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Onetime (1911-12) Premier of France Joseph Caillaux was reported to have discussed last week the subject of alimony awards by French courts in somewhat boastful fashion with a group of U. S. lawyers, including famed Dudley Field Malone.
"I give my divorced wife 10,000 francs a month [$400]," said M. Caillaux, "I am probably the largest alimony payer in France. Yet, consider. What I give is but a present to her. The Court only ordered a fraction of that amount."
Is M. Caillaux, then, divorced from onetime Mile. Henriette Rinouard, who, as Mme. Caillaux, shot and killed Editor Gaston Calmette of Le Figaro...
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