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Wells Lewis '39, son of novelist Sinclair Lewis and stepson of columnist Dorothy Thompson, becomes a novelist in his own right this June, when his love story ontitled "They Still Say No" (title written by father Lewis) is to be published...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sinclair Lewis' Son, Senior In College, Goes Novelist | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Blonde, chubby Edmée, Lady Owen, whose late stepson Reginald was ex-Minister to Denmark Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde's first husband, turned up in Manhattan, gaily prattled to newshawks about her madcap life. Highlights: 1) a prison term for the shooting of a French doctor's wife; 2) a romance with the late mysterious octogenarian Munitions Maker Sir Basil ("Arms and the Men") Zaharoff; 3) a trip to British Honduras to call on an unknown man who had written her a letter. Explained Lady Owen: "I was very eccentric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 22, 1938 | 8/22/1938 | See Source »

...Cabinet's only unmarried member had taken the wise women of Washington by surprise. They had known that an earnest, athletic girl, sister of the wife of his late stepson Wilmarth, had visited in his Washington home on and off since 1935. She had worked at small jobs in the Interior, helped run his empty home for him, accompanied him to social functions, helped him select and decorate his country place, "Headwater Farm" near Olney, Md. During his illness last year she visited his hospital bedside almost daily. Their relationship had seemed like that of father & daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Civil Servant's Romance | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...under his wing, called him a potential Caruso. Sympathetic professionals, including Singers Giovanni Martinelli, Gina Cigna, Kirsten Flagstad, pitched in to send Officer Stinson abroad to study. This week Officer George Stinson, on leave of absence from the California Highway Patrol, sails, with his wife and 16-year-old stepson, for Italy. Said he: "I hope someone hits me over the head with a baton when I get to Rome, otherwise I'll continue to believe I'm dreaming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Singing Cop | 1/10/1938 | See Source »

Twice married Mr. Dykstra has a daughter Elizabeth, 24, a stepson Franz, 16, who is a junior at the University School of Cincinnati, a 2-year-old grandson named Stephen Dykstra Posey. Last week Cedric Parker of Madison's Capital Times, a Progressive organ which remorselessly hounded glib, dressy Republican Frank, interviewed Mr. Dykstra and found that "he does not wear spats, carries no cane, and doesn't care if his trousers are in press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Dykstra to Wisconsin | 3/22/1937 | See Source »

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