Milestones, Jun. 5, 1950

Married. Judith Coplon, 29, former Justice Department clerk, twice convicted of espionage; and Albert H. Socolov, 29, member of the law firm preparing her appeal; in Brooklyn.

Died. Frederick Chase Taylor (Colonel Lemuel Q.—"People have more fun than anybody"—Stoopnagle), 52, famed comic of radio, vaudeville and screen; of a heart ailment; in Boston. As a continuity writer for a Buffalo radio station, the Colonel teamed up in 1930 with Announcer Budd Hulick to become the addlepated team of Stoopnagle and Budd.

Died. Commander Earl Winfield Spencer, 61, U.S.N. (ret.), first husband of Wallis Warfield, now Duchess of Windsor; of a heart ailment; in...

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