Monday, Dec. 16, 1946

Born. To John Roosevelt, 30, youngest son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Anne Clark Roosevelt, 30: their third child, second daughter; in Pasadena. Name: Sara Delano (after the infant's great-grandmother). Weight: 6 Ibs. To James Roosevelt, 39, oldest son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and second wife Romelle Schneider Roosevelt, 30: their second son (his fourth child); in Los Angeles. Name: Michael Anthony. Weight: 9 Ibs. 8 oz. Grand total of the late President's grandchildren: 16.

Married. Ilka Chase, 41, willowy, whimsical radio and stage actress, author of boudoir best-sellers (Past Imperfect, In Bed We Cry); and Dr. Norton S. Brown, 42, her personal physician; she for the third time, he for the second; in Las Vegas, Nev., three days after Author Chase won a divorce from second husband William Murray. First husband: Actor Louis (The Magnificent Yankee) Calhern.

Married. Norma Talmadge, 49, oldtime star of silent films and Dr. Carvel James, 39, Los Angeles physician; she for the third time (No. i: Producer Joseph Schenck; No. 2: Comedian George Jessel), he for the second; in Las Vegas, Nev.

Died. Alfred Kornfeld, 26, TIME correspondent in Germany and at the Nurnberg trials, former U.S. Army master sergeant, who was thrice wounded, won the Silver Star in action; after a jeep accident while on his way from Berlin to Niirnberg.

Died. Cimon P. Diamantopoulos, 59, Greek Ambassador to the U.S. (since 1940), onetime Minister to Albania (!933-35) and Bulgaria (1935-40); of a heart attack, while conferring with visiting Greek Premier Constantin Tsaldaris; in Manhattan.

Died. Laurette Taylor, 62, one of the great-actresses of the U.S. stage, who rose to fame on pre-World War I Broadway as the lovable Irish Peg in her husband J. Hartley Manners' hit comedy Peg o' My Heart; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. After Manners' death in 1928, she went on what she herself called "the longest wake in history," then, after 13 years of comparative obscurity and bit parts, won acclaim in last year's The Glass Menagerie, for the best performance of 1945. "That just goes to show," said she, "that the postman can ring twice."

Died. Mary Beard, 70, former director of the American Red Cross Nursing Service (1938-44), one of the organizers of the wartime Nurse's Aide Corps; after long illness; in Manhattan. After recovering from a childhood attack of diphtheria, she resolved "to help sick people," spent her life studying and improving nursing and nurse education throughout the world.

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