People, Jul. 13, 1931

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

King Prajadhipok of Siam: i) had the John Davison Rockefeller Jrs. to tea; 2) ascended with Alfred Emanuel Smith to the top of Manhattan's Empire State Building whence he peered through dark green glasses at the city's multicellular environs; 3) called on Thomas Alva Edison at West Orange, N. J. and inspected models of the inventor's achievements. The royal plan: to stay on at "Ophir Hall" in Purchase, N. Y. until late July, go to Canada...

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