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Died. Princess Chevikiar Ibrahim*,72, great-granddaughter of Mohamed Ali (founder of Egypt's modern royal dynasty), cousin of King Farouk and first wife of his father (the late King Fuad, whom she divorced while he was still Crown Prince), grande dame of Cairo society, authoress, philanthropist, five-times-married suffragist leader; in Cairo...
Music-lovers at Cairo's Opera House had trouble paying attention to the stage. Ablaze in a box were King Farouk's beauteous sisters Fawzia (Queen of Iran) and Faiza, looking, respectively, like the Dragon Lady and a Hudson's Bay Co. advertisement...
...King Farouk of Egypt sent the Cadillac Motor Co. an order for 25 limousines, pointing out that he is a style-setter in the Middle East and that it would be nice all around if he got delivery right away. Unfortunately Imperials are not yet in production, with or without leather seats, gold fixtures and red paint...
...Krug to tell you what he said to John L. Lewis. . . . The international set buzzing over what a headwaiter told the Duke of Windsor. . . . Stalin isn't sick. . . . Insiders say he has been dead 44 years. . . . King Farouk of Egypt wears a fez. . . . Betty Grable quitting the flicks to go into politics. . . . Bilbo quitting politics to go into the movies. . . . He'll play the title role in a revival of The Klansman. . . . Winston Churchill likes cigars. . . . Get Gandhi to tell you what he said to Nehru. . . . What Hollywood biggie dropped $40,000 in a floating crap game last...
...invitation of pro-Italian King Farouk Vittorio Emanuele III can live comfortably in Egypt on a Britain-invested fortune founded by his father, Umberto I, who took out ?1,000,000 life insurance just before his assassination...