Born. To Marshall Field III, 43, twice-divorced Chicago department store scion; and his third wife, Mrs. Ruth Pruyn Phipps Field: a daughter, their first child (his fourth, her third); in Manhattan.
Born. To Emmett ("Red") Ormsby, 41, American League baseball umpire; and Mrs. Helen Ormsby, 39: their eighth daughter (twelfth child); in Chicago. Weight: 111b. 2 oz.
Birthday. Louis Dembitz Brandeis, 80, oldest Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court; in Washington.
Engaged. Hon. Margaret Gwendolen Mary Drummond, 31, eldest daughter of British Ambassador to Italy Sir Eric Drummond; and John Walker III, 29, of Pittsburgh, now at Rome's American Academy; in London.
Marriage Revealed. Cinemactor Arthur ("Harpo") Marx, 42, mute member of the four Marx comedians; and Susan Fleming, 31, onetime Follies showgirl; "around Sept. 26"; "somewhere in California or Nevada." Minus his frowzy blond wig, he said he had driven aimlessly with his brunette bride-to-be until he found a justice of the peace, went through the ceremony unrecognized. Upon telegraphing President Roosevelt congratulations, Funnyman Marx explained he had kept his marriage secret until after Nov. 3 "because I didn't want to crowd you off the front page."
Marriage Revealed. Seward Collins, 37, onetime editor & publisher of The Bookman, editor of the American Review; and Mrs. Dorothea Brande, his able associate editor, author of the best-selling Wake Up and Live!; last month; in Manhattan.
Married. Charles Saxon Farley Smith, son of South Carolina's Senator Ellison DuRant Smith; and Laura M. Douglas, of Washington; by Rev. Zë Barney Thorne Phillips, Chaplain of the Senate; in Washington.
Married. Actor John Barrymore, 54; and Elaine Barrie (née Jacobs), 21, his radio protégée and fourth bride; in Yuma, Ariz. Theirs was a hectic 20-month romance featured by a much-publicized cross-country chase with Actor Barrymore in the lead. Protégée Barrie last August announced she "would infinitely prefer to terminate our blessed relationship," but retained the 8½-carat diamond ring he had given her. Said he: "I'm so happy you wouldn't be able to print it."
Divorced. David Marvin Goodrich, 60, board chairman of B. F. Goodrich Co.; by Mrs. Ruth Pruyn Goodrich; in Reno, Nev.
Won. By Mrs. Gladys Luckenbach; from her third husband, Lewis Luckenbach, onetime vice president of Luckenbach Steamship Co.: a suit for separate maintenance; in San Francisco. Grounds: cruelty, constant drunkenness. According to friends' testimony, Shipper Luckenbach drank only moderately, "about 15 cocktails daily."
Died. Laird Doyle, 30, crack Warner Brothers film scenarist (Oil For the Lamps of China, Special Agent, Cain and Mabel); of a fractured skull and internal injuries received when his airplane crashed near Grand Central Air Terminal; in Glendale, Calif.
Died. Dr. Joseph Graham Mayo, 35, son of Surgeon Charles Horace Mayo of Rochester, Minn.'s famed Mayo Brothers (other: Dr. William James); when, to get from one highway to another, he drove his automobile down the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad tracks and was crushed by a Chicago-bound train; in Alma, Wis.