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...idea of such a collection was originally suggested a few years ago, to Mrs. F. V. Livingston, who is in charge of the Widener Room, by Mrs. Rudyard Kipling herself. At present the Harvard holdings consist of several hundred volumes, translated into as many as 22 languages...
Died. Samuel Mather, 80, shipping, mining and steel tycoon (Pickands, Mather & Co.), first citizen of Cleveland; of heart disease; in Cleveland. Son of Samuel Livingston Mather who founded Cleveland Iron Mining Co. and the family fortune, he was a famed philanthropist, a director of U. S. Steel and many another great corporation. Holder of 60,000 shares of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., he battled Cyrus Stephen Eaton over a proposed merger with Bethlehem Steel Corp., won last week when the project was finally dropped. Steelman Mather's 15-year-old grandson took his own life (hanging) last month (TIME...
...balance of the board: Livingston Erringer Jones, president First National, Philadelphia; Arthur E. Braun, president Farmers Deposit National, Pittsburgh; John King Ottley, president First National, Atlanta; Frank Bartow Anderson, chairman Bank of California; John Maffit Miller Jr., First & Merchants National, Richmond; Edward Williams Decker, president Northwestern National; Walter Scott McLucas, chairman Commerce Trust Co., Kansas City; Nathan Adams, First National, Dallas...
...given a light sentence. In court Capone's attorney had asserted that the agreement was approved by Attorney General Mitchell and "an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury." In Washington the Department of Justice had admitted approving this deal, insisted the procedure was customary. Undersecretary of the Treasury Ogden Livingston Mills had denied knowing anything about it. Judge Wilkerson had upset the plans by declaring: "The court will listen to recommendations, but it is utterly impossible to bargain with a Federal court." Then he had allowed frightened Capone to change his plea to not guilty, had sought?and failed...
...lost the third in Philadelphia, Manager Cornelius McGillicuddy ("Connie Mack") of the Philadelphia Athletics was faced with a familiar but difficult problem : who should pitch? As usual, he failed to reveal his solution of the problem till just before the game. Large (6 ft. 4 in.), bland George Livingston Earnshaw then began warming up. A game ahead, Manager Gabby Street could afford to gamble by starting right-handed Sylvester Johnson. He gave Philadelphia a run in the first inning, was replaced in the sixth after Jimmy Foxx had hit a homerun over the left field fence. Only one St. Louis...