Monday, Jul. 08, 1946

Divorced. By Diana Barrymore, 25, actress daughter of the late great profile and Poetess "Michael Strange" (now Mrs. Harrison Tweed): Bramwell Fletcher, 42, British-born actor; after four years of marriage, no children; in Las Vegas, Nev.

Divorced. By Consuelo Vanderbilt Warburton, daughter of the late William Kissam Vanderbilt: her third husband, William John Warburton, Manhattan broker; after 5 1/2 years of marriage, no children; in Reno.

Died. Juan Antonio Rios, 57, Chile's middle-of-the-road, opportunistic President (1942-46) who was elected with leftist support as a lesser evil than ex-Strong Man Ibanez, under wartime stresses maintained a reasonable Right; of cancer; in Santiago (see LATIN AMERICA).

Died. Antoinette Perry, 58, one of Broadway's few successful woman directors (Strictly Dishonorable, Harvey); of heart disease; in Manhattan. Tony Perry, ever the angel of tyro actors, was the wartime guiding spirit of the American Theatre Wing, left her heart at its seven Stage Door Canteens across the nation.

Died. Yosuke Matsuoka, 66, U.S.-educated, slyly U.S.-hating Japanese Foreign Minister (1940-41) who promoted and signed both the Tripartite Pact with the Axis powers and the Neutrality Pact with Russia, then died an abrupt political death when Germany attacked Russia; of tuberculosis, arthritis and complications; while on sick leave from his trial as a war criminal; in Tokyo.

Died. Dr. Emanuel Libman, 73, master diagnostician, specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of once incurable subacute bacterial endocarditis, more widely known for his offhand feats of medical clairvoyance (he predicted Warren G. Harding's death after seeing him at a dinner party; muttered "enlarged gall bladder" after a first quick glance at Oscar Levant); after an intestinal operation; in Manhattan. In accordance with his wish, an autopsy was performed.

Died. James Henry ("Jimmy") Hare. 89, veteran news photographer of the flash-powder era who took the first aerial picture of Manhattan, made closeups of five wars (Spanish-American, Russo-Japanese, Balkan, Haiti-Dominican Republic, World War I); in Teaneck, N.J.

Died. The Rev. Howard Hyde Russell, 90, co-founder and longtime head man of the Anti-Saloon League, conductor of its first transcontinental "water wagon" tour (featuring a barfly-badgering male quartet) ; in Westerville, Ohio. He started a career in law, at 28 suddenly told his wife, "I am giving up sin! I am free!" Three years ago he predicted a dry U.S. by 1950.

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