Born. To Prince Louis Ferdinand, grandson of former Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the former Grand Duchess Kira of Russia, daughter of the late Pretender Cyril: their second son; in Berlin. They honeymooned in the U. S. in 1938.

Engaged. Comedian George Jessel, 42; and Lois Andrew (Lorain Gourley), 16, who once punched Producer George White in the eye; he for the third time (wife No. 1, Florence Courtney; No. 2, Norma Talmadge); in Manhattan. Said Mama Gourley, 33: "I have no objections to early marriages. I was married at 16 myself. I've been divorced seven years." Said Papa Gourley, Los Angeles police official, by wire: "POSITIVELY FORBID YOU TO MARRY ANYONE WITHOUT MY CONSENT."

Married. Comedienne Grade Fields, 42, "darling of the Maginot Line"; and Monty Banks, 42, onetime silent cinema comedian, now producerdirector; both for the second time; after a flight from reporters who spotted them when they applied for a marriage license under their real names, Grace Stansfield and Mario Bianchi; in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Married. Warren K. Billings, 46, whose life sentence (with Thomas Joseph Mooney) for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco was commuted last October; and Josephine Rudolph, 43, who met him during one of his many court hearings; in Reno, Nev. (because his status in California was uncertain).

Married. Composer Igor Stravinsky, 57, guest conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (whose first wife died in 1939); and Vera de Bossett Sudeikine, onetime dancer with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballet Russe; in Bedford, Mass.

Died. Abraham Solomon Shafer, 47, building contractor, who raised hob at President Roosevelt's Little Businessmen's conference in 1938 (got himself ejected); by his own hand (hanging); in Philadelphia.

Died. Sir John Harry Lee Fagge, 71; in Marshfield, Mass. An English-born younger son, he made a living mowing lawns, trimming hedges, repairing furniture in Pepperell, Mass., keeping his noble birth a secret until he succeeded to the bare-cupboard baronetcy of Fagge in 1930, sailed to claim his title, met, wooed and won the English-born widow of a wealthy U. S. manufacturer.

Died. Anna, 39, talented Metropolitan Opera House mare; of old age; in Rockleigh, N. J. Onetime mount of Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik, for 25 years she shared honors with Caruso and Martinelli in Aida.

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