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John Jacob Astor, grandson of Mrs. William Astor, grande dame of the original Four Hundred, failed to make the grade. But ex-Wife Ellen Tuck French Astor made it, so did half-brother Vincent...
Died. Will Thorne, 88, Falstaffian British Laborite M.P. for 39 years, who spiced debates in Commons with protesting blasts on a football referee's whistle and stentorian encouragement (e.g., to Lady Astor during a hot discussion: "Stick it, lass, stick it!"); in London. A barber's assistant at six, he never had a day's formal education, believed firmly in marriage (when remarrying at 72 he explained: "I've had three wives and they were all jolly good ones"), once averred that a sensible Frau could keep even Hitler out of mischief...
...Mortimer, sister of Mrs. Vincent Astor and Mrs. John Hay Whitney (ex-Mrs. Jimmy Roosevelt), again nosed out Mrs. Byron Foy, who sat firmly in second place, followed by Mrs. Millicent Rogers. Notable absence: Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart, last year's third. Notable presence: Valentina, dress designer. The rest of the top ten, all past placers: Mrs. Lawrence Tibbett, the Duchess of Windsor, Louise Macy Hopkins (whose husband Harry is chairman of Manhattan's garment industry), Cinemactress Rosalind Russell, Mrs. Robert Sarnoff, Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce...
Married. Mary Astor (born Lucille Langhanke), 39, longtime cinema siren; and Thomas Wheelock, 41, Chicago broker, lately an A.A.F. meteorologist; she for the fourth time, he for the third; in Hollywood...
...Kirkland Lake no one would have made the Astor doorman's mistake. Anne Shipley was beaten the first time she ran for reeve after her physician-husband died in 1941. But next year she was elected, has been unbeatable since. Well informed and judiciously profane, she has been a popular official...