Milestones, Mar. 29, 1943

Born. To Nilla Shiles Putnam, 30; and Air Forces Lieut. David Binney Putnam, 29, onetime boy explorer-author (David Goes Voyaging, David Goes to Greenland, etc.), stepson of the late Aviatrix Amelia Earhart: their third child, first son, David Binney Jr.; in Fort Pierce, Fla. Weight: 6 Ib. 6 oz.

Engaged. Manuel Ignatius Prado, 22, Oxford-Harvard-educated Manhattan bank clerk, son of Peru's President Manuel Prado; and Natalie Kitchin, 20, San Francisco socialite; in San Francisco.

Died. Alex A. Aarons, 52, veteran musicomedy producer (with Vinton Freed-ley: Lady Be Good, Oh, Kay!, Funny Face, Girl Crazy);...

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