Birthdays. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president, of Columbia University: his 80th; at work, in Manhattan.

Engaged. Mary Roberts Rinehart II, 21, granddaughter of Novelist Mary Roberts Rinehart, daughter of Publisher Stanley M. Rinehart Jr.; and Camille Henry Huvelle, 25, Manhattan medical student; in Manhattan.

Married. Lieut. William McChesney Martin Jr., 35-year-old ex-head of the New York Stock Exchange, drafted last April; and Cynthia Davis, daughter of Davis Cup Donor Dwight F. Davis, ex-Secretary of War (under Coolidge), ex-Governor General of the Philippines (under Hoover) ; in Baltimore.

Died. Howard A. Fisher, 40, youngest of the seven motor-wealthy Fisher brothers ("Body by Fisher"); in Detroit. Frederic John, eldest brother and founder of Fisher Body Co., died last July.

Died. Charles H. ("Duke") Wellington, 56, veteran cartoonist, creator (in 1914) of the still-existent Pa's Son-in-Law (Pa and Ma Splutterfuss and son-in-law Cedric); of pneumonia; in North Hollywood, Calif.

Died. George Stuart Engle, 57, retired baker who for 15 years ran an Atlantic City nightclub for his own amusement, figured it saved him $25.000 a year he would have spent in other people's nightclubs ; in Atlantic City. Thrice married and divorced (the third time from his first wife), he once observed: "I was only 16 when I married the first time. If I had to do it over again I would join the Boy Scouts."

Died. Marcellus Elliot Foster, 71, crusading Texas editor; in Houston. Founder and for 25 years editor-publisher of the Houston Chronicle (which he sold to Jesse H. Jones in 1926), he fought the Klan when it was in its political heyday in Texas.

Died. Dr. Joseph Bolivar De Lee, 72, pioneer in modern obstetrics, founder of Chicago's Lying-in Hospital and Dispensary and the city's Maternity Center; of a heart attack; in Chicago. His 48-year crusade for better maternity care has been given considerable credit for the reduction of maternal and infant death rates in the U.S.

Died. Leonard Raven-Hill, 75, Punch cartoonist for 40 years; on the Isle of Wight.

Died. Tapiola, 7, Yorkshire terrier hero of Novelist Robert Nathan's Tapiola's Brave Regiment and Journey of Tapiola: of injuries in a fight; in Purchase, N.Y.

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