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Died. Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch, 50, cousin of the late Tsar Nicholas II of Russia; of tuberculosis; in Davos, Switzerland. Handsome Dmitri in 1916 helped Prince Felix Youssoupov with the patriotic liquidation (poison, many shots) of "Mad Monk" Rasputin, close adviser of the Tsarina. After the revolution, Dmitri was in line for pretendership to the throne, refused it in favor of his cousin Cyril Vladimirovitch. In 1926 he married American Heiress Audrey Emery (40 millions), was divorced in 1937. Dmitri was a brother of Grand Duchess Marie (Education of a Princess), half-brother of Princess Natalie Paley (Mrs. John...
Arrested in Miami, Fla. by immigration authorities for overstaying her leave in the U. S. was Mme Maria Gregorievna Rasputin Soloviev, animal-taming daughter of murdered Grigoriy Rasputin,* the "Mad Monk," spiritual adviser to the late Tsarina of Russia...
Back in Europe after a U. S. visit, German Cinema Tsarina Leni Riefenstahl announced that she had had a nice time, except in Hollywood, where she was "trailed continuously by two detectives," who interfered with her walks and "a couple of times" were actually rude...
Because she has overstayed her leave in the U. S., the Department of Labor ordered the arrest, when found, of Animal Tamer Mme Maria Rasputin Soloviev, statuesque daughter of "Mad Monk" Grigoriy Rasputin, spiritual adviser to the late Tsarina of Russia. Where Mme Soloviev was taming animals last week the Labor Department did not know. Continuing his financial retrenchment, William Randolph Hearst sold over $100,000 worth of art treasures including Chippendale chairs. Georgian beds, silverware of the Charles II and William III periods. Purchaser: John Davison Rockefeller Jr., who will place them in the Governor's Palace...
...Benes, Premier Milan Hodza and Foreign Minister Kamil Krofta, Mr. Hoover had moved on to Berlin. At his hotel, sharp-eyed Gestapo (secret police) agents pounced upon a suspicious-looking package addressed to Mr. Hoover. They ripped it open, to their surprise found only a picture of the late Tsarina Alexandra of Russia sent by an admiring White Russian...