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Died. "Prince" Serge Mdivani, 33, eldest of the three "Marrying Mdivanis"; onetime husband of Cinemactress Pola Negri, Opera Singer Mary McCormic; near Palm Beach, when his polo pony fell, kicked in his head. On the sidelines was his bride of a month, Louise Astor Van Alen Mdivani, onetime wife of Brother Alexis Mdivani, Heiress Barbara Hutton's first husband, who was killed seven months ago in an automobile crack-up near Gerona, Spain (TIME...
Died. Prince Alexis Mdivani, 31, youngest of the three "marrying Mdivanis," onetime husband of Heiresses Louise Astor Van Alen and Barbara Hutton (Countess Haugwitz); in an automobile accident; near Albona, Spain. Seriously injured in the accident was Baroness Maud Thyssen, 28, reported estranged from her husband Baron Heinrich Thyssen. Prince Alexis was rushing Bareness Thyssen from the home of his sister Roussadara, wife of Painter José Maria Sert, to catch a train. Found by newshawks in Germany and informed of her onetime husband's death, Countess Haugwitz said: "I am terribly, terribly sorry. I am not surprised...
...York, Paris, was a round of extreme, extravagant, vulgar display, lit occasionally with sulphurous scandals, with conflicts that ended in tragedy or madness. The John Drexels had 26 carriages. Mrs. Drexel had ropes of pearls made into a Sam Brown belt. Moral standards were confused. Once James Van Alen picked up a local charmer and brought her home with him, outraged Newport ladies who broke their engagements for lunch. Mr. Van Alen's strict daughter refused to make the girl welcome, but agreed to lunch with...
...need for low-cost housing, he persuaded some of his Princeton classmates to help him set up a company. Meantime Architect Howard T. Fisher of Chicago, son of President Taft's Secretary of the Interior, was putting together General Houses, Inc. And three months ago Architect William Van Alen, who designed Manhattan's Chrysler Building, had become sufficiently interested in prefabricated houses to accept a directorship in a third venture, National Houses...
Seeking Divorce. "Princess" Barbara Hutton Mdivani, 22, granddaughter and heiress ($20,000,000) of the late F. W. Woolworth; from "Prince" Alexis Mdivani, 31, divorced husband of Louise Astor Van Alen. Married in 1933, they were often separated, often reported about to divorce. In London last week, whence she was about to sail for the U. S. to file suit in Reno, "Princess" Mdivani said: "We agreed to part only legally. . . . Alec to me is one of the finest men I have ever known. . . . No man could be nobler...