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Married: May 24, 1928 to Goldye Stevens, widow of Commander Rodney H. Dobson, who went down with the submarine S-51 off the coast of Rhode Island in September 1925. Two children: a stepson, Rodney, 28 (Annapolis '44), now an engineer with Du Pont, and a daughter, Joan, 21, a Wellesley senior...
...Marie du Port (Bellon-Foulke International) is a rueful French comedy relating, with De Maupassant relish, the unequal struggle between a middle-aged roue (Jean Gabin) and an innocent young barmaid (Nicole Courcel), who is the young sister of his mistress. While his mistress attends her father's funeral in a Breton fishing village, Gabin idles about the town, casts a speculative eye on a boat which is for sale and on the barmaid who is not. Both boat and barmaid bring him back to tiny Port-au-Bessein, but he is unable to enjoy either: the boat...
...chemical industry, where earnings of Du Pont, Victor Chemical and other companies were down, Dow Chemical was a standout. It boosted its net 25% to $41 million despite a 250% increase in the tax load...
...blast along Woodward Avenue, 20,000 marchers will clump past Detroit's smoke-smudged City Hall. From the steps, governors, Senators, dignitaries from Britain, France, China, Ethiopia will watch and applaud. One of the paraders will be costumed as Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who paddled through place du detroit-the narrows between Lakes Huron and Erie-and picked a spot to start the furtrading post that became Detroit. In a brisk, well-organized way, this week, Detroit is observing its 250th birthday...
Born. To Lucille Ball, 39, orange-haired cinemactress (Du Barry Was a Lady), and Desi Arnaz, 34, Latin bandleader: their first child, a daughter; in Los Angeles. Name: Lucie Desirée. Weight...