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Already a graduate of Yale and Cambridge universities, Paul Mellon, 33-year-old son of the late Andrew Mellon, multi-millionaire banker-industrialist, says he will enter St. John's College at Annapolis, Md., to "make up to some extent important gaps" in his education. --from...
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...
Once again the Union, bedecked with a celling of multi-colored balloons, will be thrown open to the class of '43 and their 200 female guests and for one night will take on the appearance of the Rainbow Room. Refreshments will be served in the east end of the dining room, while potted palms and bird baths will transform the rotunda into a tropical garden...
...Variety program: NBC's multi-sponsored Breakfast Club (replacing Chase & Sanborn's Bergen-McCarthy...
...profound dependence on the British fleet for protection in the Atlantic was misplaced. British successes later eased that fear, but a tremor remained. For the Allies, Washington speeded export of the newest U. S. fighting planes. Latest, possibly the fastest (over 425 m.p.h.), was a beetle-like, twin-engined, multi-gunned Grumman fighter designed for the Navy and offered last week to the French...