Monday, Feb. 21, 1927
Born. To Lee Gentle, 65, "champion father of Georgia," a daughter, in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Gentle was recently congratulated by Congress and President Coolidge on his record of 28 children. He now has 29.
Engaged. Julian L. ("Pete") Street, son of Julian Street, author, to Narcissa Vanderlip, daughter of Frank Arthur Vanderlip, onetime President of the National City Bank (Manhattan).
Married. Aileen Hughes, daughter of the late General Sir Sam Hughes, Canadian "War Minister"; to one James Freeman Clarke, at Lindsay, Ont.
Sued for Divorce. Kenneth G. Ormiston, Aimee Semple McPherson's famed radio operator; by Ruth Peters Ormiston, in Los Angeles.
Sued for Divorce. Harry Leon Wilson, 59, famed writer, creator of Ruggles of Red Gap, Merton of the Movies; by amateur-actress Helen Cook Wilson, who charges that her husband concealed assets worth more than $100,000 when they agreed to separate a few months ago.
Divorced. William S. ("Bill") Hart, 56, famed two-gun cinema hero; by Winifred Westover Hart, at Reno.
Died. James Kidd Flemming, M. P., 58, onetime Premier of New Brunswick (1911-16); after a short illness, at Woodstock, N. B. Senator Arthur R. Gould of Maine has been accused of "bribery," because he and his associates paid $100,000 to Premier Flemming in a railway negotiation in 1912.
Died. Dr. Percy Stickney Grant, 66, militant-liberal Episcopal minister; of uremic poisoning, following an appendix operation; at Mount Kisco, N. Y. Bishop Manning of New York refused to allow him to become Mrs. Rita de Acosta Lydig's third husband.
Died. Charles Deering, 74, one-time Chairman of the International Harvester Co.; in Miami, Fla.
Died. Dr. Charles Doolittle Walcott, 76, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; following a stroke of apoplexy; in Washington, D. C. (see p. 22).
Died. Charles Beatty Alexander, 77, famed lawyer, capitalist; following an illness of two weeks; in Manhattan.
Died. Mrs. Nancy Baker, 101, able gingersnap-maker, at Galena, Ill. Her snaps were sampled and praised by Presidents Grant, McKinley, Roosevelt.