Milestones: May 14, 1928

Born. To Herbert Carl Sturhahn, famed footballer, twice (1925-26) All-American guard (Yale); in Manhattan, a son (weight 9 lb. 6 oz.). The maternal grandfather is David Lawrence, famed Washington journalist and president of the United States Daily.

Married. Michael Arlen, Armenian novelist (The Green Hat), of London; to Countess Atalanta Mercati; 22, daughter of Count Alexandre Mercati, former Chamberlain of the Court of Greece; at the Greek Orthodox Church, Cannes, France. During the elaborate ritual in which the bride relinquished her title for the official name of Mrs. Dikran Kuumjian, her gown caught...

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