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Died. William Andrew Me Andrew, 73, famed educator, onetime (1924-28) Chicago Superintendent of Schools; in Mamaroneck, N. Y. The focus of William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson's clownish anti-British Mayoralty campaign of 1926, Michigan-born Educator McAndrew retired from teaching to edit the "Educational Review" in School & Society.
Died. Frank Arthur Vanderlip, 72, one-time (1897-1901) Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, onetime (1909-19) President of New York's National City Bank; after an operation; in Manhattan. Born of poor parents in Aurora, Ill., Banker Vanderlip was first a newspaperman in Aurora and Chicago. While associate editor of the Chicago Economist he was called upon to advise financiers in the panic of 1896. His handling of the panic won him his Treasury Department job. From 1919 to 1924 Banker Vanderlip made repeated trips abroad studying international finance. He predicted a world financial catastrophe unless all countries studied the U. S. Federal Reserve system. In 1935 he published his autobiography, From Farm Boy to Financier. In January 1936, he was called before the Senate Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry along with Financiers John Pierpont Morgan and Thomas William Lamont for questioning about the part which loans to the Allies played in carrying the U. S. into the World War.
Died. Mrs. Thomas Fortune Ryan, 78, widow of New York's famed banker and subway promoter who left an estate of $135,164,000 in 1928; after a heart attack; in the mansion her husband built at Livingston, Va., where his father was a tailor.
Died. John Thomas Underwood, 80, retired inventor and manufacturer of typewriters ; in Wianno, Cape Cod, Mass.
Died. Flush, 7, cocker spaniel who played in The Barretts of Wimpole Street with Katharine Cornell for four years without ever, in 709 performances, missing his cue to give a squeaky, ingratiating bark; in Actress Cornell's home; at Sneden's Landing, N. Y.