Monday, Oct. 12, 1942
Birthdays. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, 71, second oldest member of the Cabinet (oldest: Henry L. Stimson, 75); on vacation in Virginia. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 73; incommunicado at Poona (see p. 25).
Married. Maria Zimbalist Goelet. daughter of Violinist Efrem Zimbalist; and Henry F. Bennett Jr. of Reno; each for the second time; in Philadelphia. Her first was Manhattan Socialite Ogden Goelet.
Sued for Divorce. Cinemactress Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver); by Edward A. A. Snelson, a subordinate judge in India; to make it stick; in London. She divorced him in Los Angeles in 1940 (the marriage had lasted one month, five days in 1933), but British law does not recognize some U.S. divorces.
Sued for Divorce. Mrs. Utica Celestia Beecham; by goateed Sir Thomas Beecham, noted English conductor currently directing in Seattle; in Idaho City. Married in London in 1903, he said they had not lived together since 1909.
Divorced. Harrison Tweed, Manhattan socialite-lawyer; by Poetess Blanche Oelrichs Thomas Barrymore Tweed ("Michael Strange"), second wife of the late Great Profile, mother of Diana Barrymore; after 13 years of marriage; in Reno.
Died. Sarah White Dreiser, 73, wife of Novelist Theodore Dreiser; in St. Louis. They met when he was a reporter on the St. Louis Republic, she a small town schoolteacher, married in 1898, separated in 1910, were never divorced.
Died. Clara Cook Kellogg, 80, widow of ex-Secretary of State, ex-Ambassador to the Court of St. James's Frank Billings Kellogg; in St. Paul. A popular hostess in Washington and London, she was a tactful, patient woman whose grace often counteracted her husband's impulsive conversation. Kellogg once wrote that Coolidge said he had made him Ambassador as much because of Mrs. Kellogg as Kellogg himself.
Died. Louis D. Beaumont, 85, cofounder of the May Department Stores chain; in Manhattan. He retired 30 years ago, spent most of his time on the French Riviera and in Paris. He organized and financed one of the first round-the-world flights, set up the Wilbur Wright monument at Le Mans.
Killed in Action. R.A.F. Wing Commander George H. Stainforth, 43, veteran speed flyer; in the Middle East. He won the Schneider Cup (air-race trophy) in 1931, then broke the world's seaplane speed record. He was the oldest fighting pilot in the Middle East.
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