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Marriage broking is not recognized by German law, but the moral right of the marriage broker to receive his fee, the moral duty of the newlyweds or their families to make payment, was sternly upheld, last week, by a Berlin judge...
...suit: An action brought by newlyweds who charged their broker (female) with "blackmail" because she tried to collect from the groom's parents her 211 mark...
...verdict: "Case dismissed. This court finds no evidence of blackmail. It is the most natural thing in the world today to marry through a matrimonial broker. Probably 30% of all German marriages are made in this way. Clients ought to feel duty-bound to compensate their broker who enjoys no legal protection...
Died. William Hoffman Martin, 67, grain broker of Chicago and New York, father of Managing Editor John S. Martin of TIME, uncle of the late Briton Hadden (cofounder of TIME) ; of pneumonia; in Manhattan...
...Clara Prince, widow of the late Julius Prince and sister-in-law of Broker Theodore Prince, was made a special partner of Theodore Prince...