Evening star., 1948-04-20
James H. R. Cromwell
~.
TO Marry Alabama
Divorce in Capital

James H. r. Cromwell. 81, ex-
husband Of Doris Duke and former
Minister to Canada. will marry Miss
Maxine MacFetridge. 81. Birming-
ham tAla.) divorcee here Saturday,
relatives of the couple said today.
Application for the license was
made yesterday by 1t. Col. ALI
Heiberg, former director of the
Army Air Forces band. Col. Hell
berg is the husband of Mr.. Crom-
wells sister. formerly the wife of
Lionel Atwill, the actor, and of Gen.
Douglas Macarthur.
~ Mrs. Heiberg said Mr.. Cromwell
I and his brideito-be met In Wash
! tngton In 1912 while she was doing
war work. Miss MacFetridge. ac-
! eording to Mrs. Heiherg. was a fire.
= uuent visitor at the Washington
home of Mr. Cromwell's mother, the
late Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury.
whose home is now the Belgian En-
bassy.
Wedding to Be in. Afternoon.
The wedding has been set for
4 pm. Saturday with the Rev.
Frederick Brown Harris. pastor Of
the Foundry Methodist Church,
officiating. Mrs. Heiberg said DR..
Harris has given permission for the
ceremony to be performed at the
church. but 1t has not yet been
definitely decided where it will be
performed.
A reception will be given after the
ceremony at the Heiberg home, 100
c street Sc. Mrs. Heiberg said the
home, known as Federal House. was
once occupied by John H. Eaton,
Secretary Of War in President Jack
sons cabinet, who married the
famous Peggy O'Neill She said the
Cromwells were descended from the
Eatons, which gave her particular
interest in renovating what had
become down. n-at-the heels rooming
house.
Only the immediate family, she
said, will attend the wedding and
. few close friends will be invited
10 the reception Mrs. Edward I.
Williams, jr.. only child Of Mr..
Cromwell and his first wife, the
late Delphine Dodge Cromwell
Godde, will come here from War
renton. Va, for the ceremony,
Brother to Be Best Man.
The best man, Mrs. Heiberg said.
will be Oliver Eaton Cromwell of
New York, Mr.. Cromwell's brother.
Miss MacFetridge, according to
her sister, Jean MacFetridge, was
married in 1885 to Paul A. Ivy, jr..
of Birmingham and divorced in
-1941. Mr. Ivy died last year.
Daughter of the manager of the
Birmingham plant of the Lehigh-
Portland Cement Co.. Miss Mac
Fetridge attended high school in
Birmingham. Later, she went to
Miss Mason's school in Tarrytown
N. Y, and to the Drexel Art Insti-
tute, where she studied dress de-
signing for year.
After short time in war agency
here. she joined the American Red
Cross and served in it's clubs In
England and France during the war.
Recently Back From Germany.
Miss Jean MacFetridge, who Is
staying with friends at the Valley
Vista Apartments. recently returned
from Germany where she was on
the public relations staff at the war
crimes trials. She Is now in the
Claims Division of the Justice De-
partment.
The tangled marital affairs OF Mr..
Cromwell and the former Miss Duke
were finally resolved earlier this
month when an absolute divorce be-
came final.
The tobacco heiress divorced Mr..
Cromwell In Reno, but New Jer-
sey court declared the divorce null
and void. Miss Duke, meanwhile.
remarked. her second husband be-
ing Porfrio Rubirosa, Dominican
Ambassador to Argentina.
Mr.. Cromwell won an absolute
divorce in January with the decree
Incoming final in three months.