Born. To Charles Correll, 53, Andy of Amos 'n' Andy, and Alyce Correll, 34: Charles, a fourth child, their first son; in Hollywood.

Born. To Mrs. Theodore Knappen, 38, onetime musicomedy star Betty Compton, ex-wife of Manhattan's James John Walker, and Theodore Knappen, 43, civil engineer: a son, Theodore Compton, her first child; in Manhattan.

Married. Edith Louise Sylvia Fairbanks, 36, former Lady Ashley and widow of Douglas Fairbanks Sr.; and Edward John, 36, sixth Baron Stanley of Alderley, Lieut. Commander of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; in Boston. It was her third marriage, his second.

Died. Lance Wade, 26, ace Wing Commander of the R.A.F.; in a behind-the-line crash; in Italy. The modest Texan had a score of 25 confirmed kills, one less than the U.S. record for World War II.

Died. Floris ter Meulen, 63, socialite Dutch international banker; an unofficial envoy for The Netherlands; of a fall or jump from his office window; nearly four years after his daughter's similar death; in Manhattan's Pine Street.

Died. Carl August de Gersdorff, 78, senior member of the famed Manhattan law firm of Cravath, de Gersdorff, Swaine & Wood; after long illness; in Manhattan. Born in Salem, Mass., the son of a doctor, he went to Harvard ('87), became associated with a predecessor of the present firm in 1891, after four years was made a partner, was best known for his work in railroad reorganizations (Denver & Rio Grande, Missouri Pacific, Kansas & Texas, Western Pacific, and Frisco) and his active longtime directorships of the Baltimore & Ohio and the Missouri Pacific. His death leaves Robert Taylor Swaine, 57, the only letterhead member of the firm.

Died. Admiral Mark Edward Frederic Kerr, 79, whose career stretched from sailing ships to air power; in London. As a lad of 13 he was a midshipman aboard the 51-gun Newcastle, one of the last of the wooden frigates; in World War I he commanded the Adriatic squadron; in 1917 he persuaded the British Cabinet to establish the R.A.F.

Died. Archdeacon Frederick George Scott, 82, fighting chaplain of the Royal Rifles of Canada since 1906; in Quebec.

Died. Charles Erskine Scott Wood, 91, famed Californian; in Los Gatos, Calif. The eccentric corporation lawyer was a fighting liberal, poet, satirist (Heavenly Discourse), had been a West Pointer ('74), Indian fighter, longtime friend of Jack London and Mark Twain.

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