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Divorced. Mrs. Louisa Carpenter Jenney, dashing horsewoman, niece of Pierre Samuel du Pont, great & good friend of Torchsinger Libby Holman; from John King Jenney, du Pont executive; in Wilmington, Del. Rich Mrs. Jenney sheltered Singer Holman in 1932 after the death of her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds, later adopted a small girl to keep Smith Reynolds Jr. company...
City fathers, bankers, businessmen, churchmen and miscellaneous bigwigs of Houston, Tex., gathered in Scottish Rite Cathedral for a solemn celebration of Jesse Holman Jones Day. In the audience, the big, genial chairman of Reconstruction Finance Corp. bowed his head, heard seven speakers eulogize him as a publicist, charitarian, politician, financier, "the most dominant and dynamic individual factor in the upbuilding and progress of our great city." Then a bronze bust was unveiled. Said Houstonman Jones: "I almost feel as if I have been listening to a funeral oration...
Frederick de Wolfe Holman...
When RFC began buying up preferred stock and capital notes to irrigate the nation's parched financial fields, it demanded 5% interest. Later the interest rate was reduced to 4%. Last week, to encourage more private financing, Chairman Jesse Holman Jones dropped RFC's interest charge another ½%. Applying to all preferred stock and capital notes now owned by the Corporation and to any more it may be able to acquire up to Dec. 31, RFC's 3½% rate will be effective from Jan. 1, 1935 to April 1, 1939. After that the rate goes back to 4% until...
...hate, boredom or jealousy. Each song has a finely chiseled pattern, an unmistakable mood built from a variety of inflections. Like Helen Morgan she likes to sit on the piano, flutter her hands. But she is as likely to pace the stage, act out each phrase. Like Libby Holman she can get her voice down to a guttural bass. But for finesse this Parisienne, now in her early 30's, has no peer among U. S. torchsingers...