People, Jul. 11, 1932

"Names make news." Last week these names made this news:

Motorists whizzing from New Jersey to Manhattan through Holland Tunnel (under the Hudson River) honked irritably at a car which crept stubbornly at 20 m. p. h. Drivers who turned to scowl saw huddled in the tonneau an aged man wrapped in heavy robes (the temperature was 88°, humidity 73), wearing goggles and earmuffs. He was John Davison Rockefeller Sr., returning from his Lakewood, N. J. estate to Pocantico Hills, N. Y. to celebrate his 93rd birthday. It was his first trip through the...

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