Born. To Herbert Hoover III, 21, sophomore at Stanford University, and Meredith McGilvray Hoover, 21: their first child (and first great grandchild for ex-President Hoover), a son; in Palo Alto, Calif. Name: Stephen. Weight: 7 lbs. 4 oz.

Born. To Freeman Gosden, 50, long-suffering "Amos" of radio's perennial Amos 'n' Andy, and Jane Stoneham Gosden, 25, half-sister of the New York Giants' President Horace Stoneham: their first child (he has a son and daughter by a previous marriage), a son; in Los Angeles. Name: Craig Leigh. Weight: 5 lbs. 4 oz.

Married. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., 35, third son of the late President, New Dealing freshman Representative from New York; and Suzanne Perrin, 28, blonde Manhattan socialite and exMarine; he for the second time; in Manhattan.

Married. Hubert Prior ("Rudy") Vallee, 48, oldtime crooner (Your Time Is My Time), now a Hollywood character actor (I Remember Mama); and Eleanor Kathleen Norris, 21, University of California ('49) psychology graduate; he for the fourth time; in Oakland, Calif.

Died. Hans Kindler, 56, Netherlands-born founder and longtime conductor of Washington, D.C.'s National Symphony Orchestra; after a stomach operation; in Watch Hill, R.I. Cellist Kindler founded the first orchestra in the Nation's capital during the depression (1931) after seven attempts by others had failed, entranced music lovers by conducting in sport jacket and shirtsleeves, finally resigned last December in a dispute with the orchestra's backers.

Died. Macdonald Smith, 59, for almost 40 years one of golf's great stylists; of a heart attack; in Glendale, Calif. Although "the Silent Scot" made out handsomely in prize money (he won the Los Angeles Open four times), he never won a major tournament.

Died. Major General Walter Campbell Short (ret.), 69, commander of the Hawaiian Department of the Army when the Japanese attacked on Dec. 7, 1941; of a heart ailment; in Dallas. Demoted and relieved of his duties within ten days after Pearl Harbor (as was his Navy counterpart, Admiral Husband E. Kimmel), Short ended a 40-year military career by retiring from the Army a few weeks later, worked through the war as a traffic engineer in the Ford Motor Co. plant in Dallas.

Died. Robert ("Bobby") Walthour Sr., 71, Georgia-born bicyclist who retired 20 years ago after breaking his collarbone for the 29th time, simultaneously held the U.S. and European speed records (in 1903 he pedaled a mile in 1 min. 7 sec.); of pneumonia; in Boston.

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