Milestones, May 15, 1944

Married. Kathleen Kennedy, 24, daughter of former Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy; and William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, 26, in London (see p. 22).

Sued for Divorce. By Judy Garland, 21, starry-eyed, singing cinemactress; U.S. Army Air Forces Sergeant David Rose, 33, bandleader-composer, ex-husband of Martha Raye; after two and a half years of marriage, a year of separation; in Hollywood.

Reported Dead. Paul Poiret, 65, onetime dictator of fashion; in Paris. In 1898 he quit his job as umbrella salesman to design women's clothes, became the world's top-ranking designer with his creation of the hobble skirt, later blossomed out as playwright,...

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