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Lady Mendl, eightyish, ageless, international smart-setter, predicted great things for her wartime home, Hollywood. Said she: "Hollywood is the new kingdom of youth and ambition. . . . This is the new focal point of civilization. .. . Among the kings and queens of the future, the stars of Hollywood will be prominently enthroned...
...Went NRPB. For ten years, finding money to run his National Resources Planning Board has been a tougher & tougher fight for eightyish Frederic Adrian Delano (who is touchy about being the President's "Uncle Fred"). Since 1933 Chairman Delano's little group has studied U.S. manpower and natural wealth, authored the "American Beveridge Plan" for social security. Survivors: 32 helpers...
Died. Katharine Augusta Carl, eightyish, U. S. portrait painter; scalded by hot water in her bathtub; in Manhattan. In 1903, after arrangements requiring infinite tact and ceremony, Miss Carl started to paint the portrait of China's Dowager Empress. When she had finished three, Her Majesty was so pleased with the whole procedure that she wanted Miss Carl to continue painting her picture indefinitely...