Milestones, May 8, 1939

Born. To Elizabeth Donner Winsor, divorced wife of Elliott Roosevelt, and her second husband, Curtin Winsor; her second, their first, son; in Philadelphia. Weight: 8 Ibs.

Engaged. Joe Di Maggio, 24, star centre fielder of the World Champion New York Yankees; and Dorothy Arnold, 20, screen & radio performer. Said Joe's hearty, well-publicized mother, a resident of San Francisco's Beach Street: "Joe no say a thing to me. No talk of this love business." Said Miss Arnold: "We sort of started to go around together and the first thing we knew—or at least that I knew—it was getting hotter." The announcement...

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