Engaged. James Middleton Cox Jr., son of the threetime governor of Ohio and 1920 Democratic presidential candidate and Miss Helen Rumsey of St. Louis and Miami Beach, Fla.

Married. Ossee Lee Bodenhamer, outgoing National Commander of the American Legion; and Irene Richardson, his secretary, of Eldorado, Ark.

Married. Bernt Balchen. pilot for Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd on trans-Atlantic and Polar flights; and Emmy Soerlie, of Brooklyn; at Coytesville, N. J.

Sued For Divorce. Lew Brown, composer, member of the musicomedy composing team, De Sylva, Brown & Henderson; by Mrs. Sylvia Brown. Allegations: that "You're The Cream In My Coffee" and kindred songs were written away from home; that her remonstrations were greeted with profanity. Alimony asked: $5,000 per month.

Resigned. William Cooper Procter, president of Procter & Gamble Co. (Ivory Soap), to become board chairman. New president: R. R. Deupree, formerly vice president.

Resigned. Chaim Weizmann, 45, English industrial chemist; as president of the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency; because Great Britain last week decided to inhibit further Jewish immigration into Palestine and the buying of Palestine lands by Jews. He hinted that headquarters of both organizations would be moved from England to the U.S.

Left. By Mrs. Ida Honore Grant, widow of Maj.-General Frederick Dent Grant (son of President Hiram Ulysses Simpson Grant): an estate of $373,000; to Colonel U. S. Grant of Washington and Princess Julia Grant Cantacuzene of Sarasota, Fla.

Birthday. Edward Wentworth Beatty, Canadian Pacific Railway's president. Age: 52. Date: Oct. 16. Celebration: dinner given by Canadian tycoons--Sir Herbert Holt (president, Royal Bank of Canada), Sir Charles Gordon (president, Bank of Montreal), R. S. McLaughlin (president, General Motors of Canada) et al.--at swank Montreal Forest & Stream Club.

Suicide. Mrs. Huber Gray Buehler of Lakeville, Conn., widow of the late headmaster of Hotchkiss School; by jumping from the 14th floor of the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel; in Philadelphia.

Electrocuted. Joyce Shepard. murderer of Sheriff Bob Smith and Deputy Sheriff Jake Owens of Fisher County, Tex.; at Huntsville, Tex. Sentenced two years ago, Shepard refused to eat, to wear clothes, acted mad so convincingly he was declared insane. In the asylum he dropped his role too soon, was found normal. Robert Blake, his cellmate, also condemned, wrote a magazine article which was made into The Last Mile, a Broadway smash-hit which closed last week after a 36-week run. Great thrill of the play was the prisoner's hoarse repeated cry, "Jones! Oh Jones!" which real Convict Shepard reiterated to appear insane. Two weeks before Convict Shepard's execution it was discovered he had gouged out his eyes.

Died. Ida Kramer, 52, Jewish actress who for six and one half years, in 2,500 consecutive performances, played the old mother in Abie's Irish Rose; in Manhattan, of a heart attack, after singing her famed Jewish songs at a family celebration of the Jewish Simchath Torah.

Died. Rev. Dr. Frank Gibson Ward, 61, dean of the Chicago Theological Seminary since 1912; after a gallstones operation; in Chicago.

Died. John Lloyd Shine. 76, English actor, producer; friend of Shaw, Barrie, King Edward VII, Sir Henry Dickens (barrister son of Novelist Dickens); of Bright's disease, in Manhattan. Once he gave half a bob (12-c-) to a street urchin named Charles Chaplin. He played approximately 2,000 times in Boucicault's The Shaughraun.

Died. Chief Justice Richard Cannon Watts of South Carolina, 77; at Laurens, S. C.

Died. Edward Virginius Valentine, 91, of Richmond, famed sculptor (Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Jeb Stuart), boyhood acquaintance of Edgar Allan Poe, later friend of Edwin Booth and Joseph Jefferson; in Richmond.

Died. Don Valeriano ("Butcher") Weyler y Nicolau, Captain-General of the Spanish Army, Duque de Rubi y Grande de Espana, 92; of infirmities resulting from a fall from his horse last month; in Madrid. His life was spent in the army--sent to Cuba in 1896, he attempted ruthlessly to suppress the rebellion, succeeded only in intensifying discontent. He was recalled and did not actively participate in the Spanish-American War. Twice minister of war, he helped suppress Catalan, Basque, Carlist uprisings. He was a fierce enemy of the late Primo de Rivera; some said he lived until 92 just so that Primo should never succeed to his rank. He was No. i General in the army; Primo was No. 2. New No. 1 man: Captain-General Ricardo Buerguete Lana.

Died. Old General, oldest U. S. buffalo (estimated: 30 years); in the Denver Zoo.

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