Milestones, Apr. 3, 1939

Born. To David Whitmire Hearst, 23, youngest (with his twin, Randolph) son of Publisher William Randolph Hearst; and onetime Show Girl Hope Chandler, 18; a daughter, their first child; Hearst's fourth grandchild; in Los Angeles.

Born. To Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney, 40, multimillionaire horseman, and his wife, the former Gwladys Crosby ("Gee") Hopkins, 33: a daughter, their first child; in Manhattan.

Married. Thomas Dixon Jr., 75, onetime Baptist preacher who made a fortune from his book, The Clansman (filmed as The Birth of a Nation); and May Donovan, 44, his literary assistant for 18 years; he for the second time, she for the...

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