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Adolph Spreckels, grandson of John Diedrich Spreckels, California sugar tycoon, was racing a borrowed outboard motorboat in a regatta on Green Lake, Seattle, when the throttle jammed. Roaring straight into the beach, the tiny craft leaped high as it struck, careened through a crowd of spectators, crashed on top of a sound truck. Sportsman Spreckels was catapulted into the air against a telephone pole where he hung by an arm impaled on one of the climbing spikes. Taken down unconscious, with the arm torn open from shoulder to wrist, he was hospitalized with one of the spectators...
...others, five cases were continued for later hearing, 48 were discharged on the wives' recommendations. Of Elmer Diedrich his wife said, "I allow him to have one drink a day but he takes so long getting that drink I have to go to the tavern after him." Because Diedrich's baby son has the judge's middle name, Jerome, he was discharged. Of himself, Louie Sarna said, "I suffered more than I ever expect, judge, your honor, the shame. My ambition it has always been not to beat my wife. I no do it again." Of Felix...
...have been retained after the trials are: M. V. Anastos '30, R. D. Bacon '29, John Benson Jr. '30, Donald Bristol '30, Arthur Burroughs '30, A. C. Daniels '30, P. B. Diedrich '30, Abraham Freedburg '29, W. C. Gordon Jr. '30, Gordon Gould '30, Robinson Heap '30, Lee Heiler '30, J. J. Hennessy '30, P. A. Newell '30, Edward Ocnoff '30. Abraham Raum '29, S. C. Robinson '30, H. E. Stolsinger '30, Frederick Wallace '30, F. V. Weeks '30, and J. R. Wilson...
Died. John Diedrich Spreckels, 72, after week of illness; at Coronado, Calif. He was the eldest son of the late Claus Spreckles, who expanded his Philadelphia grocery business to control much of the U. S. sugar trade. The sons?John Diedrich, Adolph Barnard (died 1924), Claus August (president, Federal Sugar Refining Co.) and Rudolph (spells his name "Spreckles," onetime fighter of California political corruption)?all went into the sugar business. John Diedrich. went furthest, developed the Pacific islands sugar trade, pioneered transpacific shipping to carry his products, broadened into finance, philanthropic and civic activities...