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Died. Mrs. Harriet Gardiner Lynch Coogan, 86, wealthy recluse with a monumental grudge against High Society, longtime owner of "Whitehall," aristocratic Newport's most tumbledown eyesore: in Manhattan. Owner of a vast real-estate fortune, which she managed in a cubbyhole office from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., Mrs. Coogan had sulked in seclusion in a hotel suite for 32 years. She walked out of Whitehall in 1910 (in a huff, according to Society legend, after giving a big party which Society boycotted), never returned, refused to sell the place, just let it stand there rotting...
...this point, Holt had trouble finding the plate and issued two walks in succession to lead the bases, while the capacity crowd whipped itself into a frenzy on the sidelines. The rally came to an abortive end, however, as Fairfield Coogan rifled a line drive right at the first baseman to conclude the contest...
...Jackie Coogan, onetime boy cinemactor, ex-glider trooper, set up as a secondhand dealer in planes, reported that he had already bought 35 surplus ships from the U.S. and resold them to private customers...
Lieut. Jackie Coogan, 30, Hollywood's onetime "Kid" who grew up to marry Betty Grable (and be divorced by her) was released from the Army after four years' service, mostly with glider troops. Acquired in that time: the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and a Presidential Unit Citation. Lost: more hair...
Divorced. Flight Officer Jackie ("The Kid") Coogan, 29, in the U.S. after combat duty with the Army Air Forces in India (TIME. March 27); by Flower Parry Coogan, 22, his second wife (first was Betty Grable); after three years of marriage (including two years of separation); in Hollywood...