Milestones, Apr. 1, 1946

Married. Celeste Holm, 26, adaptable actress who played a home wrecker in The Women, an aging cipher in The Time of Your Life, a rather naughty girl in Oklahoma!; and A. Schuyler Dunning, 36, ex-A.A.F. captain; she for the third time, he for the second; in Manhattan.

Died. Marlin Hurt, 40, tall, dark & handsome radio actor whose falsetto portrayal of Beulah, the cackling, philosophizing Negro maid of Fibber McGee & Molly, was so convincing that it once drew a proposal of marriage; of a heart attack; in Hollywood.

Died. Dr. Alexander A. Alekhine, 53, world's chess champion (on & off) since 1927;...

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