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October 25, 1931

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Hackensack Development.

By Unknown Author

Garden Suburbs, the new residential development on the site of the old Hackensack Country Club and golf course, is expanding its activities, according to C.S. Fountain Sons, managing agents. In addition to the houses now nearing completion, six others are planned to be started shortly.

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WISCONSIN LOSES TO PENN IN UPSET; Alert Red and Blue Eleven Surprises by Beating Badgers,27-13, Before 55,000.PERINA'S PLAY BRILLIANTDashes 38 Yards for the FirstScore, Kicks Splendidly andExcels on Defense. Off to Flying Start. WISCONSIN LOSES TO PENN IN UPSET Kranhold Recovers Fumble. Colehower Breaks Through.

By William D. Richardson. Special To the New York Times

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24.--For the defeat it sustained at the hands of Wisconsin at Madison a year ago, Pennsylvania today took ample revenge when it conquered the Badgers, 27 to 13.

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REFLECTIONS ON THE BOSTONIAN SCENE

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CHOOSEY is the word this Fall for Bostonians and their playgoing. They decline to pay more than $3 an orchestra chair for anything that may be bestowed upon them, as Mr. Jolson and Mr. Gest lately learned with outward signs of inward pains.

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Notable Births

Annie Girardot

1931Annie Girardot, French actress and singer (died 2011)[โ€ ]

Annie Suzanne Girardot was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women undergoing similar daily struggles.

1931Jimmy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager (died 2018)[โ€ ]

James McIlroy was a Northern Ireland international footballer, who played for Glentoran, Burnley, Stoke City and Oldham Athletic. He was regarded as one of Burnley's greatest players, having played 497 matches and scoring 131 goals. McIlroy also managed Oldham Athletic and Bolton Wanderers.