Milestones, Jan. 2, 1939

Engaged. Hal Kemp, 33, crack swing bandmaster; and Martha Stephenson, 19, Manhattan debutante of 1937; in Manhattan.

Married. Mildred ("Babe") Didrikson, 25, famed woman athlete, 1932 Olympic Games track & field star, expert basketball player, golfer, javelin thrower, hurdler, high jumper, swimmer, baseball pitcher, football halfback, billiardist, tumbler, boxer, wrestler, fencer, weight lifter, adagio dancer; and George Zaharias, 29, heavyweight wrestler; in St. Louis.

Marriage Revealed. John Montague (onetime La Verne Moore), 34, prodigious golfer who became a Hollywood celebrity, then turned out to be a fugitive from justice, was later tried and...

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