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Time was, in the goggle and duster days, when the U.S. had such a road tradition, when half a million New Yorkers jammed out to watch the Vanderbilt Cup races on Long Island. In the Vanderbilt were such car names, now dim, as Pope-Toledo, Darracq, Simplex and Locomobile, such still familiar ones as Mercedes and Fiat. The driver lists included such U.S. professionals as Barney Oldfield, Ralph de Palma, such millionaire amateurs as William K. Vanderbilt himself and Spencer Wishart, such Europeans as Jenatzy, first man to exceed 60 m.p.h., Lancia, Nazzaro, Victor Hemery and Louis Chevrolet...
Stately Pierces. Briggs Cunningham was born in the middle of the Vanderbilt Cup era, in 1907. But at the Cunningham house in Cincinnati, where Briggs Sr. made his money in meat packing, the speedy shenanigans on Long Island were ignored. Father Cunningham was a lover of good horseflesh. It was not until he died in 1914 that Mrs. Cunningham bought the family's first car, a stately Pierce Arrow that Briggs, with the help of the family chauffeur, later learned to drive...
...Have & to Vote. The proxy statements showed that the Central management has been loading up on the railroad's stock. The Central's directors now hold not 13,750 but 106,622 shares (out of 6,447,410 outstanding), chiefly because Director Harold S. Vanderbilt has increased his holdings from 10,000 shares to 60,000. The Young slate claimed ownership of 1,089,880 shares, or about 17%. But the big end of the Young group's holdings is the 800,000 shares listed for Texas Oilmen Clint W. Murchison and Sid W. Richardson, which...
...Student Union leaders were first put on the carpet last November, because Ray had invited Vanderbilt University's Dr. Nels Ferre, a liberal Christian theologian to give the principal speech at their state convention. General board members' heard that Congregationalist Ferre does not believe in the virgin birth,-and they quickly canceled his appearance. Since then, the board has been digging into charges that the Baptist student pastors have been guiding their young congregations independent of regular church supervision...
...customers who "best qualifies as the perfect showcase for his hats." Under the terms of the contest, it was not surprising to find some familiar names among the winners. The top eleven and their milliners: Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower (Sally Victor), Mrs. Lauritz Melchior (John Frederics), Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (Mr. John), Contralto Claramae Turner (Robert Dudley), Soprano Mary Bothwell (Rose Saphire), Nightclub Singer Juliana Larson (Margaret Cody), Radio Commentator Ruby Mercer (Marion Valle), Coloratura Soprano Barbara Gibson (Helen Liebert), Cinemactress Jan Sterling (Walter Florell), Actress Dorothy Stickney (Anita-Andra), TV Star Arlene Francis (Emme...