People: People, Jun. 18, 1945

All in the Family

Walter Winchell's blonde, 18-year-old actress-daughter Eileen—known to her friends as Walda, known professionally as Toni Eden—pulled a surprise wedding on her usually alert father. The groom: William Lawless, 29, art-student son of a retired Boston motorman. Next day Winchell reported the event with characteristic aplomb: "First man to scoop Walter Winchell in a long time is William Lawless. . . .'' Two days later, father scooped son-in-law by announcing that daughter had decided to annul it.

Colonel James Roosevelt's 29-year-old wife Romelle let it be known that a baby,...

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