Stock of the First National Bank, of which George F. Baker, dean of Wall Street bankers, is Chairman and principal stockholder, advanced $140 per share in price yesterday, with virtually none for sale, following the declaration of a 25 per cent. dividend by the bank and its subsidiary, the First Security Company.

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1925Leo Gravelle, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2013)^[†]

Joseph Léo Gérard Gravelle was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 223 games in the National Hockey League between 1946 and 1951. He played with the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens. Gravelle was born in Aylmer, Quebec, but grew up in Port Colborne, Ontario.

1925Nat Hentoff, American historian, author, and journalist (died 2017)^[†]

Nathan Irving Hentoff was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media. Hentoff was a columnist for The Village Voice from 1958 to 2009. Following his departure from The Village Voice, Hentoff became a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and continued writing his music column for The Wall Street Journal, which published his works until his death. He often wrote on First Amendment issues, vigorously defending the freedom of the press.

1925James Salter, American novelist and short-story writer (died 2015)^[†]

James Arnold Horowitz, better known as James Salter, his pen name and later-adopted legal name, was an American novelist and short-story writer. Originally a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, he resigned from the military in 1957 following the successful publication of his first novel, The Hunters.

Headlines from June 10, 1925

COLBY AND DARROW WILL DEFEND SCOPES; Hope to Make the Trial Decrease Hostility of Many Religious Persons to Evolution.

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Old Masters to Pay Owner's Wife Alimony; Court Orders Reynolds and Lely Art Sold

First National Bank Pays 25% for Quarter; Stock Jumps $140 in a Day; Little for Sale

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