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Died. Margaret Mary Emerson, 75, Bromo-Seltzer heiress who kept high society agog with her array of rich husbands: 1) Smith Hollins McKim, a physician; 2) Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who went down with the Lusitania; 3) Raymond T. Baker, a Nevada prison warden who became director of the Mint; 4) Charles Minot Amory, a playboy; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...
Pocket Phonograph. Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp. brought out a small (8½ in. by 4⅜ in.), light (less than 2 Ibs.) British-made phonograph that operates on four flashlight batteries, automatically adjusts to 33⅓ or 45 r.p.m. The base has a spindle on which the record rides; the top has a tone arm with a needle, flaps over to play the record. Price...
Died. W. (for William) Cameron Forbes, 89, Boston banker and Ralph Waldo Emerson's grandson who served (1909-13) as a popular Governor General of the Philippine Islands where he promoted industrialization and introduced polo; in Boston...
Gross national product will pass a rate of $500 billion early in the year and probably hit $525 billion before 1960 ends. It should reach $700 billion by 1970, predicted Emerson P. Schmidt, research director for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at nine this fall, Jean-Baptiste Duroselle has been holding forth in Emerson Hall, and his Gallic-flavored commentary on modern European history has charmed squealing 'Cliffies and sophisticated Harvard men alike...