On this day

April 2, 1925

Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Notable Births

1925George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish author and screenwriter (died 2008)^[†]

George MacDonald Fraser was a Scottish author and screenwriter. He is best known for a series of works that featured the character Flashman. Over the course of his career he wrote eleven novels and one short-story collection in the Flashman series of novels, as well as non-fiction, short stories, novels and screenplays—including those for the James Bond film Octopussy, The Three Musketeers and an adaptation of his own novel Royal Flash.

1925Hans Rosenthal, German radio and television host (died 1987)^[†]

Hans Rosenthal was a German radio editor, director, and one of the most popular German radio and television hosts of the 1970s and 1980s.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from April 2, 1925

AIR TO CARRY STORY OF HYLAN'S 7 YEARS; Mayor Orders Mills to Broadcast Report on His Administration Over City Radio. ASSAILS THE NEWSPAPERS Says They Did Not Accord Fair Treatment to Document -- Alderman Harvey Scoffs. AIR TO CARRY STORY OF HYLAN'S 7 YEARS

By Unknown Author

Lr directs Comr Mills to broadcast from city radio station; alleges unfair treatment by newspapers

None0 words

German Radio to Broadcast 'Parsifal' on Good Friday

By Unknown Author

State Opera will broadcast Parsifal to world Good Friday

None0 words

Front Page 2 -- No Title

By Unknown Author

None0 words

Geraldine Farrar's Private Car Is Raided; Stock of Liquor Seized at Canadian Border

By Special to The New York Times

Garaldine Farrar's private car searched; liquor seized

None0 words

Girl Student Speeder Now Loses Auto Plates; License to Drive Already Had Been Revoked

By Unknown Author

Mendelssohn, H, has license plate taken from car after 3d offense

None0 words

Students in 18 French Colleges to Strike; 6,000 in Paris Cheer Their Suspended Dean

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Cheered by students

None0 words

Front Page 1 -- No Title

By Unknown Author

None0 words

BALFOUR DEDICATES HEBREW UNIVERSITY; Tells 8,000 Jews That Its Opening Is a New Epoch in Culture of the East. URGES ARABS TO COOPERATE Throngs Plod Up Mount Scopus, Threaten Amphitheatre Walls, and Perch in Trees to Hear. BALFOUR DEDICATES HEBREW UNIVERSITY

By Wireless To the New York Times

S at dedication of Hebrew Univ

None0 words

New Commander for Beaufort, Which Was Raided for Liquor

By Unknown Author

Gets new comdr after recent liquor find aboard

None0 words

Front Page 3 -- No Title

By Unknown Author

None0 words

HERRIOT DECIDES AGAINST RAISING BANK NOT LIMIT; Official Notice to This Effect Issued After Midnight Meeting of Cabinet. BUSINESS TO GET RELIEF Government Will Propose Special Measures to Meet the Currency Stringency. FRANC HIT BY RUMORS Drops Six Points as Statements of a Proposed Inflation Measure Are Circulated. AGAINST RAISING BANK NOTE LIMIT

By Edwin L. James.special Cable To the New York Times.by Edwin L. James

French Financial Situation

None0 words

GOV. SMITH VETOES $6,000,000 PARK BILL, CHARGING POLITICS; Says It Was Designed to Bring Every Bureau In and to Let Every Officer Dip Into Funds. TAKES BLAME FOR DELAY Declares He Would Rather Do That Than to Compromise on a Non-Political Park System. HE APPROVES 2 MEASURES One Is the Harder Bill, Which He Asserts Grants Commission Control, Wound in Red Tape in Vetoed Bill. GOV. SMITH VETOES $6,000,000 PARK BILL

By Special to The New York Times

Vetoes Thayer bill making $6,000,000 available for use; signs Westall bill abolishing Bronx Parkway Comm, and Harder bill creating Central N Y S Parks Comm and Taconic State Park Comm; assailed by Assemblyman Hutchinson on veto

None0 words