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Repubs drop hunt for candidate to concentrate on prohibition plank that will seem dry but may be interpreted as wet
Amer reservations
Plan to return to Washington by daylight regarded as move to aid Wadswbrth
2 breaks foiled; J Hogan held as suspect in plot
Move to displace Amer films with British; plan exchange system for British and Indian films
1926Andrew Brimmer, American economist and academic (died 2012)[†]
Andrew Felton Brimmer was an American economist and business leader who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1966 to 1974. A member of the Democratic Party, Brimmer was the first African American to sit on the Board.
1926Emile Francis, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2022)[†]
Emile Percival Francis, nicknamed "The Cat", was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers from 1946 to 1952. After playing minor league hockey until 1960, he became the Rangers' assistant general manager in 1962 and later general manager of the Rangers, St. Louis Blues and Hartford Whalers from 1964 to 1989. Francis led the Rangers to nine consecutive playoff appearances (1967–75), but could not help deliver a Stanley Cup championship in five decades as a player, coach, and executive.
1926J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (died 2012)[†]
John Frank Raley Jr. was a Maryland politician and an advocate for education, economic development and protection and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.