Monday, Jun. 07, 1937
Birthday, Pope Pius XI; at Castel Gandolfo; age 80. Long ailing, on his birthday he fainted, was unconscious 20 minutes.
Graduated. Quadruplets Leota, Mary, Mona, and Roberta Keys; from Baylor University, Waco, Tex. They plan to go on the vaudeville stage.
Engaged. Andre Tardieu, 60-year-old threetime (1929, 1930, 1932) bachelor Premier of France; to a Mile. Julia Angelique Largenton; at Chaumont-sur-Taronne.
Declared dead. The Duchess of Bedford, 71; "on or since March 22, 1937"; in London. She seemingly perished in the North Sea while on a pleasure flight.
Died. Pete Knight, winner in the last twelve years of more rodeo titles and prize money than any other bronco rider in the world; of internal injuries after being tossed from "Slowdown" at the Hayward, Calif. Rodeo.
Died. George Fisher Baker, 59, son, heir, namesake and successor of the late founder-chairman of Manhattan's First National Bank; of peritonitis; in Honolulu Harbor aboard his 272-ft. yacht Viking. Conscientious, conservative, he never made a speech or gave an interview, he lived in the lengthening shadow of his father's name. He had been First National's chairman since his father's death six years ago at 91, but active direction was in the hands of men like Jackson Reynolds and Leon Fraser. In poor health for the past three years, Mr. Baker boarded the Viking last February for what he called a "stag cruise--the first vacation since I was married 30 years ago." Stricken with peritonitis in mid-Pacific last week, Mr. Baker was operated upon by his yacht's physician, assisted by a doctor and nurse haled from a passing liner. Radio brought further medical aid from Hawaii, sped by the Navy, the Coast Guard, the U. S. Public Health Service. Mrs. Baker dashed 5.500 mi. by air from Manhattan to arrive in Honolulu the day before her husband died.
Died. Dr. Alfred Adler, 67, Viennese psychologist, founder of the school of "individual psychology," originator of the phrase "inferiority complex," longtime professional enemy of Dr. Sigmund Freud, his old teacher; after collapsing in ihe street; in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Died. Frederic Eugene Ives, Si, inventor (in 1886) of the half-tone engraving process that made possible the reproduction of photographs in newsprints; of chronic nephritis and myocarditis; in Philadelphia.
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