Died. Stanley King, 67, onetime president of Amherst College (1932-46), a post he took after a career as lawyer and businessman (International Shoe Co.); of a heart .attack; in Chilmark, Mass. As head of Amherst, he abolished the Latin admission requirement, but held to other college traditions, e.g., compulsory chapel attendance.
Died. John-Alden Carpenter, 75, Chicago socialite, businessman and famed U.S. composer, a pioneer in the use of American jazz rhythms in concert works; after a long illness; in Chicago. Carpenter began winning acclaim around World War I for his polite, elegant songs,...
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