Milestones, Apr. 15, 1940

Born. To King Farouk of Egypt, 20, and Queen Farida, 18: a princess (No. 2); in Cairo. Name: Fawzia (after Aunt. Fawzia, wife of the Crown Prince of Iran).

Engagement revealed. John Ringling North, 37, and French Cinemactress Germaine Aussey, 26, as his Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus opened in Manhattan (see p. 75). Said he: "If I may be trite, it was love at first sight."

Married. Dorothy Kilgallen, 26, Broadway columnist and Hearstwhile (1936) circumnavigator of the globe by air; and Actor Richard Kollmar, 29, a juvenile lead of Too...

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