National Affairs: Family Matters

Last week President Roosevelt at the age of 52 became a grandfather for the fifth time, when a 6 lb. 6 oz. girl was born in a Fort Worth, Tex. hospital. The baby's parents: Second Son Elliott and his second wife Ruth Googins, who were married last July, five days after Elliott had divorced Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt at Minden, Nev. (TIME, July 31) The baby's name: Ruth Chandler Roosevelt, picked by her mother before she was born. Said Grandmother Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt: "Of course I'm thrilled to have another granddaughter, and awfully glad she...

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