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Died. William Guggenheim, 72, philanthropist, maverick younger brother of the copper & nitrate tycoons; in Manhattan. He retired from active participation in the family's businesses in 1900, 16 years later sued Brothers Isaac, Daniel, Murray, Solomon and Simon for $10,000,000, charging they had induced him to waive...
Entry in the log book: "His real name is Henry." Gene Tierney's parents sued to block her signing a new movie contract, lost the case. Mrs. Tierney, interviewed, added that her daughter's recent elopement with Count Oleg Cassini, Hollywood dress designer, was "silly." Nancy Kelly, 20...
When a labor union gets sued, that's news. When a labor union pays damages, that's big news. It was big news last week when Branch I of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers agreed to cough up $110,000 for damage its members had done four...
Proud of having been sued only once-by a vaudeville actor who died of acute alcoholism while suing Lyons for calling him a heavy drinker-Lyons admits getting about 60% of his gossip from nightclubs, the rest from outside sources. Considering the number of non-Broadway anecdotes in his column...
Archduke Otto of Austria was sued for an accounting of Habsburg family funds by his hard-up fifth cousin, Archduke Leopold. >> "Death Valley" Scotty was ordered to turn over 22½% of his mining claims to his old friend and banker, Julian Gerard; but the judge doubted any gold would...