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June 30, 1927
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Headlines from June 30, 1927
COLUMBIA CREW WINS 4-MILE HUDSON RACE AS 100,000 LOOK ON; Leads Washington by Three-Quarters of a Length, With California Third in Classic. FIRST VICTORY SINCE 1914 Navy Fourth, Cornell Fifth and Syracuse Sixth -- Penn Last as Log Cuts Hole in Shell. Columbia Varsity Wins Classic on Hudson, With Washington in Second Place
Articles on boat races
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PACIFIC VICTORS BESET BY TROUBLES; Encountered Rains and Cross Winds, Radio Failed for a Time and All Three Engines Gave Them Concern. COULD NOT FIND SANDWICHES BUT ARRIVE HAPPY Maitland and Hegenberger Kept to Course by Dead Reckoning and Got Bearings from the Only Ship They Sighted. PACIFIC VICTORS BESET BY TROUBLES
Details of flight by Army men; they reject $10,000 offer for their story; radio beacon signals functioned only a part of the time; pors; comment by air experts; Pres Coolidge cables congratulations; Honolulu preparations; precision of flight noted; praise from Wash; plane to stay in Hawaii; fliers will not receive Dole prize
Dorothy Mackaye Guilty of Shielding Kelly; Actress Faces One to Three Years in Prison
Miss Mackaye convicted
Notable Births
1927Shirley Fry Irvin, American tennis player (died 2021)[โ ]
Shirley June Fry Irvin was an American tennis player. During her career, which lasted from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s, she won the singles title at all four Grand Slam events, as well as 13 doubles titles, and was ranked No. 1 in the world in 1956.

1927James Goldman, American screenwriter and playwright (died 1998)[โ ]
James Goldman was an American playwright and screenwriter. He won an Academy Award for his screenplay The Lion in Winter (1968). His younger brother was novelist and screenwriter William Goldman.

1927Mario Lanfranchi, Italian director, screenwriter, producer, collector and actor (died 2022)[โ ]
Mario Lanfranchi was an Italian film, theatre, and television director, screenwriter, producer, collector, and actor.
1927Frank McCabe, American basketball player (died 2021)[โ ]
Frank Reilly McCabe was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, McCabe played collegiately at Marquette University. He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played six matches.