Milestones, Sep. 1, 1941

Engaged. Peggy Anne Landon, 24, daughter of Alfred M. Landon; and William Mills, 25, Topeka attorney; in Topeka.

Sued for Divorce. Lieut. Commander Giles Chester Stedman, ex-Commander of the United States Lines; by Florence Leavitt Schick Stedman, ex-widow of Razor-Inventor Colonel Jacob Schick; in Reno.

Died. Sarah Haynes, Lady Maxim, widow of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the machine gun, stepmother of the late Hiram Percy Maxim, inventor of the silencer; in Norwood, England.

Died. Robert Eneas Lamberton, 54, Republican Mayor of Philadelphia since January 1940; in Longport, N.J. Onetime judge, he succeeded Mayor...

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