Milestones, Nov. 28, 1949

Married. Vice President Alben William ("Veep") Barkley, 71, and Mrs. Carleton Sturtevant Hadley, 38; both for the second time; in St. Louis (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS).

Divorced. William Saroyan, 41, literary show-off (he has admitted to being a genius) and champion of "the beautiful people" in short stories (The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze), hit plays (The Time of Your Life) and novels (The Human Comedy); and Carol Stuart Marcus Saroyan, 24, New York socialite; after nearly seven years of marriage, two children; in Las Vegas, Nev.

Died. Frank Baldwin Jewett, 70, who as head of Bell Telephone Laboratories led the development...

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