Milestones, Apr. 23, 1956

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Married. Countess Emanuela Castel-barco, 19, blonde granddaughter of Conductor Arturo Toscanini; and Duke Gian Luigi Acquarone, 32, wealthy Italian nobleman; in Milan, Italy.

Married. Corinne Robinson Alsop, 69, mother of the New York Herald Tribune's globetrotting columnists Joseph and Stewart Alsop, niece of the late President Theodore Roosevelt; and Francis W. Cole, 72, onetime (1945-55) board chairman of Hartford, Conn.'s Travelers Insurance Co.; both for the second time; in Collinsville, Conn.

Died. Francis Tyler, 51, burly helmsman of the No. 2 U.S. bobsled team that took first place in the 1948 Olympics at St. Moritz; of a heart attack; in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Died. "Little Jack" Little, 55, radio star of the '30s, and composer (A Shanty in Old Shanty Town, Jealous, Hold Me); apparently after an overdose of sleeping pills; in Hollywood, Fla.

Died. Paul Hutchinson, 65, Methodist minister, editor (1947-55) of the Protestant weekly, Christian Century, author (Storm Over Asia, The New Leviathan); of a ruptured aorta; in Beaumont, Texas (see RELIGION).

Died. Lieut. General José Moscardó Ituarte, 77, Count of Alcázar de Toledo, Falangist hero of one of the most celebrated battles of the Spanish civil war; of a heart attack while shaving in bed; in Madrid. As commandant of Spain's West Point, the Alcázar of Toledo, Professional Soldier Moscardó withstood the 67-day Loyalist assault on the ancient fortress-castle with some 1,100 soldiers and civilians, was finally relieved by a Franco army after Loyalist troops had hurled more than 6,000 4-in. shells and 4,000 6-in. shells against the fortress, mined its rocky base with dynamite, sprayed its walls with gasoline. During the bombardment, Loyalists captured his 16-year-old son. Luis Moscardó, put the boy on the phone to talk to his father. The conversation: "Papa." "What is it, my son?" "They say they will shoot me if you don't surrender." "Then commend your soul to God, cry Viva España, and die like a patriot." "A big kiss, papa." "A big kiss, my son." Within ten minutes, the Loyalists shot young Moscardó.

Died. Clarence ("Ginger") Beaumont, 79, farmer and oldtime baseball player, who broke into the game with the late Connie Mack's Milwaukee club and was the first player to bat in the modern World Series; in Burlington, Wis. Playing centerfield for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Ginger Beaumont stepped to the plate against the Boston Pilgrims' (now the Red Sox) famed Denton ("Cy") Young in the first (1903) Series game, flied out.