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...Earl Brydges, musher from Cranberry Portage: the 200-mi. non-stop dogsled derby at The Pas, Manitoba, riding in his sled, too tired to mush, with three played-out dogs in the sled with him, and six pulling. Shorty Russic was second; Emil St. Goddard, the favorite, third...
Reported Engaged. Valerie French, 21, beauteous granddaughter of the late Field Marshal Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres; and Victor Henry Peter Brougham, 21, 4th Baron of Brougham & Vaux; in London. In 1926 Miss French was engaged to Henry Bradley Martin, Manhattan socialite. In 1929 she rushed to the U. S. to minister to him after he was injured in an automobile accident in Colorado. The engagement was subsequently broken...
...Playing polo for the "Conde de Chester Cup" offered by himself (he is traveling as the Earl [Conde'] of Chester), Edward of Wales & teammates lost graciously to the Chilean team...
...Lima last week the Earl of Chester was seen to be scribbling on a piece of paper in his lap while the mayor wordily presented him with the Freedom of the City. Rising to give thanks and reading from the scrap of paper, H. R. H. pronounced 71 Spanish words, concluded amid cheers: "Cuando la emocion es grande, el discurso es corto." ("When the emotion is great the speech is short...
...Hearst but to his loyal friend and admirer, Publisher Paul Block, for a reputed price of $2,800,000. Publisher Block thereby made nationwide, and ten in number, his fast-growing chain of dailies. In Los Angeles last week he proudly took possession from Publisher Guy Chaffee Earl Jr. (principal owner) and Editor Edward Augustus Dickson...