In re McInnis

FORD, District Judge.

A petition for naturalization was filed by Catherine B. Mclnnis on May 27, 1938, under Section 4 of the Act of June 29, 1906, Chap. 3592, § 4, 34 Stat. 596, 8 U.S. C.A. § 372. The petitioner, notified to appear for admission on October 3, 1938, failed to present herself. She was not notified to appear again until two years after the effective date (January 13, 1941) of the Nationality Act of October 14, 1940 (hereinafter called the Act), Chap. 876, Title I, § 1 et seq., 54 Stat. 1137, 8 U.S.C.A. § 501 et seq.

Section 347 of the Act, 8 U.S.C.A. § 747, entitled “Saving…