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July 8, 1925

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Marco Cé

1925Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (died 2014)[†]

Marco Cé was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Patriarch of Venice from 1978 to 2002 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.

1925Arthur Imperatore Sr., Italian-American businessman (died 2020)[†]

Arthur Edward Imperatore Sr. was an American businessman and sports owner from New Jersey. He was best known as being the founder and president of the NY Waterway, a ferry service. After serving in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II Imperatore founded, with his brothers, A-P-A Transport Corp. He purchased the Colorado Rockies hockey team in 1978 and sold it in 1981. That same year he purchased waterfront land at Weehawken, New Jersey, with the intention of constructing a residential development. Imperatore set up a passenger ferry service to support this development and that grew into NY Waterway which ran 36 ferries.

1925Bill Mackrides, American football quarterback (died 2019)[†]

William Mackrides was an American professional football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He helped the Eagles win the 1948 and 1949 NFL Championships.

1925Dominique Nohain, French actor, screenwriter and director (died 2017)[†]

Dominique Nohain was a French actor, dramatist, screenwriter and theatre director. He was the son of Jean Nohain and thus cousin with Jean-Claude Dauphin.

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Headlines from July 8, 1925

C.F. MURPHY ESTATE IS OVER $2,000,000, APRAISAL REVEALS; Fortune of Late Tammany Chief Was Estimated at Only $450,060 When He Died. STILL FAR UNDER CROKER'S Friends Say Politician Gave Up Making Money a Dozen Years Before End Came. REALTY HAS APPRECIATED Complete Appraisal to Be Flied Soon, It Is Learned -- Checks to Heirs Made Out. C.F. MURPHY ESTATE IS OVER $2,000,000

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The estate of Charles F. Murphy, late leader of Tammany Hall, which at the time of his death was estimated at $450,000 on full appraisal, has been found to possess a value somewhat in excess of $2,000,000, according to a report which reached THE NEW YORK TIMES yesterday from trustworthy sources.

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