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Born. To Jessica Lucy ("Decca") Freeman-Mitford Romilly, 23, sister of Hitler Friend Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford, and fifth of Lord Redesdale's six beauteous daughters; and Esmond Marcus David Romilly, 22, nephew of Winston Churchill's wife, onetime warrior for Loyalist Spain, now training with the Royal Canadian Air Force; a daughter, their first child; in Washington...
...DELILAH-Marcus Goodrich-Farrar & Rinehart...
...captain of a ship is like a priest. He is not a mere man, but a symbol of authority. The world of the ship is more strict than any the landlubber knows, yet it is a microcosm of the wider world and its hierarchical values. Upon this parallel, Marcus Goodrich has built the story of Delilah, a U. S. destroyer, a world of 71 men. By any standards, it is a top-notch yarn. But what frames the story, gives it symbolic sense, restrains the turbulent narrative from getting too diffuse, clarifies each character, even makes amends for the faulty...
...Marcus's father held the post of foreign minister until the occupation of Poland by the Germans. He was later minister to Hungary, and recently has been in charge of the repatriation of Germans in Esthonia...
...student at M. I. T., Marcus has spent many years abroad. He will discuss the background of the Russian invasion of Latvia, Lithuania, and Esthonia, and will answer questions after his talk...