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Account of Bellanca airplane from Roosevelt Field for transatlantic flight, with C Chamberlin, pilot, and C A Levine, owner of plane
Navy court directed to institute court-martial proceedings against Capt F D Karns and Navigation Officer D J Friedell
Jewels stolen from suite in Ritz-Carlton
Quackenbush continues testimony on I R T finances; I R T alleged to have charged against City sum for Federal income tax which is not yet paid; strike costs; list of B M T stockholders
1927Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)[â ]
Henning Carlsen was a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contributions to the style of cinéma vérité. Carlsen's 1966 social-realistic drama Hunger (Sult) was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. Carlsen also won the Bodil Award the following year for the comedy People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart. Acting as his own producer since 1960, Carlsen has directed more than 25 films, 19 for which he wrote the screenplay. In 2006, he received the Golden Swan Lifetime Achievement Award at the Copenhagen International Film Festival.
1927Geoffrey Palmer, English actor (died 2020)[â ]
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer was an English actor. His roles in British television sitcoms include Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976â79), Ben Parkinson in Butterflies (1978â1983) and Lionel Hardcastle in As Time Goes By (1992â2005).