Milestones: Mar. 31, 1924

Born. To Mrs. Edward Walker, wife of "Mickey" Walker, world's champion welterweight boxer, a son; in Elizabeth, N. J.

Married. Ann Pennington, famed Follies dancer, and Brooke Johns, one- time student at Georgetown University, famed Follies banjo player, "secretly, several months ago."

Died. Barney Bernard, 47, Hebrew comedian, creator of the famed Abe Potash role in the Potash and Perlmutter comedies, which he played more than 3,000 times; in Manhattan, of pneumonia. His most successful plays were Business Before Pleasure, Potash and Perlmutter, Partners Again.

Died. General Maurice César Josef Pelle, 61, onetime French Ambassador...

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