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J P Kennedy says act aims to encourage rather than hamper business; says it assures capital and investors proper profit
Rome repts Austrian Govt has requested intervention by Eur powers to guarantee integrity, and that diplomatic reprs of Italy, France, Gt Britain and Little Entente will confer at Vienna; Ital preparations
ROME, July 25. -- The Austrian Nazi outburst caused profound consternation in Italy today, but no particular surprise, as it had been felt for several days that things were rapidly approaching a crisis there as a result of the government's energetic repressive measures.
German Govt recalls Dr K Rieth, German Min, for actions with regard to Nazi rebels; reaction; press comment; calls Austrian Legion from frontier; border closed; Ital demarche on Austria denied by German Foreign Office and Ital Embassy at Berlin
1934Tommy McDonald, American football player (died 2018)[†]
Thomas Franklin McDonald was an American professional football flanker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles, the Dallas Cowboys, the Los Angeles Rams, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Cleveland Browns. He played college football as a halfback for the Oklahoma Sooners. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame.
1934Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1871)[†]
Zenas Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.