Milestones, Nov. 7, 1955

Died. William Woodward Jr., 35, socialite and tiger-hunting sportsman, owner of the famed Belair Stud (the colt Nashua); in Oyster Bay, N.Y. (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS).

Died. Anthony Ross, 49, actor of the screen (The Country Girl), TV and stage (the original Gentleman Caller in The Glass Menagerie); of a heart attack in his sleep, after completing a performance of his featured role, the boozy professor in the current Broadway hit Bus Stop; in Manhattan.

Died. Edgar E. Rand, 50, president since 1950 of International Shoe Co. of St. Louis, the nation's largest shoe manufacturers (1954 sales: $246,800,000), with 64 factories, two rubber plants and a cotton mill; of a heart attack; in the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago.

Died. Frederick William Nichol, 63, Canadian-born vice president and general manager (1935-49) of International Business Machines Corp., special administrative adviser (1944) to Secretaries of State Cordell Hull and Edward Stettinius; of a heart attack; in Manhattan.

Died. Eddie Jacobson, 64, oldtime friend and onetime (1919-22) business partner of Harry S. Truman in their celebrated Kansas City haberdashery venture; of a heart attack; in Kansas City. As unofficial liaison man between President Truman and Zionist Leader Dr. Chaim Weizmann (later first Israeli President), Jacobson played a prominent role in the establishment of Israel.

Died. Brigadier General John McAuley Palmer, 85, veteran of the Boxer Rebellion, assistant chief of staff for operations of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I, adviser in the office of the chief of staff during World War II, oldest officer on active duty at his retirement in 1946, military historian (Statesmanship or War); in Washington.

Died. Clark C. ("Old Fox") Griffith, 85, president and owner of the Washington Senators since 1919, one of the founders of the American League (1901), old-time Hall-of-Fame pitching star; in Washington. Griffith got into the game in 1887, remained on active playing rosters until 1914, was a famed 20-game winning pitcher for the oldtime Chicago Colts. He joined the league that he helped to form when he signed with the Chicago White Sox in 1901 as player-manager, won the youthful league's first pennant. Two years later he became the first manager of New York's Highlanders, ancestors of the Yankees. In 1912 he settled down with the Senators and helped raise baseball to national-game status when he persuaded President Taft to throw out the year's first ball.