Milestones: Sep. 16, 1929
Born. To Benito and Rachele Mussolini; their fifth child; a daughter; at Forli, Italy. Reputed weight: n Ibs. Name: Anna Maria. (See p. 28.)
Sued for Divorce. By Mrs. Ermina Carry Nicholson, daughter of the late Edward Francis Carry (onetime president of Pullman Co.); Col. W. F. Nicholson, U. S. A. retired, Pullman Co. vice president.
Divorced. Sara Teasdale Filsinger, poetess (Helen of Troy and Other Poems, The Answering Voice—One Hundred Love Lyrics by Women—); from Ernst B. Filsin-ger of St. Louis, foreign trade expert (Lawrence & Co.); at Reno, Nev. Grounds: "From early morning until late at night he lived with his business."
Died. Dr. Hinko Hinkovitch. of Bel- grade, a founder of modern Jugoslavia, wartime propagandist with Pianist Ignaz Jan Paderewski against the Austro-Hungarian monarchy; at Zagreb.
Died. William Henry Beers of Merrick, L. I., editor of Golf Illustrated; at Mt. Taylor, N. Mex., in the crash of the T. A. T. air liner City of San Francisco (see p. 61).
Died. William Emmett Dever, 67, of Chicago, onetime (1923-27) Chicago Mayor; in Chicago; of cancer. Though an anti-prohibitionist, he closed 7,000 Chicago speakeasies during his incumbency. He was defeated for re-election in 1927 by William Hale Thompson.
Died. William Rhinelander Stewart, 76, of Manhattan, famed philanthropist, for 25 years president of the New York State Board of Charities; in Manhattan.
Died. Fraulein Ida von Hindenburg, 77, of Berlin, only sister of President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg; at Potsdam.
Died. Hudson Clarke Sr., 78, of New York, paralytic father of the Brothers Clarke (James, Philip, Hudson Jr.) who were recently convicted of embezzlement after their private bank failed (TIME, July 22); in New York; of "broken heart and humiliation."
Died. James ("Uncle Jim") McCoy, 80, of Pikeville, Ky., last of the McCoy clan, famed feudists against the Hatfields in the '705 and '80s; in Pikeville. The feud started over contested ownership of some sows and pigs, lasted until 25 years ago when a mountain preacher brought about a peace agreement. Last year Tennis Hatfield, grandson of onetime leader "Devil Anse" Hatfield, offered his hand in friendship to James McCoy, and the two walked arm and arm down the road.
Died. Walter de Curzon Poultney, 83, of Baltimore, internationally famed socialite and traveler; in Baltimore.
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