BIG FORTUNES
UNITED BY MARRIAGE A TOTAL OF £37,500,000 .United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) NEW YORK, Dec. 30 Family fortunes totalling £37,500,000 were united by a marriage at Palm Beach, Florida. Miss Gloria Baker and Mr Henry Topping, a sportsman, were married with ultra-exclusive ceremony at the home of the bride’s mother. Mr Topping’s grandfather, Daniel Reed, built up a £35,000,000 fortune from tinplate. The bride is heiress to a fortune of £2.500,000 made from headache powders. Her “coming out ’ party cost £IO,OOO.
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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20693, 31 December 1938, Page 7
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83BIG FORTUNES Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20693, 31 December 1938, Page 7
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