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Died. Richard Jaeckel, 55, wealthy Manhattan furrier (Jaeckel, Inc.); by jumping from a hotel window; in Chicago. An awning saved his life when he plunged ten stories into it from a Manhattan window in February...
...Godfrey will provide a drastic change of fare. His voice is wheezy, his manner tough, and he is addicted to spoofing his sponsors. During his rambling ad lib discussions on life, love, flying or coal mining, he frequently salutes his supporters with such outbursts as: "Well, well, Zlotnick the Furrier. Go down and kick old Zlotnick in the shins. Kick him once...
...serve briefly as Mayor of Montreal, gave the city an administration active in Red-baiting. No spendthrift, M. Raynault slashed civic expenses. In his Gallic thrift Mayor Raynault had the mayor's official $1,400 fur robe stuffed away in a city vault to save the annual 3% furrier's storage charge. Moths ate all but the buttons...
...platina fox up to four figures. Spurring professionals on were such amateur bidders as Mrs. Arthur ("Bugs") Baer, a Lady Sydenham of Calcutta. To $1,600 went Mrs. Baer, to $1,900 Lady Sydenham. Then the professionals boosted it to $2,100, but gave up the struggle when Manhattan Furrier I. J. Fox offered $2,200. Graciously refusing to accept the platina fox, Dealer Fox suggested that it be given to the American Red Cross to auction again, stayed after the show to present his check for $2,200 to the four Norwegians...
...poor men of Europe is Albania's ex-King Zog, who has trouble getting up his rent (TIME, April 8). Last week ex-King Zog, who now lives in a suburb of Paris, had money trouble with another exile. One Arthur Horowitz, ex-Viennese ex-furrier, sued him for $100,000, which, ex-Furrier Horowitz claimed, the ex-King had spent on furs for ex-Queen Geraldine and three ex-Princesses, his sisters. Ex-King Zog replied through his lawyers that he felt under no obligation to pay, since his ex-friends, the Italians, had taken the furs along...