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Dining in a London hotel, Actress Tallulah Bankhead, daughter of Senator-elect John Bankhead of Alabama, was suddenly attacked by an unnamed actress who slapped Miss Bankhead's face, tore off her hat. Miss Bankhead remained calm, restored her hat, lit a cigaret.
The house being built to replace Financier Bernard Mannes Baruch's Georgetown, S. C. hunting lodge ("Hobcaw Barony") which burned down last year (TIME, Jan. 6), was destroyed by fire.
Driving to Washington to attend the opening of Congress, Representative Clarence John McLeod of Michigan was in a car which collided with a lumber truck near Ravenna, Ohio. He received severe cuts & bruises. Cinemactress Dolores Del Rio underwent an operation in Los Angeles for a kidney ailment.
*TIME, Dec. 1 erroneously reported King Hussein's death.
†He was Democratic Representative from 11th New York district to 58th & 59th Congresses (1903-07); municipal ownership candidate for mayor of New York 1905, Independence League candidate 1909; Independence League and Democratic candidate for governor of New York 1906.