Milestones, may 19, 1952

Married. Senator Alexander Wiley, 67, of Wisconsin, ranking Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Judiciary Committees; and British-born Dorothy May Kydd, 41, secretary to Washington Attorney John F. Clagett; both for the second time; in Alexandria, Va.

Died. Canada Lee, 45, top-ranking Negro actor of screen (Cry, the Beloved Country) and stage (Native Son), who was a jockey, prizefighter and leader of an unsuccessful jazz band before he got his start in the theater in 1934 as Banquo in the WPA all-Negro production of Macbeth; of a heart attack; in Manhattan.

Died....

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