Monday, Aug. 20, 1934

Married. Robert Sengstacke Abbott, 64, Negro publisher of the Chicago Defender and Abbott's Monthly (only Negro fiction magazine) ; and Edna Brown Denison, 43, widow of the late Col. Franklin Augustus Denison, commander of. the 370th Infantry ("The Black Devils'') during the War, sole Negro to take a regiment abroad; in Crown Point, Ind. Helen Thornton Abbott last year divorced her publisher husband after unsuccessfully attempting to have him removed from the Defender's management, charging he was letting the paper go to ruin (TIME, June 26, 1933).

Sued for Divorce. Marguerite Andrus Empey; by Arthur Guy Empey, 50, author (Over the Top), scenarist; in Los Angeles. Reasons: She said he was "too old, fat and lazy," called his illnesses "just a lot of hooey."

Died. Prince Gonzalo Manuel Maria Bernardo Narciso Alfonso Manricio, 20, youngest son of Alfonso XIII, onetime King of Spain; of haemophilia following a slight automobile accident caused when his sister Beatriz swerved into a wall to avoid hitting a bicyclist; in Vienna. A student at the University of Louvain, Belgium, Gonzalo had been considered free of haemophilia, "curse of the Habsburgs."

Died. Leo Falk Wormser, 50, Chicago lawyer, onetime personal attorney for the late Julius Rosenwald; of a broken neck, when his automobile skidded and overturned; near Reed City, Mich.

Died. Herbert Adams Gibbons, 54. author, foreign correspondent; after long illness; near Grundlsee, Austria. In 1909 in a Turkish Moslem uprising during which 35,000 Christians were massacred, Dr. Gibbons commandeered a train and a detachment of Turkish troops, saved most of the Christian population of Tarsus.

Died. Dr. Rudolf Boiling Teusler, 58, founder in Tokyo of St. Luke's International Hospital, cousin of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson; of a heart attack; in Tokyo. A graduate of the Medical College of Virginia, he went to Japan in 1900 as medical missionary for the Protestant Episcopal Board of Foreign Missions, found Japan a "medical desert." He set up a five-bed hospital, began campaigning for funds which eventually topped $6,000,000, made possible the dedication last year of St. Luke's International Medical Center with 250 beds, educational facilities for Japanese internes and students.

Died. Wilbert ("Uncle Robbie") Robinson, 70, president of the Atlanta baseball team, onetime manager and president of the Brooklyn Dodgers; of hemorrhage of the brain; in Atlanta. As catcher for the Baltimore Orioles, he helped them win three pennants (1894-96). As a manager, he was famed for his knack of developing pitchers like Nap Rucker, Rube Marquard, Burleigh Grimes, Dazzy Vance, and for the unpredictable conduct of his other players. Nicknamed for him, noted for passing each other on the bases, the Brooklyn Robins won National League pennants in 1916, 1920. Kindly, caustic, bald and fond of his own memoirs, Uncle Robbie was proudest of three: he was the first catcher to make a practice of standing directly behind the plate; in one game, he made seven hits in seven times at bat; when a pitched ball broke his middle finger in 1904, he bit the finger off and went on playing.

Died. John Kane, 74, house painter & artist; of tuberculosis; in Pittsburgh. In 1927 Scot Kane, who painted pictures only when it rained because when it was sunny he had to paint houses, was the only Pittsburgher to have a canvas accepted by the Carnegie International. Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr., Philosopher John Dewey, the Duncan Phillips Collection own Kanes.

Died. Augustus Thomas, 77, "dean"' of U. S. playwrights (Arizona, In Mizzoura, The Copperhead, 47 others); in his sleep; in Nyack, N. Y. As executive manager of Theatre Producers' Association (1922-24) he was considered "tsar" of the theatre. His widow, Lisle Colby Thomas, is a sister of Bainbridge Colby, Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State.

Died. Mrs. Lee Wood Haggin, 77, Manhattan socialite, mother of Ben Ali Haggin, artist and stage designer; of a heart attack; in Tannersville. N. Y.

Died. Hendrik Petrus Berlage, 78, modernist Dutch architect, designer of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the National Museum at The Hague; at The Hague.

This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so reader's discretion is required.