Born, To Frederick Ogden Nash, word-wangler (Hard Lines), and Frances Leonard Nash, onetime Baltimore Junior Leaguer; a daughter; in Manhattan. Weight: 7 Ib. 4 oz. Name: Linell Chenault.

Engaged. Anne Marie Homer, one of the twin daughters of Contralto Louise Dilworth Beatty Homer and Composer Sidney Homer; and Robert Warner, son of the late president of Tennessee Eastern Electric Co., brother of onetime Assistant Secretary of the Navy Edward Pearson Warner. The bride's eldest sister is the wife of Rev. Ernest Van Rensselaer Stires. eldest son of Bishop Stires of Long Island

Engagement Broken, Bernard Mannes Baruch Jr., 30, Manhattan stockbroker, son of the chairman of President Wilson's War Industries Board; and Winifred Beatrice Mann, 28, of London; immediately after filing of intentions to marry at the Registry Office; in London. Her family announced: "Miss Mann has changed her mind. It's all off."

Divorced. Ralph W. Ince, film producer; by Lucille Mendez, actress; in Los Angeles. Grounds: constant interference with her career.

Divorced, Arthur McKinne Stires, Manhattan architect, third son of Episcopal Bishop Ernest Milmore Stires of Long Island; by Catherine Wilcox Stires, Southern socialite; in Reno. On a cross-complaint to Architect Stire's suit alleging "extreme cruelty," Mrs. Stires charged that for a year her husband had provided "nothing by way of food, shelter or clothing."

Pensioned, Raymond Poincare, one-time president of France, "Savior of the Franc"; by the Chamber of Deputies; at 200,000 francs (currently $7,880) a year. Should he die before his wife, his relict will receive half as much.

Left, By George L. ("Tex") Rickard, sports promoter who died three years ago; an estate of approximately $184,000 (originally appraised at more than $500,000). To his relict, Maxine Elliot Rickard, and daughter will go the bulk of the fortune. Among the assets were worthless stocks of 53 corporations, nearly as many personal notes of no value. His interest in the Miami dog-race track, which cost him $250,000, was sold for $10,000. For his yacht Maxine (purchased from Walter P. Chrysler) the estate received $35,000.

Birthdays, Mrs. Rebecca N. Hill, reputedly the oldest member of the D.A.R., 104; Nicholas Murray Butler, 70; David Pinski, Jewish playwright, 60; Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester, 32; S. S. Europa, 2.

Died, Edward Marjoribanks, 32, able young Member of Parliament, writer (Life of Sir Edward Marshall-Hall); by his own hand (pistol); in the country home of his stepfather. Secretary of State for War Viscount Hailsham, in Sussex. England. Apparent reason: overwork. He was known to the U. S. in 1922 when, as president of the Oxford Union, he led Oxford debaters against many a potent U. S. college team.

Died. Harry Wright Rogers, 36, pioneer pilot, oldtime airline operator; of a jugular gash received in his first serious crash in 17 years of spectacular flying: near the Glenn Curtiss Airport (of which he was operations manager), Long Island. Died. Mrs. Winifred Finlay Fosdick, wife of Lawyer Raymond Elaine Fosdick; by her own hand (pistol), after shooting her children, Susan, 15, and Raymond Elaine Jr., 10, to death in their sleep; in Montclair, N. J. Reason: homicidal mania growing out of a progressive form of paranoia for which she had been under treatment for several years. Brother of Manhattan's Pastor Harry Emerson Fosdick, Lawyer Fosdick was onetime Under Secretary General of the League of Nations, is now chief almoner to the House of Rockefeller. Died. Albert Henry Vestal, 57, U. S. Representative from the 8th Indiana District since 1917, Republican Whip of the House; of heart disease; in Washington. Congressman Sirovich's predecessor as chairman of the Committee on Patents & Copyrights, he long sought copyright protection for artists, writers, composers. Last year he saw his bill, providing copyright automatically upon creation, die in the Senate because of the one-man filibuster of Oklahoma's Elmer Thomas on another issue. Runner-up for the 1930 title of "Champion Horseshoe Pitcher of Congress," he defeated his Democratic opponent in the last Congressional election by nine votes. Died. Frederick Benjamin Haviland, 63, music publisher; of pneumonia developed from influenza; in Manhattan. Learning the business from the late Oliver Ditson, he founded a firm with the late Songwriter Paul Dresser ("On the Banks of the Wabash," which they published), brother of Novelist Theodore Herman Dreiser. During his life Publisher Haviland sold over ten million copies of songs in the U. S.; at the peak of his business he sold them at the rate of $45,000 a month. A best seller was "The Sidewalks of New York," shrewdly revived for Alfred Emanuel Smith's 1928 campaign.

Died. Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane, 71, much-publicized country surgeon who performed upon himself an appendectomy, a herniotomy (TIME, Jan. 18); of pneumonia; in Kane, Pa. Died. Samuel M. Curwen, 73, president of J. G. Brill Co. (trolley cars), director of many a potent U. S. corporation; of a general breakdown; in Haverford, Pa. Died. William Thompson Graham, 81, a founder (with the late Daniel G. Reid. "Tin Plate King'') and onetime president of American Can Co.; of pneumonia after long illness; in Manhattan.

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