Monday, Aug. 24, 1942
Born. To Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 35, and ex-Colonel Charles Augustus, 40: their fifth child, fourth son; weight, 9 Ib.; at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Their other living children are: Jon Morrow, 10 (born six months after the kidnap-slaying of two-year-old Charles Augustus Jr.); Land Morrow, 5; Anne Spencer, 2.
Died. Mahadev Hiralal Desai, 48, Mohandas K. Gandhi's private secretary, Indian Nationalist editor; of a heart attack; in British custody at Poona. A Brahman, he joined Gandhi when he was 27, shortly after his graduation from Bombay University. He became Gandhi's close personal adviser and "Boswell," edited the Gandhi weekly, Harijan.
Died. Devereux Milburn, 61, rated for some 20 years the world's greatest polo player; of a heart attack; in Westbury,L.I. A poloist from the age of 14, he transformed what had been a short-passing, easygoing game into the hard-riding, hard-hitting polo that satisfied the most excitement-hungry; the style of play that brought the International Challenge Polo Trophy to the U.S. from England for the first time in 1909--the first year he played on an international team. He played on all the U.S. international teams from that year through 1927, and lost only one match--to England, in 1914. A member of the famed Big Four (others: Harry Payne Whitney, Larry and Monty Waterbury), he was a nine-goal man for nine years, and for twelve years his handicap was ten (tops).
Died. Pasquale Amato, 64, onetime Metropolitan Opera baritone (since 1935 voice teacher at Louisiana State University); in Queens, L.I. Caruso's crony, he sang in some 5,000 performances, was best-liked for his Jack Ranee in The Girl of the Golden West, King Hidraot in Armide, Cyrano.
Died. Jacob Schurman, 88, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1925-30), longtime (1892-1920) president of Cornell University; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Canadian-born he joined the Cornell faculty at the age of 32 as head of the department of philosophy, became president at 38. On leaves, he headed McKinley's first U.S. Philippine Commission in 1899, was Taft's Minister to Greece and Montenegro in 1912. He resigned from Cornell in 1920, was appointed Harding's Minister to China in 1921. As Coolidge's Ambassador to Germany he plumped hard for its rehabilitation, raised $500,000 among U.S. citizens to build a new Heidelberg University building, which was named after him. Revisiting Germany in 1936, he observed a significant alteration in Schurman Hall: Nazis had removed the facade inscription "To the Eternal Spirit," substituted a gold swastika and "To the German Spirit."'
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