Married. Gwladys Sheleagh Boake Carter, 19, daughter of Newscaster Boake Carter, whose scripts are under investigation by the FCC for anti-union bias; and Ensign James Wallace Jr., 21, Philadelphia socialite; in Germantown, Pa.
Married. Tse Kiong Sun, 29, grandson of Dr. Sun Yatsen; and Velma Lowe, 23, Mills College-educated daughter of Chain Storeman Andrew Lowe, one of California's leading Chinese merchants: in San Francisco.
Married. James M. Cain, 52, thrillmaster ( The Postman Always 'Rings Twice, Serenade, Double Indemnity); and Aileen Pringle, 43, veteran cinemactress; he for the third time, she for the second: in Santa Monica, Calif.
Killed in Action. Captain George C. Grey, 26, Liberal, youngest member of Parliament. Elected to the House of Commons at 23 for Berwick-on-Tweed, he followed the footsteps of his late relative, Viscount Grey of Fallodon, who represented the same borough at the same age, in 1885.
Killed in Action. Lieut. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., 29, Harvard-educated Rugby and sailing enthusiast, oldest of his father's nine children ; in the European Theater.
Died. Blanche Colton Williams, 65, portly head of Hunter College's English department, editor of the O. Henry Memorial Prize Stories from 1919 to 1932; in Jackson, Miss.
Died. Yoshimichi Hara, 76, close confidant of Japan's Emperor, president of Japan's Privy Council since 1938 ; in Japan. On the morning of his death, Hara was sent twelve bottles of wine by Hirohito—the customary gift of the throne to important public servants who are beyond recovery.
Died. John Steven McGroarty, 81, one time Congressman, so-called "Poet Laureate" of California; of a heart attack; in Los Angeles. The outstanding Congressional spokesman for the Townsend Old-Age Plan, he turned out much topical verse. Sample (from a rhapsodic paean to Mrs. Roosevelt) : "What seeks the Lady Eleanor?"
Died. Miguel Antonio Otero, 84, governor of the territory of New Mexico from 1897 to 1906, buffalo-hunting companion of "Wild Bill" Hickok, Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, Kit Carson and General Custer; in Santa Fe, N.Mex.
Died. William Fife, 88, third generation head of a famed Ayrshire boat-building family, designer of three of the late Sir Thomas Lipton's unsuccessful America's Cup yachts; in England.