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Died. Lieut. Colonel Melbourne W. Boynton, 39, medical chief of the Air Forces' Office of Flying Safety,in a 42,000-foot fall, when he failed, for reasons unaccounted for, to open his parachute while making a test of high-altitude jumping conditions; at the Clinton County Air Base near Wilmington, Ohio...
...after he was divorced by his first wife, Elizabeth, mother of William Donner Roosevelt, 12. Elliott was later dropped from the Social Register. Mrs. Ruth Googins Roosevelt charged "unkind, harsh and tyrannical conduct," asked for the custody of their three children: Ruth Chandler, 9; Elliott Jr. ("Tony"), 7; David Boynton, 2. Colonel Roosevelt was rumored to be currently interested in Winston Churchill's daughter, Mary, and a WAC captain abroad...
Also announced last night were the elections of two men to the Undergraduate Athletic Committee to fill vacancies left by departing students. Schofield Andrews, Jr. '44 has been elected to replace Thomas W. Boynton '43, coxswain of last year's Varsity crew. J. Donald MacKinnon '43, has been elected to replace John R. Shattuck '43. MacKinnon is captain of the Varsity track team. Shattuck has left College to join the Navy under the V-7 program...
...good many from last year's Freshmen and upperclassmen have turned out at one time or another, but there has been no attempt to make up any boats. Tommy Boynton, last year's Varsity cox has been in charge of all the upper class boats but most of the time he has just lined them up in shells and sent them out for an informal workout...
...students receiving commissions as Ensign, United States Naval Reserve, were: William E. Albers, Brookline; Berrien P. Anderson, Jr., San Rafael, Calif.; Guy N. Bacon, Westbury, L. L., N. Y.; Peter Black, Boston; Robert B. Black, Waban; Rodney Boynton, Scarsdale, N. Y.; John T. Burr, Needham; Alfred T. Conlin, Lawrence; George C. Cunningham, Jr., Milton; William C. Dias, Cambridge; David M. Ewing, Boston...