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Unusual wedding links American and Japanese families
A wedding at the Hotel Vanderbilt New York united Miss Ethel Johnson daughter of Rev. and Mrs. William Johnson with Eben Takashi Takamine son of Dr Jokichi Takamine a renowned Japanese chemist. Takamine is Yale educated and heads Takamine Laboratory Inc. The bride renounced American citizenship saying she will be Japanese. The piece notes political maneuvering at a Republican convention including a proposed national prohibition plank and discussions of suffrage and neutrality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt
New York
Ethel Johnson
William Johnson
Evanston, Ill
Eben Takashi Takamine
Jokichi Takamine
Yale
George von L. Meyer
Samuel W. Meachum
Woburn
Eben W. Burnstead
Massachusetts Civic Alliance
Mr. Bird
W. Phillips Thore
Solomon Lewen
Vanderbilt Hotel
N. Y
Jokioni Takamine