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Samuel F. B. Morse's grandson, Pianist Walter Morse Rummel, was blacklisted in the American zone in Germany as an ex-Nazi stooge. Born in Berlin to the daughter of the telegraph inventor's second wife, he had lived in the U.S. as a child, returned to Germany at 17, taken German citizenship in 1944. His mother once taught the Bible to President-to-be Teddy Roosevelt.
Money Makers
Louis B. Mayer of Hollywood was top man again (for the seventh consecutive year) on the Treasury's list of best paid citizens. His token of gratitude from Loew's, Inc.: $908,070.
President Charles E. Wilson of General Motors ran a poor second: $459,041.
President Thomas J. Watson of International Business Machines was a fairly close third: $425,548.
Deanna Durbin, only woman among the first ten, squeaked into last place with $326,491, just ahead of Barbara Stanwyck.
Lodging for the Night
Thomas E. Dewey reported a parlous situation in the governor's mansion in Albany. The bathroom in the McKinley guest suite needed a new toilet seat, but for three months, said Dewey, "the entire majesty of New York State and all the resources at its command" proved unable to find one. Shocked sympathizers promptly dispatched replacements—one by air from Tacoma, Wash.
Governors Ellis Gibbs Arnall of Georgia and Frank J. Lausche of Ohio, anxious to ease the housing shortage, were ready to take lodgers in their executive mansions if the law okayed it.
Family Affairs
King George VI quietly, unofficially turned 50, marked the day by 1) a family luncheon party, 2) a dinner for 20 guests, 3) a dance for 100. Britain's sovereign will not have his official 50th birthday for six months. The reason: English weather smiles more happily on June birthday celebrations.
Empress Dowager Sadako of Japan, moon-faced "Mother of God," finally came down from the heaven-nestling mountain resort of Karuizawa for a palace visit with her Emperor son. She had ascended about the time of Japan's surrender, remained on high ever since.
Fever Chart
Diana Roosevelt, 18, Eleanor's niece and a George Washington U. freshman, failed to keep her feet in the stirrups at a horse show in Silver Springs, Md. Results: her own mount threw her, another kicked her, fractured her skull, broke her jaw. Hospital report: "Doing well."
Hedy Lamarr collapsed on a Hollywood set, went home with flu.
Bert Acosta, pioneer transatlantic flyer (1927), was hospitalized in Manhattan, with an abdominal abscess.
General George S. Patton Jr. sat up in bed for the first time since his neck-breaking auto crash, faced an uncertain future with good humor and good appetite. He moved his shoulders, still could not move his hands or legs.
* Which involves a sea lion, an eagle, olive branches and arrows. †The Times's reaction to the performance: "Somewhat less than satisfactory."