Monday, Aug. 19, 1940
Born. To Prince Louis Charles Marie Leopold Robert of Bourbon-Parma, 39, brother of former Empress Zita; and Princess Maria Francesca Anna Romana, 25, youngest daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele III; their first child, a son; in Rome.
Married. Else Marie Hall, 20, daughter of famed Norwegian Soprano Kirsten Flagstad; and Accountant Arthur Dusenbury, son of a wealthy ranch owner; in Bozeman, Mont. Else had once thought of becoming a singer, changed her mind because "I am afraid I could never sing as well as Mother."
Died. Dane Coolidge, 67, bronzed, bearded naturalist and prolific New England-born author of Western novels; third cousin of Calvin Coolidge, direct descendant of John and Priscilla Alden; in Berkeley, Calif.
Died. Alessandro Bonci, 70, onetime tenor for the Metropolitan, Manhattan and Chicago Opera Companies, temperamental rival of the great Enrico Caruso; in Rome. Famed for his roles of Rodolfo in Puccini's La Boheme, Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva in Rossini's Barber of Seville, diminutive Bonci was long on technique, short on volume, made up in lyrical effect what he lacked in lung power.
Died. Mrs. Zora Cooley Dickinson, 75, home-loving, God-fearing wife of Michigan's home-loving, God-fearing Governor Luren Dudley Dickinson, 81; in Charlotte, Mich.
Died. Sir Abe Bailey, 75, hearty South African financier, sportsman, politician; in Cape Town. Lured to the Transvaal by gold, this "world's greatest gambler" speculated his way in & out of many a fortune, helped to bring about the union of South Africa. He was decorated for his part in the Boer War, was knighted in 1911. In 1937 Cape Town, believing Sir Abe dead after his leg had been amputated, dropped its flags to half-mast. Next year the doughty oldster lost his other leg, forestalled half-mastery by issuing a bulletin announcing that he was doing fine.
Died. Pierre Lorillard, 80, tobacco tycoon, sportsman, socialite, retired head of P. Lorillard Co. (Old Golds), son of the founder of Tuxedo Park; in his sleep; in Tuxedo Park, N. Y.
Died. Arthur Henry Fleming, 84, West Coast lumberman who endowed California Institute of Technology with more than $5,000,000; of a heart ailment; in Pasadena. In 1926 Philanthropist Fleming built a pavilion to preserve the historic railroad car 24190, in which armistices for World War I and the surrender of France in World War II were signed.
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