Monday, Jul. 10, 1944
Born. To Maureen O'Hara, 23, redhaired, hazel-eyed cinema eyeful, and Lieut. Will Price, 31, onetime film dialoguer: a daughter, their first child; in Holly wood. Name: "either Bridget, Megan, or Emily." Weight: 8 Ibs. 10 oz.
Born. To Rise (rhymes with Pisa) Stevens, 31, svelte contralto of the Metropolitan Opera and first American in 22 years to sing the exacting role of Philistine Temptress Delilah (in Samson and Delilah); and Walter Szurovy, 33, Hungarian stage and screen actor: their first child, a son; in Hollywood. Name: Nicolas Vincent. Weight: 7 Ibs. 9 oz.
Born. To Hjalmar Johan Procope, 54, just-deported Finnish Minister to the U.S. (TIME, June 26); and Margaret Shaw Procope, 33, his British-born wife, who was given permission to remain in the U.S. for the birth: their third child, a son; in Washington. Weight: 9 Ibs.
Died. Andre Dedekam, 64, first secretary of the Norwegian Embassy, and his wife, Louise, 69; by their own hands (gas and an overdose of sleeping pills); in Washington. Advancing age and a growing despondency over the fate of Norway were too much "for a very weary couple, very much attached, and very, very tired."
Died. Norman Hezekiah Davis, 65, national chairman of the American Red Cross, onetime U.S. Ambassador-at-Large; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Hot Springs, Va. At 39, he had made $1,000,000 in Cuban banking and Cuban sugar, retired to devote himself to public service. His financial, diplomatic and organizational talents were enlisted by four Presidents. Of him fellow-Tennessean Cordell Hull said: "Few persons have had the privilege of rendering to their country and to other countries such a full measure of useful service."
Died. Hiram Edward Manville, 71, onetime head of Johns-Manville Corp.; after long illness; in Pleasantville, N.Y. Philanthropist, horseman, yachtsman, he sold his palatial Hi-Esmaro to the Navy in 1940, three years later learned that she had been sunk in the South Pacific.
Died. The Rev. Dr. James Moffatt, 73, professor emeritus at Union Theological Seminary, author of more than 50 books on religion, Biblical modernizer (for him the Garden of Eden was "Eden Park" and Noah's Ark a "barge"); of a heart attack; in Manhattan.
Married. Sergeant Skeezix Allison Wal let, 23, foundling son of Walt Wallet, Frank O. King's comic-strip character be loved by millions; and Nina Clock, 22, his boyhood sweetheart; both for the first time; in Gasoline Alley.
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