Word: fla
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the Corsair, trim, black yacht of John Pierpont Morgan, was returning from a cruise through the Caribbean, it put in at Miami, Fla. Photographer Ralph Willetts of the Miami News, who has recorded the features of innumerable Florida visitors, determined to lense-catch Mr. Morgan, most elusive of celebrities. He learned, after being chased away, that at 9 o'clock one morning Mr. Morgan's sister-in-law, Mrs. Stephen Van R. Crosby, would go ashore to entrain for the North. Photographer Willetts posted himself close to the Corsair. A fellow reporter placed himself nearby in evidence...
John Davison Rockefeller stamped the golf-course fairway at Ormond Beach, Fla. and cried: "We must denounce that thing, and by that I mean that thing over in Russia...
Confirmed. Ralph ("Sonny") Capone, 10, son of Alphonse ("Scarface Al") Capone; in the Holy Name of Jesus Church; in Miami, Fla...
Died. George Chandler Holt, 87, one-time (1903-1914) U. S. District Judge of the Southern District of New York, father of Vice President Henry Chandler Holt of Manhattan's Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co., and of President Hamilton Holt of Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla.; in Nice, France...
...John Davison Rockefeller was about to climb into his car after a game of golf at Ormond, Fla., Soprano Amelita Galli-Curci drove up to the golf club. They were introduced. Seized with a great gallantry, Mr. Rockefeller cried: "Bless you, bless you! I have enjoyed hearing you sing so many times!" From his car he extracted a bouquet of violets and sweet peas. "I found these at my plate this morning, and they made me think of your voice," said he. "And here is my picture with an appropriate sentiment. And if you don't mind, I would...