Milestones: May 19, 1930

Born. To Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson, Daughter Joan of the late Sportsman-Tycoon Payne Whitney, sister of Sportsman John Hay ("Jock") Whitney; a daughter.

Married. Henry H. Sprague, 72, inventor of the Sprague gas meter, president of Sprague Meter Co. of Bridgeport, Conn.; and his nurse-companion, Hattie Magness, 33, of Forrest City, Ark.

Retired. William Gillette, 74, oldtime U. S. actor (The Admirable Crichton, Dear Brutus, Diplomacy), dramatist (Held by the Enemy, Too Much Johnson, Settled Out of Court, Sherlock Holmes), member of the American Academy of...

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