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B Dreyfuss of Pitts team says Giants offered money to Brooklyn players to beat Pittsburgh in 1921
T E Mitten of Phila named as man Mayor Walker had in mind to operate N Y C's system
Gallaway (Mrs), C, slain; H E Webster, son-in-law, arrested
Plans to transact no official business on week-end trips
Urges delay in granting of motor bus franchises
1927Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 2013)[â ]
Paul Guy Desmarais Sr. was a Canadian financier and philanthropist, based in Montreal. With an estimated family net worth of US$4.5 billion, Desmarais was ranked by Forbes as the fourth wealthiest person in Canada, and 235th in the world in 2013. He was chairman and chief executive officer of Power Corporation of Canada until 1996, when he passed the reins of management of Power Corporation to his sons, Paul Jr. and André. He continued as a director and as chairman of the executive committee of the board, and remained the controlling shareholder. Power Corporation of Canada is a diversified international management and holding company with interests in companies in the financial services, asset management, sustainable and renewable energy, and other business sectors.
1927Barbara Rush, American actress (died 2024)[â ]
Barbara Rush was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. In 1954, she won the Golden Globe Award for most promising female newcomer for her role in the 1953 American science-fiction film It Came from Outer Space. Later in her career, Rush became a regular performer in the television series Peyton Place, and appeared in TV movies, miniseries, and a variety of other programs, including the soap opera All My Children and the family drama 7th Heaven, as well as starring in films such as The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Robin and the 7 Hoods, and Hombre.
1927SĂŒleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (born 1870)[â ]
SĂŒleyman Nazif was a Turkish poet and a prominent member of the CUP. He mastered Arabic, Persian, and French languages and worked as a civil servant during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. He contributed to the literary magazine Servet-i FĂŒnun until it was censored by the Ottoman government in 1901.