Monday, Dec. 05, 1938
Born. To Cab Galloway, 30, famed Negro jazz bandmaster, and his wife: a daughter, their first child; in The Bronx.
Born. To Cinemactor Boris Karloff (in Frankenstein, the Monster; in real life, Charles Edward Pratt), 51, and his wife: a daughter, their first child; in Hollywood.
Married. Mrs. Audrey James Coats Field, 36, goddaughter of King Edward VII and second of Marshall Field Ill's three wives, longtime glamor girl; and Peter Pleydell-Bouverie, 29, brother of an Earl; in London.
Married. Rexford Guy Tugwell, 47, most handsome original Brain Truster, now chairman of New York City's Planning Commission;* and his onetime assistant, Grace Falke, 30, director of National Youth's art projects; by Mayor LaGuardia; in Manhattan. Mr. Tugwell's first wife, Florence, mother of his two grown daughters, divorced him three months ago.
Marriage Revealed. Sir Oswald Mosley, 42, leader of Great Britain's black-shirted Fascists; and The Honorable Diana Freeman-Mitford, 28, whom Adolf Hitler once called "the ideal Nordic woman"; both for the second time; in Munich, a year ago. Because the best man, Reichsfuehrer Hitler, had the records impounded, the marriage was kept secret. The bride's younger sister Unity Valkyrie has been booed and stoned in England, once was arrested in Czechoslovakia because of her open admiration for Hitler.
Seeking Divorce. Sacha Guitry, 53, famed French actor-author; from his third wife, Cinemactress Jacqueline Delubac, 28; in Paris. To outwit the French divorce laws and prevent his wife from filing a countersuit on the ground that he left home, Guitry took up residence in the American Hospital./-
Sued for Divorce. Bette Davis (real name: Ruth Elizabeth Davis), 30, famed cinemactress: by her onetime-bandmaster and adman husband, Harmon Oscar ("Ham") Nelson Jr.; in Hollywood. His complaint: his wife was so engrossed in her profession that she "neglected and failed to perform her duties as a wife," flew into rages when asked to exhibit evidence of conjugal affection.
Died. Monroe ("Mun") Barrow, 58, father of Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis Barrow; in the Searcy Hospital for the Insane at Mount Vernon, Ala. Father Barrow had been hospitalized since 1911 but married Champion Louis' mother during an absence from the hospital. The Barrow family, who have quietly kept up relations with the father, allowed the story to circulate that his whereabouts were unknown, that he probably died years ago. Reported to be a prized possession of Father Barrow was an autographed picture: "To my father, Monroe Barrow, from his son, Joe Louis Barrow." Champion Louis' relatives last week attended the quiet funeral.
Died. Mrs. Flora Call Disney, 71, mother of Cinemanimator Walt Disney; asphyxiated by gas fumes escaping from a leaky furnace; in Hollywood. Her husband, Elias, 80, also overcome, was expected to recover.
*When Tugwell left his $10,000-a-year job as Under Secretary of Agriculture in 1937, his good friend, Charles Taussig, head of American Molasses Co., offered him a job as executive vice president. He accepted, admitted he knew little about the business. When his good friend Mayor LaGuardia next year offered him the planning job, which suited his tastes and paid $15,000, he accepted with alacrity.
/-According to French law, entering a hospital does not constitute leaving home.
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