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Died. William Woodward ("Plain Bill") Brandon, 66, onetime (1923-27) Governor of Alabama; of brain hemorrhage; in Tuscaloosa. He won national notice by the thunderous booming of his voice, when, as Alabama's delegate to the 1924 National Democratic Convention, he led off 103 consecutive ballots with the cry: "Alabama casts 24 votes for Oscar W. Underwood...
...combined total of 627. The formal opening ceremonies for the scholastic year were held yesterday morning in the First Church (Congregational). The speakers were Ada M. Comstock, president; Frances R. Jordan, Dean of the College; Bernice B. Cronkite, Dean of the Graduate School; and Mary S. Douglass of Brandon, Vermont, president of the Student Government Association...
Suing for Divorce. Robert Emmet Sherwood, playwright; from Mary Brandon Sherwood; in Reno. Grounds: "the usual thing...
Divorced. Anne Ludlow Cannon Reynolds Smith, 23; from Frank Brandon Smith Jr., real estate man, her second husband; in Hot Springs, Ark. Charges: general indignities. Mrs. Smith's first husband was the late tobacco heir Zachary Smith Reynolds, whose second wife was Singer Elsbeth ("Libby") Holman...
Seeking Divorce. Anne Ludlow Cannon Reynolds Smith, 23, daughter of Towel Tycoon Joseph F. Cannon, first wife of the late Zachary Smith Reynolds, tobacco scion; from Frank Brandon Smith Jr., Charlotte (N. C.) hardwareman; in Hot Springs, Ark., whither she was accompanied by vigilant Father Cannon...