Show MARLBOROUGH IS AGAIN MEMBER OF CATHOLIC CHURCH Duke Who Nullified MaiS Marriage Mar Mar- S to Vanderbilt Girl Reinstated d LONDON Feb 1 A rhe AThe The Duke ot of Marlborough whose marriage to th former Consuelo Vanderbilt was recently nullified was received into the Catholic church today The was h held lc in the chapel ot of the archbishops archbishop's house ouse est f ster I The present Duche Duchess Duchess- s. s QC f Marlborough Marl Marl- borough C Countess 1 LadY Lady Spencer Ch Churchill and 1 Lord Lovat were present I S CardInal Francis Bo Bohrne rne archbIshop archbishop arch arch- bIshop of Westminster granted the duke and duchess an audIence after the ceremony and blessed them The Dul Duke e of M Marlborough's marrIage marriage mar mar- to the former Consuelo Vanderbilt Van Van- under the rites of the Epis- Epis church was nullified by the Catholic diocesan court of f South South- wark England a year ear ago and the was confirmed d last July by bythe bythe the hol holy tribunal of Rota at Rome Rom News of the nullification became continued on n Page 10 MARLBOROUGH IS AGAIN MEMBER OF CATHOLIC CHURCH Continued from page 1 public In November and created international in- in interest and Episcopal dignitaries Including Manning ian l Man Man- ning ot of New York strongly criticized criticized the action o of li ie Catholic authorities When reports or of the nullification proceedings first became became be- be came known it was stated that they were initiated to regularize the dukes duke position and permit his entry entry en- en try Into the Catholic faith The Marlborough Vanderbilt marriage was celebrated November 6 6 1895 The duchess was awarded a decree of divorce n London II in November 1920 be duke later married Gladys Deacon of Boston and the first duchess became became be- be came the wife of M. M JacqueS Balsan Bal Bal- san a Frenchman The evidence In the nullification case as made public in Rome last Nov November was that the Miss Vanderbilt who was only 17 a at t the time ot of her marriage to the duke was as forced into the wedding by her mother that Miss Vanderbilt did did not enjoy the neCessary liberty to contract valid matrimony wIth the duke and that therefore they were never married in the ees ees of tIle the church Interest in the dukes uke's religious connections first came to the fore foreIn forein In October 1922 when the bishon ot of Oxford In a letter requested him not to attend the Oxford Oxford Ox- Ox ford diocesan cOI e. e The bishop sai said l he could not admit that the duke had the status ot of a communicant communicant com com- owing to the f ft t that he had been divorced and remarried DERN TO TA TALK K ON PACT Walis Position on the Colorado River Problem will be given by br Governor George IT II Dern at the weekly membership lunch luncheon on of the chamber of enes tI day It wll be the t public address address ad- ad dress by the executive on this matter matter mat mat- ter since the Utah legislature with with- dew diew from the six six- state six tate Senator A. A B. B Irvine will preside |