Milestones, Jul. 23, 1934

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Born. To Cinemactor Bing Crosby and Mrs. Dixie Lee Crosby; twin sons; in Hollywood. Another son, Gary Evan, is 13 months old.

Elected. James J. Dooling, 41, Tammany district leader: to be boss of Tammany, succeeding ousted John Francis Curry (TIME; April 30); in Manhattan.

Sued for Divorce. Cyrus Stephen Eaton, 50, financier, onetime head of Republic Steel Corp. who lost his fortune in a successful fight to block a merger between Bethlehem Steel Corp. and Youngstown Steel & Tube (TIME, Jan. 5, 1931 et seq.); by Margaret House Eaton; in Akron. Charges: gross neglect.

Murdered. John Lazia, 37, North Side Italian political boss of Kansas City, a ranking lieutenant of Missouri Democratic Boss Thomas Joseph ("Big Tom") Pendergast; by two unidentified men wielding a machine-gun and a shotgun; in Kansas City. Lazia's underworld activities were chiefly characterized by his attempts to prevent major crimes and keep outside gunmen from Kansas City. His followers planned a $40,000 funeral.

Died. Ole Evinrude, 57, developer of outboard motors, president of Elto Outboard Motor Co.; after a brief illness; in Milwaukee. Rowing five miles across a lake to get his fiancée some ice cream gave Evinrude the idea of building outboards. With his wife as partner and $5,000 contributed by a friend as capital he started the Evinrude Motor Co. in 1910, sold it for $350,000 three years later.

Died. Mrs. Frances Hart Breasted, 61, wife and companion on most expeditions of University of Chicago's Orientalist James Henry Breasted; of bacterial endocarditis; in Chicago.

Died. Hugh Frayne, 64, labor leader, New York organizer for the American Federation of Labor; after long illness; in Manhattan. A conservative, he achieved national importance as chairman of the Labor Division of the War Industries Board. His Wartime campaign for the reclamation of waste material (particularly foodstuffs) won him the Distinguished Service Medal.

Died. Volney T. Hoggatt, 74, oldtime newspaperman, conductor of the "Ornery Man" column in the late Frederick Gilmer Bonfils' Denver Post, onetime editor of The Great Divide, weekly affiliate of the Post; of heart disease; in Denver. In Alaska, in 1900, he founded the Ornery and Worthless Men's Club of America. Among members were the late Tex Rickard, Senator Pittman of Nevada, Vice President Garner, Senator Huey Long, the late Governor Rolph of California, all members of the Anti-Saloon League. A close friend of Bonfils, Hoggatt used to amuse him by turning somersaults, slipping his false teeth through his lips and barking like a dog.