Engaged. Ellen Wilson McAdoo de Onate, 22 (who last April was divorced from Spanish Cinemactor Rafael Lopez de Onate), fourth of the five daughters of California's Senator William Gibbs McAdoo (see p. 25) by the first two of his three wives; to William A. Hinshaw, 22, French horn player for the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra; in Los Angeles.

Engaged. Curtis Bean Dall, 42, first husband of Anna Roosevelt Dall Boettiger; to Katharine Miller Leas, 22, Haverford, Pa. socialite.

Married. Maribel Yerxa Vinson, 26, nine times U. S. amateur figure skating champion, who last year turned professional; and her exhibition partner, professional Skater Guy Rochon Owen, 26; in Winchester, Mass.

Married. Martha Eccles Dodd Roberts, 26), daughter of onetime anti-Nazi U. S. Ambassador to Germany William Edward Dodd; and Alfred Kaufman Stern. 40, Manhattan housing expert; both for the second time; in Round Hill, Va.

Divorced. Margot Grahame, 27, British cinemactress (The Informer) who once advised young people to "plunge into matrimony": from English Actor Francis Lister: in Reno.

Died. Gretchen von Briesen (Mrs. Salomon Stanwood) Menken, 58, most overdressed woman in Manhattan cafe society; of heart disease; in Manhattan. Nearly every year, since 1924, Mrs. Menken dazzled the Beaux-Arts Ball with her costumes. As "Rain," she carried a set of batteries beneath her skirt to light 1,500 tiny bulbs sprinkled on her dress, wore a red neon headgear which flashed intermittent lightning. As "The Empire State Building Plans'' she wore T-squares and French scrolls around her neck, pencils and empty India ink bottles on her hat. For the New York World's Fair she planned a beach hat featuring a Trylon and a Perisphere topped by a lobster.

Died. Max Factor, 61, onetime Russian Imperial Court cosmetician and wigmaker who became Hollywood's No. 1 make-up artist; of a liver and kidney ailment: in Beverly Hills. In 1935 Mr. Factor gave a $25,000 party for 10,000 people to open a $600,000 cosmetic factory "of proportions created only for royalty in the past."

Died. Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes, 70; of coronary thrombosis; near Monticello, N. Y. (see p. 42).

Died. Captain Samuel A'Court Ashe. 97, onetime (1879-94) publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer (now owned by Ambassador to Mexico Josephus Daniels), Confederate veteran who always frowned when the word "Yankee" was used in his presence; of old age; in Raleigh, N. C.

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