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Discussion at the recent annual meeting of the American Booksellers' Association in Philadelphia made it quite plain that when it comes to explaining poor business the sellers of books behave exactly like the sellers of clothes, automobiles and real estate.
Memorial Day address at Suresnes
Evidence of the continued growth of the midtown section centring in the Grand Central Terminal was given last week with the filing of plans for a sixty-story office building to replace the old Hotel Belmont at the southwest corner of Park Avenue and Forty-second Street, now in the course of demolition.
1931John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)[â ]
John Robert Schrieffer was an American physicist who, with John Bardeen and Leon Cooper, was a recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the BCS theory, the first successful quantum theory of superconductivity.
1931Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (died 2010)[â ]
Shirley Verrett was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who successfully transitioned into soprano roles making her a Soprano sfogato. Verrett enjoyed great fame from the late 1960s through the 1990s; she was particularly known for performing works by Giuseppe Verdi and Gaetano Donizetti.
1931Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (born 1866)[â ]
FĂ©lix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1926 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1927.
1931Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (born 1864)[â ]
Willy Stöwer was a German artist, illustrator, and author during the Imperial Period. He is best known for nautical paintings and lithographs. Many of his works depict historical maritime events such as the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.