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...Chicago, Perfume King (Tabu) J. Leslie Younghusband, whose Florida wedding to Dancer Mary Uhlmann made quite a social splash back in 1937 (Younghusband slugged one newspaperman behind the ear, threw another into the swimming pool), filed suit for divorce on the ground that fifth wife Mary had gone off and left...
Died. Major General Sir George John Younghusband, 85, bemonocled veteran of five wars (excluding World War II), since 1917 keeper of the Crown Jewels of England; in Neuadd Crickhowell, Wales. Sir George once worriedly reported that two thieves had looted his apartment in the Tower of London, absconded with his radio...
Engaged. J. Leslie Younghusband, 41, wealthy cosmetician, to Louise Lane, former dancer; in Chicago. Disturbed that his meaningful surname should be linked in marriage now for the fifth time. Fiance Younghusband apologized: "I've had several bad starts...
NOWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD- Gordon Enders with Edward Anthony- Farrar & Rinehart ($3.50). Interesting account of an enterprising U. S. aviator who grew up on the border of Tibet at the time of the Younghusband expedition, became an intimate adviser of the Panchen Lama. The book is filled with plausible explanations of international intrigue over Tibet, contains 64 unusual photographs. THROUGH FORBIDDEN TIBET-Harrison Forman - Longmans, Green ($3.50). More romantic record of the journey of a young U. S. airplane salesman in China who was attracted to Tibet by stories of a mountain higher than Everest, and by accounts...
...ruddy, stalwart Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, 66, of Westerham, Kent, native of India, veteran army officer and diplomatist, treaty-maker with Tibet (1904)*, committee head of the expedition to climb unconquered Mount Everest. In Manhattan he was guest of honor at a "Tea Conference" of The Threefold Movement, of which he is London committee chairman. He told his hosts why no attempt has recently been made to scale the world's highest peak. Said he: "The Tibetans believe that their gods have been offended and are angry and so have requested us not to apply at present for leave...