Engaged. Helen Douglas Robinson, daughter of onetime (1924-29) Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson; and one John Arthur Hinckley; in Manhattan.

Married. Bainbridge Colby, 59, Wilsonian Secretary of State; and a Mrs. Anne Von Ahlstrand Ely, 39, in Brooklyn. Last month he was divorced at Reno by Mrs. Nathalie Sedgwick Colby, from whom he had sought divorce in Paris; with whom he had a $1,500-per-month agreement to keep her from ridiculing him in her writings.

Married. Weston R. Shipstead, 20, Washington preparatory school student, son of Minnesota's dentist-Senator Henrik Shipstead; and a Miss Hazel E. Thompson, 21, beauty shoppe operator; after eloping to Rockville, Md.

Sued for Divorce. Alexander Suhkov, Russian emigre, by Princess Victoria of Schaumburg-Lippe; at Cologne, Germany. Grounds: nonsupport. Fortnight ago she sold all her private property for about $180,000, moved to a cheap boarding house near Bonn. She offered to pay Suhkov 10,000 marks ($2,400) for the return of her letters, he having already embarrassed her by writing his amorous memoirs and dedicating them with a sly flourish to her brother, onetime Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Sued for Divorce. King Gaines Gillette, son of King Camp Gillette (safety razors); by Mrs. Elizabeth Caldwell Gillette; at Reno. Grounds: incompatibility. Last week they motored to the Stanford-Southern California game after which Mrs. Gillette went to Reno for a "most friendly divorce," her husband returning to Hollywood.

Sued for Divorce. Charles S. Mott, of Flint, Mich., General Motors vice-president* by Mrs Dee Van Balkom Mott, his bride of eight months. Grounds: incompatibility. She is his third wife, he her second husband

Resigned. John Van Antwerp Mac-Murray, U.S. Minister to China since 1925, to take a position at Johns Hopkins University. More than 20 years a diplomat, he has served at Bangkok, St. Petersburg, Tokyo, Peking. He was an expert Far Eastern advisor to the U. S. delegation at the Washington Disarmament Conference (1921-22). For a time (1924) he served as Assistant Secretary of State.

Birthday. Queen Marie of Rumania; at Balcic. Age: 54.

Executed. Bacha Sakao, "The Water Boy of the North," Afghan chieftain, usurper of King Amanullah's throne; at Shepur Cantonment, Afghanistan; by order of Nadir ("George Washington") Khan, his vanquisher, recently chosen king (see P.31).

Died. Herman P. ("Bo") Olcott, 49, all-American footballer (Yale, 1900); after a long illness; in Wallingford, Conn.

Died. Norman Trevor, 52, longtime legitimactor (A Kiss For Cinderella, The Captive, The Goose Hangs High), cinemactor (Beau Geste, Sorrell and Son); at the State Hospital for the Insane in Norwalk, Calif., to which, suffering from paranoia, he had recently been removed from a private sanitarium where he had been committed by friends. He was born in Calcutta; engaged in the jute industry before going on the stage. Twenty-nine years ago an all-round athlete on Britain's Olympic team, he was awarded the prize for finest physique among the contestants of all nations.

Died. Dr. John Roach Straton, 54, fundamentalist Baptist preacher; in a sanitarium at Clifton Springs, N. Y.; of a heart attack.

*Also, board chairman of the Union Industrial Bank of Flint. Last week Mr. Mott and his banking colleagues had to post, pending collection of insurance, $800,000 to cover peculation of five employes who played and lost in the stock market.