Milestones, May 14, 1934

Married. Edith Baker, 20, daughter of Banker George Fisher Baker (First National); and John Mortimer Schiff, 29, only son of the late Mortimer Leo Schiff (Kuhn, Loeb); in Manhattan (TIME, March 26).

Lost. A $250,000 suit by Singer Helen Kane; against Paramount Publix Corp., Cartoonist Max Fleischer, Fleischer Studios, Inc.; in Manhattan. Charges: ''Betty Boop" cinema strips imitated the Kane face, gestures, "boop-boop-a-doop" singing (TIME, April 30).

Acquitted. Lawyer Aaron Sapiro, Economics Professor Benjamin Mark Squires, and 15 others; in Chicago after a four months' trial on charges of racketeering in the laundry, dyeing...

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