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Suing for Divorce. Robert Emmet Sherwood, playwright; from Mary Brandon Sherwood; in Reno. Grounds: "the usual thing...
...Manhattan Mrs. Roosevelt visited the studio of Ellen Emmet Rand who was engaged last summer to paint the official portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to be left hanging in the White House after his departure. In Washington and Hyde Park, Mrs. Rand did her job. Said she: "The President was a very good subject, a very willing sitter. All told we had about eight sittings. . . . Sometimes he received callers during the sittings, but I liked that. It made for a more natural expression. He was really very patient about it." As originally painted the portrait bore the famed Roosevelt smile...
...Minister to the court of Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands, President Roosevelt appointed his onetime law partner, Grenville Temple Emmet of Manhattan, great-grandnephew of famed, executed Irish Patriot Robert Emmet...
...served at U. S. forts and camps, went to France in 1918, returned to minister at more forts and camps. A cultured, diffident man of God, well-liked by his fellows. he is fond of horseback and baseball. In his new job he succeeds Col. Julian Emmet Yates, also a Baptist...
...which our company must always be grateful to Alexander Legge is the fact that he built up and bequeathed to us a strong organization of able, trained and loyal men." The directors had no difficulty in deciding which of those men should succeed Mr. Legge. They named Addis Emmet MeKinstry, 63, who had worked for the company and its predecessor since he was 16, as stock boy, agent, district salesmanager, plant superintendent, vice president. ¶Hahn Department Stores, Inc., which lately parted with its founder, Lew Hahn (TIME, Aug. 21), last week parted with Paul Quattlander, its president since...