Tuesday, May 25, 1926

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The Headlines

DICTATOR THREAT IS MADE IN POLAND TO OBTAIN REFORMS; If the National Assembly Does Not Give Pilsudski Power, He Will Take It. SEEKS LAW FOR EMERGENCY This Would Enable the New President to Govern for One Year Without the Diet. POSEN TO KEEP HANDS OFF Leaders There Determine to Await Events, but Will "Not Accept Rebel." PILSUDSKI SETS UP DICTATORSHIP RULE

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On This Day

• Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
• Pieter Zeeman (1865)
• Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803)
• Igor Sikorsky (1889)
• Jack Steinberger (1921)

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Tech Check

Liquid Fuel Rocket, Talking Movies (Vitaphone) & Aerosol Spray Can.

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