Born. To Comedienne Billie Burke and the late Florenz Ziegfeld: their first grandchild, a girl; in Hollywood. Weight: 7 Ibs. Name: Florenz Ziegfeld Stephenson.

Engaged. Hjalmar John Procope, 50, Finnish Minister to the U. S., who last year was divorced from his second wife; and Margaret Shaw, 29, of Sutton-on-the-Forest, York, England; in Washington. The announcement, made in the name of Miss Shaw's mother by the Finnish Legation, said: "Miss Shaw is now in Europe. No date has been set for the wedding."

Divorced. Cinemactor Lew Ayres; by Cinemactress Ginger Rogers, previously married to Vaudeville Actor Edward Culpepper; after five years; in Los Angeles. Grounds: desertion. Said she: "We really never were very happy." Ginger's mother testified: "He told me he didn't want her any more and that I could have her for keeps."

Divorced. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, after 23 years of marriage; by Anna Margaret Munch Nye; in a five-minute court proceeding; in Fargo, N. D. He is the second member of the present Senate to be divorced while in office. The first: Senator Theodore Gilmore ("The Man") Bilbo of Mississippi.

Died. Ward Crenelle Foster, 79, founder of the "Ask Mr. Foster" Travel Service; after a three-month illness; in Coral Gables, Fla. Despite his slogan, his 75 offices in the U. S. and Canada were run by women--"We tried men at first, but they were not up to it."

Died. Selma Lagerlof, 81, novelist (Gosta Berling, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, The General's Ring) and grand old lady of Swedish letters; of peritonitis; in Marbacka, Sweden. First woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, only woman among the 18 "immortals" of the Swedish Academy, she last January gave her gold Nobel medal (intrinsic value about $500) to the Swedish national collection for Finland.

Died. Samuel Untermyer, 81, smart Manhattan attorney, orchid fancier and politico; of pneumonia; in Palm Springs, Calif. Lawyer Untermyer made $75,000 in his 21st year, was a millionaire before he was 40, made his fame as counsel for the Pujo Committee in the Congressional investigation of the "Money Trust." Some of his biggest fees: $775,000 for merging Utah Copper with Boston Consolidated and Nevada Consolidated; a cool million for reorganizing the amusement empire of William Fox. For three witnesses whom he examined, he expressed professional admiration : the late Steelmaster Charles M. Schwab, the late John D. Rockefeller Sr. ("He could always read my mind"), the late J. P. Morgan.

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