Born. To Earl Warren Jr.. 26, second son of U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren anc assistant farm advisor of California's Alameda County, and Cleo Patricia Kent Warren, 26: their second child, first son; in Castro Valley, Calif. Name: Earl Warren III. Weight: 7 Ibs. 12 oz.

Born. To Heather Menzies Henderson, 27, only daughter of Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies, and Peter Henderson, 27, attache at Australia's embassy in Djakarta: their first child, a daughter; in Canberra, Australia.

Divorced. Edmund Purdom, 29, wavy-haired, British-born cinemactor (The Egyptian); by Anita ("Tita") Purdom, 27; after four years of marriage, one of separation, two children; in Santa Monica, Calif.

Died. James M. Leech, 46, boilermaker, onetime U.S. Army captain and prime suspect in the fire and ax murders (Jan. 7, 1946) of three fellow officers while they slept in a villa near Passau, Germany; of burns suffered when an oil-filled tank he was welding caught fire; in Lima, Ohio. After a series of bungled Army investigations in 1946, the case was reopened three times but never came to trial. Leech steadfastly claimed his innocence, was not officially charged with the murders until 1954. Charges against him were dropped last year.

Died. Arthur F. Douglas. 53, onetime (1945-54) president of Hotels Statler Co., Inc. (until it was sold to Hilton Hotels Corp.), younger brother of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas; of a heart attack; in Cuttingsville, Vt.

Died. John Campbell Boot, 67, second Baron Trent of Nottingham, longtime (1926-54) head of Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd., the vast (more than 1.300 shops in Great Britain) British drugstore chain founded by his father; in St. Lawrence, island of Jersey.

Died. Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 75, ninth Earl of Bessborough, onetime (1931-35) Governor General of Canada; in Rowlands Castle, England.

Died. John Emerson, 8.1, oldtime stage actor (Tit for Tat in 1904), playwright and movie pioneer, husband of Anita (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) Loos; after long illness; in Pasadena. Calif.

Died. Henri J. Revilliod, 83, physician, longtime president of Switzerland's Moral and Social Hygiene Cartel, founder of dispensaries for the treatment of alcoholism in Montreux and Geneva, son-in-law of Czechoslovakia's late great founder and first President, Thomas G. Masaryk, brother-in-law of the late Czech Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk; in Manhattan.

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