Word: heir
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pasadena, Calif., an all-male jury considered the case against Sugar Heir John D. Spreckels III, whose blonde wife, Lou Dell, charged that he had whaled her with a poker. Pondering in private for 7½ hours, the jury decided that...
...Jake Kramer, who has already turned pro, was rated the nation's No. 1 amateur tennis player; after him, and thereby the heir apparent, came robot Frank Parker...
Died. Anthony William Hall, 53, village police inspector, pretender to the throne of Britain as King Anthony I (he claimed direct descent from Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn); of a heart ailment; in Little Dewchurch, England. Hall, who leaves no heir (his older brother Don, once renounced all claims to kingship in the event of Anthony's success), campaigned for the throne with dignity but persistence, addressed some 2,000 outdoor meetings. At various times he sent a notice to King George V to quit, plumped for the return of the American colonies to Britain, and tried to build...
...Kleberg, Mrs. Ella King Welton, and Mrs. Nettie King Atwood are all now dead. The property went to the Klebergs, to Richard King III, who got 150,000 acres, to the Atwoods, who got 131,000 (now being operated by the trustees of the estate), and to the Welton heir, who sold out to Bob Kleberg. Richard King III now operates his ranch independently of the King Ranch Corp...
...Life (Paramount) there is, naturally, Bob Hope. This movie has quite a lot of Hope, in fact, but rather less life than his admirers have reason to hope for. Bob is a disc jockey for dog food (with appropriate yips) who is sought out as the morganatic heir to a Graustarkian throne. Signe Hasso, the kingdom's military genius despite her sex, is trying to get him crowned; an assortment of statesmanlike heavies (George Zucco, et al.) are trying to get him conked; his fiancée, and her six policemen brothers are trying...