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Residents of College Pt, Malba and Whitestone demand relief
Circulars have been issued by the New York Postoffice appealing to the public to cooperate with postal officials in a campaign for definite addresses on mail matter. It is pointed out that 5,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered daily in Manhattan and the Bronx.
ASSUMING, for the nonce, that the theatre is as imitative as it is generally accused of being, then certainly an era of French farcical comedy lies just ahead. For it so happens that the two most successful pieces of the early season are both of French origin.
1925Andrea Camilleri, Italian author, screenwriter, and director (died 2019)[†]
Andrea Calogero Camilleri was an Italian writer best known for his Salvo Montalbano crime novels.
1925Jimmy Reed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)[†]
Mathis James Reed was an American blues musician and songwriter. His particular style of electric blues was popular with a wide variety of audiences. Reed's songs such as "Honest I Do" (1957), "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (1960), "Big Boss Man" (1961), and "Bright Lights, Big City" (1961) appeared on both Billboard magazine's R&B and Hot 100 singles charts.