Evening star., 1927-11-14
MCCORMICK BARS
DIVORCE COMMENT
Says Question of Separating
From Prima Donna Nife Is
"PersonaI Matter"
BE- the Associated prnss

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, November 14.-Whether
Harold F.. Mccormick, chairman of
the executive board of the Interna.
tional Harvester Co, has anv plans
TO divorce his prima donna wife, Nine.
Ganna NalGka, is ''entrely a personal
matter" about which he prefers not
to talk "at this time" he told the
Herald and Examiner last night
The newspaper reached Mr.. Nc.
Cormick near Santa Barbara. Calf.
by long distance telephone, seeking
conn, 'son or denial of reports that
suit for div ,rce. charging desertion, is
to he filed in Chicago.
Its entirely a personal matter and
Id prefer not to talk about t at this
time. the newspaper quoted him. In
answer to a questiol as to when a
suit might be filed, MIR. Mccormick
replied:
IF I were to tell YOU that l would
be violating my original position.
would I not? / am sure you can ap.
preciate my position" Then, the
newspaper said, there was a. pause.
after which Mr.. Mccormick added: II
believe / shall stand pat on that state
ment."
Miss Muriel "Surprised"
Miss Muriel Mccormick the dauGh-
ter who just now is directing Red
Cross membership activities here, eX-
pressed surprise at the reports. She
said she had been in constant COM
munication with her father, but that
he had made no mention of any plans
for a divorce
Likewise, George Schein, the attor-
ney who was reported to have been
employed to draw up the bill, said he
knew nothing about it.
The Paris marriage in 1922 of Mr.
Mccormick and Nine. Walska took
place five weeks after she had d.
vorced Alexander Smith Cochran.
wealthy manufacturer and sportsman
Mr.. McCormicks first wife was Mrs.
Edith Rockefeller Mccormick, daugh-
ter of John ID. Rockefeller. who is
rated as one of the worlds wealthiest
women.
Miss Muriel Mccormick said she re-
GREETED that the publicity given her
father could not be diverted to the
Red Cross, which now is receiving
her attention. Another daughter
Mathilde. is living quietly in Switzer-
land with her husband, Max Oser
and their two children. Her mar
riage at the age Of IS to the Swiss
riding instructor followed her fathers
second marital embarkation.
Nine. WaIska's Occupation.
Nine. Walska. whose several ef-
forts at an operatic career failed to
bring from American critics any
marked enthusiasm, now operates an
elaborate Paris shop. and is re.
putedly wealthy in her own right
Mr.. Mccormick was reported to have
settled several million dollars upon
her at the time of their marriage.
Dudley Field Malone. international
lawyer. was the friend of both Mr..
and Mrs. Mccormick. and the Herald
and Examiner said he was expected
to represent the singer in case a di-
vorce bill should be filed. New York
dispat tches. however. quoted Mr.. Ma
lone as saying he was not now Nine.
-~Walska's counsel and that he knew
nothing about a contemplated divorce
action. Il II
The Herald and Examiner described
the divorce bill as zone OF the most
human and sorrOwfui ever drawn in
divorce action. an epic OF disillu-
sionment. narrative OF heartaches." !"
In 1t. the newspaper adds, Mr.. Me-
Corinick will Edescribe his futile ef-
forts to hold the affection and inter-
est of his brilliant young wife,
There is to he no question Of ali
mony. the newspaper pointed out, he
cause of previous settlement by the
millionaire. Grounds will be that
Nine. Walska has refused to come
back to America and make her home
here.