Milestones, Jan. 28, 1935

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Born. To the late Paul F. Donnelly, rich Kansas City dress manufacturer who died last September; and his second wife, Mrs. Virginia George Donnelly, 24; a posthumous, 7 Ib. 15 oz. daughter, by a caesarean section; in Manhattan. The child, to be named Paul Frances, shares a $1,000,000 estate with her mother. Mr. Donnelly's divorced first wife, Nell Quinlan, who bought out his interest in the Donnelly Garment Co. ("Nelly Don" dresses), is now married to onetime Senator James A. Reed.

Married. Huddie Ledbetter. ("Lead Belly"), 46, Negro singer and guitar player, twice-pardoned murderer (TIME, Jan. 14); and Martha Promise, Shreveport. La. laundress; at the Wilton, Conn. home of John Avery Lomax, music anthologist.

Left. By the late Lord Riddell, publisher of News of the World (TIME, Dec. 17): some $9,490,000; to his widow ($500,000 and an annuity of $40,000); to servants, charities; to Lloyd George, Winston Churchill and Golfer James Braid ($5,000 each).

Died. Eddie Bennett, 31, longtime (1921-32) hunchback mascot to the New York Yankees, who won seven pennants, four World's Series, during his time; of alcoholism; in Manhattan.

Died. Herman Fetzer ("Jake Falstaff"), 35, fat, bearded columnist for the Cleveland Press; of pneumonia; in Cleveland.

Died. George Dupont Pratt, 65, son of the late Charles Pratt who made a fortune in Standard Oil; of pneumonia; in Glen Cove. L. I. Patron of many a public cause, he collected works of art. served ably as New York State Conservation Commissioner, helped found the Boy Scouts of America, develop Saratoga Springs.

Died. Katharine I. Harrison, 68, pioneer "highest salaried businesswoman" ($10,000 a year, 30 years ago); of cerebral hemorrhage; in Palm Beach, Fla. Long-time secretary to Henry Huddleston Rogers, she had an encyclopedic knowledge of Standard Oil Co.

Died, Thomas Hewitt Vassar, 73, retired New York City sewer inspector, grandnephew of Matthew Vassar who founded the girls' college; in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Died. Grand Duchess Alice of Tuscany, 85, widow of Grand Duke Ferdinand IV who lost his throne in 1860, mother of Archduke Leopold Ferdinand who went into trade, became famed as "Leopold the Greengrocer"; in Salzburg, Austria. In reduced circumstances, she had lately turned one of her villas into a rooming house.