Monday, Mar. 21, 1949

Born. To Diana Wanger Anderson, 21, eldest daughter of Cinemactress Joan Bennett, and John Hardy Anderson, 31, aircraft-parts manufacturer: their first child (and first grandchild for 39-year-old Joan Bennett), a daughter; in Los Angeles. Name: Amanda. Weight: 7 Ibs.

Married. Major General William Henry Draper Jr. (ret.), 54, investment banker and, until last month, economic adviser to General Lucius Clay; and Eunice Barzynski, 33, onetime WACaptain stationed at the U.S. embassy in Moscow and daughter of Brigadier General Joseph E. Barzynski (ret.); he for the second time; in Chicago.

Divorced. By Maxene Andrews Levy, 31, soprano member of the harmonizing Andrews Sisters: Music Publisher Lou Levy, 36, longtime manager of the trio who launched such Tin Pan Alley hits as Beat Me Daddy and Well All Right; after eight years of marriage, two children (adopted) ; in Long Beach, Calif.

Died. Crosby Gaige, 66, witty bibliophile and gourmet who found time to indulge in his hobby of printing fine limited editions (Joyce, O'Flaherty, Conrad) and writing books (Crosby Gaige' s Cocktail Guide and Ladies' Companion, Footlights and Highlights) in addition to co-producing such Broadway hits as Within the Law (starring Jane Cowl, 1912), Smilin' Through (1919) and Coquette (starring Helen Hayes, 1927); of a heart ailment; in Peekskill, N.Y.

Died. General Henri Honore Giraud, 70, French hero of three wars (he was cited for bravery 13 times, decorated 16 times); of intestinal cancer and pernicious anemia; in Dijon, France. Lean, towering (6 ft. 4 in.) Soldier Giraud, who escaped from the Germans in World War I with the help of Nurse Edith Cavell, was captured again by the Germans in World War II, during the Sedan breakthrough. He escaped again, made his way with Allied help to Gibraltar -- and frustration. He had been picked by the Allies to command French forces in Africa after the invasion in 1942, but sly Admiral Darlan, who had to be bullied and wheedled into going over from Vichy to the Allies, kept the allegiance of most of the troops. After Darlan's assassination, Giraud was briefly the No. 1 French commander in North Africa. Then General de Gaulle replaced him and Henri Giraud was finally left with nothing but a second-rate post and a grandiose title: Inspector General of the French Armed Forces.

Died. Frank Morrison, 89, Canadian-born longtime Secretary of the A.F.L. (1897-1939) whose lobbying hastened passage of the Clayton Act (which restricts the issuance of injunctions in labor disputes); in Washington.

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