Born. To Maestro Leopold Stokowski, 68, and Heiress Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski, 26, his third wife (he is her second husband): their first child, his fourth, a son; in Manhattan. Weight: 6 Ibs. 14 oz.

Divorced. By Cinemactress Myrna Loy, 45, the movies' "perfect wife": Writer-Producer Gene Markey, 54, her third husband, ex-husband of Cinemactresses Joan Bennett and Hedy Lamarr; in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Died. Griffith Baily Coale, 60, muralist and author (North Atlantic Patrol: The Log of a Seagoing Artist), marine camouflage artist in World War I, an official U.S. Navy artist in World War II; of a heart attack; in Stonington, Conn.

Died. Giuseppe De Luca, 73, Rome-born operatic baritone, one of the brightest stars of the Metropolitan's "Golden Age"; in Manhattan. He sang in the world premiere of Madame Butterfly (Milan, 1904), was in the cast when Rosa Ponselle, Marion Talley, Ezio Pinza, Lily Pons made their Metropolitan debuts, when Enrico Caruso sang his last aria.

Died. Frank Phillips, 76, multimillionaire oilman; in Atlantic City. Born in a farm shack in Nebraska, Phillips went to work at 14 as a barber's apprentice, became in turn 1) owner of the biggest barbershop in Creston, Iowa; 2) a prosperous bond salesman; 3) a spectacularly successful wildcatter in Oklahoma's brawling oilfields; 4) a bank president; 5) founder-president (1917) of Phillips Petroleum Co. (current assets: $625 million).

Died. Arturo Alessandri Palma, 81, president of the Chilean Senate, twice (1920-25; 1932-38) President of Chile; in Santiago. A leader of Chile's Liberal Party, a skilled old hand at political give & take, Alessandri (called El Leon--the lion) pulled the strings in many a political deal, helped put President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla in office in 1946.

Died. Harcourt Alexander Morgan, 82, Canadian-born agricultural entomologist, who became president of the University of Tennessee (1919-33), member of the Tennessee Valley Authority's original three-man board, later its chairman* (1938-41); in Belfast, Tenn.

Died. Ransom Eli Olds, 86, who designed and built one of the first working automobiles (1886), founded the Olds Motor Works (taken over by General Motors in 1908) and the Reo Motor Car Co. (named from his three initials); in Lansing, Mich.

*Succeeding Arthur Ernest Morgan, also a member of TVA's original board, and its first chairman (1933-38), no kin.

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