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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1934

Page

10

A Doctor His Bride and a Crooner Mixed This Cocktail

In Budapest a dancer Lily Dobay leaps from a window after a doomed romance with crooner Charles Vadja and the surgeon Ernest Dobay fails to save her. The mystery centers on a nonlegal marriage that collapses under parental consent issues and a public burial, with Vadja admitting he warned against her return to drink and the doctor grappling with reputation and love.

Budapest Josephring Szechenyi Admiral Bar Aaron Buda Ernest Ces Meen Lily Szechenyi Lily Kovacs Lily Dobay Dr Dobay Lily Kovacs Szechenyi Lily Ernest Dobay Lily Kovacs-Szechenyi Lala Charles Vadja Vadja Vadia Adja Mienk Dr. Dobay

Name Game Ends in Bigamy Fight Over Two Dorothys

Robert Nelson a San Francisco traveling salesman faced a court battle over two wives both named Dorothy. Dorothy Number One sought to set aside the final divorce decree while Dorothy Number Two claimed pregnancy as the second wife, prompting a judge to rule Nelson a bigamist. The case exposed reconciliations and alleged entanglements across 1927 to 1938 with competing stories and witness testimony.

Robert Nelson San Francisco Dorothy Edna Nelson Nelson Dorothy Dorothy Mae Dorothy Edna Thomas F. Graham California Dorothy Number One Bob Dorothy Number Two Onsible Mamie Wile Therese Lucent Caroline Benjes Zilla Nichols Miss Nichols Graham Orothy Dorothy Number

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