Milestones, Sep. 4, 1944

Born. To the Duke of Gloucester, 44, Governor General-select of Australia, and his Scottish Duchess, 42: their second child, second son, fifth in direct succession to the throne; in London. Weight: 7 Ibs. 2 oz.

Married. Paulina Longworth, 19, granddaughter of T.R., only daughter of the late Congressman Nicholas and Alice Roosevelt Longworth; and Alexander McCormick Sturm, 21, precocious humorist and book-illustrator (The Problem Fox, From Ambush to Zig-Zag); in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass.

Married. Pfc. Alton W. Knappen-berger, 20, Nazi-slaying "one man army of Anzio"; and Ruth Eickhoff, 16, his home town sweetheart; in...

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