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...undergraduate trade. "No Vote-No Trade," "Recrimination for Discrimination," cried campus signs. This phase of the affair was reminiscent of the origin of it all. Last year the Princeton undergraduates were not allowed to vote in a mayoral primary election. Reason alleged: one of the candidates was Benjamin Franklin ("Bacon") Bunn, keeper of the co-operative store on the University campus. Another candidate, a onetime faculty member named Van Nest, believed that the students would pour out to vote for popular Storekeeper Bunn sooner than for an obscure pedagog...
Died. Terrance Waldman, 4, & Benjamin Waldman, 1, sons of Milton S. Waldman, assistant editor of the London Mercury, grandsons & heirs of the late copper tycoon Benjamin Guggenheim who perished on the Titanic; in a 14-story fall from a penthouse roof; in Manhattan. Mrs. Waldman (Barbara Hazel Guggenheim) held the younger son on her lap when a tussle caused the fall...
Died. Lew Wallace, 70, Indianapolis barrister, nephew of the late General Lew Wallace, Hoosier author of Ben Hur; from a heart attack; in Indianapolis. Barrister Wallace's father was a law partner of President Benjamin Harrison. Ovid Butler, one of Barrister Wallace's grandfathers, founded Indiana's Butler University; Grandfather David Wallace was once Indiana's Governor...
When Governor Benjamin Strong of New York's Federal Reserve Bank died of an intestinal abscess (diverticulosis; last week, there were many expressions of sorrow. Reliant, well-liked & resourceful internationalist, he had supported heavy responsibilities, weighty matters of finance on his ailing shoulders. Governor for 14 years, for 12 years his steps were dogged with illness. World War loans, rehabilitation problems, international finances hastened his breakdown...
Missing-between San Diego, Calif., and Phoenix, Ariz.-one Nominee for Vice President of the U. S. His name was Benjamin Gitlow. He was a Communist-six feet high, a 200-pounder with black hair, swart skin, bright black eyes, long fingers, very large feet, round shoulders. His friends suspected a Klannish plot, or strong-arm work by the American Legion, which had warned him not to visit Phoenix. William O'Brien, candidate of the Workers' (Communist) Party for Governor of Arizona, began searching small-town jails through the Southwest. Suspicion pointed to El Paso, in the western...