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January 7, 1929

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KING OF YUGOSLAVIA ASSUMES ALL POWER; In Midnight Coup Alexander Abrogates Constitution and Dissolves Parliament. SETS UP HIS OWN CABINET Establishes Dictatorship to End Heretofore Irreconcilable Dissensions in Triune Kingdom. KING OF YUGOSLAVIA ASSUMES ALL POWER Doubt King Favors Federalization. Diversity of Populations. How Coup d'Etat Was Effected. King Appeals to the People. People Cheer the Proclamation. The New Cabinet. Press Censorship Rigid. President Barred From Chamber. Croats, Too, Cheer Change. Matchek Praises the King.

By Edwin L. James. Special Cable To the New York Times

King Alexander establishes himself as dictator, dissolving Parliament and setting up new cabinet

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TEX RICKARD DIES; HELD LEADING PLACE IN WORLD OF SPORTS; Promoter Succumbs in Miami Hospital After Operation for Appendicitis. HAD A COLORFUL CAREER Came Out of West to Develop Here Greatest Sporting Enterprises in History. FUNERAL HERE WEDNESDAY Men Prominent In Sporting World and His Garden Associates Pay Tributes. Expires While in Coma. Became Ill on New Year's Eve. Death of Tex Rickard Removes One of Greatest Figures in Sporting World Realized the Grim Struggle. Funeral Services Held. Dempsey Mourns Pal. Miami Friends Shocked. MOTHER TAKES NEWS CALMLY. Says He Was "One Good Son if There Ever Was One." NEWS HALTS MAYO'S FLIGHT. Surgeon Had Crossed Cuba in Plane on Way to Aid Rickard.

By the Associated Press

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Notable Births

1929Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (died 2012)[†]

Robert Litchfield Juniper, AM was an Australian artist, art teacher, illustrator, painter, printmaker and sculptor.

Terry Moore (actress)

1929Terry Moore, American actress[†]

Terry Moore is an American actress who began her career as a child actor. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Come Back, Little Sheba (1952).