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Last week Wilhelm, ex-Kaiser of Germany, celebrated his 79th birthday. In the glittering uniform of a field marshal in the nonexistent Imperial German Army, the snowy-bearded Wilhelm dined more Hohenzollerns than had assembled at his Dutch villa for many years. Among his guests were...
...yielded his lead to his countryman Rudolf Caracciola until the tenth lap. Noisiest and swiftest (160 m.p.h.) on the straightaways, Rosemeyer roared up a lead of two-thirds of a lap before the race was one-third run. Headed only when he dropped out for tire changes on the 79th lap, Rosemeyer soon caught young Dick Seaman of England piloting a Mercedes. Then for ten laps Seaman tore like the wind scarcely 15 sec. behind Rosemeyer. Before the finish he stopped for a fuel lap, let Rosemeyer streak home for the $20,000 first prize. The winner averaged...
...pope are not hard to find,* but Secretary Palacio had no particular man in mind, nor any other definite plan. He expected no answer to his cablegram, got none. In Vatican City Pope Pius XI, prayerful and thankful that he had been spared to pass his 79th Easter week, his 15th as Pontiff, had more important things to do than trade views with Señor Palacio...
...Sprague Institute (studies of tuberculosis, heredity in cancer and degenerative diseases); persuading John Davison Rockefeller to let the University of Chicago have a thoroughgoing medical centre. Towards this Dr. Billings and relatives gave $1,000,000.* Dr. Billings' share was $100,000. Had Dr. Billings lived until his 79th birthday next April, he then would have received an "Homage Book," tribute of his onetime pupils. That project now is abandoned. At the time of his death Dr. Billings was carrying in his pocket a plan to organize Illinois physicians to work for the election of Judge Henry Homer...
...members attending the convention (the Society's 79th) were divided into 15 groups covering various phases of industrial and experimental chemistry. Of the 500 papers read before the sections many were on new angles of old subjects. Others, saved for the convention, were notes on new subjects. Some angles, some notes...