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Died. Howard Chandler Christy, 79, famed painter of glossy portraits (Presidents Harding and Coolidge, Benito Mussolini) and illustrations (the memorable World War I "Fight or Buy Bonds" posters); of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Once, asked to do a series of paintings showing the evolution of the American girl, whom he had long glorified with pen and brush, Christy begged off: "Gosh! She's never evoluted . . . same old girl she always has been...
Umberto Calosso has spent most of his 56 years fighting a rear-guard action against Fascism. In 1923 Mussolini jailed him for speaking against the new order. Calosso escaped to the north, where he got a job as a schoolteacher, but, not content merely to teach, he began editing an anti-Fascist newspaper. Hearing that Mussolini's blackshirts were after him, he fled Italy...
...Premier at the outbreak of World War II, Maher dutifully followed the British lead and broke off diplomatic relations with the Axis in 1939. Later, when Maher began receiving visits from Goebbels, Mussolini's Balbo and their ilk, the British became suspicious and complained to Farouk. The King dismissed Maher, and in 1942 the British arranged to have him placed under "house arrest" for the duration...
Starhemberg in the '30s seemed to be riding the wave of the future. But he made one great error. At a time when Hitler and Mussolini were still at odds, he chose the wrong fascist as his patron. With Mussolini footing the bills, he fought the Nazi Anschluss. When the "Nazis finally took over the Austria that he had so diligently weakened, one of their first acts was to confiscate the Starhemberg castles and estates...
Died. Joseph ("Jo") Davidson, 68, bearded portrait sculptor of celebrities (Madame Chiang Kaishek, D. H. Lawrence, Lloyd George, F.D.R., Gandhi, Mussolini), sometime political dabbler (cochairman of the Progressive Citizens of America in 1947, co-chairman of the Wallace-for-President Committee in 1948) ; of a heart attack; in Tours, France. Born of Russian-Jewish immigrants on Manhattan's lower East Side, Davidson began as a newsboy. In 1907 he headed for Europe with a $40 stake to study art. Since 1910 he had shuttled busily and profitably between the U.S. and Europe. His most important commission: bronze busts...