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...East, got himself married to Louise Astor van Alen, great-granddaughter of the late, great Mrs. William Astor, drum major of the famed 400. When she divorced him Alexis, undaunted, drifted over to Paris, then had the inspiration of plunging around the world to Bangkok, where Miss Barbara Hutton, heiress to the Woolworth 5#162; amp; 10#162; store millions, was due to arrive on a world cruise...
Born. To Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr., Philadelphia sportsman-socialite, divorced husband of Mary L. Duke, tobacco heiress; and Margaret Hickman Schulze Biddle, daughter of the late Mining Tycoon William Boyce Thompson: a son; in Paris. Weight...
Engaged. Barbara Hutton, granddaughter of the late Frank Winfeld Woolworth (5? & 10? stores), next to Doris Duke (tobacco) the most highly publicized U. S. heiress; and Prince Alexis Mdivani of the much-publicized family from Russian Georgia,* divorced husband of William Astor's great-granddaughter Louise Astor van Alen; in Paris. To woo her the Prince went to Bangkok, Siam, accompanied her to Paris. To Paris sped Father & Mother Franklyn Hutton from Manhattan to inspect their proposed son-in-law, make him waive claim to any part of Barbara's inheritance...
...unsolved death of Zachary Smith Reynolds, Camel cigaret scion (TIME, July 18): agreement between the Reynolds family, his second wife Elsbeth ("Libby") Holman Reynolds and his first wife Anne Cannon Reynolds, towel heiress, awarding $2,000,000 each to his two children, Libby Reynolds' son Zachary Smith Jr. and Anne Cannon Reynolds...
...most interesting personage reaches this sad predicament. A plot which is more of an insinuation than a narrative implies that the soul of Bavian's dead mistress, a lady sadist executed for strangling three of her lovers, comes back to inhabit temporarily the body of a pure young heiress (Carole Lombard) who consults Bavian to get news of her dead twin brother. The heiress faints during a seance; when she wakes up, her eyes have a fiendish glitter. She entices Bavian aboard her yacht. He breaks out of her cabin in a puzzled panic and manages to strangle himself...