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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. George Fulmer Getz, 72, Chicago coalman, onetime (1933-36) treasurer of the Republican National Committee; of a heart attack; in Miami Beach, Fla...
Died. James A. Ten Eyck, 86, since 1903 rowing coach at Syracuse University; of coronary thrombosis; in Miami, Fla. A professional oarsman whose first sliding seat was greased leather sewn on his trunks, Ten Eyck once rowed his wife around Manhattan, at 65 rowed from Syracuse to Albany to prove his fitness, at 80 rowed in shells with men young enough to be his great-grandsons...
Died. Harvey Samuel Firestone, 70, tiremaker; of coronary thrombosis; in Miami Beach, Fla. In 1894, while a buggy salesman, young Harvey met and helped Henry Ford, then devising a chassis for the gasoline motor. Six years later he founded Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., with 17 employes. In three decades he was paying 20,000 workers in the U. S., 20,000 Liberians on African rubber plantations. Last year his company made $9,300,000. Besides Ford, his closest friend was the late great Thomas Alva Edison. A little man, shy, well-groomed, he raised horses, and dairy cows...