Milestones, Mar. 16, 1931

Born. To Emperor Hirohito & Empress Nagako of Japan; a daughter, their fourth (one died), legally unfit to inherit Emperor Hirohito's throne. Weight: 3,365 grams (7.4 lb.). Length: 49 centimetres (1.6 ft.)

Reported Engaged. Valerie French, 21, beauteous granddaughter of the late Field Marshal Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres; and Victor Henry Peter Brougham, 21, 4th Baron of Brougham & Vaux; in London. In 1926 Miss French was engaged to Henry Bradley Martin, Manhattan socialite. In 1929 she rushed to the U. S. to minister to him after he...

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