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September 17, 1925
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CAILLAUX SAILS, 'READY TO SETTLE' FRENCH DEBT TO US; Finance Minister Says His Mission of Eleven Is Coming for "Business." TO AVOID "FOG OF FIGURES" He Would Waste No Time With Experts' Statistics -- Tenure of Cabinet Depends on Result. WASHINGTON STANDS FIRM Smoot Insists on Terms Accorded to Britain -- Churchill States British Stand. CAILLAUX SAILS, 'READY TO SETTLE'
War Debts
Taxi Men Must Take Any Tip Politely, Court Rules; Holds Driver for Insulting Fare
B Knaster, held without bail in N Y C jail for insulting remarks to Dr J M Klein over size of tip
LA FOLLETTE SWEEP ALARMS REGULARS; Republican Leaders See Trouble Ahead and May Turn Support to Wilcox. LATTER STAYS IN FIGHT Woodward Also to Run Against La Follette -- Lenroot's 1926 Campaign Involved. LA FOLLETTE SWEEP ALARMS REGULARS
Repub regulars will not support La Follette; Wilcox and Woodward stay in campaign as independents despite defeat
Notable Births

1925Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (died 2003)[โ ]
Dorothy Loudon was an American actress and singer. She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1977 for her performance as Miss Hannigan in Annie. Loudon was also nominated for Tony Awards for her lead performances in the musicals The Fig Leaves Are Falling and Ballroom, as well as a Golden Globe award for her appearances on The Garry Moore Show.

1925John List, American murderer (died 2008)[โ ]
John Emil List was an American mass murderer and long-time fugitive. On November 9, 1971, he killed his wife, mother, and three children in their Westfield, New Jersey home, then disappeared. He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone suspected that something was amiss.