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Refused by Honolulu's Harbor Board was the request of Doris Duke Cromwell, "Richest Girl in the U. S.," to bulkhead a Kaalawai Beach cove into a private swimming pool near her proposed $500,000 home. Declared the Board: "This question of great wealth being used for private ends is contrary to the public good." Annoyed, Mrs. Cromwell threatened to abandon her Hawaiian property, build her home near Palm Beach, Fla., instead...
Michigan's James Couzens is the richest member of the U. S. Senate. He is also about its most independent. Nominally a Republican, he has given vast aid and comfort to the New Deal in the last three years. Up for renomination in the September primary, Senator Couzens is opposed by Michigan's onetime Governor Wilbur M. Brucker. Refusing to campaign for his seat, the onetime partner of Henry Ford went off for a yacht cruise, remarking: "I don't intend to compete with Brucker. If the people are dissatisfied with my work, I shall be content...
Premature reports several times had Government militia killing "The Richest Man in Spain," august and autocratic Count Romanones. He was three times Premier under the Monarch", and, after King Alfonso fled, escorted Queen Victoria Eugenie to the train and saw her safely out of Madrid. Last week proud Count Romanones was let out of a San Sebastian jail, reputedly after making "charitcble contributions" of 2,000,000 pesetas ($260,000). Arriving in France, he was obsequiously met by an undersecretary of the Cabinet of Socialist Premier Leon Blum. Snorted the old Monarchist: "I was not afraid because I knew...
...look at the large walnut bed in which His Majesty was expected to sleep, a trusted aide condemned it as "too formal," sent it back and had an informal little number rushed aboard at the last moment. According to the Nahlin's proud owner, "Britain's Richest Widow" Lady Yule: "She is the most beautiful yacht in the world and the most seaworthy...
...vacation plans were announced by the King who fortnight ago canceled his summer lease on the $350,000 villa on the French Riviera of Actress Maxine Elliott (TIME, Aug. 3). He turned last week to the "Richest British Widow," Lady Yule, whose husband Sir David ("The Scottish King of the Indian Jute Trade") left some $100,000,000 to her and Daughter Gladys. To King Edward, Lady Yule leased her $1,350,000 yacht Nahlin (an Indian name meaning "Fleetfoot...