Milestones, Aug. 17, 1931

Engaged. Lady May Cambridge, daughter of the Earl & Countess of Athlone, niece of Queen Mary of England; and one Henry Abel Smith, captain of the Royal Horse Guards, Lady May's father's aide while he was Governor-General of the Union of South Africa. Rumor exploded: that Lady May Cambridge would marry the Prince of Wales.

Engaged-Prince Leopold of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Frendenberg; and Countess Blanca de Treuberg, great-grand-daughter of Dom Pedro, first emperor of Brazil.

Married-Charles Hamilton Sabin Jr., son of the board chairman of Guaranty Trust Co.; and Mrs. Dorothy Layman Ransdell, Washington divorcee, at...

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