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Asks permission to revive 34-yr old litigation against estate of W F Cochran involving possession of former Cambridge Hotel property
On prohibition, before Woman's Natl Com for Law Enforcement, Washington, D C
Norge leaves for Oslo; Col Nobile thanks British for help; Leningrad plans big reception for explorers; Amundsen and Ellsworth leave Oslo to await Norge at Spitzbergen
Assists in capture of P E Hilton, "radio burglar,"
1926Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author (died 2013)[†]
Barbara Lillias Romaine Anderson, Lady Anderson was a New Zealand fiction writer who became internationally recognised and a best-selling author after her first book was published in her sixties.
1926Frank Daniel, Czech director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1996)[†]
František "Frank" Daniel was a Czech-American screenwriter, film director and teacher. He is known for developing the sequence paradigm of screenwriting, in which a classically constructed movie can be broken down into three acts, and a total of eight specific sequences. He served as co-chair of the Columbia University film program, and as a dean of FAMU, the American Film Institute and the USC School of Cinema-Television. He was also an Artistic Director of the Sundance Institute.
1926Gloria Jean, American actress and singer (died 2018)[†]
Gloria Jean was an American actress and singer who starred in 26 feature films from 1939 to 1959 and made numerous radio, television, stage and nightclub appearances. She may be best remembered for her appearance with W. C. Fields in the film Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941).
1926Liz Renay, American actress and author (died 2007)[†]
Pearl Elizabeth Dobbins, known professionally as Liz Renay, was an American stripper, author, and actress who appeared in John Waters' film Desperate Living (1977).