Milestones: Apr. 16, 1928

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Born. To Spinster Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst, famed militant suffragist, a son, Richard Keir Pethick; in December; at Woodford Green, Essex, England (see p. 14).

Married. Estelle Winwood, 45, famed actress (Why Marry?, Too Many Husbands, The Taming of the Shrew, The Furies, etc.); to Francis B. Bradley, marine solicitor; in Manhattan.

Marriage Announced. Josef Casimir Hofmann, 52, famed pianist, head of the Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia) , to one Betty Short, 21. They were married four years ago, following his divorce from Mrs. Marie Corcoran Eustis Hofmann and have a son, Anton, age 3.

Died. Baroness de Lenneps, 26, wife of Guerra Duval, Brazilian Minister to Berlin; in an automobile accident; near Grenoble, France.

Died. Georgia O'Ramey, 41, musical comedy funnywoman, (The Velvet Lady, No No Nanette etc.); two hours before the opening performance of Nize Girl, in which she had a leading role; of heart disease ; in New Haven.

Died. Belle Skinner, 47, president of the American Committee of Villages Liberes, daughter of the late William Skinner, founder of the Skinner Silk Co.; in Paris. In 1919, she adopted the entire French village of Hattonchatel, spent $1,000,000 restoring it, and was three times decorated by the French Government.

Died. Theodore William Richards, 60, famed chemist, winner of the Nobel chemistry prize in 1914 for his table of atomic weights, head of the Harvard department of chemistry since 1903; following a brief illness; in Cambridge.

Died. James Ambrose Gallivan, 61, U. S. Representative from Massachusetts; following a heart attack; in Arlington, Mass. A South Boston Democrat, Representative Gallivan was elected to the House in 1914, and, except for a two-year interval (1921-23), was re-elected each term. Picturesque of language, he packed the galleries when he spoke. Colleagues on both sides of the aisle mourned him.

Died. Chauncey Mitchell Depew, 93, Chairman of the New York Central Railroad, of pneumonia; in Manhattan (see p. 12).