Monday, Oct. 11, 1948

Born. To Maria del Rosario Cayetana, Duchess of Montoro, 22, only child of the 17th Duke, of Alba (Spain's top nobleman and ex-Ambassador to Britain) whose wedding last October cost $300,000' and Don Luis Martinez de Irujo y Artazoz 27, blueblooded onetime able seaman in Franco's navy: their first child, a son; in Madrid

Born. To Jascha Heifetz, 47, Russian-born concert violinist, and second wife Frances Spiegelberg, 37: their first child a son; in Hollywood. Name: Joseph.' Weight: 6 Ibs. 10 oz.

Married. Freddie Mills, 29, British boxer, light heavyweight champion of the world since he defeated New Jersey's Gus Lesnevich last July; and Chrissie Broadribb, 36, his manager's daughter; he for the first time, she for the second; in London.

Divorced. William P. (Bill) Odom, 28, record-breaking (73 hrs. 5 min.) round-the-world flyer (the Reynolds Bombshell); by Dorothy W. Odom, 28; after nearly nine years of marriage, two children; in Reno.

Died. Gregg Toland, 44, top Hollywood cameraman (The Long Voyage Home The Best Years of Our Lives) famed for his combination of creative imagination and technical skill; of coronary thrombosis; in Los Angeles. Toland introduced revolutionary innovations which contributed to the critical success oi such movies as Citizen Kane and the Oscar-winning Wuthering Heights, just before he died was concentrating on the ultimate focus" lens (which makes both near and far objects equally distinct).

Died. Vasily Ivanovich Kachalov (Shverubovich), 73, member of the famed Moscow Art Theater since 1900, called by Russian admirers "the greatest actor in the world"; in Moscow.

Died. James Herbert Wilkerson 78 famed racket-busting federal judge, who sentenced Al Capone to prison in 1931; in Chicago. Judge Wilkerson also tried Utilities Tycoon Samuel Insull and Racing Form Publisher Moe Annenberg.

Died. Thomas Armat, 81, inventor of the Vitascope (film projector), which paved the way for the modern movie industry; in Washington. He regarded his invention as "just a side issue" and agreed to let Thomas A. Edison's name be attached to it for commercial reasons (but Armat got rich on the patent rights). Last March Hollywood awarded him a special Oscar for the "debt we all owe you."

Died Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt 87 widow of the 26th President of the U.S.; in Oyster Bay, N.Y. (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS).

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