Milestones, Jul. 31, 1939

Born. To Dominic Felix ("Don") Ameche, 31, grinning cinemactor; and Honoré Pandergast Ameche, 31; a son, their third; in Hollywood. Weight: 5 Ibs. 15 oz. Name: Thomas Anthony.

Married. Adrianne Allen Massey, 32, British actress, and William Dwight Whitney, 39, Manhattan socialite lawyer; both for the second time, in Storrington, England. Fortnight ago Mrs. Whitney's former husband, Actor Raymond Massey (Abe Lincoln in Illinois) married Mr. Whitney's former wife, Dorothy Ludington Whitney.

Divorced. Gracie Fields (real name: Stansfield), 41, Britain's No. 1 music-hall comic; from Actor-Producer Archie Pitt; in London, England.

Died. John Louis Comiskey, 53, rich, elephantine owner of the Chicago White Sox;...

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