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Annual Summer meeting
BERLIN, Aug. 25. ALONG and, for this northern part of Germany, exceptionally hot Summer has kept the theatre gates here closed pretty consistently since May. Of the thirty Berlin stages only two stayed open. And even they took their time off between shows -- if the current one did not draw they were in no hurry to get a new one in shape.
Sinclair, modifying EPIC plan, receives support of Creel; Merriam unpopular; Haight lacks backing
Com of experts completes research on migration to dominions; exodus on pre-war scale expected; recommendations
1934Elgin Baylor, American basketball player and coach (died 2021)[†]
Elgin Gay Baylor was an American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers. Baylor was a gifted shooter, a strong rebounder, and an accomplished passer, who was best known for his trademark hanging jump shot. The No. 1 draft pick in 1958, NBA Rookie of the Year in 1959, 11-time NBA All-Star, and a 10-time member of the All-NBA first team, Baylor is regarded as one of the game's all-time greatest players. In 1977, Baylor was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1996, Baylor was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. In October 2021, Baylor was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team. Baylor is the leader for most career rebounds in Lakers franchise history with 11,463.
1934Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)[†]
Joseph Ronald Drew was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor who had a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners.