Engaged. Barbara Hutton, granddaughter of the late Frank Winfeld Woolworth (5-c- & 10-c- stores), next to Doris Duke (tobacco) the most highly publicized U. S. heiress; and Prince Alexis Mdivani of the much-publicized family from Russian Georgia,* divorced husband of William Astor's great-granddaughter Louise Astor van Alen; in Paris. To woo her the Prince went to Bangkok, Siam, accompanied her to Paris. To Paris sped Father & Mother Franklyn Hutton from Manhattan to inspect their proposed son-in-law, make him waive claim to any part of Barbara's inheritance.

Divorced. Col. Henry Huddleston Rogers, 53, Manhattan oil tycoon; by Marguerite Basil Miles Rogers; in Reno, Nev. Grounds: cruelty.

Elected. Mrs. August Belmont, Manhattan socialite (formerly Eleanor Robson, actress): to be first woman board-member of Metropolitan Opera Co.

Elected. Dr. Meta Glass, president of Sweetbriar College (Va). sister of Senator Carter Glass; to be president of the American Association of University Women, succeeding Dr. Mary Emma Woolley of Mt. Holyoke; at the biennial convention; in Minneapolis, Minn.

Appointed. Watson Davis, 37, to be managing director of Science Service, organization which the late Publisher Edward Wyllis Scripps subsidized to popularize science. The late Edward Emery Slosson managed Science Service from its founding in 1921 to his death in 1929. Mr. Davis had been editor of Science Service publications since the beginning. The service is bought by 100 periodicals; Science News Letter has 14.000 weekly subscribers.

Died. Lady Cynthia Blanche Mosley, 34, onetime (1929-31) Labor Member of Parliament, wife of Britain's Fascist leader, Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley; after an operation for peritonitis following acute appendicitis; in London, England.

Died. Lee Wilson Dodd, 53, poet, dramatist, novelist (Speed, The Changelings, Pals First, The Book of Susan); of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Next autumn he was to have succeeded Professor George Pierce Baker as active instructor of playwriting in Yale's famed Department of Drama.

Died. Dr. John Grier Hibben, 72, president-emeritus of Princeton University; of internal hemorrhages when he drove his Packard sedan (given him by Princeton's trustees upon his retirement last June) into a Chevrolet beer truck near Woodbridge, N. J. His wife, 70, riding in the back seat, sustained a fractured skull and facial cuts from her smashed eyeglasses. Police thought Dr. Hibben must have suffered a stroke or fainted at the wheel before the crash. Born in Peoria. Ill., son of a minister, he was graduated with honors by Princeton in 1882, Princeton Theological Seminary in 1886 (after a year at Berlin University). In 1887 he married Jenny Davidson of Elizabeth, N. J. For four years he had a church in Chambersburg, Pa., then joined the Princeton faculty to teach logic, in 1897 becoming Stuart Professor of logic. His steady, friendly, patient disposition made him the best compromise for Princeton's presidency when the university was split into bitter factions at the end of his close friend Woodrow Wilson's administration in 1910. During his 20 years Princeton's endowment was quintupled, its faculty pay, enrollment, buildings and acreage all about doubled. His constant emphasis on elevating Princeton's intellectual standard resulted finally in a new liberalized curriculum and the four-course plan for upperclassmen. Three foreign governments decorated him for his devotion to Peace. Good, grey, well-known and well-beloved by all Princeton men, he had been living quietly in Princeton since retiring, occupied with writing and lecturing. He gave up his chauffeur last November.

Died. Charles Hillyer Brand, 72, Georgia Congressman, second ranking Democrat on the House Banking & Currency Committee; after prolonged illness; in Athens, Ga.

Died. Porter James McCumber, 75, longtime (1899-1922) U. S. Senator from North Dakota, co-author (with Michigan's Representative Joseph Warren Fordney) in 1922 of the famed Republican Fordney-McCumber Tariff Bill; after a stroke; in Washington, D. C.

Died. Richard Marsh, 81, race horse trainer to two English monarchs (Edward VII and George V), winner of over $3,000,000 in purses before retiring; in London. When public interest in racing waned during the War and Marsh went bankrupt, King George pulled him out with a subscription of $40,000.

Died. Theodore F. Shuey, 88, dean of official reporters in the U. S. Senate; after a six-week illness; at Swope, Va. He joined the Senate staff at the age of 23, recorded the induction of every Vice President since Schuyler Colfax (1869), never missed a working day in 65 years. Friendly to most Senators, he edited and rewrote many a turgid declamation before entering it in the Congressional Record. To honor him, Senators ceased talking for one minute last week.

Died. Thomas James O'Brien, 90, lawyer, diplomat, onetime (1907-11) Ambassador to Japan, onetime (1911-13) Ambassador to Italy; after long illness; in Grand Rapids, Mich. He it was who shaped the gentlemen's agreement between the U. S. and Japan preventing the influx of Oriental labor into Jap-fearing California.

*Brother David married Film Actress Mae Murray; Brother Serge married Film Actress Pola Negri, then Soprano Mary McCormic; Sister Roussadana married Artist Jose Maria Sert.

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