Engaged. Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, 21, Dartmouth senior, second son of John Davison Rockefeller Jr.; and Mary Todhunter Clark, 22, of Cynwyd, Pa., Foxcroft graduate, granddaughter of the late President George B. Roberts of Pennsylvania R. R.; at Philadelphia.
Engaged. Prince Takamatsu, younger brother of Emperor Hirohito of Japan; and Kikuko Tokugawa, granddaughter of the last of the Shoguns (feudal lords); at Tokyo.
Married. Helen Wills, champion lady tennis player; and Frederick S. Moody Jr., San Francisco broker; at Berkeley, Cal. At the simple ceremony witnessed by only eight people, Miss Wills wore a tailored suit, was unattended.
Married. Representative William Ignatius Nolan of Minnesota; and a Mrs. Estelle Flanders of Minneapolis; at Washington.
Married. Representative Frederick Haskell Dominick of South Carolina; and Miss Alva M. Seger, daughter of Representative & Mrs. George Nicholas Seger of New Jersey; at Washington.
Suit Dropped. A breach of promise action against James Joseph ("Gene") Tunney, retired champion fisticuffer; by Mrs. Katherine King Fogarty, divorcee, of Fort Worth, Tex.; at Bridgeport, Conn.
Sued. Mrs. Katherine King Fogarty; by James Joseph Tunney; at Bridgeport, Conn. The charge: Extortion, defamation of character.
Divorced. George Palmer Putnam, Manhattan publisher; by Mrs. Dorothy Binney Putnam; at Reno. Grounds: failure to provide.
Elected. Philip R. Clarke, of Chicago; to be president of Central Trust Co. of Illinois. Joseph Edward Otis, retiring president, will become board chairman. Retiring Board Chairman Charles Gates Dawes will be Honorary Chairman.
Promoted. Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd, polar explorer; to the rank of Rear Admiral, U. S. N., retired; by act of Congress.
Discontinued. The famed architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings (Manhattan), builders of New York Public Library, Arlington Memorial Amphitheatre to the Unknown Soldier. Reason: the death of Partner Thomas Hastings (TIME, Nov. 4). Partner John Merven Carrere died in 1911.
Birthday. Paul Allman Siple of Erie, Pa., Sea Scout (branch of Boy Scouts of America), youngest member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition; in Little America. Age: 21. National Scout Commissioner Daniel Carter ("Duffle Bag") Beard, felicitated him over the radio, announced his promotion to grade of mate of the Sea Scout Ship Niagara. Concluded Commissioner Beard: "Oh, say! Don't forget to bring back a coop of penguins and a school of killer whales. They will need them to guard you on the flagship Niagara."
Birthday. Albert Abraham Michelson, measurer of light, first U. S. Nobel Prizeman in science (physics, 1907), whose optical studies gave Albert Einstein a main clue to the Relativity Theory.* Age 77. He marked the week by resigning as head of the physics department at the University of Chicago because of ill health. Next spring at Pasadena, Calif., Professor Michelson, now convalescing from an operation, will peer through a very straight corrugated iron pipe, from which air will have been evacuated, to determine more accurately than heretofore the speed of light.
Birthday. Prince George of England; at Sunningdale where he has been suffering from insomnia. Age: 27 (see p. 17).