Monday, Sep. 27, 1937

Born. To Cinemactor Gary Cooper and Veronica Balfe (actress Sandra Shaw) Cooper; a girl, their first child; in Hollywood.

Divorced. Hollywood Actor George Moran, onetime member of the blackface team of Moran & Mack (Two Black Crows), by Mrs. Claire White Moran, one-time Vanities dancer; in Chicago. She was awarded custody of their eight-year-old daughter Angela. Moran's partner, Charles Mack, was killed in an automobile accident three years ago.

Suspended. The license of Narragansett Park racetrack, with a contingent order that Owner Walter E. O'Hara be removed as managing director before Sept. 30; by the Rhode Island State Racing Commission; in Providence. This culminates the longtime feud between Horseman O'Hara and Rhode Island's Governor Robert E. Quinn (TIME, Sept. 20). "Narragansett," said Owner O'Hara, "will not open next season."

Granted. To Authoress Margaret Mitchell Marsh; a temporary injunction restraining Showman Billy Rose from participating in the profits of his Casa Manana Review at the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial, in which he used the name of her novel Gone With The Wind as the name of one of his sketches; in Fort Worth. The injunction does not prevent continuance either of the review or of the sketch.

Left. By Author-Playwright Sir James Barrie; an estate of -L-167,694; in London. To Actress Elisabeth Bergner he left -L-2,000 for "the best performance ever given in any play of mine (The Boy David)." To his divorced wife, Mrs. Mary Cannan, he left -L-1,000 and a life annuity of -L-600. To his adopted son, Publisher Peter Llewellyn Davies, inspiration for Peter Pan, he left -L-6,000 and half the residuary estate. The other half of the residuary estate, in addition to -L-30,000 and the royalties from all his works except Peter Pan, he left to Lady Cynthia Asquith, his secretary and longtime friend.

Died. Osgood Perkins, 45, suave stage and screen actor (Beggar on Horseback, The Front Page, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Ceiling Zero, Point Valaine, etc.); of a heart attack after the opening performance of Rachel Crothers' Susan and God, in Washington.

Died. Benjamin Lloyd Belt, 70, president of the tobacco firm of P. Lorillard Co.; of a heart attack; in Whitefield, N. H. Tobacconist Belt, a horse-loving Virginian, became president of hoary P. Lorillard in 1924, immediately brought out Old Golds to keep pace with younger competitors.

This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so reader's discretion is required.