Milestones, Aug. 31, 1931

Engaged. Miss Hortense Henry, granddaughter of Packer Edward Foster Swift of Chicago; and Gordon Phelps Kelley, sporting son of William Vallandigham Kelley (1905-12 president of American Steel Foundries, board chairman of Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co.).

Married. Miss Rosamond W. Thomas, Boston socialite, cousin of U.S. Ambassador to Italy John Work Garrett; and Count Edward Oppersclorff of Germany; at San Michele, Isle of Capri.

Married. Norville Williams, 86, and Mrs. Emma Martin, 80; in Chicago. They were married in 1868, divorced in 1897. Both remarried, were widowed. Grandchildren reunited them.

Married. Miss Sarah Booth Thacher, daughter of U.S. Solicitor General Thomas Day Thacher; and George L. Storm of Greenwich, Conn.; at Watch Hill, R.I.

Married. Paul Whiteman, 41, bandmaster; and Margaret Livingston, 29, cinemactress; at Morrison, Colo. Jazzman Whiteman, who upon his divorce from wife No. 3, Dancer Vanda Hoff, declared: "Marriage is for the middle class, not for artists" (TIME, Feb. 9), posed with wife No. 4 beside a wedding gift—a pensive, plebeian pig.

Married. Charles Barker Wheeler, 79, referee and former Justice of the Supreme Court of New York; and Miss Ruth Gunther Winant, Manhattan socialite; in St. George's Church, London.

Divorced. Lady June Inverclyde, London music hall artist, from John Alan Burns, Lord Inverclyde (Cunard Steamship Co.); in Reno. Lady Inverclyde testified her husband insulted her friends, "was never entirely sober," said she would marry Lothar Mendes, cinema director. Lord Inverclyde remained in Scotland, shooting grouse.

Divorced. Louis ("Bull") Montana (real name: Lugia Montagna), 44, wrestler and cinemactor; by Mary Poulson Montana; in Los Angeles. Mr. Montana admits his face frightens women and children. Mrs. Montana said she was afraid to live with him.

Elected. Martin Henry Carmody. lawyer, of Grand Rapids, Mich.: to be Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, for his third consecutive term; by the Supreme Council of the K. of C.; at French Lick, Ind. (see p. 26).

Birthdays. Baron Edmond de Rothschild (86); Raymond Poincare (71); Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming (62); Orville Wright (60); American Red Cross (50); Princess Margaret Rose of Great Britain (1).

Died. H. MacKnight Black, 34, poet (Machinery); of appendicitis; in Philadelphia.

Died. A'Lelia Walker Robinson, 46, daughter of the late "Madame" Walker of Indianapolis and Manhattan who made millions selling hair straightening ("anti-kink") lotion; of apoplexy caused by overeating; at Asbury Park, N.J. Her last words: "Mamie, I can't see; get me some ice."

Died. Arthur Lyulph Stanley, fifth Baron of Alderley, 55, onetime (1914-20) Governor of Victoria, Australia, who recently resigned from the Liberal party; after a lingering illness; in London.

Died. Dr. John Dill Robertson, 60, for seven years Chicago's health commissioner under Mayor William Hale Thompson and later his bitter foe in the 1927 mayoralty election; of angina pectoris; at Fontana, Wis.