Milestones, Dec. 25, 1933

Born. To Edda, Countess Ciano, daughter of Benito Mussolini, and Count Galeazzo Ciano, head of the Fascist press bureau (see col. 1), sometime Italian Minister to China: a daughter, their second child; in Rome. Grandfather Mussolini jubilantly canceled the day's engagements, rushed to his daughter's side.

Born. To Princess Ileana of Rumania, sister of King Carol, and Archduke Anton von Habsburg: a daughter, their second child; on the Archduke's estate near Vienna. Name: Maria Ileana.

Engaged, John Jacob Astor, 21, great-great-grandson of the first John Jacob Astor, younger son of the fourth John Jacob...

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