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J Greene, mail clerk on train robbed at Bellmore, identifies G Chapman as thief, detectives skeptical, admit fingerprints found on celluloid tag of abandoned bag
Will attempt to swim English Channel next Summer
Painting, Daedalus and Icarus, in col of Earl of Spencer, to be brought to Amer; illus
Children sue widow to regain West Palm Beach property; allege that under Fla law homestead cannot be deeded to wife
1925Peter Hirsch, German-English metallurgist and academic[†]
Sir Peter Bernhard Hirsch was a British metallurgist who made fundamental contributions to the application of transmission electron microscopy to metals.
1925James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot (died 2013)[†]
Brigadier General James Robinson "Robbie" Risner was a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, and a senior leader among U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.