Milestones: Jun. 2, 1924

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Born. To Harold Lloyd, famed cinema comedian, and Mildred Davis, cinema actress, a daughter (eight pounds); in Los Angeles.

Engagement Broken. Rev. Dr. Percy Stickney Grant, 64, rector of the Church of the Ascension (Manhattan), and Mrs. Rita de Acosta Lydig, 46, divorced wife of W. E. D. Stokes (TIME, Nov. 12, THE PRESS) and Major Philip Lydig. She announced that the engagement was broken "owing to Bishop Manning's refusal to give his consent to a marriage in the Protestant Episcopal Church."

Divorced. John L. Kellogg (toasted corn flakes) by Hannah Peterson Kellogg; at Battle Creek. She charged extreme cruelty, was not contested.

Died. Miss Mary A. Cabot, daughter of Dr. Hugh Cabot, famed Boston surgeon; at Naples.

Died. Charles ("Chuck") Barrett, 30, famed Cornell all-American quarterback (1914 and 1915); in Tucson, Ariz. A wife and two daughters survive.

Died. Mrs. Edward Johnston, widow of R. J. Reynolds (tobacco); at Winston-Salem, N. C, after the birth of a son. In addition to her husband, 20 years her junior, she is survived by two sons and two daughters by her first marriage. In memory of Mr. Reynolds, she recently gave Winston-Salem a $750,000 auditorium.

Died, Mrs. Jennie Creighton Woolworth, 71, widow of Frank W. Woolworth (five-and-ten-cent stores); at Glen Cove, L. I. Her estate approximated $57,500,000.

Died. Victor Herbert, 63, prolific composer of light and comic opera songs; "dropped dead" outside his doctor's office in Manhattan. (See Page 18.)

Died. Groff's Constance, world's champion Jersey cow, owned by one Ulysses G. Groff; of milk fever contracted in calving, at South Amherst, Mass.