Milestones, Jan. 3, 1938

Birthday. Henry Richard Gibson, probably the oldest living former (1895-1905) Congressman; his 100th or 101st; in Washington. Biographies say he was born in 1837; his family Bible gives 1836. Said he: "What's one year among a hundred? Certainly nothing to worry about."

Divorced, Aidan Roark, 36, Irish-born international poloist (rating: 8 goals), Twentieth Century-Fox scenario executive; by Esther Foss Moore Roark, 32, daughter of Massachusetts' onetime Governor Eugene Noble Foss; in Los Angeles. Grounds: rudeness. Mrs. Roark testified that once, driving with her from Carmel to Los Angeles in wind & rain, he...

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