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Died. Frederick Temple-Blackwood, Marquess of Dufferin & Ava; Rosemary Millicent Ward, Viscountess Ednam & Sir Edward Simons Ward; Mrs. Henrik Loeffler; Pilot George L. P. Henderson; Assistant Pilot John Shearing; when their airtaxi, returning to London from Mrs. Loeffler's houseparty at Le Touquet, exploded midair; at Meopham, Kent, England...
...motored over to Dennis, Mass, last week for the opening of "The Cinema." Cape Cod's latest, most up to date playhouse, designed by Alfred Easton Poor, Manhattan architect. All eyes sought the ceiling which displayed the first mural painting ever undertaken by bald, busy, noteworthy Artist Rockwell Kent. Not only is "The Cinema's" ceiling the first Kent mural, but the theatre's proprietors declare that it is the largest single canvas in the world-6,400 sq. ft. in area, almost three times the size of Tintoretto's "Paradise" walls in the Palace...
...were frantic; offered fat sums (reputedly $5.000) for a print. They wired "The Chief" in California, even besought Grandfather Dwight Morrow to intercede for them. More furious, if possible, was Capt. Joseph Medill Patterson, publisher of the Daily News. Heatedly but futilely he demanded that A. P. General Manager Kent Cooper obey the A. P. rules, supply the News with a picture...
...race. Father Sill suggested Princeton's age and experience might well win for them. But Sikes knew his men were several pounds lighter per man than the big Kent boys. When the shells were a half-mile from the finish he grinned: "Here's where we see whether Kent's weight will tell on us." Kent won by half a length...
Livingston, the 17-year-old Kent stroke, collapsed after the Princeton race. They had to carry him into the hotel. Next day Kent finished a half-length behind Worcester College, Oxford, whom they had been figured to beat easily. Kent's assistant Coach Colmore, captain-elect of next year's Princeton varsity, said: "My oarsmen were tired out before they started." But so had they tired the Worcester crew that Worcester lost the final and the Thames Challenge Cup to the Vesta Boat Club by a whole length...