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...Franklin D. Jr., Son No. 3, continued studying at the University of Virginia Law School, passing spare time with his wife, Ethel du Pont Roosevelt...
...Then investigators of the U. S. Food & Drug Administration, who, fearing another sulfanilamide catastrophe (see above), had ganged up on Dr. Neal, announced that the deadly bottle had come from the Bio-chemical Research Foundation in Philadelphia, an institution financed by Chemical Industrialist Irénée du Pont and headed by Biochemist Ellice McDonald...
...Battleship's owner is Marian du Pont Somerville Scott, wife of Cinemactor Randolph Scott. She landed in England in time to reach Aintree only two hours before the race. Dressed in horsy tweeds and a Robin Hood hat, Mrs. Scott was jammed in the crowd after the finish, could not lead her horse in as the winner's owner usually does. When she finally reached Battleship's stable, she patted his neck with mixed emotions. Said she: "I am glad I won the Grand National. I didn't have a bet on the race...
...Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Mrs. Ethel du Pont Roosevelt had reserved a room for July at the Philadelphia Lying-in Hospital...
Second daughter of Boston's famed Brain Surgeon Harvey Gushing, Betsey quickly became Franklin Roosevelt's favorite daughter-in-law. Not so rich as Franklin Jr.'s bride, Ethel du Pont, nor so young as John's fiancee Anne Clark, nor so athletic as Elliott's second wife, Ruth Googins, Betsey Roosevelt, nevertheless, combines virtues of all three. The serenity of the James Roosevelts' home life is pleasing to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, who have had more than their share of domestic troubles with their progeny. Betsey calls her husband "Rosie...