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M Sullivan, telephone operator, foils attempted break of C P Carey and B F Spragins; A Walker, guard, killed
His own story, giving elements to be combated in transatlantic flying and predicting type of plane to be used in future flights; P J Philip on reception in Paris; pays tribute to M Drouhin at reception of Aero Club of France; receives Club's gold medal; plane taken to Cherbourg from Ver-sur-Mer; cables maker of compass and designer and builder of engine used, praising functioning of these parts; messages which passed between the America and the steamer Paris
W S Bennett, former cashier, arrested in Phila on embezzlement charge
4 killed, 23 hurt as trains crash; F A Brandt, engineer, blamed; illus
Announcement of their own story of flight
1927Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player and journalist (died 1988)[†]
Johannes Hendrikus (Hein) Donner was a Dutch chess grandmaster and writer. He was born in The Hague. His father Jan Donner was a prominent Dutch politician and judge. Donner won the Dutch Championship in 1954, 1957, and 1958. At the Gijón tournament of 1956 he came third, behind Bent Larsen and Klaus Darga, equal with Alberic O'Kelly. FIDE, the World Chess Federation, awarded Donner the GM title in 1959. He played for the Netherlands in the Chess Olympiads 11 times. He was the uncle of a former Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, Piet Hein Donner.
1927Janet Leigh, American actress and author (died 2004)[†]
Jeanette Helen Morrison, known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress. Raised in Stockton, California, by working-class parents, Leigh was discovered at 18 by actress Norma Shearer, who helped her secure a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. With MGM, she appeared in films such as the drama The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947), the crime drama Act of Violence (1948), the adaptation of Little Women (1949), the comedy Angels in the Outfield (1951), the swashbuckler romance Scaramouche (1952), the Western drama The Naked Spur (1953).