Dorsey Dies in Suspected Sleep Accident at 51
Greenwich Conn November 26 bandleader Tommy Dorsey died in his $130 604 mansion from an apparent sleep related incident. Police found a note to his wife Janie amid conflicting accounts of the death with medical examiner Dr C Stanley Knapp saying he choked on food particles in his sleep. Dorsey rose from a coal mining background to lead a famed orchestra with brother Jimmy Dorsey and achieved record sales exceeding 110 million. Funeral services are planned in New York City with burial beside his father in Shenandoah Pa.
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Peoples Drug Stores Raise 70.15 for Strobel Memorial Fund
Workers at Peoples Drug Stores in Frederick and other towns collected 70.15 to establish the Hattie C. Strobel Memorial Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation. Louis P. Greenberg organized the drive with Joseph F. Rhoderick coordinating solicitation as nearby offices received pledges from counter clerks and stock boys.
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