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Rebels win Monterey and begin offensive in Sonora; map; L Wiley on situation
Paroled after having served 18 mos in Atlanta for misuse of Govt funds
Hoover plans to consult with Atty Gen Mitchell on membership of comm to study question; he is expected to confer with Sec Mellon also, on transfer of activities
Plans of development announced by Hayden, Stone & Co
Root submits his plan for entry of U S; conf with Briand; analysis of plan
1929Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 2013)[†]
Thomas Stephen Foley was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Foley represented Washington's fifth district for thirty years (1965–1995). He was the first Speaker of the House in over a century since Galusha Grow in 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign.
1929David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (died 2005)[†]
David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool was a Church of England bishop who played cricket for Sussex and England in his youth, before serving as Bishop of Liverpool from 1975 to 1997. Sheppard remains the only ordained minister to have played Test cricket, though others such as Tom Killick were ordained after playing Tests.