Monday, Mar. 22, 1948
Married. Andre Malraux, 52, onetime Marxist novelist (Man's Hope, Man's Fate), now No. 1 political theorist and propagandist for Charles de Gaulle; and Madeleine Jeanne Lioux Malraux, thirtyish, pretty widow of his halfbrother, Roland, a Resistance hero who died in a Nazi concentration camp; each for the second time; in Riquewihr, Alsace.
Died. Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, 48, invalid widow of Jazz Age Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald; in a fire which destroyed a building of the Highland Hospital (for mental and nervous diseases); in Asheville, N.C. A writer herself (Save Me the Waltz, a thinly disguised autobiographical novel), she married Fitzgerald a few weeks after his first novel (This Side of Paradise) came out, was once described as ."the brilliant counterpart of the heroines of his novels."
Died. Louis Ezekiel Stoddard, 70, socialite polo star of three decades ago; of a heart ailment; in Los Angeles. He played on two international challenge teams (1913, 1921), became a ten-goal man in 1922.
Died. Princess Helena Victoria, 77, spinster granddaughter of Queen Victoria; first cousin once removed of George VI ; after long illness ; in London. A bright court figure in her youth, she helped hasten the change from the conservative Victorian to the gay Edwardian era by sporting colorful clothes, dancing the latest steps, taking in dog races and speaking her mind frankly in public.
Died. Major General George Glas Sandeman Carey, 81, whose nondescript force of some 3,000 clerks, signalmen, and U.S. railway engineers prevented a breakthrough to Amiens in the Second Battle of the Somme in 1918; in Portsmouth, England. Moving quickly as the Germans threatened, Carey and his motley crew held out for six days until relieved. It earned him a personal commendation before Parliament from Prime Minister Lloyd George.
Died. Emily Perkins Bissell, 86, originator and guiding spirit of the annual U.S. Christmas Seal drive, which netted $3,000 its first year (1907), more than $18 million last year, and over the years helped drop tuberculosis from first place among fatal diseases in the U.S. to sixth place; in Wilmington.
Died. George Noble, Count Plunkett, 96, Irish literary and art patron, and fiery fighter for a free Eire; in Dublin. The bush-bearded, pouch-eyed papal count, first Sinn Fein candidate to be elected to the Irish Parliament (in 1917), served the new republic as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1919-21) and Fine Arts (1921-22).
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