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...others are: Sydney E. Ahleirom 5G, Harold Amos 4G, Rufus A. Blanshard 5G, James S. Coleman 4G, Edward L. Daugherty 3G, James H. Eliott 3G, Deno J. Geanakoplos...
Died. Samuel Rufus Rosoff, 68, rags-to-riches construction tycoon ($50 million worth of Manhattan subways); after an operation for an intestinal ailment; in Baltimore. In 1894, at the age of twelve, he worked his way to New York from Russia, worked his way to the top with some powerful boosts from friendly Democratic politicos, became a millionaire playboy and philanthropist. Something of a bulldozer himself, he boasted that he got ahead through brawn, not brains: "What the hell. I can always hire college graduates to do the pencil-and-paper work...
Henry Fielding's "The Justice Caught in His Own Trap, or Rape Upon Rape" will be the Winthrop production on Thursday and is directed by Rufus A. Blanchard, teaching fellow in English...
Hedging its political bets, the A.M.A.'s high command chose as vice president General Practitioner Rufus Benjamin Robins. A Democratic National Committeeman from Arkansas, Dr. Robins also opposes the Truman-Ewing health plan...
...effort to exploit Dartmouth's weak stickwork, Crimson coach Dolph Samborski will start his number one pitcher, Bob Ward. Mueller will probably counter with lefty Rufus Tilden...