Monday, Nov. 27, 1939
Married. Joseph Paul Di Maggio Jr., 24, star centre fielder of the New York Yankees; and Dorothy Arnoldine Olson, 21, cinemactress known as Dorothy Arnold; in San Francisco, Calif.
Married. William Samuel Rosenberg (Billy Rose), 40, smart little impresario; and Eleanor Holm Jarrett, 25, World's Fair Aquaqueen; at last, in Manhattan. Fortnight before, he was divorced by Fanny Borach (Fanny Brice), 47.
Died. Dr. Aurelio Mosquera Narvaez, 56, physician-President (the 21st) of the Republic of Ecuador, supporter of economic cooperation with the U. S.; after less than a year in office, of pneumonia, following an emergency operation; in Quito, Ecuador.
Died. James Willis ("J. Will") Taylor, 59, Republican boss of Tennessee, for 21 years a Congressman; of a heart attack; in La Follette, Tenn. In his early campaign days, J. Will Taylor, then known as "HillBilly Bill," electioneered by jumping over farmers' fences, plowing their fields for them while he made his campaign speech.
Died. Harriet Fisher Andrew, 72, first woman to tour the world in an automobile, for 41 years the only active woman manager of a U. S. iron foundry, first woman member of the National Association of Manufacturers; of diabetes; in Ewing Township, N. J.
Died. Isaac Fuld, 74, manufacturer (with his late brother William) of the Ouija* Board; of bronchopneumonia; in Baltimore, Md. Before the peak of demand, Brother William enlarged their factories, claimed their product had told him to.
Died. Dr. Frank Johnson Goodnow, 80, learned, rugged president-emeritus of Johns Hopkins University (president 1914-29), after long illness; in Baltimore, Md. For two years Dr. Goodnow was legal and constitutional adviser to the first government of the Chinese Republic.
Died. Murry Guggenheim, 81, senior member and financial brains of the Manhattan firm of Guggenheim Bros.; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. His outstanding philanthropy: the Murry and Leonie Guggenheim Foundation, providing training for dental hygienists, establishing free dental clinics for poor New York children.
Died. Frederick Abbot Stokes, 82, founder (1881) and president (since 1890) of Frederick A. Stokes Co. (book publishers); after long illness; in Manhattan. Some of the authors his firm introduced: James Branch Cabell, Louis Bromfield, Percival Christopher Wren.
* Derived from the French "oui," the German "ja."
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