DIONNE QUINTUPLETS
BREACH OF CONTRACT SUIT DR. DAFOE INVOLVED NEW YORK, Nov. 12 The doctor who attended the birth of the Dionne quintuplets, Dr. Dafoe, arrived in New York to-day after a flight from Chicago, where he was involved in an unusual situation when a subpoena in connection with a 1,000,000 dollar breach of contract suit was handed to him as he was boarding the aeroplane. Dr. Dafoe denied that the papers were served on him personally, but said that they were banded to a photographer, who relayed them to a journalist through a window of the machine. The suit was brought by a promoter, Mr. Ivan Spear, who alleges that Dr. Dafoe, Mr. and Mrs Dionne, and 14 others signed over to him the exclusive publicity rights regarding the quintuplets.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22578, 17 November 1936, Page 9
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131DIONNE QUINTUPLETS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22578, 17 November 1936, Page 9
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