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May 23, 1937

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Headlines from May 23, 1937

ENGINEERS URGED TO DEMAND MORE; Col. Greene Says They Fail of Full Recognition Because They Do Not Insist on It

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N Y S Soc of Professional Engineers asks transfer of WPA work

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KENNEDY PLEDGES MERCHANT MARINE TO EQUAL ANY RIVAL; Government Is Ready to Take Initiative, He Tells Shipping Men Here, if Others Fail

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Annual dinner, N Y C

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Dorothy Gilder Martin Lists Attendants For Wedding to John Dunning in Rye June 19

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

The marriage of Miss Dorothy Gilder Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Martin of this place, to John Bartol Dunning, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Bartol Dunning of Upper Montclair, N. J., will take place here on June 19 in the Presbyterian Church of Rye. The Rev. Charles G. Sewall, former pastor of the church, will perform the ceremony.

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ACTORS RETALIATE ON FILM PICKETS; Warn of 'Wreck Crew' to Drive Away From Studios Strikers Who Molest Them

By Unknown Author

Guild issues warning to picket intimidators; Internatl Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes declares it will dictate terms of peace; producers charge Lessing with Communist tactics; he replies

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1,549 Members of Board of Trade to Vote On Assessments for Reducing Mortgage

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Members to vote on assessments to cut mortgage

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1937John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (born 1839)^[†]

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest Americans of all time and one of the richest persons in modern history. Rockefeller was born into a large family in Upstate New York who moved several times before eventually settling in Cleveland, Ohio. He became an assistant bookkeeper at age 16 and went into several business partnerships beginning at age 20, concentrating his business on oil refining. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870. He ran it until 1897 and remained its largest shareholder. In his retirement, he focused his energy and wealth on philanthropy, especially regarding education, medicine, higher education, and modernizing the Southern United States.

Headlines from May 23, 1937

ENGINEERS URGED TO DEMAND MORE; Col. Greene Says They Fail of Full Recognition Because They Do Not Insist on It

KENNEDY PLEDGES MERCHANT MARINE TO EQUAL ANY RIVAL; Government Is Ready to Take Initiative, He Tells Shipping Men Here, if Others Fail

Dorothy Gilder Martin Lists Attendants For Wedding to John Dunning in Rye June 19

ACTORS RETALIATE ON FILM PICKETS; Warn of 'Wreck Crew' to Drive Away From Studios Strikers Who Molest Them

1,549 Members of Board of Trade to Vote On Assessments for Reducing Mortgage

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