Milestones, Jul. 6, 1942

Married. Dorothy Maynor, 31, famed Negro soprano; and the Rev. Shelby Rooks, 36, head of the divinity school of Lincoln University, near Oxford, Pa.; in Princeton, NJ.

Married. Actor John Emery, 37, ex-husband of Tallulah Bankhead; and Dancer Tamara Geva, 35, ex-wife of Choreographer George Balanchine (now the husband of Dancer Vera Zorina); in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Sued for Divorce. Julius ("Groucho") Marx; by Ruth Marx; after 21 years; in Los Angeles. She charged the loping, rapid-fire comedian with causing her "physical pain and mental anguish."

Died. John Work Garrett, 70, retired career diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Italy from 1929 to 1933; in Baltimore....

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