Milestones, Dec. 29, 1941

Born. To Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and Ethel du Pont Roosevelt: their second son, 8 lb. 3 oz.; at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia.

Born. To the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester: their first child, a son; in a nursing home near London. The new Prince is fourth in succession to the throne. Preceding him : Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret Rose, the Duke of Gloucester.

Married. Virginia Middleton French, sister of Mrs. John Jacob Astor; and William Force Dick, son of the late Madeleine Force Astor Dick; in Manhattan. The bride's father is Francis Ormond French, blue-blood maverick who worked in 1923 as a cab...

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