Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-29 | Page 22 | Mary and Doug to be Divorced

I MARY AND DOUG TO BE DIVORCED I I I Actress to Press Action so Soon n After First of Year HOLLYWOOD Cal Dec 29 UP Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Fair Fair- banks who whose c estrangement has been the talk of the motion picture world for more more than a year are going to be bed d divorced ivo reed Prospects of a r reconciliation vanIshed vanIshed van van- Friday night when the actress announced through her attorney that she would proceed with her long dormant divorce action shortly after alter the first of oC the year I am under definite instructions from Irom rom Miss Pickford announced Attorney At Al torne Lorney torney Loyd Wright to proceed with the trial of her divorce suit immediately immedi after the first of the year Accordingly Accordingly Ac cordingly I am going to ask that the case be set for trial Immediately Pre Preceding c e din g his announcement Wright filed an affidavit in superior u court to show Fairbanks had been served with notice of the suit several months ago The suit originally was filed in December December De De- cember 1933 In the years year's interval reports circulated periodically that there would be a reconciliation of 01 the screens screen's onetime ideal couple Fairbanks will not contest the suit suil Thus his wife probably will receive a decree within 30 minutes after alter she states her case in open court possibly next week NEW YORK Dec 29 UP UP Doug Doug las lag Fairbanks booked passage on thelie the thelie lie de France shortly bel before ore sailing time today and boarded the vessel deaf deat to all queries concerning the intention in intention in in- of Mary Pickford to press for fora a d divorce dorce orce after acter January 1 He was equally reticent tnt on what property properly settlement had been ar at arranged arranged ranged or whether he expects to see ee Lady Ashley in whose divorce Lord LordA A Ashley named him him