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Manhattan's fanciest divorce story of the season collapsed as Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt suddenly dropped her suit against her young sportsman husband and "an amicable separation" was announced. ∙ ∙ In Chicago Joe Louis and his Marva suddenly became reconciled in the midst of a battle over temporary alimony. Joe carried her from a courtroom in his arms, exclaiming: "Boy, this is like getting married all over again!" Announced was a "trial reconciliation," dated to run till Sept. 29-day of the Nova fight. ∙ ∙ To Barbara Hutton, in Los Angeles, wired Cinemactor Cary Grant, in Mexico...
West from the Virgin Islands toward Haiti stood S.S. America, a thwarted ship in a restricted ocean. Biggest (27,000 gross tons) and fanciest merchantman ever to slide down a U.S. way, she had been conceived by the Maritime Commission for the blue-ribbon North Atlantic passenger trade. But before her birth was complete, World War II and the Neutrality Act closed in her horizons. Since she left her fitting-out dock ten months ago, her life has been a pleasant tedium of Caribbean cruises. Last week adventure crooked an imperious finger to this immaculate loafer of the Antilles...
...When not seeking re-election he is the Senate's fanciest-dressed man, with a pas sion for bow ties, double-breasted suits and colored shirts...
...brouhaha), and asked her to buy his curio-crammed museum-mansion until he could raise the money to buy it back. Mrs. Logan found $17,500 and Wash Porter took other quarters. Last week, because he was sure the Logans were planning to sell some of his fanciest items, Collector Porter resolved to reoccupy his lakeshore fastness, and taking friends and reporters along broke in at dawn. Drawing on cellar stocks with which to withstand the longest siege, he cried: "A man's house is his castle. I defy anyone...
...Paris Ski Club, French International Racing Champion Louis Agnel-careening down mountainsides, whizzing through the frosty air. A silly boy-girl-mortgage plot clumps knee-deep through the snow scenes, but persevering wintersports addicts should sit it out for the spectacular views of ski experts running through their fanciest paces...