Engaged. Almira G. Rockefeller, only daughter of the late William G. Rockefeller, grandniece of John Davison Rockefeller, recent debutante, of Manhattan & Greenwich, Conn.; to M. Roy Jackson, able huntsman, widower, father of two married daughters, of Rye, N. Y.

Engaged. Melville E. Stone II, grandson of . Associated Press General Manager Melville E. Stone, of Manhattan; to Katharine Temple Lapsley, granddaughter of late Manhattan financier Howard Lapsley. In 1925 Mr. Stone was described and painted by Artist Thomas Casilear Cole as "the genuine, cleanminded young man of today in these United States" (TIME, Feb. 14, 1927).

Married. Arthur Chase Needles, President of the Norfolk & Western Railway Co., of Roanoke, Va.; and Edith Hortense Clark of Manhattan; in Manhattan.

Married. Clarence Saunders, 47, famed Piggly Wiggly storekeeper of Memphis, Tenn.; and Patricia Houston, 29, of Tunica, Miss.; in Chicago.

Married. The Countess of Northesk, onetime Jessica Brown of the Ziegfeld Follies, who recently divorced David, 11th Earl of Northesk; and Vivian Cornelius of the British diplomatic corps, of Windlesham, Surrey; in London. Said the clergyman: "Vivian . . . you're marrying an exquisite woman. . . . I love you both. . . . Jessica . . . you've married Vivian, a great man, a true Sahib."

Divorced. James Cash Penney, Jr., glider enthusiast, son of the famed chain store tycoon and devout Methodist benefactor of Whiteplains, N. Y., & Miami; by Marie Louise du Coudray Penney of Manhattan. Two days after their marriage in 1924 the Penneys were separated.

Elected. Dr. James Kieran to be President of Hunter College, Manhattan, largest U. S. woman's college, to succeed retiring President Dr. George Samler Davis.

Elected. Walter Sherman Gifford. President of the American Tel. & Tel. Co.. and Junius Spencer Morgan Jr., son of John Pierpont Morgan; to be Directors of the U. S. Steel Corp., succeeding the late William Pendleton Palmer, onetime President of the American Steel & Wire Co., and John Shaffer Phipps (see p. 26).

Died. U. S. Representative Charles Lee Faust, 49, of St. Joseph, Mo.; after several weeks' illness; in Washington.

Died. John Hartley Manners, 58, famed playwright (Peg o' My Heart), husband of Actress Laurette Taylor, onetime leading man for famed Actress Lily Langtry, of Manhattan; after an operation; in Manhattan.

Died. Harry Alexander Smith, 59.

President of the National Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford & of three other insurance companies; of heart disease; in Hartford. To attend the funeral Mr. Smith's mother, 79, made a seven-hour airplane flight from Raleigh, N. C.

Died. Col. Newbold Morris, 60, able Manhattan lawyer, humanitarian, churchman, clubman; of heart disease; in Manhattan.

Died. Princess Clara, 66, relict of German Prince Franz von Hatzfeldt und von Wildenburg-Schonstein; from a heart attack; in London. Princess Clara's father, a pauperish grocer of Sacramento, Calif., was drowned when she was one year old. She was then adopted by her uncle-by-marriage, famed California railroad pioneer Collis P. Huntington. He left her $75,000,000. In 1889, a famed California beauty, she met and married Prince Franz, went to live on the Rhine. The Prince's extravagant gambling career made it necessary for him to expatriate himself and his wife. They moved to London. Splendorous as hostess & socialite was Princess Clara in both Germany and England. At one London bal masque she wore toe rings of diamonds.

Died. Prof. Henry Burchard Fine, 70, dean of Princeton scientists, able mathematician, acting President (1910-12) following Woodrow Wilson; when struck by an auto while bicycle riding; in Princeton, N. J.

Died. Count Luigi Cadorna, 78, wartime Commander in Chief of the Italian Army; from a cerebral blood clot; in Bordighera, Italy.

Died. Winfield Taylor Durbin, 81, onetime Republican Governor of Indiana (1901-05), financier (banks, public utilities), Civil & Spanish War veteran, of Anderson, Ind.; of bronchial pneumonia; in Anderson.