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Died. Max Reinhardt, 70, famed theatrical producer (The Miracle); of paralysis and pneumonia, after a stroke; in Manhattan. Born near Vienna, the solemn prodigy with the wire-grey pompadour clicked in his first stage role (1893), soon became Berlin's outstanding director. Once praised for the intimate drama, at his Salzburg Festivals (begun in 1920) he out-dreamed a Barnum with his decor, employed huge casts and invited huge guest lists to his Castle Leopoldskron. Celebrated in the U.S. for The Miracle (1924), Jewish Max Reinhardt was reduced to Paris poverty in the early days of Nazidom, made...
...Donald Dennis has become the father of another baby girl. That makes two now . . . Arthur Bornfriend has quieted down considerably and hasn't time for billiards anymore. You shouldn't have to be told that he's a married man now . . . John Gobeille got back from his 10-day pneumonia leave Tuesday looking well rested. He has been moved back to company Charlie . . . In conclusion it might be remarked that it seems almost unbelievable that company Baker has finally become company Baker. It seems like only yesterday (to coin a phrase) that we lined up full of awe and confusion...
Died. Patrick Austin ("Paddy") Nash, 80, both Nash and dash of Chicago's famed Kelly-Nash political machine; of pneumonia; in Chicago. Son of an Irish immigrant contractor, short, derbied Nash moved early to the West Side, whose con trol he gradually took over from his political tutor, the 28th (then 14th) Ward's famed Roger Sullivan. Until nearly...
Died. John Flammang Schrank, 67, Bavarian-born ex-barkeep who shot and wounded Theodore" Roosevelt in Milwaukee in 1912; of bronchial pneumonia; in the Waupun, Wis. hospital where he spent 29 of his 31 mailless, visitorless years in state custody, after being judged a paranoiac. Schrank regarded Teddy's 1912 Bull Moosing as a bid for a third term, decided to shoot him. Schrank's single shot was parried by manuscripts and a spectacle case in T.R.'s pockets. Despite his wound, Teddy made a speech that night, a fortnight later again felt perfectly bully...
...Sulfamerazine hit the market last fortnight. Its champions claim: 1) sulfamerazine is just as effective as sulfadiazine for pneumonia; 2) it is more powerful, dose for dose, than sulfadiazine and therefore more economical; 3) it is more rapidly absorbed and longer retained than sulfadiazine...