Wednesday, July 27, 1921

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The Headlines

JAPANESE DECIDE TO DISCUSS PACIFIC; Tokio Cabinet About to Send Acceptance of Invitation to Conference. FOR NEW MEETING PLACE Britain to Join in Urging Choice of Some Other City Here or in Canada.

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The Sheik of Araby

Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder

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Raggedy Andy

On This Day

• Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Giosuè Carducci (1835)
• Alexandre Dumas fils (1824)
• Murad IV (1612)
• Hans Fischer (1881)
• Vladimir Korolenko (1853)

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Tech Check

Robots (The Term 'Robot'), Polygraph (Modern) & Insulin (Medical Tech).

Cost of Living (1920)