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...Knights of Malta by the appointment of 14 Americans, some of them famed. The knighted: President Clarence Hungerford Mackay of Commercial Cable Co.; President John Jeremiah Pelley of New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.; President Lawrence Aloysius Downs of Illinois Central System; Lawyer Jack Johnson Spalding of Atlanta, Ga.; Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee Angus Daniel McDonald of Southern Pacific Co.; Banker Joseph Henry O'Neil of Boston; Banker Elisha Walker of Manhattan; Philanthropist Dennis Francis Kelly of Chicago; President Bernard Joseph Rothwell of Bay State Milling Co., Boston; Paul E. Fitzpatrick of Brown, Durrel Co., Boston...
Died. Nathan Straus, 82, great philanthropist and Jewish leader; of heart disease and high blood pressure; in Manhattan. He was born in Rhenish Bavaria in 1848, son of Lazarus Straus, who came to the U. S. in 1854, settled in Talbotton, Ga. Eldest brother was Isidor (later famed in the building up of Straus stores, victim with his wife of the Titanic disaster in 1912); youngest was Oscar Solomon (first Jew to hold a cabinet post, Secretary of Commerce & Labor, 1906-09, twice Minister, once Ambassador to Turkey; died in 1926). Ruined by the Civil War, the family came...
...concluded that the vault-batterers had intended to hold a Vanderbilt body for ransom. Col. Thomas Edward Lawrence (alias Aircraftsman Shaw), soldier of fortune and author (The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Revolt in the Desert), was dis covered to be translating Homer's Odyssey into English verse. Augusta, Ga. is booming its winter-resort possibilities. A committee was formed to co-ordinate all sports (golf, polo, tennis, horse shows, race meets, baseball). The chairman: Tyrus Raymond ("Ty") Cobb, oldtime American League baseballer (Detroit...
...Federal Trade Commission inquiry and widespread criticism for its financial interest in 13 newspapers. Straightway I. P. & P. took steps to dispose of those holdings. Last week, through a series of misadventures, I. P. & P. found itself again temporarily in the newspaper business-sole owner of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, Columbia (S. C.) Record, Spartanburg (S. C.) Herald and Spartanburg Journal. In a Federal court sale the paper company was awarded the properties...
...Varre quarreled, and Partner Hall sought an injunction to restrain Partner La Varre from obtaining operating control. To protect himself, Hall had to go to the court of appeals for a decision declaring him an equal partner with La Varre. But one J. T. Webb Jr. of Macon, Ga. was appointed by Federal court as commissioner to manage the newspapers pending their sale. La Varre ejected Commissioner Webb from the Columbia Record office, went to jail for contempt. He emerged to fight a petition by Partner Hall for the sale of the papers. He lost...