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Died. Dion O'Bannion, 32, hierarch of crooks, gangsters, gunmen, shot by three unidentified young men in his flower store, Chicago. At his interment were 26 truckloads of flowers, 1,000 automobiles, 10,000 people. His body reposed in a $10,000 coffin overlaid with gold and silver filigree, heaped with flowers said to have cost over $25,000. Largest offering of all was a seven-foot wall of carnations labeled, "To our pal-from the gang." Because the doors of the Holy Name Cathedral (where he once served as an altar boy) were closed against the funeral, "services...
After the body had lain in state for several days, a requiem was held and the triple coffin of elm, cypress and lead was lowered into the crypt that had long been prepared...
...ever made?to complete the building fund. Members of the committee in charge of this fund are: Thatcher M. Brown, Cornelius Agnew, the Rev. Dr. George Alexander, Robert W. Carle, Henry W. de Forest, Samuel H. Fisher, W. E. S. Griswold, Johnston de Forest, Dean Sage, William Sloane Coffin...
...That's an old story", said Coach Fisher, "and has been before the Rules Committee several times. The acceptance of this suggestion seems to be the sole purpose of Mr. Coffin's existence and I am rather sick of expressing my opinions on the subject annually. If I have anything to say, the experiment will never be tried out in the Stadium...
Major Moore laughed when he was questioned. "I wouldn't mind seeing the idea tried out by any other team. It will be very interesting and may persuade Mr. Coffin to agree with the Harvard coaching staff...