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Died. Sir Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, 64, onetime (1916-21) Viceroy of India and (1924) First Lord of the Admiralty; of a heart attack; in London. A onetime Governor of Queensland and of New South Wales, he was appointed Viceroy while serving as captain of a territorial battalion in a remote corner of India. Faced with widespread native unrest, he, with the late Edwin Samuel Montagu, in 1918 sponsored the plan which brought limited home rule to India, has since been the keystone of British policy there.
Died. Charles Frank Borah, 65, attorney, father of Federal Judge Wayne G. Borah of Louisiana's Eastern District, brother of Senator William Edgar Borah; in New Orleans.
Died. Countess Tokiko Yamamoto, 73, Japanese "Cinderella"; of a stomach ulcer; in Tokyo. Third daughter of a poor fisherman, she was sold at 14 to the proprietor of a house in Tokyo's Yoshiwara (prostitution) district. A young naval officer fell in love with, kidnapped, married her. He became Admiral Count Gombei Yamamoto, twice (in 1913 & 1923) Premier of Japan.