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Died. William Roughead, 82, Scottish lawyer who seldom practiced because he was too absorbed in masterfully chronicling classic trials and crimes (mostly murders); of a cerebral hemorrhage and pneumonia; in London. A chapter in his Bad Companions, recounting a celebrated 1810 slander suit that followed a vindictive schoolgirl's false accusation against her two spinster teachers, was the inspiration for Playwright Lillian Hellman's 1934 Broadway hit, The Children's Hour. Fact-Writer Roughead was called by Novelist Dorothy Sayers "the best showman that ever stood before the door of a chamber of horrors...
...leader (e.g., editorial), now the Times's famed and whimsical "fourth leader" (TIME, Dec. 4, 1950). Northcliffe badgered the staff to give the paper a personality, sneaked in the first byline the Times had printed in 137 years. "There should be nothing," he chided Dawson, "like the 'Scottish History Chair at Glasgow,' which is of no interest to the distinguished Nuts and Flappers we are trying to pursue...
Fighting Trim. In Nottingham, England, Scottish Flyweight Champion Vic Herman found himself an ounce too heavy before he defended his title, reduced immediately by taking out his dental plate and its single tooth...
Died. Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, 67,chairman of the British Iron and Steel Federation, shrewd, Scottish-born industrialist who was Winston Churchill's Minister of Supply throughout most of World War II; of heart disease; in London...
...blind date one night in 1934 Keef met Nancy Piggott, a lively redhead who was visiting her well-to-do aunt in Chattanooga. Nancy was an American girl born near Glasgow, Scotland. Her U.S.-born father, Stephen Piggott, was a designer of marine engines for a Scottish firm, became a British subject and was subsequently knighted. Keef followed Nancy home to Scotland, and married her there. Back in Chattanooga, Keef's new wife-witty, wise and devoted-was a great social asset to a close-mouthed young lawyer. They were a popular couple. In 1937 the Chattanooga Junior Chamber...