Engaged. Miss V. Hines, of Washington, daughter of Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, Director of the Veterans' Bureau, to one John A. Kennedy, of Sioux City, Ia.

Married. Jack Renault, French-Canadian heavyweight pugilist, to Miss Thelma Hudson, Manhattan show girl. They married after a brief courtship in Atlantic City, where Renault had gone to rest for his next battle.

Sued for Divorce. The Duke of .Westminster, in London, by the Duchess. The charge: cruelty and misconduct. Sued for Divorce. G. Hall Roosevelt, brother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, onetime Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Mrs. Roosevelt's charges were kept secret.

Died. Archduchess Marie Valerie, 56, in Castle Wallsee, Austria. She, the favorite daughter of the late Emperor Franz Josef, was the only poetess of the Habsburg family. To the tree-trunks in his park and woods the Emperor had her verses affixed so that he could see them when he walked abroad.