Engaged. William Roth Wister, son of Author Owen Wister (The Virginian), and Miss Frances Kearsley Mitchell, granddaughter of Edward Townsend Stotesbury (see p. 54).
Engaged. Philip Aaron ("Phil"') Edwards, 24, Negro, onetime captain of the New York University track team, joint holder of the American intercollegiate record for the half-mile and member of the 1928 Canadian Olympic Team at Amsterdam, the son of a British Guiana magistrate, to Miss Edith Margaret Oedelschoff, 19, German, of Weehawken, N. J.
Married. John Dos Passes, 33, author (Three Soldiers, Manhattan Transfer) playwright (Airways, Inc.), and a Miss Kate Smith; at Ellsworth, Me. Because to him the married state is not an awesome thing, he did not publicize his wedding, which happened some six weeks ago—he could not remember exactly when.
Married. Edward Henry Harriman Simmons, broker. President New York Stock Exchange, and a Mrs. John Mayer; in Manhattan. He is her third husband, she is his second wife. Sued for Divorce. Bainbridge Colby, Wilsonian Secretary of State (1920-21), and law partner; by Nathalie Sedgwick Colby, novelist, at Reno. Grounds: desertion.
Divorced. William A. Rockefeller, grandnephew of John Davison Rockefeller; by Mrs. Florence Lincoln Rockefeller, his childhood playmate; at Bridgeport, Conn. Said she: ''My husband became addicted to strong drink. He gradually slipped. . . ."
Divorced. The Princess Sidi Wirt Spreckels Chakir, onetime Kansas farm-girl, onetime San Francisco cafe entertainer; from Suad Bey Chakir, Turkish potentate, her third husband; at Reno. Grounds: failure to provide. A month ago —he won a $5,000 slander suit from Turkish Princess Chivekar, who mentioned her in a divorce action against Selim Bey.
Appointed. Alfred Emanuel Smith, to be a trustee of New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y.*
Elected. Ferdinand Eberstadt, onetime Dillon, Read & Co. partner. Reparations Conference assistant to Owen D. Young; lo be a member of Otis & Co., Cleveland brokers.
Elected. Robert Winship Woodruff, president of Coca-Cola Co.; to the presidency of White Motor Co., left vacant by the death of his friend, Walter C. Vhite (TIME, Oct. 7)—(See p. 47).
Elected. K. T. Keller, onetime (1928) Vice President and General Manager of Dodge Brothers, Inc., to be Vice President and General Manager of Chrysler Corp.