Monday, Oct. 21, 1935
Born. To John Davison Rockefeller III; and Blanchette Ferry Hooker Rockefeller: a daughter, their first child; in Manhattan. Name: Sandra Ferry Rockefeller.
Married. Franchot Tone. 30, cinemactor, son of President Frank Jerome Tone of Carborundum Co. (see p. 34 ); and Joan Crawford (Lucille Le Sueur Cassin). 31, cinemactress, divorced wife of Nicholas Ullman Jr. (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.); in Englewood Cliffs. N. J.
Married. Hugh Dudley Auchincloss, 38, Manhattan socialite broker; and Nina Gore Yidal. daughter of Oklahoma's blind Senator Thomas Pryor Gore, divorced wife of Director Eugene Luther Vidal of the Bureau of Air Commerce; in Washington, D. C.
Married. Lawrence Wood ("Chip") Robert Jr., 48, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, divorced last month in Reno by Louise Ayres Robert; and Evelyn Walker, daughter of Harold Walker. Standard Oil legalite; in London. Witnesses: Lord Beaverbrook; Bernard E. ("Sell 'em Ben") Smith, famed Wall Street speculator.
Awarded. To Dr. Florence Rena Sabin, 63, famed medical researcher (blood, brain, lymphatic system, tuberculosis), first woman member of the Rockefeller Institute, first woman member of the National Academy of Sciences: Bryn Mawr's M. Carey Thomas prize of $5,000, "given at intervals to an American woman in recognition of eminent achievement."
Died. Crowell Hadden. 40, half-brother of the late Briton Hadden (cofounder of TIME, died 1929) ; suddenly, of pneumonia following acute appendicitis; at Glen Cove, N. Y. Since his brother's death a director of TIME Inc., Crowell Hadden went from Princeton (1917) into the War (1st Lieut., 106th Field Artillery, 27th Division), became in 1930 a partner of J. E. Aldred & Co. (New York bankers).
Died. Brigadier General Jacob F. ("Jake") Wolters. 64, general counsel and chief lobbyist of Texas Co., onetime commander of the 56th Cavalry Brigade (Texas National Guard), longtime administrator of martial law in Texas; of a heart ailment; in Austin. Because of a political feud with Governor James V. Allred ("The first thing I'll do is bust 'General Jake' to a buck private in the rear ranks'"). Wolters retired last year just before Allred was inaugurated.
Died. Francis Wilson, 81, famed old-time actor, manager, producer, playwright, author, founder and first president of Actors' Equity Association; of heart dilation following an operation; in Manhattan. Best-known role: Cadeaux in Erminie.
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