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October 29, 1927

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HEARINGS CLOSED, BUT DOOR IS LEFT OPEN TO MRS. KNAPP; She Offers to Testify Nov. 9, but Stipulates She Must Have Counsel at Hearing. LE BOEUF WILL WEIGH THAT He Wants Her Story and May Consent, as She Offers to Waive Immunity. MRS. C.B. SMITH TESTIFIES She Says Civil Service Commissioners Were Ignorant of Census Pay Juggling.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Hearings end; Mrs C B Smith, Pres of Civil Service Comm, testifies on Miss Ryan's power as Chief Clerk and on certifying salary increases; J K Marshall testifies; J L Joyce tells of L B Gleason's salary; Mrs Knapp, in lr to Le Boeuf, offers to testify if allowed to have counsel; N Y S Sen Knight denies Laidlaw's statement that he warned Knight

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Frank Sedgman

1927Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player[†]

Francis Arthur Sedgman is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. Over the course of a three-decade career, Sedgman won five Grand Slam singles tournaments as an amateur as well as 9 Grand Slam doubles tournaments. He is one of only five tennis players all-time to win multiple career Grand Slams in two disciplines, alongside Margaret Court, Roy Emerson, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. In 1951, he and Ken McGregor won the Grand Slam in men's doubles. Sedgman turned professional in 1953, and won the Wembley World Professional Indoor singles title in 1953 and 1958. He also won the Sydney Masters tournament in 1958, and the Melbourne Professional singles title in 1959. He won the Grand Prix de Europe Professional Tour in 1959.