Monday, Feb. 17, 1936

Married. William Lawson Little Jr., 25, winner of the U. S. and British amateur golf championships for two consecutive years (1934 and 1935); and Dorothy Kurd. 18 (no kin to golfer Dorothy Campbell Kurd); in Chicago.

Married. "Prince" Serge Mdivani, sleekest of Russia's "Marrying Mdivanis," divorced husband of Cinemactress Pola Negri, Songstress Mary McCormic; and his ex-sister-in-law, "Princess" Louise Astor Van Men Mdivani, wealthy Manhattan socialite, onetime wife of the late "Prince" Alexis Mdivani; in Palm Beach, Fla.

Divorced. Mr. & Mrs. Paul McHenry, parents of 11-year-old Alyce Jane McHenry,. "upsidedown stomach girl," whose highly publicized operation temporarily reconciled them; in Omaha.

Sued. Florence E. Dolan Willys, 38, second wife of the late John North Willys, automobile manufacturer, who inherited a share (estimated at $3,500,000) of his estate; by Mrs. Virginia de Landa, his daughter; in West Palm Beach, Fla. In her petition, Mrs. de Landa charged Mrs. Willys with divorcing her first husband on fraudulent grounds, asked that her marriage to Willys be declared null & void, that she be enjoined from claiming any part of Willys' estate.

Died. Oliver Peter Heggie, 57, Australian-born character actor of stage (Androcks & the Lion, The Truth About Blayds) and screen (The Letter, The Swan, The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu); of pneumonia; in Hollywood, a few days after completing the role of Dr. MacIntyre in the cinema, The Prisoner of Shark Island.

Died. Henry Justin Smith, 60, on the Chicago Daily News since 1899 (except for 1924-26, when he assisted University of Chicago's president), managing editor since 1926; of pneumonia; in Evanston, III. Under his tutelage developed many well-known newshawks, including Ben Hecht, Howard Vincent O'Brien, Edgar Ansel Mowrer, Poet Carl Sandburg.

Died. Mrs. Evander Berry Wall 67, doyenne of U. S. expatriates in Paris; of a heart attack; in Monte Carlo. With her husband, a well-known Beau Brummel of the Mauve Decade, she fled the U. S. in 1912 because the advent of the automobile made Manhattan "impossible." In Paris, she organized many a gala dinner which royalty attended, devoted much of her time to le phare de France, an institution for blind war veterans. Extremely fond of animals, her pet was a show chow, Chi-Chi. When she wrote its autobiography, the late Rudyard Kipling was moved to remark: "My, what an observing dog he was."

Died. Charles Curtis, 76, onetime (1929-33) Vice President of the U. S.; of a heart attack; in Washington, D. C. (see p. 10).

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