Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1929, Page 7

D —— THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, QFFICER ACCUSES HIS MOTHERN-LAW Lieut. Comdr. R. P. Meclew- ski Gets Warrant Charging Her With Kidnaping. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va, Aprll 30—Lieut. Comdr. Romuald P. Meclewski, at- tached to the Hampton Roads naval operating base here, Saturday swore | out a warrant charging Mrs. A. W. Lee | of Norfolk, his mother-in-law, with kid- | naping his two_children. Police here | were told thht Mrs. Lee was en route to Reno, Nev., the present residence of | Comdr. Meclewski’s wife, who, he said, | was there for the purpose of obtaining a divorce. It was belicved she was going there to deliver the two children Mrs, Meclewski. Mrs. Lee, Norfolk authorities been notified, was arrested yesterday at La Salle, Colo., and was removed from the train on which she was traveling |———————— with the two children Comdr.Meclewski was Saturday in the | Norfolk courts granted a divorce from | his wife. He presented depositions alleg- ing that she had set up residence in | Reno for the purpose of bringing di- | vorce proceedings there. Comdr. Meclew- | ski was granted custody of the two chil- | dren. 1914 Mrs Mt(‘le\\\kl was Lee and for several yi prominent in local and naval “society | circles. Her husband was commander of the U. S. S. destroyer Pope in Chi- | nese waters during the disturbance in | that country in 1927. Under Virginia law the and board” divorce decree granted the | naval officer here Saturday cannot be- come an_ absolute divorce for three ears, and during that time neither the ushand nor wife inay lrm\ll\ marry. have | “from bed D. C Men Commissioned. Commissions in the Reserve Corps of | the Army have been issued by the War | Department to Clifford N. Franklin, 2800 Thirteenth street, s a captain and specialist, and to William A. Gormley, | 1842 California street, as a second lieu- tenant of Engineers. Father’s version: “Christmas comes, but once a year's enough.” | one in the service. TOWERS, VETERAN IN SERVICE, MADE NAVY AIR BUREAU AIDE Pitched From Plane at ngh Altitude 16 Years Ago and Saved Self. He Sticks on as Craft | — ! Wild Clutch Catches Strut,| I | Falls Into Bay. | e g | By the Associated Press Pitched out of an airplane at a high | altitude without a parachute 16 years ago, Comdr. John H. Towers has lived to become assistant chief of the Navy | | Bureau of Aeronautics. | As the old pilot in the Navy in | point of ser he has encountered most of the s others have experi- | enced and in addition this particular | experience, which he shares with no | COMDR. JOHN H. TOWERS. lingsley he was “bucked” from the planc The ensign fell to his death, bul P | He made his unique escape during a flight over Chesapeake Bay in_dJune, 1913, With Ensign Willlam D. Bil- | RN R N R R RN R R s pRip R R % Natxonally Advertised Oxford $3.50 STEEL ARCH SUPPORT, TRADE MARK REG. US. FAT. OFF. 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Josephus Daniels, then Secretary of | flight record of 6 hours and 10 min- | the Navy, which read, “Your courflge utes. Again in ‘1919 he commanded | has brought lasting glory to the Navy.” | the flight of the three Navy NC sea- The new chief of the bureau has | planes across the Atlantic Ocean. Only seen the naval flying service grow from one of these planes, the NC-4, was suc- | a nucleus of 3 airplanes and as many ' cessful he flagship, flown by Comdr. | pilots to its modern aerial armada of | Towers, was forced down by fog 35 825 machines and more than 700 pilots. | miles off the Island of Fayal in the | With two other young naval officers | Azores. { he learned to fly 1nh19ll;the‘ first 0(‘ the Navy pilots. The other two were | | Comar, John Rodgers, who was killed | SKULL FRACTURED | !in 1926 after making a flight frcm the | | | Pacific_Coast to Hawaii, and Comdr, @ | T. G. 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