Engaged. The Hon. Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor, 24, only daughter of England's famed Lord and Lady Astor; and Lord Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-W'illoughby de Eresby, 25, horse-racing heir of the Second Earl of Ancaster; in London where the Hon. Phyllis has been working in a West End real estate office. Married. John Paschall Davis, 24, son of U. S. Ambassador-at-large Norman Hezekiah Davis; and Evelyn Ames, 23 daughter of Botany Professor Oakes Ames of Harvard; in North Easton, Mass. Married. Dorothy Benjamin Caruso (Ingram), 40, widow of Enrico Caruso; and Dr. Charles Adams Holder, 60, inhabitant of Paris; in Paris. Married. Martha Munro Ferguson. 25, daughter of Arizona's famed, comely Mrs. Isabella Greenway whose glamorous history includes ranching, cattle-raising, copper-mining, acting as bridesmaid for Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, seconding the Roosevelt nomination in Chicago; and Charles ("Chuck") Breasted, 34, son of famed Archeologist James Henry Breasted; at Mrs. Greenway's ranch near Tyrone, N. Mex. Separated, Mary Pickford, 40, and Douglas Fairbanks, 50, long reputed the happiest couple in Hollywood, after three years of incompatibility. Wed in 1920, they were never apart for as much as a night for almost ten years, were never separated for an evening meal until Fairbanks joined the Masons in 1926 and had to spend one dinner hour a week at the lodge. Warned by friends that such devotion was a mistake, Mary Pickford exclaimed: "We figure that our lives are too short as it is." In 1930 Fairbanks, fond of traveling, went globe trotting alone. Last week he wired her from London that she would have to pay for the upkeep of ''Pickfair," their Beverly Hills home. To the Press, she wept, confirmed the separation, hinted at divorce. Divorced. John Borden, 49, oil tycoon, "Millionaire Explorer"; by Courtney Letts Stillwell Borden. 34; Chicago socialite once previously married; in Reno. Died. Roscoe Conkling ("Fatty") Arbuckle, 46, globular oldtime cinemactor; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Although acquitted of manslaughter after the death of one Virginia Rappe eleven years ago, the malodorous evidence brought out at the trial dropped him to obscurity; resulted in the appointment of President Harding's Postmaster General Will H. Hays as public apologist for Hollywood. Died, Albert Russel Erskine, 62, president of Studebaker Corp.; by his own hand (pistol); in South Bend. Alabama-born, he quit school at 16, turned bookkeeper, climbed to fame up the long ladder of accountancy. As head auditor of American Cotton Co., he got his big chance when Yale & Towne (locks) asked him to peruse their books, promptly made him treasurer. In 1911 he went to Studebaker in the same capacity, was soon jumped to president of the company which Harry and Clement Studebaker, wagon makers, had founded in 1852. President Erskine rode the 1921 deflation unharmed, a managerial feat cited in many a textbook. And in this depression President Erskine made money until 1932. Then he tried to swing the biggest motor merger of the year-- purchase of White Motor Co. (trucks). Studebaker borrowed to finance the deal, but a few White stockholders prevented Studebaker from taking title to the assets. Studebaker found itself strapped and the upshot was a "friendly" receivership last March. The organization was held together under the management of Receivers Paul Gray Hoffman and Harold Vance, Studebaker's two able vice presidents: but lately President Erskine has not even had an office at the plant. First citizen of South Bend, he left a note for his adopted son: "Russel, I can't go on any longer." Died. Hipolito Irigoyen, 85, twice president (1916-22; 1928-30) of Argentina; of a throat cancer; in Buenos Aires where he had lived a virtual prisoner since being overthrown by General Uriburu in 1930.

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