Show Lyle yle Womack Wins Divorce FromI From I Ruth Elder on Cruelty Charge PANAMA Dec 12 AP AP An AP Anin An interlocutory in in interlocutory decree of divorce has been granted Lyle Womack from Ruth Elder who was rescued by a tanker when she attempted to fly across the Atlantic The Tho divorce action n was Instituted in tho the Canal Zone district court by Womack on September 6 before tailing sailing for the Antarctic with th the expedition headed by Commander Richard B. B Byrd In a a a deposition placed before the court Womacks Womack's rather ald that unhappiness caused by Miss Elder was wass the main maln cause of his sons son's joining tJi the south Polar e expedition A 1 deposition filed by Womack said that during the last l st 14 months of ot his wife the the- couples couple's married life Ufe had been very eni cruel and p paid id i'd little attention to hl hi him seeming to tg tobe be more Interested in flying across acrosS tho Atlantic t than a in In retaining l his Is love loc lie He added adde l. l that the Atlantic I flight had placed him bins under a terrible terrible terrible ter ter- ter- ter mental strain Referring to his greeting upon R Ruths th return to the United States after alter her rescue rescue Womack said I 1 embraced and attempted to kiss her her whereupon v she she replied Dont be a damned d fool He lIe also said that since her Ruth had treated treat treated ed hini him with scorn and indifference a assuming a a superior attitude and showing neither love nor norr affection He stated that as a a result of ot this treatment he lie had haa lost 12 pounds in inn n weight eight |