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Another attempt at assassination frustrated
Run down by police dogs, girl found unharmed, defends him, says father was cruel
RANDOLPH, Vt., May 1. -- A German police dog early today led three men to the barn of an abandoned farm in South Brookfield, where they found Earl Woodward and Lucille Chatterton.
Convention; resolutions adopted against playground in Central Park, but favoring play centres in all boroughs
1925John Neville, English-Canadian actor (died 2011)[†]
John Reginald Neville CM OBE was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned more than sixty years. He was renowned for his roles on both stage and screen in genres ranging from classical theatre to fantasy and science fiction.
1925Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (born 1898)[†]
Antun Branko Šimić was a Bosnian and Herzegovinian and Croatian expressionist poet, considered to be one of the most important poets of Croatian literature of the 20th century.
1925Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (born 1848)[†]
Johann Palisa was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau, Austrian Silesia, now Czech Republic. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 Gellivara in 1923. Some of his notable discoveries include 153 Hilda, 216 Kleopatra, 243 Ida, 253 Mathilde, 324 Bamberga, and the near-Earth asteroid 719 Albert. Palisa made his discoveries without the aid of photography, and he remains the most successful visual (non-photographic) asteroid discoverer of all time. He was awarded the Valz Prize from the French Academy of Sciences in 1906. The asteroid 914 Palisana, discovered by Max Wolf in 1919, and the lunar crater Palisa were named in his honour.