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...Wilhelm, eldest son of onetime Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Germany, went up in a balloon with four companions near Konigsberg. Germany; was carried out over, descended into the Baltic sea, spilled out. A motor boat picked up two of the passengers. Wilhelm and the navigator swam ashore...
...next season to the New York Philharmonic-Symphony (TIME, Jan. 27). In London last week it became known that he had been engaged to conduct the London Symphony in 60 concerts, an ambitious orchestral season for Britishers, inspired by the recent visits of the Berlin and Vienna orchestras under Wilhelm Furtwangler, another onetime New York Philharmonic conductor...
Probably 95% of the Fatherland's ballot casters would vote for HINDENBURG today, yet five years ago he was chosen by but 14,600,000 ballots, while his Centre Party rival, Dr. Wilhelm Marx, received...
...whole Left and Centre voted against the Feldmarschall because they feared he would use the power of the Presidency to restore Wilhelm II. The whole Right voted for Hindenburg in hopes that he would do what the Left feared-but today substantially all Germans are glad that "Old Paul" has played the rôle of President in straight, constitutional fashion, with no asides...
...Wurts was for 20 years (1862-82 ) Secretary to the U. S. Legation in Italy. He died in Rome at 86, three years ago. Mrs. Wurts is a sister of Charlemagne Tower, U. S. tycoon who as Ambassador to Germany lived in such splendor that Wilhelm II, all highest and War lord, once said...