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Conf with Pres Coolidge on return from Europe
Yankees favored in betting
Williams (Col), A S, dies when car plunges off pier
Stand to be attacked from opposite angles by Justice Wagner and Repub drys; W H Hoppin, Chmn of campaign com, quotes latest statement to clarify stand; Gen J F O'Ryan deserts Tammany to work for him
1926Jan Morris, Welsh historian and author (died 2020)[†]
Catharine Jan Morris was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer. She was known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy (1968–1978), a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, including Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong and New York City. She published under her birth name, James, until 1972, when she had gender reassignment surgery after transitioning from male to female.