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Bothered by lack of funds and the fear of a "shabby, stingy bimillenary," Novelist Jules (Men of Good Will) Romains resigned his job as head of the planning committee to celebrate Paris' 2,000th anniversary next year.
After a strenuous love scene with sultry Cinemactress Linda Darnell, hefty Paul Douglas, 43, who had some rib cartilages pulled loose in a cinema football scene a fortnight ago, went to the doctor to have his ribs taped up again.
Matters of Moment
While Parliament considered boosting his pension 800% (to $6,926 a year), Composer Jean Sibelius celebrated a quiet 85th birthday at his home, Ainola, near Jarvenpaa, opened a few presents, including 500 cigars, saw a few visitors, including President Juho Paasikivi, who brought along a present: a solid gold medal weighing about a pound.
Docking in Manhattan aboard the Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Windsor found the Duchess, who had arrived last month, waiting for him at the pier. He gave her one royal buss, and then half a dozen more for the benefit of photographers. As for all those rumors of a rift, he explained that he had stayed behind in France merely to finish some proofreading on his memoirs.
In royal convoy, the frigate Surprise, carrying Princess Elizabeth, escorted by the frigate Magpie, commanded by the Duke of Edinburgh, put into Turko-Limano for a six-day unofficial visit to Greece and the duke's family.
Back home in London, King George VI escorted Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret across the Thames to the Old Vic to see Twelfth Night. It was the first time in history that a British sovereign had entered the 132-year-old theater.
Winner of the 1950 Academy of American Poets' $5,000 fellowship: Painter-Poet E. E. (Tulips and Chimneys) Cummings.
Hollywood home life was having its usual ups & downs. After another spat with Martha Vickers, his third wife, quick-tempered Mickey Rooney, 30, huffed off to live with his mother for a while. After seven months of marriage, Elizabeth Taylor, 18, and Conrad ("Nick") Hilton Jr., 23, decided to try a separation test.
In the new Broadway revue, Bless You All, up popped former "Citizen of the World" Garry Davis. This time he was playing supporting roles, including a salesman of "miracle drugs."