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December 26, 1925

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' DAWN FISH' FOSSIL THROWS NEW LIGHT ON ORIGIN OF MAN; Primitive Vertebra, More Than 50,000,000 Years Old, Is Found in Vermont. THE FIRST OF ITS KIND Scale of the Earliest Chordate, Size of the Head of a Match, Is Dug Up. NOW IN PRINCETON MUSEUM Dr. Howell's Discovery Extends History of Man's Predecessors Back Millions of Years. DAWN FISH' FOSSIL FOUND IN VERMONT

By Special to The New York Times

Discovery of first fossil of verterbrate of Cambrian period by Professor B F Howell at St Albans, Franklin Co, Vt, announced; Dr W L Brant corroborates find, names it "Howell's Dawn Fish,"

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Jan Letzel

1925Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (born 1880)[†]

Jan Letzel was a Czech architect who was active in early 20th century Japan. He is most famous for designing the Hiroshima Products Exhibition Hall that was partially destroyed in the atomic bombing of the city. The ruins of the Exhibition Hall is now the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, also known as the A-Bomb Dome, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.