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December 20, 1925

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Notable Births

1925Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (died 2007)^[†]

Benito "Veleno" Lorenzi was an Italian footballer born in Borgo a Buggiano, province of Pistoia. He played as a striker.

Notable Deaths

1925João Ferreira Sardo, the founder of Gafanha da Nazaré, also known as Prior Sardo (born 1873).^[†]

João Ferreira Sardo, known as Prior Sardo, was a Portuguese presbyter, civic leader, and entrepreneur who founded the parish of Gafanha da Nazaré during the final years of the Kingdom of Portugal and the early Portuguese First Republic. His life intertwined devout religious service with social entrepreneurship, community development, and diplomatic engagement, spanning a transformative period in Portuguese history marked by the Republican Revolution of 1910, the regicide of King Carlos I in 1908, and the subsequent exile of King Manuel II.

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Headlines from December 20, 1925

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FOR THE NEEDIEST MORE HELP MUST COME; A Splendid Chapter in the History of Charity Has Already Been Written, but Many Opportunities Remain to Carry Christmas Joy and Permanent Relief Into the Homes of Stricken Families

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Picture contribution to Hundred Neediest Cases

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LOUNGER IS FIRST IN THE ROOSEVELT; Beats Tester by Half a Length in Jefferson Park Feature -- Pays $16.80 for $2. MORTENSEN DOUBLE VICTOR Wins With Harry Carroll and Kyrock -- Then Scores Different Double by Being Last Twice. FOUR FAVORITES IN FRONT Captain Haney Leads Home a Field of Twelve, the Largest of the Day, Over Heavy Track.

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Report That Dry Law Is Abolished Here Boosts Wine and Liquor Prices in Germany

By Lincoln Eyre.copyright, 1925, By the New York Times Company.special Cable To the New York Times

German wine and liquor prices boosted on rumor of abolition

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BUSINESS RALLIES TO AID OF FRANCE; Mortgage Plan of Northern Industrialists Is Taken Up by Federation of Producers. CABINET FAVORABLE TO IT Sale of Some State Property and Exploitation of Colonies Also Are Proposed. BUSINESS RALLIES TO AID OF FRANCE

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Exploitation by private interests with participation of State in profits proposed as measure for relief of Treas

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MOSUL AWARD ADDS TO BRITISH BURDENS; Government Assailed Vigorously From Many Sections, but Acceptance Seems Assured. A TASK FOR CIVILIZATION Nation Will Accept Responsibility to the League, Repudiating Advocates of "Scuttle." DOUBT TURKEY WILL FIGHT Her Face Is Saved, Observers Say, and There Is Still Room for Negotiations.

By Ernest Marshall.special Cable To the New York Times

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Two Former Office Boys to Be Partners On New Year's Day in Stock Exchange Firm

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Will join N Y Stock Exch firm of Block, Maloney and Co

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DEMPSEY DECLARES WILLS BOUT IS OFF; States Officially Failure of the Promoters to Meet Payments Causes Cancellation. HAS A NEW PROPOSITION Says Fitzsimmons Has Made Another Offer -- Hayes Predicts Wills Knockout Victory.

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LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 19 (AP). -- In a signed statement issued today Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweight pugilistic champion, announced that his contract with Floyd Fitzsimmons calling for a bout with Harry Wills next September had been abrogated.

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Andy Smith Ill With Pneumonia.

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PUTTING THE EAST IN ITS PLACE; Katharine Fullerton Gerould Reports Some Western Superiorities

By Silas Bent

Gerould, K F, Aristocratic West

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