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Show Former Hilford Doctor "Makes" Coast Headlines Dr. diaries R. Parrish, former Milford physician and surgeon." seems to have an affinity for "making" the headlines of the daily gapers. His first divorce from the former Mae Kohler, who was his wife when he came to Mil-ford Mil-ford some 15 years ago and with whom he lived for some eigfiiht or nine years,, was played up plenty strong in the Salt Lake Telegram about three years ago and now the Los Angeles papers appear to be finding him a fertile field for divorce di-vorce court noitorielty, as witness the following clippings from the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Examiner of May 2. "Comedy and tears mingled yesterday yes-terday as Superior Judge Nye held court in the La Crescenta Sanitarium room of Mrs. Martha Parrish, known on stage ana screen as Ann Meril, who is being sued for divorce by her husband, hus-band, Dr. Charles E. ParrisTi, ana who, in a cross-complaint, seeks $350 mtonthly alimony from the physician. "Miss Meril, who brought suit under her true name of Martha Baum Parrisb, denied that her husband objected to her continuing her career and declared that they 'both went out with their own friends' by mutual agreement. " 'I threw chocolate in his face because he was hurting my wrisi and he dared me to do it," tht 22-.y(er-old brunette dedlared iln response ,t)P ner aorney, Oldtell S. McConnell. The incident took ptlace, she said, in a squabble over $2.50, which he demanded from her tit a drive-in stand. "The former actress, who has been confined in the sanitarium since last December hvith tuberculosis, tuber-culosis, testified that she first became be-came ill in New York during a stage engagement there after sht became the surgeon's third wife. He told her she should have her tonsils out and that (her illness "would soon go away", Miss MeriJ testified. "It wasn't until after their marriage mar-riage in Las Vegas on July 29 1936, that Miss Meril said she learned of the doctor's two previous pre-vious marriages when his second wile filed suit for $5300 for purported pur-ported back alimony. " 'Doctor Parrish bought me one coat and refused to buy me more clothes', Miss Meril said, adding that she was forced to pawn her wedoing ring for $5 and her engagement en-gagement ring for $60 while in New York. Later, she said, she gave the pawn tickets to Doctoi Parrish, who told her he would redeem and keep the rings himself." |