Word: di
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jamie Brooke's grandnephew, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, now Raja of Sarawak, said some bitter words on this matter in Australia, in ironic counterpoint to Grand-uncle Jamie's complacency: "Brass hats . . . lah-di-dah old-school-tie incompetents, who are responsible for the fantastic position in Malaya, should be sacked immediately. When I left, I was given to understand that, should Sarawak be attacked, it would receive air support. The only protection over Sarawak today is Dutch...
Married. Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt, 17, daughter of Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt; and Pasquale di Cicco, 32, Hollywood actor's agent, ex-professional darncer; he for the second time; in Santa Barbara. Di Cicco's first wife was the late Cinemactress Thelma Todd. His father, the late Pasquale Sr., was Long Island's "Broccoli King." Gloria comes into...
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Scene 3, Act 3 (Tenor Jan Peerce, Baritone Arthur Kent, with chorus and orchestra conducted by Wilfred Pelletier; Victor; 4 sides). With gutbusting aplomb, the Metropolitan Opera's newest tenor handles the death soliloquies of Lucia's hero...
Gloria Vanderbilt, 17, got engaged to Pasquale ("Pat") di Cicco, 32-year-old Hollywood actor's agent. Gloria, who comes into $4,000,000 when she reaches 21, returned to the public eye with a splash of party-giving last spring, for the first time since 1934. That year she was the center of a long custody battle between her mother, Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt, and her aunt, Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Through last summer and fall she was photographed with a series of escorts that included Cinemactors Bruce Cabot, Randolph Scott, George Montgomery and di Cicco. Her fianc...
Born. To Yankee Outfielder Joe Di Maggio and ex-Cinemactress Dorothy Arnold Di Maggio: a son, Joe III, 7 Ib. 11 oz.; in Manhattan...