Milestones, Dec. 10, 1934

Born. To Elizabeth Sturgis Grew Lyon, 22, youngest daughter of U. S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph Clark Grew, and Cecil Burton Lyon. 31, third secretary of the U. S. Embassy in Tokyo: a daughter, their first child, Ambassador Crew’s third grandchild; in Tokyo. Name: Alice Emily.

Married, Nancy Traylor, 21, daughter of the late Chicago Banker Melvin Alvah Traylor; and Nathan B. Swift, 23, of Chicago’s meat-packing Swifts; in Chicago.

Divorced. Lady Ashley (Sylvia Hawkes), onetime musicomedienne; by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley, elder son of the 9th Earl of Shaftesbury; in London. Grounds: Adultery. Corespondent: Peripatetic Nicholas Ullman (Douglas Fairbanks), cinemactor (TIME, Sept. 3), who was ordered to pay costs of $10,000 (estimated).

Divorce Denied. To Lady Vera Hodge, onetime Countess of Cathcart, heroine of the uproarious “moral turpitude” incident in 1926:* from Sir Rowland Hodge, 75, Tyneside shipping tycoon; in London. Lady Hodge’s charge: misconduct. Reason for denial: insufficient evidence.

Died. Elisabeth Reeve Morrow Morgan, 30, sister of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, eldest daughter of New Jersey’s late Senator-Diplomat Dwight Morrow; of pneumonia following an appendectomy; in Pasadena, Calif.

Died. John Wanamaker Jr.. 45, sportsman, clubman, member of Pershing’s War-time staff, grandson of the late Store Founder John Wanamaker; of cerebral hemorrhage; in Manhattan.

Died. Arthur R. Seyferlich, 64, Fire Commissioner of Chicago; of diabetic gangrene following a leg infection; in a Chicago hospital. Fortnight ago doctors told Seyferlich a leg amputation was necessary to save his life. Cried he: “A one-legged fireman is no fireman at all. I’ll die before you cut my leg off.” Fireman Seyferlich died with two legs.

Died. Rev. Dr. William Greenough Thayer, 70, longtime (1894-1930) headmaster of St. Mark’s School at Southborough, Mass.; in Boston.

Died. Philip Hale, 80. retired music critic of the Boston Herald; of cerebral hemorrhage; in Boston. For 30 years his shrewd scholarly criticisms made him Boston’s oracle on music and the theatre. He wore bright Windsor ties, carried a big umbrella and a green felt bag. Last week’s Symphony audience stood to show its respect for wise Philip Hale.

*Her entry into the U. S. was delayed by immigration authorities because during a divorce action she had admitted intimacy with the Earl of Craven.