Word: codicils
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Arthur Schnitzler, 69, Viennese novelist, poet and dramatist (Casanova's Homecoming, Professor Bernhardi, Fraülein Else, Rhapsody, etc.); of a stroke, while re-writing a play; in Vienna. In a codicil to his will he directed that his funeral be "of the very last" (pauper's) class, that the money thus saved be distributed among hospitals, that a needle be thrust through his heart to remove any doubt of death...
...Previous medalists: Representative Ruth Sears Baker Pratt of Manhattan, U. S. Senator Dwight Whitney Morrow. *In his only codicil, Mr. Baker revoked a $2,000 bequest he had made to Frank Healy, who lately left his employ...
Last week Franklin's Boston birth, his affection for Boston, caused a wrangle between city officials and directors of the Franklin Fund. A codicil to Franklin's will bequeathed to the "town of Boston," a fund from his estate, part to be put out at interest for 200 years and the balance to be spent "in public works . . . such as fortifications, bridges, aqueducts, baths, pavements or whatever may make living in its town more convenient . . . and agreeable." The fund last week stood at $458,846. The treasurer of the Franklin Fund, Charles E. Getting, gave Boston...