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Richman Vincent Astor provided the yacht which carried the Man of the Year to sea, fishing for bonefish and barracuda off the Bahama Keys while Congress was overriding his veto of veterans' pension increases...
...Democratic Campaign Committee. Early last summer Eddie Dowling announced himself as a candidate for the Democratic Senatorial nomination from Rhode Island. Persuaded to abandon this ambition, he took the stump in Pennsylvania, helped swing that State to the New Deal. In turn, rich New Dealers like Vincent Astor lent a hand in promoting Mr. Dowling's new $250,000 show. At its Philadelphia premiere, Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor-elect Earle & friends were on hand to cheer their theatrical colleague. At the Manhattan opening, Postmaster General Farley and the young James Roosevelts represented the official family...
...Lady Astor, at a charity appeal in London: "Every one of us has money that we don't want anybody to know anything about. My husband is one of the best in the world, but he won't tell me what his income is. When I ask him he says, 'Well, I don't know. It varies.' Well, his income may vary but his answer never does...
...Diamond Horseshoe. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt was there, in hair ribbon and diamond stomacher. Goelets, Blisses and Wilsons had their oldtime boxes. In the Morgan box sat Mrs. Herbert Satterlee, Mr. Morgan's sister. With Mrs. Watts Sherman was her granddaughter, Eileen Gillespie, who almost became Mrs. John Jacob Astor III. Missing was old Mrs. Vanderbilt, Society's long-time peeress, and Otto Hermann Kahn, for years the Metropolitan's best friend. Both had died within the year...
...223A INTERIOR: Banquet Hall-Close Shot at Society Group Including Mr. Astor...