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Born. To Ethel Barrymore Colt, 33, actress-singer daughter of great trouper Ethel Barrymore, and John R. Miglietta, fiftyish, American Republics Corp. executive: their first child, a son; in Manhattan. Name: John Drew. Weight...
...Goshen, N.Y., long the mecca of harness horsemen, the Hambletonian had its 21st renewal. Winner: a bay colt named Chestertown, bought the week before the race by Walter E. Smith, a rags-to-riches West Coast industrialist turned harness-racing promoter. Driver: grizzled, 72-year-old Tom Berry, who had broken two ribs and his wrist in a spill two days earlier...
...first turn, a 6½-to -1 hopeful with a good record, The Dude, took the lead never to be headed. A pint-sized chestnut colt bred by Cinemagnate Louis B. Mayer, he had been picked up in $4,000 claiming race last year. It took The Dude just 2 min. 2.6 sec. to win the Classic purse of $76,850 for his owner, Mrs. Al Gaal of New Orleans...
...bring Trippe to heel, Tom Morgan teamed up with Banker Colt, (Another board member, Manhattan banker & Hearstman John Wesley Hanes, was in, then out of the cabal.) They argued that Pan Am's fortunes were at a low point politically. Trippe's Chosen Instrument talk had so stirred up the Administration that even President Truman had stepped in to make sure that Pan Am would have plenty of competition (TIME, June...
Unable to persuade Trippe, Morgan and Colt got out. That made everything simple. Juan Trippe once again took over the whole caboodle of Pan Am's top jobs (acting board chairman, president, and chairman of the executive committee). His monopoly over his airline was once again complete...