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Died. John L. Perry, 82, grandfather of Walter Perry Johnson, famed Washington baseball pitcher, at Santa Monica, Calif., the day prior to Mr. Johnson's great 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh nine (see Page 26, SPORT...
...Engaged. Monica Borglum, niece of Sculptor Gutzon Borglum and daughter of the late Sculptor Solon H. Borglum, to A. M. Davies of London, onetime officer in the Royal Air Force, son of Sir. A. T. Davies, permanent Secretary for Welsh Education...
Died. Thomas H. Ince, 44, famed cinema producer; in Hollywood, following a sudden heart attack. An actor in his early years, he scorned the cinema, took his first motion picture job only because he was penniless. He established the first studio on the west coast at Santa Monica, Calif., christened it "Inceville," there made the first cowboy pictures...
...beflagged moorings in Ice Tickle, the Richmond's siren shrieked a welcome. On a cliff overlooking the mooring place was fixed a brass plate, made on the Richmond, already engraved: "American aviators completed world flight, Aug. 31, 1924." The trip was not "complete," having started from Santa Monica, Cal. But the fliers were back in North American waters, 5 months and 14 days after leaving them...
...Hussein of the Hedjas, I received a pair of magnificent Arabian horses. Despatches reported their arrival at Naples, said that my master-of-horse had journeyed to fetch them and that I, 'a consistent equestrian,' was pleased." Albert B. Fall, ex-Secretary of the Interior: " At Santa Monica, Calif., one Mrs. Katherine Petty was arrested, charged with carrying concealed weapons. Letters and telegrams found in her apartment and signed with my name, established her identity as my sister." Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughter of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon: " At the weekly luncheon of the ladies of the Cabinet...