People, Nov. 30, 1936

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

Ordered to obtain an autographed pair of Governor Martin Luther Davey's shorts as an initiation stunt, Charles A. Fernald. Ohio State senior pledged to Delta Kappa Epsilon, first telephoned to get the gubernatorial size, then arrived with a new pair, proposed a swap. The Governor retired to a side office, obliged.

From Philadelphia, Board Chairman Lessing Julius Rosenwald of Sears, Roebuck & Co. dashed 200 miles behind a police motorcycle escort to Waterbury, Conn, to reach his son Robert, a 12-year-old student at Gunnery School,...

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