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John Astor Drayton, tall, 26-year-old great-great-great-grandson of John Jacob Astor (who in 1937 was with John Roosevelt in Cannes the night there was a rumpus because someone squirted champagne on the Mayor), passed his physical examinations, headed for Fort Dix, N. J. with 191 other volunteers. "Come on, blue blood," yelled another rookie. "Right with you, chum," answered Drayton...
...died in 1922, they also owned the stately London Times, the Daily Mirror, various lesser publishing enterprises. Out of a welter of involved deals and suits that followed Northcliffe's death, Rothermere emerged with control of all these properties except the Times, which was sold to Major John Jacob Astor...
Early American Carols and Folk Songs (John Jacob Niles, ballad singer; Victor: 8 sides; $3.50). Strumming a dulcimer, Kentuckian Niles croons ancient carols, rousing ditties like The Frog and the Mouse and The Carrion Crow...
Arthur W. Balley 2L, New York, N. Y.; Jacob W. Rosenthal 2L, New York, N. Y.; James F. Stern 2L, Milwankee, WisHerbert A. Waterman 1L, San Francisco, Calif.; and Gordon M. Weber 1L, Burlingame, Calif...
Engaged. Eileen S. S. Gillespie, 24, who six years ago without explanation broke her engagement to marry John Jacob Astor III; and John Jermain Slocum, 26, a literary agent, direct descendant of Miles Standish; in Manhattan...