Milestones, Feb. 28, 1938

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Engaged. George Fisher Baker 3rd, banker son of the late great banker son of the late great banker; to Frances Drexel Munn, Philadelphia socialite, descendant of Biddies, Drexels, Astors, Munns; in Palm Beach, Fla.

Divorced. Elizabeth ("Buffy") Cobb Chapman Brody, book-writing daughter of Funnyman Irvin S. Cobb; from Manhattan Broker Alton A. Brody; in Las Vegas, Nev.

Divorced. Charles Guy Fulke Greville, Earl of Warwick, 27, frustrated cinemactor ("Michael Brooke"); from his second cousin & first wife, Rose Bingham; in London.

Died. Richard A. Whiting, 46, composer of popular tunes (Till We Meet: Again, Japanese Sandman, Louise, When Did You Leave Heaven?); of a heart attack; in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Died. Giro ("The Boss") Terranova, 49, onetime Artichoke King; after a stroke; in Manhattan. In 31 years of racketeering, Terranova was arrested 14 times, convicted once, jailed never.

Died. Isidore ("Izzy") Einstein, 57, most famous Prohibition agent; ten days after amputation of his right leg; in Manhattan. With his partner Moe Smith, Izzy operated so successfully on what he called the "Einstein Theory of Rum Snooping" that as direct result of his raids 4,932 bartenders, bootleggers, speakeasy owners tripped to jail. Izzy liked to "play" streetcar conductor, gravedigger, fisherman, iceman, opera singer. He walked into the Democratic National Convention of 1924 (Manhattan) with a goatee glued to his chin, announcing himself as a delegate from Kentucky, found only soda pop.

Died. The Rev. Dr. Samuel Smith Drury, 59, rector of St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., since 1911; of heart failure; in Boston. Passionately loved, feared, hated by his pupils, "The Rector" once said that American boarding schools, "if they wreck, will break not on the rock of scholarship, but on the shoals of snobbery."

Died. Joseph Bradley David. 74, since 1916 judge of Cook County, Ill., Superior & Criminal Court benches; of heart disease; in Chicago. Bitter foe of Prohibition, easy divorce, the Ku Klux Klan, Judge David once tossed out of court a proposed injunction against fan dances. Said he: "Lots of people in this community would like to put pants on horses."

Died. Captain John Lake Young, 84, builder in 1906 of Atlantic City's Million Dollar Pier; in Atlantic City, N. J. "Cap" Young's home, surrounded by a lawn and marble statuary, standing in the middle of the pier and over the sea, is registered in Atlantic City directories as "No. 1 Atlantic Ocean."