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...While Vegetarian Shaw ate Brussels sprouts and raw carrots and harangued against those who eat "the dead carcasses of animals," Mrs. Shaw ate juicy steaks and commented on his "rabbit food." He liked Wagner; she liked Bach. He was no churchman; she and one of her close friends, Lady Astor, became Christian Scientists...
Born. To British Army Captain Michael Langhorne Astor, 27, third son of Lady Astor, Virginia-born M.P.; and Barbara McNeill Astor: a son; in London...
...Virginia-born Viscountess Astor, M.P., a shorthaired, winter jacket sounded like heaven. To Magistrate Harold McKenna at Bow Street Police Court, it sounded like a violation of rationing regulations. Lady Astor had written a friend in the U.S., asking him to bring the jacket, plus silk stockings, evening shoes, a dress collar and a white skirt...
...Park's library. U.S. Army actors were ready to give the five one-acters, written by Army men, which had recently tickled Broadway on a one-night stand. Settling down for the show, Franklin D. Roosevelt grinned back at Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands, Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, Vincent Astor and assorted gold braid. The President shed his coat, advised others to do the same. The third play was a well-sustained gag by First Class Private Irving Gaynor Neiman about a barracks butt who was kidded into thinking that Myrna Loy was coming to see him. In Broadway...
Manhattan taxpayer and Presidential yachtmate Vincent Astor was upped to captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve, 15 months after going on active duty. He is "attached to the office of the Eastern Sea Frontier...