Milestones, Jun. 30, 1947

Married. William Clay Ford, 22, and Martha Firestone, 21, grandchildren of the late great cronies Motormaker Henry Ford and Tiremaker Harvey Firestone; in Akron.

Divorced. By Tyrus Raymond ("Ty") Cobb, 60, one of baseball's alltime greats, whose early dabbling in Coca-Cola stock brought him a small fortune: Charlie Marion Lombard Cobb, 57, mother of his five children; after almost 30 years: in Reno.

Died. Jim Tully, 56, onetime pug, hobo and successful writer (during the '20s) of high-flavored, aggressively crude novels (Shanty Irish, Jarnegan, Beggars of Life); of a heart ailment; in Los...

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