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January 27, 1932
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Headlines from January 27, 1932
KINGS HOSPITAL HEAD MISSING STRANGELY; Dr. Claymor H. Magna Jr., Gone Since Monday, Hunted by Po- lice and Institution's Officials. EMERGENCY SQUAD CALLED Huge New Annex and Grounds Searched in Vain-Left Home for Manhattan on Business. HEAD OF HOSPITAL MISSING STRANGELY
Magna (Dr), C H Jr
Buttons Boosting 'Franklin D.' Are Sent Out by Mayor Curley
Mayor Curley of Boston sends out campaign buttons boosting Roosevelt
Old Union League Clubhouse Swept by Fire; Fifth Avenue Landmark Vacant for a Year
Union League Club; art treasures thought lost
Notable Births
1932Boris Shakhlin, Russian-Ukrainian gymnast (died 2008)[โ ]
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won a total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He held the record for most Olympic medals by a male athlete record until gymnast Nikolai Andrianov won his 14th and 15th medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also won 14 medals at the World Championships.