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Died. Daniel George Dodge, 21, heir to the $9,000,000 fortune of the late Automobileman John Dodge, in Georgian Bay, near Little Current, Ontario. Honeymooning with his two-weeks' bride, a former telephone operator and daughter of a tugboat captain, Heir Dodge picked up a stick of dynamite in the garage at his camp. It exploded, cracked his skull and tore off his left arm. With friends' help, his wife, seriously hurt herself, put him in a speedboat, started to drive to a doctor across the bay. Pain-crazed, Daniel Dodge jumped overboard, drowned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 22, 1938 | 8/22/1938 | See Source »

Divorced. Janine Voisin Pinchot, daughter of French Automobileman Gabriel Voisin; from Gifford Pinchot 2nd, nephew of Pennsylvania's longtime Governor Pinchot; in Dade City, Fla. Grounds: infidelity, uncontested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 7, 1935 | 1/7/1935 | See Source »

John North Willys, automobileman, has an estate near Oyster Bay, Long Island. On the estate is a private beach. On the beach was found floating last week the body of a dead man. On the man was only underwear. His clothes, discovered later on the Willys beach, contained the following memo: "Sunday-Took a trip to Oyster Bay. The afternoon is sunny and cheerful. Sorry I did not bring my bathing suit, as I find quite a few bathing and enjoying it." The ill-fated intruder on Mr. Willys' private beach was identified as R. A. Richard, Manhattan salesman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 8, 1928 | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

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