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Died. James ("Sunny Jim") Rolph Jr., 64, Governor of California; of a miocardiac disease resulting in kidney complications and congestion of the lungs; on a ranch near San Jose, Calif. Born in San Francisco, he gained fame and friends by organizing relief work after the 1906 earthquake and fire, became Mayor in 1911, served until elected Governor 20 years later. With a political flair similar to that of his friend "Jimmy" Walker, onetime Mayor of New York, he gave lavish parties for visiting notables, made appropriate speeches at prize fights. He always wore high-heeled polished boots (he bought...
...Governor Rolph Sacramento, Calif. Dear Governor...
...Governor Rolph's secretary replied that, because of ''so many requests of a similar nature for donations," he could not contribute. Nevertheless, the campaign netted $105, provided Caroline Decker with a typewriter, an ample supply of ribbons and paper.-ED. Egg-Sucking Switz Sirs: Re: One-hole Egg Mystery. The skepticism of your correspondent. Mr. William Tarrant Jr. (April 20 is worthy of a Bertillon! He is correct in believing that the great one-hole egg mystery will undoubtedly "make those French Johnnies sit back, take their hats off and scratch their heads," even despite your learned...
...plan would be a refreshing variation in the mad scramble for booty that goes under the name of politics in California. The sincere, if unsophisticated, idealism of this man who has never worn a dress suit would loom in joyous contrast to the urbanity and nonentity of "Sunny Jim" Rolph...
Meantime, in San Jose, a grand jury, sure of Governor Rolph's approval, failed to find evidence for indicting participants in the hanging of Kidnappers John Holmes and Thomas Thurmond (TIME...