Milestones, May 25, 1942

Marriage Revealed. Frances Mary ("Robbie") Robinson, 35, longtime right-hand-woman of the late Brigadier General Hugh Johnson; and Colonel James Bryan Newman Jr., 45, of the Army Air Corps; last Dec. 27; in Martinsburg, W. Va.

Died. Frank Churchill, 40, hit tune composer (Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?; Heigh Ho; Whistle While You Work); by his own hand (shooting); near Newhall, Calif. He had been composing for Walt Disney for eleven years. A suicide note to his wife read: "My nerves have completely left me. Please forgive me for this awful act."...

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