Word: nelsons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Married. Donald M. Nelson, 56, special assistant to Franklin Roosevelt; and Marguerite S. Coulbourn, 26, his onetime secretary; one month after Nelson was divorced for desertion; both for the second time; in Washington, D.C. After their honeymoon, the bride will move from her suite in Washington's sprawling Westchester apartments to the bride groom's quarters on the other side of the building...
Biggest delegation (39 accredited) came from the U.S., officially headed by Secretary of State Edward Reilly Stettinius Jr., fresh from his triumphs in Moscow. But before Stettinius arrived, the U.S. delegation was mustered by Assistant Secretary Nelson A. Rockefeller, who, having labored long and lovingly, is now beginning to know his way around in the Latin American vineyard. Of the other nations, Mexico, the host, had 36 delegates, Cuba 23. Nearly all sent their Foreign Ministers, with technical aides for facts-&-figures discussions, and plenty of decorative women for dancing and dinner parties...
...Intellectual Way? Camp Director Norman V. Nelson, who described them as "intellectuals," said sadly that there was nothing he could do. Revolters gloried in their nom de guerre: the "Tobacco Road Gang." They feigned sickness, passively resisted all orders. Told to cut down a tree, a Tobacco Roader would ask, "How do I do it?" Told to take hold of the ax, he would ask, "What do I do next?" Told to swing the ax, he would swing, cut out a small chip, inquire. "Now what...
...other news of Mr. Nelson, see PEOPLE...
Donald M. Nelson, 56, Presidential assistant and ex-WPBoss just divorced after 18 years of marriage, did not deny his rumored engagement to his onetime secretary: curvesome, dimpled, brunette Marguerite Coulbourn, 26, Georgetown University's 1939 "Queen of the Campus...