Born. To John Boettiger, 39. publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and his wife, the former Anna Roosevelt Dall, 32, a son, their first child; in Seattle.

Married. Libby Holman Reynolds (nee Holzman), 34, myopic, husky-voiced torch singer (Moanin' Low]; and Ralph Holmes, actor, 23, son of Actor Taylor Holmes and brother of Actor Phillips Holmes; suddenly; in Washington, D. C.

Married. Clyde E. Pangborn, 42. pilot who in 1931 circled the globe with rich Hugh Herndon Jr., flying nonstop from Japan to the U. S. (a feat still unrepeated); and Mlle Swana Beauclaire Duval, dress designer; in Southampton, England.

Died. Ghazi ibu Feisal. 27. second King of Iraq (first: his late, famed father Feisal, placed on the throne by Great Britain in 1921 at the instance of "Lawrence of Arabia"); near Bagdad; in an automobile accident. Ghazi loved speed, had a Mercedes coated with phosphorescent paint, a U. S. Auburn, a plane fitted for acrobatics. No. 1 feat of his 5-year reign: holding a balance between Arabs in his kingdom (about the size of California) who esteem Britain, hate Britain (and rioted after Ghazi's death). Heir: his 4-year-old son Feisal, under the regency of Uncle Amir Abdul Ilah.

Died. Jacob Maged, 54, Jersey City tailor who in 1934 was jailed for three days because he charged 35-c- instead of 40-c- to press a suit of clothes, thus violating an NRA code; of cancer; in Jersey City.

Died. Constance Lindsay Skinner, 60, novelist, historian, journalist; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Born in the Canadian wilds. Constance Skinner wrote mostly of frontier life, before her death supervised a historical series on The Rivers of America (TIME, Nov. 28).

Died. Herman Schneider, 66, dean (onetime president) of the University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering and Commerce and originator of "cooperative" technological education, a system which divides students' time equally between study and practical experience (TIME, April 3); of a heart attack; in Cincinnati.

Died. General Gerardo Machado y Morales, 67, onetime (1924-33) President and terroristic Dictator of Cuba, who shot dissenters in the back or fed them to sharks, and whose own officers drove him from Cuba in 1933; of abdominal cancer; in Miami Beach, Fla.

Died. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, 67, President of Cuba for 24 days following Dictator Machado's flight in 1933; after long illness, and just a few hours before his predecessor in office: in Havana.

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