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January 13, 1926

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M'LAUGHLIN BREAKS WITH ENRIGHT OVER MISSING RECORDS; Demands Return of Two Indices Relating to Gambling and Alleged Police Graft. ENRIGHT ASKS SEIZED CASES But Commissioner Says He Won't Hurry Check-Up -- Names Two of His Official Family. KELLY AND HOYT DEPUTIES Wallis and Day Come Forward With Fund Data -- Four More Accountants in Audit. BREAK WITH ENRIGHT ON MISSING RECORDS

By Unknown Author

Comr McLaughlin appts Maj P D Hoyt and E D Kelly; Deputy Comr D I McKay resigns

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UPHOLDS STATE LAW, ENDS KLAN SECRECY; Appeals Court Sustains Walker Statute Forcing the Order to Reveal Oaths and Members. ALTERNATIVE IS TO DISBAND Classification That Does Not Include All Oath-Bound Societies Is Ruled Reasonable. UPHOLDS STATE LAW, ENDS KLAN SECRECY

By Special to The New York Times

Judge Pound, of Court of Appeals, rules Walker Anti-Klan law constitutional; affirms decree of Appellate Div upholding lower court judgment denying writ of habeas corpus to G W Bryant, Buffalo Klansman, arrested for violating Walker law; holds distinction in secret socs reasonable; Klan and Kamelia, women's auxiliary, must file oaths and members with Sec of State or disband

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Notable Births

Michael Bond

1926Michael Bond, English author, created Paddington Bear (died 2017)[†]

Thomas Michael Bond was an English author. He is best known for a series of children's books featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million books in the series have been sold worldwide, and the characters have also appeared in several animated television series, a film series, and a stage musical.

Carolyn Gold Heilbrun

1926Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (died 2003)[†]

Carolyn Heilbrun was an American academic at Columbia University, the first woman to receive tenure in the English department, and a prolific feminist author of academic studies. In addition, beginning in the 1960s, she published numerous popular mystery novels with a woman protagonist, under the pen name of Amanda Cross. These have been translated into numerous languages and in total sold nearly one million copies worldwide.

Melba Liston

1926Melba Liston, American trombonist and composer (died 1999)[†]

Melba Doretta Liston was an American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer. Other than those playing in all-female bands, she was the first woman trombonist to play in big bands during the 1940s and 1960s, but as her career progressed she became better known as an arranger, particularly in partnership with pianist Randy Weston. Other major artists with whom she worked include Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, and Count Basie.