Monday, Jul. 01, 1940
Born. To Ann Prunella Stack, Britain's "Perfect Girl" and head of the Women's League of Health and Beauty, and Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, amateur boxer, R. A. F. officer, and youngest son of the Premier Peer of Scotland: their first child, a boy. Weight: 9 Ibs. Prospective name: Diarmaid (pronounced Dermod), Gaelic for Dermot.
Married. Mona Keys, 25, one of Oklahoma's famed Keys quadruplets; and Robert W. Fowler; in Oklahoma City, Okla. Bridesmaids were Co-Quadruplets Roberta, Leota, Mary.
Married. Albert Davis Lasker, 60, onetime chairman of the U. S. Shipping Board (1921-23), onetime chairman of Lord & Thomas advertising agency; and Mary Woodward Reinhardt, secretary of the Birth Control Federation of America; in Manhattan; he for the third time, she for the second.
Married. Senator Carter Glass, 82, Grand Old Democrat of Virginia; and Mary Scott Meade, 50; in Amherst, Va.; both for the second time. Month ago Senator Glass called newshawks' questions about his courting "damned impertinent."
Died. Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, 58, hawk-nosed, "gimlet-eyed" stormy petrel of the U. S. Marine Corps; of an abdominal ailment; in Philadelphia. Oft-decorated, multi-nicknamed General Butler, at 37 the youngest Marine officer ever to win the rank of brigadier general, fought in 14 battles and skirmishes, earned a legendary reputation for reckless bravery. His barrackroom language got him into more trouble than did his battlefield impetuosity. In 1930 he was almost court-martialed for calling Premier Mussolini a "hit-and-run driver." Retired, General Butler lectured for peace, published a book entitled War Is a Racket, advocated complete U. S. isolation coupled with an ironclad defense a rat couldn't crawl through." He was a Quaker.
Died. Jerome Myers, 73, painter of Manhattan street scenes, member of the National Academy, the American Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. So closely did Artist Myers resemble Polish Pianist Paderewski that strangers frequently hailed him, "Hey, Paddy."
Died. Brigadier General John Taliaferro Thompson, 79, World War Director of Arsenals, co-inventor with the late Commander John N. Blish, U. S. N. of the Thompson ("Tommy") submachine gun; of a heart attack: in Great Neck, L.I.
Died. Lizzie, 42, largest elephant at the Philadelphia zoo; of old age; as the Republican National Convention opened; in Philadelphia.
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