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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Alfred Irénée du Pont, 70, purchaser, reorganizer and onetime (1902-16) head of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (explosives, chemicals); of heart disease; at "Epping Forest," his estate near Jacksonville, Fla. An explosives expert, Alfred du Pont surprised his family by offering to buy the firm, then at low ebb, upon the death of Eugene du Pont in 1902. After increasing its assets from $15,000,000 to $82,000,000. he was ousted by his cousins Pierre Irénée and Lammot du Pont, with whom he maintained a bitter...
...brown coat, marked Laughner Johnson Inc. St. Petersburg, Fla...
...Orlando, Fla., the Brooklyn Dodgers offered a last trial to their onetime star pitcher, Arthur C. ("Dazzy") Vance who, now 42, had just been released by the St. Louis Cardinals. Wearing a pair of trousers much too short for him, Vance showed enough of his oldtime speed in practice to impress Manager Casey Stengel, became sure of a job when, two days later, the Dodgers' current pitching ace, Van Lingle Mungo, strained a muscle in his shoulder...
...Petersburg, Fla., a record crowd for a Florida exhibition game (6,500) last fortnight went to see the two most famed baseball players of their era play against each other. With Jerome Herman Dean pitching for the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals, the Boston Braves' new rightfielder, George Herman Ruth, failed...
...Paul." When he arrived at the Cardinals' training camp in Bradenton. Fla. last year, Pitcher Dean astounded reporters by promising that he and his Brother Paul would win 45 games. They won 49. This season, Pitcher Dean was a shade more circumspect. Said he: "I hope they let me pitch the ones they really want to win but you see I'm a regular star today. Frankie Frisch won't rely on me as much this summer as he did last year. I can't do the managing and pitching all at once. . . . Frankie thinks...