People: Sep. 22, 1930

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"Names make news." Last week the following names made the following news:

To Colyumist Elsie McCormick of the New York World wrote Novelist William McFee, British author of sea tales: "Living in a small town like Westport [onetime Connecticut art colony, now suburbanized] one sees so many people aping the landed gentry in England that there is danger of neglecting one's work in order to laugh. They are perfectly plain middle class people and as such are charming neighbors. But they have the notion that as someone else has three cars they must have three, and if other folk ride horses and pretend to understand polo they must do the same. In England they would know their place. They would certainly learn not to wear jodpurs when they go to the grocer's."

From London, John Masefield, British poet laureate, spoke by radio to the U. S., recited his poem "Sea Fever." Prelude to his speech: "I speak in a place haunted by ... the memories of poets. . . . However, we are not conscious of those ghosts at the present time. We are only conscious of two young friends who keep telling me that if I sneeze, 50,000 people will be immediately deafened. I shall try not to sneeze." (He did not sneeze.)

King Alfonso of Spain lately went to Southampton, England, on a train whose chef, steward and pantryboy all were named King. Hearing that King George would be at the horse-racing at Sandown, Isle of Wight, the Kings (chef, steward and pantryboy) put purses on a horse named Cherry King. Cherry King came in first, paid 7 to 1.

Pugnacious Miguel (punched a general's nose—TIME, March 3) and peaceable Fernando, sons of Spain's late dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, hailed a taxi in Madrid. The cabby recognized them, refused to ride any Primo de Rivera in his cab. Words followed; blows, injuries. A crowd gathered and jeered, police had to go to the rescue.

Guillermo, 20, and Fernando, 19, sons of Mexico's President Pascual Ortiz Rubio, went to Atchison, Kan. to become students at St. Benedict's College.

Jesse E. James and Jessie E. James, son and granddaughter of the late famed Missouri bandit, filed an $80,400 suit against Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky. Allegation: Paramount agreed to let the Jameses help them cinematize Bandit James's life, then backed out. Said Jessie: "They wanted me to get arrested for speeding, resist the officer, and draw a gun on him so they could broadcast the story Jesse James's granddaughter stuck up a policeman."