Born. To President Plutarco Elias Calles of Mexico, a granddaughter; the first child of his third daughter Ernestina, and Thomas Arnold Robinson, Manhattan Businessman.

Engaged. Marie Antoinette Claudel, daughter of French Ambassador to the U. S. Paul Claudel; and Roger Mequillet, vice president of the Societe des Grands Moulins de Paris, biggest flour mills in France. President Ernest Vilgrain of the Grands Moulins recently visited the U. S. to buy some 10,000,000 bushels of wheat (TIME, May 21).

Married. Catherine A. Smith, 24, youngest daughter of Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith of New York; and Francis J. Quillinan, 25, Assistant Deputy Attorney General of New York; in Albany (see P9) Married. Corliss Lament, 26, second son of Thomas William Lament, Morgan partner; and Margaret Hayes Irish, daughter of Dr. Reuben H. Irish of Troy; in Troy, N. Y.

Sued for Divorce. The abdicated Crown Prince Carol of Rumania (now resident in Belgium as M. Carol Caraiman); by the Princess Helen of Greece and Rumania, mother of Baby King Mihai of Rumania, and sister of the deposed King George II of Greece; at Bucharest. Temporarily the suit will come before the Court of Appeals, spiritually before the Most Holy Myron Cristea, patriarchal Ecclesiarch ("Church Ruler") of the independent Rumanian Orthodox Church.

Elected. Preston S. Arkwright, president of the Georgia Power Co., to be president of the National Electric Light Association (see p. 35).

Elected. Arthur Vining Davis, president of the Aluminum Co. of America, to be its chairman; whereupon Vice President Roy Arthur Hunt became president of the Aluminum Co. of America; and Edward K. Davis became president of Aluminium Limited, a new Canadian company which is buying all of the stock which the Aluminum Co. of America now owns in other companies carrying on operations in Canada, Norway and other countries.

Elected. Alvan Macauley, president of Packard Motor Car Co., to be president of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce; succeeding Roy D. Chapin (Hudson Motor Co.). Financial gossips and newsmen, who had failed to anticipate the Chrysler-Dodge merger, talked last week about Packard's near-future alliance with Hupp, Hudson-Essex or Nash. They knew that Alvan Macauley had left for Manhattan (from Detroit), had gone into "secret" conference with motormen. Actually the "secret" conference was the regular meeting of the Automobile Chamber of Commerce. "We will continue alone," said Alvan Macauley and took train for Detroit.

Died. Dr. Herbert Steuer, 35, X-ray specialist; by electric shock from his X-ray machine, while making an examination; in Cleveland. Four doctors, including George W. Crile, worked unsuccessfully with ten tanks of oxygen trying to resuscitate him.

Died. Alfred G. Smith, 53, president of the American Shipbuilding Co., pioneer shipbuilder who-began work at 15, made his family concern the biggest ship business on the Great Lakes, and directed the construction of 200 ships during the War; after a four months' illness; in Cleveland.

Died. William Alexander Guerry, 66, Bishop of the South Carolina Diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church; shot, for no known reason, by the Rev. J. H. Woodward, retired clergyman in his diocese. Assassin Woodward committed suicide immediately after firing at the bishop.

Died. Bishop Luther Barton Wilson, 71, for 16 years (until retiring last month) Bishop of the New York Area of the Methodist Episcopal Church, President of the Board of Foreign Missions, onetime (1901-21) president Anti-Saloon League; of heart disease; in Baltimore.

Died. Clara Wales Root, 74, wife of Elihu Root; in Manhattan; after a long illness.

Died. John Downey Works, 81, onetime (1911-17) insurgent Republican U. S. Senator from California, one-term-for-Presidents protagonist; in Los Angeles.