Milestones, Mar. 4, 1940

Born. To Princess Marie-José of Piedmont, and Crown Prince Umberto of Italy; their third child, a daughter; in Naples. Name: Maria Gabriella Gennaro Adelaide Adelgonda Giuseppina Felicita Margherita. Weight: 8 Ibs. 10 oz. Her maternal grandmother is Dowager Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians.

Birthdays. Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, 83; Poetess Edna St. Vincent Millay, 48; Frederic, Pirate of Penzance, 21.*

Married. Maria Rasputin Soloviev, 39, animal tamer, self-styled daughter of Russia's "Mad Monk"; Gregory Rasputin; and one Gregory Bernadsky, 39; in Miami, Fla.

Seeking Divorce. Crooner Tony Martin, 28;...

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