Carl Owen Falk
Kentucky Post, Saturday, 30 December 1944, page 1
SOLDIER in PACIFIC GRANTED DIVORCE HERE-Allenging cruelty, Cpl. Carl O Falk, who is with Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines, was granted a divorce Saturday by Circuit Judge Ray L Murphy from Mrs. Flora Louise Falk, 307 Overton street, Newport.
Cpl. Falk, who lived at 309 York street, Newport, prior to his entry in the armed forces three years ago, had been based in New Guinea for 31 months before going into the Philippines with the invasion forces. It was charged in the depositions that Mrs. Falk failed to write her husband and that a draft sought on their joint bank account had been refused by his wife while her husband was in Australia. It was charged Cpl. Falk had sent the defendet $1000 in addition to her government allotments.
The couple were married Nov 15, 1941 at Ft Leonard Wood, Mo. Upon the plaintiff's motion, the defendant's maide name of Munker was restored.