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Died. Luigi Amedeo Giuseppe Maria Ferdinando Francesco. Duke of the Abruzzi, Prince of Savoy, 60, cousin of Italy's King Vittorio Emmanuele, onetime (1915-17) commander-in-chief of Italy's navy, 1932 president of the merged Italia Line; of arteriosclerosis; in Abruzzi City, Italian Somaliland, Africa. During the War his fleet saved the Serbian Army, fighting hopelessly with its back to the sea. In 1922 Albania offered him its throne...
...Eddie Savoy, 77-year-old Negro who has served 21 Secretaries of State as doorkeeper, retired. President Roosevelt sent his car across the street to the State Department, had him transported to the White House for a farewell handshake as he ended 64 years of Federal service...
Manhattan's Gramophone Shop reports three other big-selling records from abroad: a medley of Noel Coward's best-known songs which Coward took time to sing in his casual, high-pitched voice; a scene from the Savoy Follies given last summer in London in which Actress Florence Desmond does shrewd imitations of screen celebrities attending a Hollywood party; a comic take-off on any bad lieder singer done by the French comedian Betove. Most popular of the new classical importations are the Beethoven Concertos (First & Fifth) which German Pianist Artur Schnabel has made with the London Symphony...
Marquis Federico Negrotto Cambiaso, member of a potent old Genoa family, was elected president of Benito Mussolini's Italia Line, succeeding His Royal Highness Prince Luigi of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi, who resigned (TIME, Oct. 24) With the replacement of all but two directors and the appointment of a new general manager, this step completed the long-awaited reorganization of Il Duce's great shipping line...
There are enough good tunes to keep Miss Moore's voice occupied, though you must expect no such light, such elusive bouquet as comes from the vintage of old Savoy...