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...year was 1905. Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt were on their honeymoon, trotting around Europe, buying dresses, furs, linens, rare books and antiques. They were hobnobbing with the great and near-great, but they never forgot to write to Mama. Sara Delano Roosevelt had tried to break up her son's romance with Eleanor; nevertheless, she was an indulgent mother and a friend in time of need. The "thousand thanks" were for an unexpected $500 windfall from...
...from other members of the Roosevelt clan, are collected in Vol. II of F.D.R., His Personal Letters (edited by son Elliott* and published by Duell, Sloan & Pearce; $5). Vol. I (TIME, Oct. 13, 1947) took F.D.R. from boyhood to young manhood; Vol. II carries him from his honeymoon...
...Headed for a New York honeymoon, Mr. & Mrs. David Fromal of Newport News, Va. parked their car in the wrong place in Baltimore, were held up for four days and had their car impounded because Fromal had forgotten the registration card. To make amends, Baltimore's Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro gave them the key to the city, paid their fine, saw that they got their car back. The Baltimore News-Post wined & dined them, gave them theater tickets. The Fromals decided to finish their honeymoon in Baltimore...
...newly married couple left Honolulu last week for a year's honeymoon. Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. R. Hill, who are naturalists as well as newlyweds, were going to lonely Koror Island in the Palau Archipelago. There their main job will be to turn a Japanese weather station into the first of the Pacific War Memorial's chain of scientific centers. The Hills will also set up a tide gauge for the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. (Incidentally, they will take care of a colony of wasps from Zanzibar which, it is hoped, will check a plague of coconut-eating...
Although they had known each other a year and a half they became secretly engaged only two weeks ago. The announcement of their marriage took HTW officials by surprise this weekend. It is uncertain whether the couple will return form their honeymoon in time to assume their roles in the play. Peter Temple, director of the play, is now scorching for someone to learn the role of Helen before Wednesday night's opening performance...