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Died. Sir Alexander Fleming, 73, Nobel Prizewinning Scottish-born bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928; of a Coronary thrombosis ; at his home in London (see MEDICINE...
Divorced. By Ella Logan, 41, Scottish-born Broadway songstress (Finian's Rainbow), great friend of ex-New York City Mayor William O'Dwyer: Fred Finkel-hoffe, 44, Hollywood and Broadway producer-writer; after twelve years of marriage, no children; in Santa Monica, Calif...
...Scottish-born London doctor turned bestselling novelist, who caustically described the medical profession (The Citadel, Adventures in Two Worlds...
...Never from these buildings have the police picked up anyone for dope or anything like that." And Scottish-born Mrs. Woodard wasn't impressed by Mrs. Stevenson's social position: "I had a title when I came over here. I was Lady Rogers. But that's all in the past now. I'm very proud of my name, Mrs. Woodard, and very proud of my buildings...
Died. Bertie Charles ("B.C.") Forbes, 73, Scottish-born onetime Hearst financial editor and columnist 'who started his own semimonthly business magazine, Forbes (circ. 128,623), in 1917; of a heart attack; at his desk in his Manhattan office. A prolific chronicler of tycoons' careers-e.g., Andrew Carnegie, James B. Duke, John D. Rockefeller-B.C. strove to "humanize" Big Business, larded his Forbes columns with hearty aphorisms. Examples: "Rest? Yes. Rust? No! . . . The self-starter never allows his steam to run down . . . Everything may not be for the best, but let's make the best...