Born. To Rabbi & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg, of Manhattan; a daughter, Regina Ile de France; on board the lle de France, stormily bound for Manhattan. Rabbi Rosenberg, seasick, lay in his berth when the ship's doctor brought the news. "Leave me," said the Rabbi, "I have no interest in life."

Engaged. Percy L. Crosby of Manhattan, cartoonist (Skippy),* recently divorced on the ground of extreme cruelty ("vile and obscene" language, flirtations); to Agnes Dale Locke, daughter of Civil Engineer William P. Locke of White Plains, N. Y.

Married. Paul Hammond, Manhattan realtor and famed yachtsman, whose Nina won the Queen of Spain's Cup in the 1928 New York-Santander race (TIME, Aug. 6); and Mrs. Susan Sedgwick Swann, one-time president of the New York Junior League; in Manhattan.

Elected. Ivar Rooth, 40, Stockholm banker; to be president of the Bank of Sweden, succeeding the late Victor Moll.

Inaugurated. Dr. James M. Kieran, Manhattan educator for 37 years, as President of Hunter College, Manhattan.

Anniversary. George Fisher Baker, billionaire banker, celebrated his 89th birthday at his Jekyl Island home, where he refused to be interviewed. Banker Baker & Son own 24,700 shares of New York's First National Bank, worth approximately $160,000,000. When recently asked if it were a good time to sell stocks. Banker Baker reputedly replied: "I don't know; I never sold any."

Died. John D. Rockefeller, 17, of Muskogee, Okla. (third cousin); by drowning in the Arkansas River. Upset in a boat, he relinquished a life-preserving, empty five-gallon can to a friend, and tried to swim to shore.

Died. Capt. William Piggott Cronan, 50, of San Diego and New Haven, retired naval officer, clubman, yachtsman, once known as "the most popular man in the Navy"; in San Diego. He once rammed his hand into a gun breech to remove stray powder particles which, ignited by friction, would have caused a premature explosion. The gunners were closing the breech block. He lost his finger, saved the turret crew.

Died. Margaret, Marchioness of Cambridge, 55, sister-in-law of Queen Mary, daughter of the late first Duke of Westminster; of septic pneumonia; in London. When she was married in 1894 to Queen Mary's brother, the late Marquess of Cambridge, she wore the same bridal gown which Queen Mary donned in 1893 to wed the Duke of York (George V).

Died. Aurelio Cardinal Galli, 63, after a brief illness; in the convent of the Doretean Sisters, Rome. In the Sacred College continued the only Italian minority since the 14th Century schism at Avignon. Remained 33 foreign and 27 Italian cardinals.

Died. Evarist Cardinal Lucidi, 62, of heart disease and influenza; in Rome. Remained 26 Italian cardinals.

Died. Albert Strauss, 64, able Manhattan banker (J. & W. Seligman & Co.*) and financier (transit, sugar, tobacco, Fierce-Arrows), onetime vice governor of the Federal Reserve Board; of pneumonia; in Atlantic City, N. J.

Died. The Rt. Rev. Charles Henry Brent, 66, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Western New York (Buffalo) ; of heart disease; in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was a Canadian clergy- man's son. Longtime Bishop of the Philippines, he there confirmed John Joseph Pershing and began his zealous campaigning against the opium trade. Later he was chief chaplain of the A. E. F. and president of the World Conference on Faith and Order (Lausanne, 1927). Devout and dignified, he became the dominant U. S. Episcopal clergyman. He believed in world peace and church union, was opposed to Prohibition. Years ago, he told his family: "There is no special place where I want to be buried. Just lay me to rest where I die." And Lausanne, where no grave may be leased for more than 50 years, is granting leave for him to rest there, in a hillside tomb, in perpetuity.

Died. Sir Lomer ("Papa") Gouin, 68, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec; of heart disease; in Quebec.

Died. Katharine Lee Bates, 69, of Wellesley, Mass., professor emeritus of English literature of Wellesley College, authoress of the hymn "America the Beautiful"; in Wellesley.

Died. Myron Timothy Herrick, 74, U. S. Ambassador to France; in Paris.

Died. James Brander Matthews, 77, famed New Yorker; of influenza; in Manhattan. He was the son of a New Orleans businessman. Educated at Columbia University, he taught there for 32 years, holding the first chair specifically devoted to the drama in any U. S. University. He married English Actress Ada Smith (1873) who died in 1924. He wrote more than 35 books--essays, drama criticism, plays, tales. Great in geniality, he drew about him potent men of his time: William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Theodore Roosevelt. The friend of thousands, he once received a book from Mark Twain inscribed: "To B. M. from his only friend."

*Not, as erroneously stated (TIME, March 18), art editor of Life, weekly funny magazine. Cartoonist Crosby is not, has never been, a staff member of Life. Last week Life announced the appointment of Oscar Odd ("O. O.") Mclntyre, popular syndicate columnist (New York Day by Day), as dramatic critic. He succeeds famed Funster Robert C. Benchley, who leaves, after nine years, to devote himself to the talking cinema. Said departing Critic Benchley: "Any change would be for the better."

*Unlisted in Who's Who is the Seligman Chief, Brother Frederick Strauss, who last month was elected to two of the most coveted U S. directorates, Radio Corp., Electric Bond & Share.