Born. To Herbert Carl Sturhahn, famed footballer, twice (1925-26) All-American guard (Yale); in Manhattan, a son (weight 9 lb. 6 oz.). The maternal grandfather is David Lawrence, famed Washington journalist and president of the United States Daily.

Married. Michael Arlen, Armenian novelist (The Green Hat), of London; to Countess Atalanta Mercati; 22, daughter of Count Alexandre Mercati, former Chamberlain of the Court of Greece; at the Greek Orthodox Church, Cannes, France. During the elaborate ritual in which the bride relinquished her title for the official name of Mrs. Dikran Kuumjian, her gown caught fire from a burning ikon, was quickly extinguished. Only one prominent citizen of Cannes was absent: Mayor Andre Capron, 76, ill of shock suffered when a demented woman fired at him the morning of the ceremony.

Married. Walter May Jr., 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter May of Pittsburgh; to Miss Florence M. Lebowitz; in Paris; at 25th anniversary of the wedding of his parents, to which 62 U. S. friends had traveled at the expense of May Sr.

Sued for Divorce. Mrs. Elsie Mackay Atwill of Manhattan; by Actor Lionel Atwill, 43, onetime leading man for Lily Langtry, Alia Nazimova, Grace George, and the Manhattan Theatre Guild, now of The Outsider.

Died. Leonard W. Bonney, 42, airplane designer; near Curtiss Field, L. I. (see p. 38).

Died. Thaddeus C. Sweet, 55, of Phoenix, N. Y.; member of Congress from New York; at Whitney Point, N. Y.; when the airplane in which he was riding made a forced landing and turned over (see p. 9).

Died. Edward Osgood Richards, 71, president and manager of the Automatic Fire Alarm Co.; of heart disease; in Manhattan.

Died. Almon Elias Culbertson, 72, U. S. geologist, one of the first to develop the Grozny oil field in Russia; at Manhattan.

Died. Edward Anthony Bradford, 76, founder of the Yale Record (funny), writer for the New York Times for 54 years; of heart disease; in Brooklyn.

Died. Marshall C. Lefferts, 79, first president (1890-1923) of the $10,000,000 Celluloid Corporation; at Manhattan.

Died. Major General William J. Behan, 87, Louisiana political leader; of heart disease; in New Orleans (see p. 10).

Died, Alvin William Krech, Chairman of the Board of the Equitable Trust Co., Manhattan; of heart disease; in Manhattan (see page 40).