Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1930, Page 11

RS DODDENEN OVORGE DECRE Capital Society Woman Is Granted Separation on Desertion Grounds. Special Dispatch to The Btar. 4 FAIRFAX, Va., December 13.—Mrs. Catheriie Filene Dodd, , Washington soclety woman and prominent member of ‘the Democratic Women's Club, was this week granted a temporary divorce from Alvin E. Dodd, assistant to Gen. R. E. Wood, president of Sears, Roe- buek & Co. of Chicago. ‘The decree was signed Monday in the Arlington County Court by Judge ‘Walter MecCarthy, following report of Master Commissioner in Chancery John M. Whalen of Fairfax, filed last Friday, to whom the case had beén referred for examination at the November urg'. vacation order. Mrs. Dodd was repre- sented by Senator Frank Ball and Wil- liam E. Leahy. Desertion Is Charged. ‘The order states that the “defendant willfully and deliberately deserted and abandoned the complainant February gluyed at a compensation of 15,000 and $20,000 he is required m $1,800; with $2,100 required when exceeds $20,000 per year. In is required to pay one-half of any unusual expenses such as hos- pital or medical care. Dodd was at one time AUSTRALIAN WHEAT CRISIS CAUSES SPLIT Labor Party Caucus, Over Cabinet Protest, Favors Government Pay- ing Growers 72 Cents. By the Associated Press. CANBERRA, Australia, December 12. —A resolution asking legislation for an inm;l‘mment of 72 cents & bushel to Aus! Wwheat growers yesterday was m by the eaucus of the Australian Party over the protest of the Fed- eral Labor cabinet. The figure is above the. present world Eu and the caucus apparently intends Pl & maximum price of 48 cents a bushel fob., and the cabinet under pressure proposed to advance 60 cents a bushel. A of 72 cents & bushel as pro- Pposed the party caucus, however, is Tegarded as rrelevant to the realfties of the situation. It is asserted this pay- ment would involve a loss to the.bank, or else to the Australian taxpayers, of 8t least $35,000,000 at the present world Jevel of wheat prices. ' BOY'S DEATH ACCIDENTAL Truck Driver Is Exonerated by Coroner’s Jury. A verdict of accidental death was Teported by a coroner's jury at an between bicycle and a| truck at North Capitol and Decatur Roy H. Burrell of 1483 Florida ave- Bue, driver of the truck with which the mony showing ' the accident was un- avoidable on his part. Pl Germany now has ne: ]——— theaters. o nearly 1,000 talkie Sturtevant Blowers FOR BURNING BUCKWHEAT COAL Will Cut Your Fuel Bill 409, Fries, Beall & Sharp 734 10th St. N.W. . 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Only moral force. will* be exerted, however, since Joseph Stalin in a pro- nuncemento last Spring warned the authorities against severe measures in farm collectivization and the anti-re- ligious cam . Since then a number of churches have reopened and the priests are con- ducting services unmolested. On Christmas night theaters and ISTART NOW to buy yt;u‘r principal Sold with 7 Philco Balanced Tub'es ; Built-in Genuine Dy- Other Philco Console Models from $110 Up All Radios Installed at No Additional Cost Extra liberal allowance on your old Radio Radio Studio—Lower Floor—Direct Entrance From Hleventh W. . Moses & Sons Public Confidence Since 1861 RN F Street at Eleventh Karpen clubs will offer extra entertainment with the purpose of a trecting the wavering from church servic:s. THREAT CASE DROPPED Judge Orders Cab Driver to Stay Away From Wife. 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