Milestones, Mar. 13, 1944

Born. To Cinemactress Betty Grable, 27, and Trumpeter Harry Haag James, 32: a daughter, their first child; in Hollywood. Name: Victoria Elizabeth. Weight: 7 Ib. 12 oz.

Killed in Action. Staff Sergeant John Aloysius Bushemi, 26, probably the best-known noncom in the Pacific area (one of Yank's finest cameramen), Iowa-born buddy of Sergeant Marion Hargrove (See Here, Private Hargrove); on the Eniwetok beachhead.

Death Revealed. General Berthold von Deimling, 91, commander (1914-17) of the German Army's Verdun-famed XV Corps; on Feb. 11; in Germany.

Died. Louis ("Lepke") Buchalter, 47, homicide's tycoon (Murder, Inc.),...

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