranger) was Jesus Christ, and that he had come back “to save the world.” Al- though the farmer's description of the stranger tallies closely with rep- resentations of the ior in famous paintings by Raphael, Rubens and other old masters, small credence is attached to the story. December 31—Peter Crombie, celebrated humorist and author of “Who Cares?” commits suicide. _] comicbooks.com