Born. To Army Lieut. David Breger, 36, round-faced, snub-nosed model of his own much-victimized cartoon hero, "Private Breger," and Dorothy Lewis Breger, 24, his onetime art agent: their second child, second daughter; in Manhattan. Name: Lois Passin. Weight: 6 Ibs.

Killed in Action. Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, 61, General Eisenhower's naval commander in chief, topnotch amphibious-operations officer, who organized the evacuation from Dunkirk, planned and executed the naval phases of the Allied invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Normandy; in a plane crash near Paris. A quiet, aloof man (nicknamed "Dynamo" by admiring associates), Ramsay refused to let Churchill watch the landings in Normandy, on the grounds that he and his men would have enough to do without worrying about the Prime Minister's security.

Died. Mrs. Anne Ide Cockran, 68, longtime sharer of Robert Louis Stevenson's birthday; of pneumonia; in Manhattan. In 1891, ailing, child-loving Author Stevenson learned from the U.S. Land Commissioner on Samoa, Henry Clay Ide, that because his daughter Anne was born on Christmas, she never got any birthday presents. Stevenson formally deeded his birthday (Nov. 13) to the child, stipulated that she celebrate the occasion "by the sporting of fine raiment, eating of rich meats and receipt of gifts, compliments and copies of verse . . .", or forfeit,the anniversary rights to the President of the U.S.

Died. Romain Rolland, 78, impassioned French novelist and musician, 1915 Nobel Prizewinner for his great ten-volume, semi-autobiographical Jean-Christophe; in Vezelay, France. Long a pacifist, he gave his Nobel Prize money to feed war victims in World War I, retired from France to 24 years "above the battle" in voluntary Swiss exile. Returning to France in 1938, he supported World War II.

Died. Dr. John F. ("Jafsie") Condon, 84, go-between and No. 1 prosecution witness in the conviction of Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping; of pneumonia; in The Bronx. After the trial, the retired schoolmaster sold his account of his experience for magazine serialization, advertised himself in Variety as "the most enigmatic, colorful, and widely publicized personality in America," planned a countrywide vaudeville tour, got only as far as Plainfield, N.J.

Died. Ricardo Jimenez y Oreamuno, 85, thrice President of Costa Rica, year in & out one of his country's most popular men, son and grandson of past Costa Rican Presidents; of acute indigestion; in San Jose, Costa Rica.

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