Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1929, Page 18

MRS CFFORD IS ONORCE N RENG Incompatibility Basis of De- cree Against President of A. T. & T.:Co. By the Associated Press. 3 . August 6.—Walter S. Gifford, president of the American Tele- | jhone & Telegraph Co.. was divorced fi!‘r! yesterday by Mrs. Florence Pitman Gifford, who charged incompatibility and declared that her husband's busi- ness interests came foremost in his life and that he had neglected his social duties. The case was tried behind closed | deors, but the records were made lvlll-l able to newspaper men later by Superior Judge George A. Bartlett, who presided, Mrs, Gifford alleged that her hus-| band's ideas of society differed widely | from hers and that because he was:ab- sorbed in his business he became un. mindful of her and his home. Married | life apparentlv became distasteful to| him, Mrs. Gifford alleged. | Judge Bartlett granted Mrs. Gifford the custody of the children, Walter and Richard. except during the school period when they shall be in custody of the father. Mr. and Mrs. Gifford were married in | Brooklyn in 1916. GIFFORD REGRETS RIFT. Expresses Sorrow for Divorce, Especially | on Sons' Account. NEW YORK, August 6 (/) —First public intimation of the marital troubles of Walter R. Gifford and his wife, who were divorced yesterday in Reno, Nev., came July 30 when it was learned Mrs. Gifford had established residence Reno and Mr. Gifford admitted tha divorce was planned. | m sorry it had to happen so| soon," Mr. Gifford was quoted at that| time as saying. “I am sorry be on the first days of the boys tion they'll read about it. Tha but it has to be known to them some | day. Ican't help it. But it's all so pre- | mature. I'm a bit startled at the speed of it.” | He declined to say what had led to | the rift between him and Mrs. Gifford. | When Mr. Gifford became head of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. in 1025 he was only 40. and became | one of the youngest of the heads of big business enterprises in the country. | He is a native of Salemn, Mass., and a | graduate of Harvard at the age of 19. | Asked to give a formula for success NAVY CHANGES LISTED. Transter of Comdr. Train Revoked. Other Officers Renssigned. Orders made public yesterday at the Navy Department show that orders given on March 12 to Comdr. Harold C. Train have been revoked and he will continue on_duty with the general board, Navy Department. Lieut. Royal A. McCune of the Medical Corps will be detached about August 19 from the Navy mine depot at Yorktown, Va., and will go to the U. S. S. Salinas. Lieut. Comdr. Francis G. Ulen of the Dental 'Yard about September 9 arid go to the U. 8. 8. Bushnell, M‘filfllfl James F. 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