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...Fills Dillingham's Boots...
Died. Charles Bancroft Dillingham, 66, theatrical producer; of arteriosclerosis; in Manhattan. In 36 years he produced more than 200 plays (Mlle Modiste, Chin-Chin, Blossom Time, Sunny, The Last of Mrs. Cheyney). In 1914 he took over Manhattan's big Hippodrome where he installed skating rinks, swimming tanks, staged extravagant spectacles with skating, diving, aerial ballets. Headliners who first appeared on the Hippodrome stage included Annette Kellerman, Anna Pavlova, Gaby Deslys...
...fourth day he honored the Navy as he had honored the Army the day before, touring Pearl Harbor Naval Base, lunching with Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell. Afterward he took time off for his one private engagement, tea with Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Dillingham. Good Harvard man is Mr. Dillingham. whose Brother Harold is a classmate of Franklin Roosevelt's (1904). But in Hawaii the Dillinghams are better known as the island's railroad tycoons. That night the President took dinner quietly in his hotel with a few guests, including Will Rogers. At 9 p.m., still smiling...
...Manner in 1923. First across the line was Vileehi, in 13 days, 3 hr. She was followed by Manuiwa, Burrapeg, Fandango, Monsoon, Altair and Dolphin. After four days, when the handicaps of all other possible winners had expired, officials of the Trans-Pacific Yacht Club announced the winner: Harold Dillingham's Manuiwa. William Candy's Burrapeg was second...
...Hawaii, the name of Dillingham is to Dole as the name of Whitney is to Rockefeller in the U. S. Harold Dillingham, whose big house stands on Diamond Head Drive above the finish line of last week's race, has island interests in sugar. fruit, shipping and railroads as well as yachting. His brother Walter is a sugar and utilities tycoon as well as a crack polo player...