MARRIED BY PHONE
GROOM IN LONDON, BRIDE IN U.S.A.
LONDON, August 30. , The first transatlantic radio-tele-phone wedding ceremony ever arranged from London was concluded ia a 12-minute call, costing £12, by Lieutenant Edward Trieviz, U.S.A.A.F., to Mary Ellen McKenzie. 4000 miles away in Indiana. United States army officials are puzzled about the legality of the wedding. The fact that an armychaplain conducted the service at thd London end did not legalise the marriage. He would be acting only as a witness. The Indiana State marriage laws will have to settle the question.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 54, 1 September 1945, Page 7
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92MARRIED BY PHONE Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 54, 1 September 1945, Page 7
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