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Died. Philip James Roosevelt, 49, banker (Roosevelt & Son), yachtsman, second and fifth cousin respectively of Theodore Sr. and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt; of drowning (presumably after a heart attack) while sailing a dinghy on Oyster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 17, 1941 | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

Evidence of Things Unseen. When the train bearing Author West and her husband made its first stop in Yugoslavia, an elderly white-haired man trotted along the platform, calling softly: "Anna! Anna! Anna!" It was raining, and "he held an open umbrella not over himself but at arm's length. He had not brought it for himself, but for the beloved woman he was calling. He did not lose hope when he found her nowhere in all the long train, but turned and trotted all the way back, calling still with anxious sweetness: "Anna! Anna! Anna!" Says Author West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heaven and Earth in the Balkans | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

...first time, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt last week met the Baltimore girl who became Duchess of Windsor. President Roosevelt had finally got around to entertaining the Duke & Duchess at lunch-their first engagement, in September, was canceled after the death of Mrs. Roosevelt's brother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Duchess & Lady | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...South 55th Street, Omaha, early this week, Walter Sorensen's sister Anna still did not know for sure whether Walter was dead. She only knew what she read in the papers: of 142 men aboard, 45 men had been saved, eight of them injured. One body was recovered. One man died after being rescued. The Navy Department had "little hope" for the seven officers and 88 men who were unaccounted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Reuben James to Davy Jones | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

Among the 88 was Walter Sorensen. When a reporter asked Anna how she felt, she said a casual mouthful about one American boy who risked a lot for 62 bucks a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Reuben James to Davy Jones | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

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