Monday, Oct. 26, 1936

Married. Alicia Tumulty, daughter of Joseph Patrick Tumulty, private secretary to President Woodrow Wilson; and John Donnelly, of Boston; in Washington.

Divorced. Van-Lear Black, 35, Chicago insurance salesman, son of the late board chairman-publisher of Baltimore's Sun-papers; by Mrs. Helen Frampton Black, 28; in Chicago. Grounds: cruelty, punching and slapping her when she contradicted his assertions that he worked overtime at his office.

Divorced. Harry King Curtis, son of the late Vice President Charles Curtis; by Mrs. Beatrice Elliot Curtis, 35; in Chicago. Grounds: desertion.

Died. Ras Dedjazmatch Nassibu, 42, doughty Ethiopian General who for seven months fought Italy's invading General Rodolfo Graziani (TIME, April 27 et ante); of tuberculosis brought on by inhaling Italian poison gas; in Davos-Platz, Switzerland.

Died. Marlen Edwin Pew, 58, lifelong newshawk who in 1912 helped organize the United Press, onetime (1919-22) manager of Hearst's International News Service from which he resigned "on principle," from 1924 until his retirement last June (TIME, June 15) editor and vice president of Editor & Publisher; after a throat operation; in Manhattan.

Died. Dr. Karl August Werner, 60, Supreme Nazi Prosecutor, famed for his thundering accusations at the 1933 Reichstag fire trial; after a bladder operation; in Berlin.

Died. Rev. William Hartley Carnegie, 76, rector of London's swank St. Margaret's Church, since 1913 Canon of Westminster; in London. In 1916 he married the widow of Statesman Joseph Chamberlain, thus became the stepfather of Statesmen Neville and Sir Austen Chamberlain.

Died. Mrs. Margaret Theisen Fisher, 79, mother of Detroit's seven shy, automobile body-building Fisher Brothers (William, Lawrence, Frederick, Edward, Howard, Charles, Alfred); after a fortnight's illness; in Detroit. Each son had a separate night to pay her a call.

Died. Ethelbert Stewart, 79, longtime (1887-1932) authoritative U. S. Labor Department statistician; of coronary thrombosis; in Washington. Rebuked for disputing Secretary of Labor William Nuckles Doak's optimistic statement that employment was rising in 1932, he retired, drawled: "I have had a tin can tied to the end of my coattail."

Died. Thomas Jefferson Foster, 93, founder of the International Correspondence Schools ("We Teach the World") ; in Scranton, Pa.

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