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4 drowned and 1 rescued as auto plunges off pier
Stabbed to death in Holy Cross Armenian Appstolic Ch, N Y C; M Leylegian and N Sarkesian arrested; M Maziam and O Yerjinen questioned
Pays bonds; Govt employes go without Dec pay
Cross of Honor of U S Flag Assn awarded to her
New York prepared yesterday for its merriest Christmas in several years, somewhat handicapped by Springlike weather, but fortified by legal quaffing of good wines and spirits and by the general feeling that happy days are here again.
1933Basil Heatley, English runner (died 2019)[†]
Benjamin Basil Heatley was a British competitive long-distance runner, who was an Olympic marathon silver medallist and former world marathon record-holder. Although he favoured cross country running, he was also a skilled marathon runner and, despite running shoe technology being in its infancy, he was able to adapt easily to the change of conditions underfoot.
1933Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (born 1859)[†]
Francesc Macià i Llussà was a Catalan politician who served as the 122nd president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, and formerly an officer in the Spanish Army.