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J. P. Morgan & Co. answered an appeal for aid from the "New York State War Veterans Association Inc." with a $50 check. After the check had been cashed Morgan officials investigated, found they had been duped by a petty swindler.
The Tournament of Roses Committee of Pasadena, Calif, omitted its usual invitation to lynch-loving Governor James ("Sunny Jim") Rolph Jr., sent one to Herbert Hoover instead.
Harriet Metz Noble Livermore summoned Manhattan police to her Park Avenue apartment at midnight, informed them that her husband, famed Wall Street Speculator Jesse Lauriston Livermore, had been missing since midafternoon. He had started on a walk after luncheon, failed to telephone her hourly as was his custom, missed a dinner engagement. While newspapers headlined "kidnap,"' police and Federal agents scoured the city. A taxicab driver who took Mr. Livermore to his office said he had become "terribly sick" in the cab. Day after his disappearance Mr. Livermore returned home, walking unsteadily, his face muffled inside his coat collar (see cut). His story: he had spent the night in a hotel, had awakened with a blank mind; newspaper headlines about himself brought him to his senses. His doctor's story: "Amnesia nervous breakdown." Pending against Mr.
Livermore are a $250,000 breach of promise suit brought by one Naida Krasnova, a $153,675 judgment for defaulted state income taxes.
*Last week the glittering $16,500 Duesenberg purchased by the city for Mayor Walker was auctioned for $3,400.