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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1942
Page
6
Princess Alexandra of Greece, 21, will wed King Peter II of Yugoslavia. The groom, 19, presented her with a diamond ring and clip after the engagement was announced. The couple’s plans unfold as Peter leads the Yugoslav exile government.
Among diplomats returning to the United States aboard the Swedish liner Drottningholm are Ray Atherton as European division chief, Admiral William D. Leahy as U S ambassador to Vichy, and Maj Gen Blanton Winship, former Puerto Rico governor. Mrs Leahy’s body, from Vichy, was also brought back.
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and Governor Herbert Lehman join the first city unemployment conference to discuss securing more contracts for New York plants. Lehman notes a surplus of unemployed labor and unused production facilities, and says they will present the facts to federal officials.
Former Hearst and Scripps-Howard circulation chief Thomas J. Dowling died in Mount Vernon Hospital New York after a heart attack. He had been ailing since 1938. A local Elmira native Dowling was beloved for kindness and was called The Santa Claus of Park Row. He leaves a widow and two daughters Mary Elizabeth 19 and Madaline 15.
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