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...their U. S. doubles championship by defeating John Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison 6-4, 9-7, 3-6, 6-4. At Rye, N. Y., most of the first-class tennists in the U. S. assembled to put the finishing touches on their games. In the citified suburb of Forest Hills. L. I., groundskeepers rolled, clipped and patted the Stadium courts of the West Side Tennis Club where this week 90 players will start in what, until officials see fit to sanction an open, remains the most important U. S. tournament of the year?the Men's National Singles Championship...
When he arrived in Manhattan from Great Britain to defend the title which he won at Forest Hills last year, dapper Fred Perry told newshawks his purposes and plans: "I intend to fool around in Hollywood for a while. I don't know whether I'm going to be an actor or not. Universal approached me with an offer to make a picture but I don't think I could do it and remain an amateur...
...Baroness Giacoma Giorgio Levi, born Maud Rosenbaum, is the daughter of Chicago Grainman Emanuel S. Rosenbaum. She married her Italian Baron, a polo-player, in 1927, divorced him last winter. Spectators were not surprised to see Baroness Levi at Forest Hills last week. She is No. 7 in U. S. ranking, a ubiquitous match player. They were surprised to see her execute the most dignified fall of the week in her match with Betty Nuthall of England, even more surprised when she defeated England's one-time No. 1 player, 6-4, 6-4. Against tall, statuesque Dorothy Andrus...
...Died? Albert Blake Dick, 78, inventor of the mimeograph, chairman of the board of A. B. Dick Co.; of heart disease; in Lake Forest, Ill. He originated stencil printing, founded A. B. Dick Co., manufacturers of mimeographs and office equipment, 50 years...
...means chiefly a 100,000-acre patch of sandy land in East Texas where geologists, oil promoters, wild-cat speculators rushed by the thousands in October 1930 to plant a forest of derricks almost overnight. Despite everything the Federal Government could do to curb its lawless elements, East Texas has persistently produced more than its Federal quota. In that hottest spot on the oil map, "hot oil" has been a fighting word for years. Last week, the Texas Railroad Commission was still impotent to stop "hot oil." This week the State of Texas, led by Governor Miriam ("Ma") Ferguson, will...