Word: dahlgren
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Annapolis, Md., 852 U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen (out of an original class of 1,123) got their diplomas in the traditional cap-tossing ceremonies in Dahlgren Hall. Not all were headed for the Navy; the Air Force took 221 as second lieutenants, the Marine Corps commissioned 63. Eight graduating middies got their degrees but no commissions. One man was dismissed for marrying against Academy regulations; four others were honorably discharged for medical reasons. Saddest of the eight were three midshipmen who will get no commissions until they are cleared by a tardy security investigation. Refusing to elaborate, a Navy spokesman...
...best man at the 1947 wedding of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, arrived back in England after an Italian holiday with Hungarian-born Cinemactress Eva Bartok (real name: Eva Szoke). Meanwhile, in Manhattan, the marchioness (the former Romaine Dahlgren Pierce ["Toodie"] Simpson, a Boston-bred divorcee) took legal steps leading to a divorce or separation suit. London reporters asked the marquess for comment on his wife's action, but it was too "difficult" for him to explain. As for Actress Bartok, he had met her a year ago, and "we . . . have been friendly ever since. That...
Until something flossier came along, everyone agreed that the marriage of "Toodie" to David was Washington's biggest wedding of the year. Inside Connecticut Avenue's old greystone National Presbyterian Church, 700 invited guests witnessed the marriage of Mrs. Romaine Dahlgren Pierce Simpson (Manhattan divorcee) to Britain's David Michael Mountbatten, the Marquess of Milford Haven, a second cousin of King George VI. Traffic was held up for blocks around, and the crowd outside treated the newlyweds like movie stars when they left the church. Among the prominent guests: ex-King...
Married. David Michael Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, 30; and Socialite Romaine Dahlgren Pierce ("Toodie") Simpson, 26; she for the second time; in Washington (see PEOPLE...