Monday, May. 30, 1938

Born. To Eleanor King Birrell, Manhattan actress who played lead in The Birth of a Baby (TIME, April 4, et seg.) and Lowell M. Birrell; their first child, a son; in Manhattan.

Born. To Louise Converse Morgan Clark, eldest granddaughter of John Pierpont Morgan, and Raymond Skinner Clark; their first child and Banker Morgan's first great-grandchild; a son; in New Haven, Conn.

Born. To John Davison Rockefeller Jr., three grandchildren; to Mr. & Mrs. John D. 3rd, their third, a daughter; to Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, their fourth and fifth, a twin son and daughter; all in Manhattan.

Engaged. Edna Cantor, third daughter of Comedian Eddie Cantor; and James McHugh Jr., son of Songwriter James McHugh (I Love to Whistle).

Engaged. Yaltah Menuhin, 16, second sister of Violinist Yehudi Menuhin and William Stix, 26, Washington attorney for the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee.

Engaged. Hephzibah Menuhin, 18, concert pianist and sister of Violinist Yehudi Menuhin; and Lindsay George Nicholas, son of an Australian aspirin manufacturer. Last fortnight Yehudi Menuhin made known his engagement to Lindsay Nicholas' sister, Nola.

Died. Anton Lang, 63, Bavarian potter who three times (1900, 1910, 1922) played the role of the Christus in the Oberammergau Passion Play; after an operation for a stomach ailment; in Munich. Softspoken, spade-whiskered Anton Lang first appeared in the Passion Play in 1878, read the prologue in 1930 and 1934, was succeeded in his chief part by Alois Lang, a woodcarver, no kin.

Died. William J. Glackens, 68, famed impressionistic painter and one of the foremost U. S. artists; of a heart attack; in Westport. Conn. Well-known works: Parade, Washington Square.

Died. William Childs, 72, co-founder (with his late brother, Samuel) of Childs Restaurants; of a heart attack; in Bernardsville, N. J. A strict vegetarian, he was ousted from the management of his restaurants in 1929 by carnivorous majority stockholders, returned to his first and favorite occupation, farming.

Died. General Tsao Kun, 76, onetime (1923-24) President of China; after long illness; in Tientsin. An oldtime war lord, he lost China's Presidency during a civil war, has since worked against his successors, was regarded as probable choice to head the new puppet state Japan hopes to establish in North China.

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