The Omaha guide., 1941-07-19
Chances of Recon-
CT iation Between
joe arva, Di1m...

thursday during Cn1CAgO stop
over; No Settlement of $250,OOO
Contemplated
CHICAGO, July 16 (ANPj
Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stain
will probably kiss and make up
before Joe and Marva Louis take
such action, it appears today.
The heavyweight champion ill
ed an answer Wednesday to her
divorce suit in which he denied
virtually all Of his wife's aIlegat-
ions and introduced some Of his
own among them the contention
that she had not been a true and
virtuous wife" At the same time
he told how he had lavished thous
ands of dollars upon her and end
ed by asking that her plea be den
led.
The Brown Bomber, who had
been reported coming to town for
q conference almost daily since
Mrs. Louis started action, finally
did arrive last Thursday and spent
a few hours here prior to leaving
for Minneapolis and a boxing ex-
hibition Friday night. Joe spent
most of the day playing golf, but
he is understood to have called
Marva on the telephone. Howev-
er, what they said to each other
Is thus far a secret.
1t was also learned from Atty.
William Temple, the champions
counsel, that any talk of a $780,
600 out Of court settlement for Mrs
Louis was a pipe dream. Thus
far, he said, nothing along that
line had been suggested.
Sources close to the t~itleholder
are inclined to laugh at Marva's
contention that Joe Is worth $780,
600 in REAL estate and another
$400,00O annuities, stocks and
bonds and checking accounts. Al
though he has crossed around ST.
600 900 in his eve years Of pro-
fessional fighting, he has had to
pay his managers, Julian Black
and John Roxborough; his trainer
Jack Blackburn, as well as other
training camp expenses. This In
itself knocked a big hole in his
earnings.
In addition, Uncle Sam has TAX
en- his cut through income taxes
and this alone amounted 10 sew
eral thousand dollars. It Is esti-
mated that a heavyweight champ
ion ordinarily spends $1,000 week
ly for living expenses because of
his prominence in the world of
sports and rs utilization with the
many who live in the sporting
world of "easy come, easy CO."
Anything less brands a titleholder
as a piker and may react unfavor-
ably at the boxoffice in future
fights.
The champion has also spent
considerable sums caring for his
mother and family, both in De-
troit and Alabama. His interest
in pedigreed horses, Of which he
owns several also is expensive and
extensive. He is understood to
have taken a loss on his softball
team Of a few years ago.
According to his answer filed
Wednesday, he has spent more
than $125,00O on Marva in the
nearly six years of their marriage.
He has given her everything fin
ancially to make her happy, in
GLIDING an automobile or two each
year, an allowance of 500 weekly
plus other gifts ranging from $500
to $4,000. But Mrs. Louis has
been such an expensive item, the
petition says, that he has been
compelled to pay her other bills
and obligations amounting to an
other $4,000 to $4,000 annually.
The six flat buildings where
Marva lives was purchased for
$21 1000 and given to her, and he
spent another $4,000 in redecor-
ating and furnishing her own a
partment and the building. She
receives another $500 in rentals
from this building which is hers
to use as she sees fit.
Joe also denied ever having
struck Marva, said she had not
acted kindly and affectionately"
toward him nor had she conducted
herself "as a true and virtuous
wife" He did not elaborate On
this statement nod upon his denial
that he had ever stated to his wife
"or intimated to anyone that ne
did not want a child or children"
He asked for dismissal OF her
suit for divorce.
When the allegations in Joe's
answer were made known, it was
Marva's turn to express Surprise.
especially at the aspersions On her
wifely conduct.
Those aren't Joe's words" Mrs
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