Milestones, Nov. 29, 1943

Marriage Revealed. Marian Anderson, 38, famed Negro contralto; and Orpheus Hodge Fisher, 43, Negro war-plant draftsman, peacetime New York architect, her oldtime beau; last July 17; in Bethel, Conn.

Died. William Warren Barbour, 55, Republican Senator from New Jersey off & on since 1931, onetime National Amateur Heavyweight Boxing Champion; or coronary thrombosis; in Washington.

Died. Lorenz Hart, 48, lyric half of Rodgers & Hart, habitual hit-tunesmiths; in Manhattan. To Richard Rodgers' swingful songs pint-sized, cigar-mangling Hart had joined his agile verses more than 1,000 times, enlivened more than 25 Broadway shows, including Pol Joey, On Your Toes, The Boys from Syracuse, A...

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