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...three of the seven colleges in the Southwest Conference. In 1923-28 he coached at Texas Christian. Two bad seasons at Texas A. & M. had left him without a job until he was put on last year as Southern Methodist's assistant coach. When his predecessor went to Vanderbilt, he left Matty a priceless keepsake, one Robert Edward Wilson. ''Bobby" Wilson's legs have to carry only 147 lb., so they carry them incredibly fast. Last year he played just five minutes against Fordham, during which he racked...
...would be a U. S. railroad map with all lines supported by Mr. Jones's RFC rubbed out. Total RFC advances to railroads have been $487,000,000, of which some $74,000,000 has been repaid. Last week after a 25-minute conference with Harold Stirling ("Mike") Vanderbilt, New York Central's finance committee chairman, Mr. Jones announced that he was about to receive the second largest repayment yet made...
...that proposal Financier Vanderbilt and his bankers had a number of objections, including the belief that for the banks it might constitute illegal underwriting. Moreover, they strongly urged Mr. Jones to cease & desist from discussing New York Central's financial affairs in the Press (TIME, Oct. 14). Upshot: Mr. Jones published his entire New York Central correspondence, writing Mr. Vanderbilt tartly, ''One very good way to avoid further publicity of this character would be to put your finances in order...
...Central's remaining RFC debt of $11,900,000 was extended to 1941. RFC will receive the same interest as the banks (currently 4%), and while the bank loans are still on a demand basis, the RFC loans become payable if New York Central ever defaults. Furthermore, Mr. Vanderbilt tried to patch up his spat with the RFChairman by writing: "Please accept our sincere thanks for the co-operative spirit which you have evinced in reaching a final and permanent settlement...
Omitted from this year's New York Social Register are: Cornelius ("Neely") Vanderbilt Jr., author of Farewell to Fifth Avenue; Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz; Mrs. Marjorie de Loosey Oelrichs Duchin, wife of Band Leader Edward Frank ("Eddy") Duchin; Henry Huddleston Rogers III, at whose Downingtown, Pa., farmhouse Torchsinger Evelyn Hoey was shot dead...