Monday, December 17, 1928

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The Headlines

ROTHSTEIN FUGITIVE TRAILED TO HAVANA; ARREST IS EXPECTED; Detective Speeded Secretly to Cuba to Seize Biller, Wanted in Murder Case. POLICE SEARCH THAT CITY Carry Warrant for His Arrest on New York Indictment-- Also Seek Woman. DRUG HUNT YIELDS NAMES Federal Agents Tracing Men Said to Be Listed in Gambler's Files --Estate Fight On Today. Was Friend of Rothstein. Fight for Estate On Today. ROTHSTEIN FUGITIVE TRAILED TO HAVANA Predicts More-Narcotic Raids.

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On This Day

• Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Humphry Davy (1778)
• Willard Libby (1908)
• Joseph Henry (1797)
• Émilie du Châtelet (1706)
• Simo Häyhä (1905)

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Tech Check

Electric Razor, Penicillin & Bubble Gum.

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