Engaged. Ellen Tuck French, 18, Manhattan socialite; and John Jacob Astor 3rd, 21, four months after the breaking of his engagement to Eileen S. S. Gillespie (TIME, Jan. 29).

Engaged. Anton Lang Jr., faculty member of Georgetown University, son of the onetime Christus of the Oberammergau Passion Plays; and Clara Mayr, this year's Oberammergau "Magdalene." Married. Helena Woolworth McCann, 21, granddaughter of the late 5-c--&-10-c- Store Founder Frank Winfield Woolworth; and Winston Frederick Churchill Guest, 27, poloist; in Oyster Bay, Long Island.

Marriage Revealed. Philip Morgan Plant, 32, onetime husband of Cinemactress Constance Bennett; and Mrs. Edna Dunham of Manhattan; in Clearwater, Fla.; in April.

Divorced. Mrs. Janet Gladys Campbell, daughter of William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, newspaper tycoon; and Ian Douglas Campbell, cousin and heir presumptive of Niall Diarmid Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll; in London.

Died. Mrs. Ella Cannon Hill Hogan Flinn, 25, granddaughter of the late J. WT. Cannon (cotton) and cousin of Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith; after a fall from a penthouse balcony while watching her husband, Emory Flinn. Curtiss-Wright Corp. employe, take a photograph of her one-month-old son; in Manhattan.

Died. Rev. Charles Leo O'Donnell, 49, poet, president of Notre Dame University since 1928; of a streptococcus infection of the lungs; in South Bend, Ind. Under his administration Notre Dame's faculty was increased from 174 members to 209, a $3,000,000 building program completed.

Died. Lew Cody (Louis Joseph Cote), 49. cinemactor; of a heart attack, in his sleep; in Beverly Hills. He was born in Waterville, Me., studied medicine at McGill University, Montreal. An interest in amateur theatricals led him to one-night stands, vaudeville. His success as a suave villain in silent cinemas (For Husbands Only, Rupert of Hentzau) was repeated in talkies (Wine, Women & Song, Madison Square Garden--). He was twice married to Dorothy Dalton (now Mrs. Arthur Hammerstein), once to the late Mabel Normand.

Died. Louis Cointreau, 57, yachtsman, co-owner with a brother, Andre, of the Cointreau liqueur business; in Paris.

Died. Dr. Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler, 61, historian, president of William & Mary College since 1919; of a kidney ailment ; in Norfolk, Va.

Died. James ("Sunny Jim") Rolph Jr., 64, Governor of California; of a miocardiac disease resulting in kidney complications and congestion of the lungs; on a ranch near San Jose, Calif. Born in San Francisco, he gained fame and friends by organizing relief work after the 1906 earthquake and fire, became Mayor in 1911, served until elected Governor 20 years later. With a political flair similar to that of his friend "Jimmy" Walker, onetime Mayor of New York, he gave lavish parties for visiting notables, made appropriate speeches at prize fights. He always wore high-heeled polished boots (he bought his first pair of shoes last year for $13.87). His administration was nationally criticized in 1932 when he refused to pardon famed Convict Tom Mooney, and in 1933 when he declared he would pardon the lynchers of the kidnap-murderers of Brooke Hart if they were arrested (TIME, Dec. 4). Frank F. Merriam succeeds him as Governor.

Died. Admiral Charles Frederick Hughes (retired), 67, onetime (1927-30) Chief of Naval Operations; after a two-month illness; in Chevy Chase, Md.

Died. Admiral Heihachiro Togo, 86, Japan's "Nelson," highest ranking subject of Emperor Hirohito; of cancer of the throat; in Tokyo (see p. 23).

Died. Jackson Barnett, 90, "wealthiest" Oklahoma Indian; of a heart attack; in Los Angeles.

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