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U S Atty Buckner cites approval of Buckner's policy of concentrating on big dry-law breakers
Elks Club consents to 6 months' closing; barroom and grill, not restaurant, affected; Wallace perpetually enjoined from breaking dry law; Grand Exalted Ruler Atwell's stand believed cause of acceptance
1925Jean Faut, American baseball player and bowler (died 2023)[†]
Jean Anna Faut [Winsch/Eastman] was an American starting pitcher who played from 1946 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m), 137 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.
1925Rock Hudson, American actor (died 1985)[†]
Rock Hudson was an American actor. One of the most popular film stars of his time, he had a screen career spanning more than three decades, and was a prominent figure in the Golden Age of Hollywood.
1925Charles Mackerras, American-Australian oboe player and conductor (died 2010)[†]
Sir Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras (; was an American-born Australian conductor. He was an authority on the operas of Janáček and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. He was long associated with the English National Opera and Welsh National Opera and was the first Australian chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He also specialized in Czech music as a whole, producing many recordings for the Czech label Supraphon.