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CAIRO, Aug. 27.--A report received in Cairo this evening described Jerusalem as being in grave danger, with an army of 2,000 armed Arabs, including Druse tribesmen, marching on the city.
Vice Chancellor Fallon says Mayor Hague will be discharged from arrest under warrant of McAllister legis com; R E Watson, counsel for com, plans appeal; Hague to sail for Europe
Slightly damaged in take-off at Los Angeles; map; log; U S Navy preparations at Lakehurst
Reparations and parley
E J Devereaux and wife and E J Reiss killed in crash in Phila-Cleveland air derby
1929IstvĂĄn KertĂ©sz, Hungarian conductor (died 1973)[â ]
Istvån Kertész was a Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor who throughout his brief career led many of the world's great orchestras, including the Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Detroit, San Francisco and Minnesota Orchestras in the United States, as well as the London Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, and L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
1929Roxie Roker, American actress (died 1995)[â ]
Roxie Albertha Roker was an American actress. She was best known for her portrayal of Helen Willis on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons. In 1973, she performed as Mattie Williams in the Broadway play The River Niger, and was nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play at the 28th Tony Awards. Roker is the mother of rock musician Lenny Kravitz and grandmother of actress Zoë Kravitz.