Milestones: Apr. 7, 1924

Born. To Dr. Marie Stopes, famed British birth control propagandist, and H. V. Roe, pioneer aviator, a son. Dr. Stopes is editor of The Birth Control News and is author of Married Love, a volume which was the subject of a libel suit last year.

Marriage denied. Ann Pennington, famed Follies dancer, and Brooke Johns, onetime student at Georgetown University, and famed Follies banjo player (TIME, March 31). Said she: "I am living in strict singleness, and Brooke tells me that he is, too." Said he: "Yes, we are not married." Both received...

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