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October 11, 1925

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TEACHER'S RIGHTS IN COURT; Troy Woman Charges the State Owed Her Sister $7,463.39.

By Special to The New York Times

ALBANY, Oct. 10. -- Whether a school teacher has the right to participate in the State retirement fund, to which she had been a contributor for years, is a question which the Court of Appeals is soon to determine in the case of a Troy school teacher who served in the public schools for thirty-four years, and for eighteen years contributed regularly to the fund.

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AN EPIC OF THE POLAR AIR LANES

By Lincoln Ellsworth

SO long as the human ear can hark back to the breaking of waves over deep seas; so long as the human eye can follow the gleam of the Northern Lights over the silent snow fields; then so long, no doubt, will the lure of the unknown draw restless souls into those great Arctic wastes.

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Notable Births

Elmore Leonard

1925Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (died 2013)[†]

Elmore John Leonard Jr. was an American novelist, short story author and screenwriter. He was, according to British journalist Anthony Lane, "hailed as one of the best crime writers in the land". His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. Among his best-known works are Hombre, Swag, City Primeval, LaBrava, Glitz, Freaky Deaky, Get Shorty, Rum Punch, Out of Sight and Tishomingo Blues.