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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rotten as San Francisco's politics were San Francisco's turn-of-the-century newspapers. To gain an end editors stopped at nothing. A typical incident: at 1 p. m. one day the city editor of William Randolph Hearst's morning Examiner told one of his newssnatchers that R. A. Crothers, owner of the Bulletin, had been attacked as he was emerging from a restaurant. Rushing to the Bulletin, the Examiner reporter learned that Owner Crothers was still in the restaurant, enjoying a good meal, good health. The newsgatherer departed. A few minutes later Mr. Crothers emerged from the restaurant...
Married. Gladys Walton, show girl (Princess Flavia, Lady in Ermine); and Clifford R. Parliman, flyer; in an airplane 5,000 ft. above Roosevelt Field...
Tennis. Women's National (Forest Hills, L. I.)?singles, Helen Newington Wills of Berkeley, Cal.; doubles, Mrs. Phoebe Watson & Mrs. L. R. C. Michell of England...
Newport Casino Invitation (Newport, R. I.)?singles, William Tatem Tilden II of Philadelphia; doubles, George Lott Jr. of Chicago & John Doeg of Santa Monica...
Department Store. When nearly two months ago R. H. Macy & Co. bought L. Bamberger & Co., great Newark department store (TIME, July 8), the price paid was not disclosed, was left to be inferred from Bamberger's earnings of $2,915,375 in 1928. Last week R. H. Macy filed application with the New York Stock Exchange to list 146.385 additional shares of stock. Of this number 69,210 shares (worth at the present market nearly $15,000,000) were given in part payment to the stockholders of L. Bamberger. The remaining 77,175 shares were offered...