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Sec Hoover says annual survey of Commerce Dept indicates prosperity for 1925
Maj P Mathews and G F Keegan testify on inability of I R T Corp to increase service; Mrs M C Rooney, Mrs M Quirk, J B Coppola and C L Hutzelman testify on overcrowding and dirty cars and stations
Lr from U S Atty Van Riper refuses request to resign in connection with investigation of bootleg conspiracy; says Mrs Willebrandt, Asst Atty Gen, cannot prove charges against him, but fears to repudiate; H J Stearns, indicted on conspiracy charge, says township com heads will not be changed, leaving him head of Police Com
Court order on custody of children
1925Matthew Beard, American child actor (died 1981)[†]
Matthew Beard Jr. was an American actor. As a child actor, he was most famous for playing Stymie in the Our Gang short comedy films of 1930–1935. The role was so well known that he adopted the name Stymie Beard, and was so credited in some later roles, such as his 1978 appearance in The Buddy Holly Story.
1925Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (died 2005)[†]
Paul Lazaro Bomani was a Tanzanian politician and ambassador to the United States and Mexico.