Milestones, Dec. 24, 1945

Married. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, 33, horsy multimillionaire sportsman; and brunette Jeanne Lourdes Murray, 27, one time Stork Club pressagent, cousin of Mrs. Henry Ford II; he for the second time, she for the first; in Philadelphia.

Divorced. Maxwell Everett ("Slapsie Maxie") Rosenbloom, 39, onetime light heavyweight boxing champion, cine clown, Hollywood restaurateur ; by Muriel Faeder Rosenbloom, 26, ex-schoolteacher; after six years of marriage (no children); in Los Angeles. Grounds: cruelty. Exhibit A: at a swimming party, she charged, he permitted shapely Singer Patti Moore to 'disrobe before guests.

Died. Matt Kimes, 39,...

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