Divorced. Prince Aly Khan, 37, well-heeled son of the Aga Khan ("Wealthiest Man in the World"); and Princess Aly Khan, 40, the former Mrs. Joan Yarde-Buller Guinness of London; by mutual consent, after nearly 13 years of marriage, two children; in Paris. After a Moslem divorce (mere public proclamation), the Prince will be free to marry his great & good friend, Cinemactress Rita Hayworth.

Died. Andrew Lawrence Somers, 54, longtime Democratic Representative from New York (since 1925) who helped steer F.D.R.'s gold-devaluation bill through the House (1934); of a liver ailment; in Queens, N.Y. Roman Catholic Somers was one of Zionism's most active champions in Congress, led the fight for a $150 million loan to Israel.

Died. Ezra Winter, 63, mural painter, best known for his The Fountain of Youth, one of the world's largest (60 by 40 ft.) murals, which decorates the grand foyer of Radio City Music Hall; by his own hand (double-barreled shotgun); in South Canaan, Conn.

Died. John Russell Scott, 69, publisher (1905-49) and managing director (1932-47) of Britain's famed liberal daily newspaper, the Manchester Guardian (circ. 160,000); of a heart ailment, in Manchester, England.

Died. Tom Creighton, 75, co-discoverer of the fabulously rich Canadian Flin Flon mine; after long illness; in Flin Flon, Man. Creighton (and five others) stumbled on the Manitoba lode in 1915, named it after a fictional explorer in a British pulp-magazine thriller. The partners sold out (Creighton got $100,000) and the new owners began digging in 1925, spent $27 million before Flin Flon started paying off ($250 million worth) in gold, copper, silver and zinc.

Died. Sir Seymour Hicks, 78, veteran British actor, author and dramatist; in Fleet, England. Sir Seymour (knighted by King George V in 1935) appeared in nearly 100 plays (he helped write 64 plays, authored eleven books), was the first Briton to take a theatrical troupe to the front lines in France during World War I.

Died. Chase Salmon Osborn, 89, author, prospector, philanthropist and onetime progressive Republican Governor of Michigan (1911-12); of pneumonia; in Poulan, Ga. Osborn made a fortune from iron ore discoveries in Canada, Lapland, Africa and Latin America (he gave most of the money to charity), sponsored one of the first workmen's compensation bills in the nation, Michigan's first women's suffrage measure. Two days before his death, he married Stellanova Osborn, 55, his longtime secretary and adopted daughter (after a court dissolved the adoption).

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