People: People, Feb. 24, 1947

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"I make the shrimp test," was the way General George C. Marshall's wife, Katherine, described one of her social duties. At parties she serves the Secretary of State as a sort of poison-taster, she explained. Anything with shrimp in it makes him pass out cold.

In Hollywood, Cinemactress Gene Tierney fell upstairs and broke a toe. Otherwise, everything moved according to custom.

Bandsman Tommy Dorsey let it be known, through his business representative, that he had separated from his second wife, Actress Pat Dane. Barrel-chested Cinemactor Brian Donlevy got a divorce after...

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