Monday, Jul. 23, 1951
Born. To Lieut. Samuel Goldwyn Jr., 24, son of Film Producer Sam Goldwyn, and Jennifer Howard, 25, daughter of the late playwright Sidney Coe Howard(They Knew What They Wanted): their first child, a daughter; in Paris (where Lieut. Goldwyn is on General Eisenhower's staff).
Born. To Elizabeth Bradley Beukema, 27, only child of General Omar Bradley, and Air Force Captain Henry Shaw Beukema, 27: their third child, second son; in Washington. Name: Omar Bradley. Weight: 7 Ibs. 5 oz.
Born. To Anne Baxter, 28, cinemactress (All About Eve), granddaughter of Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and Actor John Hodiak, 37 (A Bell for Adano, Battleground): their first child, a daughter; in Los Angeles. Name: Katrina Baxter. Weight: 6 Ibs. 7 oz.
Died. Robert Ingersoll Ingalls, 68, founder of the Ingalls Iron Works Co.; of a heart attack; in Birmingham, Ala. During the late '30s he set up the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.(largest on the Gulf Coast), pioneered in the construction of all-welded ships. In 1948, angered by his only son's divorce and plans for remarriage, Ingalls hired armed guards to carry $2,120,000 in $1,000 bills to buy back his son's share of the shipbuilding business.
Died. Egbert A. Van Alstyne, 73, old-time songwriter (In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, Pretty Baby, Memories); of a heart attack; in Chicago. After several years as a honky-tonk piano player and song plugger, Van Alstyne, with Lyricist Harry Williams, won Tin Pan Alley fame in 1903 with Navaho, then went on to turn out more than 500 tunes until radio came along to rout the family piano. When sheet-music sales began to drop, Van Alstyne decided it was time to retire.
Died. Arnold Schoenberg, 76, famed composer, pedagogue and musical theorist, inventor of the twelve-tone system; of a heart ailment; in Los Angeles (see Music).
Died. The 13th Earl of Home, Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home, 77, head of the Scottish clan of Home, wealthy landowner, host to Neville Chamberlain upon the late Prime Minister's return from his "Peace for Our Time" meeting with Hitler; of a heart attack; in Coldstream, Scotland.
Died. Ashton Stevens, 78, dean of American theater critics, for 54 years a drama man for Hearst newspapers in New York, San Francisco and Chicago (40 years on the Herald-American and predecessors); of a coronary occlusion; in Chicago. A mild-mannered, rarely caustic critic, he once defined his aim: "To be right if possible; to be read, if possibler."
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