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October 5, 1928

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YANKS WIN, 4 TO 1, IN SERIES OPENER; 63,000 SEE GAME; Receipts of $224,130 Set Record Despite Fact Crowd Is Below Mark for Series. HOYT MASTER IN THE BOX Allows Cards 3 Hits, One a Home Run by Bottomley-- Yanks Now Favored. MEUSEL'S HOMER DECIDES Ruth and Gehrig Also Provide Battine Punch--Play at the Stadium Again Today. One Record Is Broken. Gehrig Drives In Two. Yankees Spring Surprise. Yankees Conquer Cardingls in World's Series Opener by 4-1 Before 63,000 Tedious Pitchers' Battle. Figures Are Misleading. Present Beautiful Picture. Start Four Minutes Late. Ruth Scores on Double. Meusel Is Still Listless. Babe Knows a Homer. Yanks Make Seven Hits.

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$1,074,870 IS ADDED T0 THE HOOVER FUND DURING SEPTEMBER; 4,714 Contributors in Month Swell the Republican Total to $1,733,289.70. TEN $25,000 GIFTS HERE Treasurer Nutt, Who Put In $20,000, Reports on Sums Ranging Down to $1,000. CAMPAIGN COSTS $1,406,834 Aggregate Figures on Income and Outlay Will Go to House Committee--Names of Donors. Mr. and Mrs. Kahn Give $25,000. $1,074,870 IS ADDED TO THE HOOVER FUND

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON, -- Oct. 4.--The Republican National Committee col-- lected a total of $1,074,870.70 during September for the national campaign, according to a report filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives today by J. R. Nutt, Treasurer of the Committee. This

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Notable Births

Louise Fitzhugh

1928Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (died 1974)[†]

Louise Perkins Fitzhugh was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Fitzhugh is best known for her 1964 novel Harriet the Spy, about an adolescent girl who to keeps a journal recording the foibles of her friends, classmates, and captivating strangers. The novel was later adapted into a live action film in 1996. The sequel novel, The Long Secret, was published in 1965, and its follow-up book, Sport, was published posthumously in 1979. Fitzhugh also wrote Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, which was later adapted into a short film and a Broadway musical.

Marjorie Finlay

1928Marjorie Finlay, American opera singer and television personality (died 2003)[†]

Marjorie Moehlenkamp Finlay was an American opera singer and television personality. A coloratura soprano, Finlay performed concert and opera singing. After winning a talent contest in 1950, she toured on the ABC radio network show Music With the Girls. Finlay later had her own television program and served as an MC for El Show Pan-Americano in Puerto Rico. She toured South America and released an album in Mexico. She is the maternal grandmother of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, who dedicated her songs "Marjorie" and "Timeless" to her.