Milestones: May 13, 1929

Born. To Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Brandreth McAlpin Jr. of Greenwich, Conn., eldest son and daughter-in-law of Col. B. B. McAlpin (hotels, law) of Manhattan; a son (first grandson), 7 Ibs. 9 oz. Name: B. B. McAlpin III.

Engaged. James Cash Penney Jr. of White Plains, air amateur, son of the chain store tycoon, Prohibition patron and Hoover intimate (TIME, Jan. 28); to a Miss Elinor Snyder of Manhattan.

Engaged. Edward Estlin Cummings (e. e. cummings), 34, of Manhattan, mannered novelist (The Enormous Room), playwright (Him), poet (and, is 5) who likes to ignore...

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