Monday, Nov. 06, 1944
Married. Nackey Elizabeth Scripps, 20, younger daughter of the late news-magnate Robert Paine Scripps; and George Gallowhur, 38, enterprising chemical manufacturer (Skol, Skat, etc. -- TIME, Sept. 6, 1943); in Las Vegas, Nev.
Married. Captain Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid, 48, swank-loving, smart-alecking Conservative M.P., who in 1938 claimed half of his estranged wife's $400,000 income, later divorced her for adultery, was blasted for "beachcombing in Honolulu" during the blitz as guest of Doris Duke Cromwell; and Angela Williams, daughter of a British Naval Commander; in London.
Married. Hassan Nachaat Pacha, 55, sporting Egyptian Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, attended by King-in-exile Zog of Albania; and Patricia Mary Pansy Priest, 23, British nursery-schoolmistress; he for the second time; in London. The bride became a Moslem last February; to wed her, Dr. Nachaat Pacha proffered his resignation as Ambassador, because under Egyptian law no diplomat may marry a foreigner.
Died. Reginald Langhorne (Pete) Brooks, 42, New York socialite, flying enthusiast, nephew of British M.P. Lady Nancy Astor; in his Miami Shores, Fla. home, presumably by suicide. In 1933 he married Aline Rhonie Bamberger, set off on a 17,000 mile aerial honeymoon flying his own plane, his bride another "because both liked to do the piloting." They were divorced in 1937.
Died. Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. William Temple, 63, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England; of a heart attack.
Died. Princess Beatrice, 87, youngest, last-surviving of Queen Victoria's nine children, great-aunt of King George VI, mother of former Queen Victoria of Spain; in Balcombe, Sussex. Victoria's "precious little baby" married Prince Henry of Battenberg (later Englished to Mountbatten) at 28, after the. Prince agreed to become a British subject, and she to live close by the widowed Queen. At her husband's death, Beatrice succeeded him as Governor and Coroner of the Isle of Wight, permitted a deputy to conduct the inquests. In the tradition of royal British hobbyists, she played the piano, watercolored, amassed one of the world's largest, noblest autograph collections.
Died. W. S. ("Dad") Lively, 88, pioneer tintypist, daguerrotypist and photographer whose works have long been exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution, builder of the world's onetime largest camera (11 by 6 by 5 ft.); in McMinnville. Tenn.
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