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Detroit evening times., 1943-09-05

Sarasota, gOodly portion Of which they own
-DOrsay- tAeff-53t3'- -f4t4,i- -ii44sowf1 home III
town. But though this might look like in
dependence. there was no substance 20 II So
far as anyone knew he had no money except
$500 a month allowance from his family.
The huge Palmer fortune was apparently
tied up IN trust funds over the income OF
which DOrSav's father and the latter's only
brother exercised fun sway.
only on Hon0rcs death IL was supposed
9'7iid R-e4f77fy rrrrre into anything OF his own
then he would abruptly find himself master
OF the income on about S1500000O.
While waiting for this windfall, he might,
of course. have got a job but his tastes did
not run in that direction. He was content to
struggle along on credit and on the sums his
parents doled out
Mr.. and Mrs Palmer Sr seem 10 have
been content with this arrangement too for
it allowed thcm some measure of control
over their sons wild ways
In any case tins was tho situation Louise
was precipitated into AZ the ripe age OF l..
Specifically. it looked as though she had
lcapt at one bound from far down 20 the very
highest rIng OF the social ladder
Actually all she'd gained was a proud
name and an alcoholic husband
For material benefits she was wholly de-
pendent on the favor of her parents-in-law.
WHO Hd'f no secret ol the TACT that iaVor or
any kind was thu last thing she could expect
from them.
Indeed she says she has never TO this day
met DOrsay's mother She met his father
once, when Honorc generously gave her 500
20 buy widows Wostis So She couid wake 4
proper showing az her husbands funeral
Being "a girl of stroug\ character she did.
not take this treatment lying down a month
before pOrsays death. she quarron.d with
him over whether ne was going 90 side with
her or his family and, dissatisfied with ms
replies hired, lawyer naWcd Frank Rcdd
Redd filed ln her behalf n couple Of suits,
which were dropped when she and her hus-
band became rCC0nCIlcd.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-05

- Then B0rsay went 70 the barbecue. got
into fight with a Sarasota butcher and soon
afterwards died of a streptococcic infection
Through Redds efforts Louise was ap-
pointed her husbands sole heir and admin
istratrix Of his estate which sounded nice but
didn't mean much, for all ne had left. ap-
parently. was $500 worth of personal prop
erty, and even that was menaccd by dcht
Evidently fearful that she would do sowo-
thing 10 disgrace tho name Of Palmer Io-
norc's lawyers she asserts, made her an Offer
Of $4,000 "A month for life f she would stop
calling herself Mrs Potter dOrs7y Palmer
and waive her rights in her husbands estate.
Her reply according 20 her, was that shn
would be glad 80 do SO II her mother-in-laW
would aS9 renounce the Palmer name a pro-
posal which was greeted with incredulty and
fatty rejected
Later she declares. "thev that u.s. the
Palmer agents kept after me. even giving
me $4,000 through the Palmer National Bank
OF Sarasota in an effort 90 have me dis
charge Mr.. Redd as my attorney. and allow
them 60 hire a lawyer for me-
Her response TO this vgts 90 make Eedd The
irrcvocahle tFVstee of her IIt.nrs's and 90
assign him third of anything she might ever
Eetout Of the estate.
After that however she had a falling ont
with Redd and weary of litigation bv 'H5
time went 90 the Palmer rcrfus.a'a IH a
mood to bring things 60 Close,
ON being assured that the estate was val-
ueless, she says she agreed in consideration OF
the sum Of $255O 20 assign hor rights M hcr
husbands personal property 20 his parents.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-05

punches with his hoity-toity family
However that was just a gymnasium
workout compared 20 the battle royal she's
in now
And the strangcst feature Of the present
fraeas IS the f7Ct that, though she is in a
sense its central figure Louise had almost
nothing 10 do with bringing it about
The thing just sort Of grew Of its own
accord BY now it has reached such pro-
portions that the whole vast and heretofore
impregnable fortress Of the Palmer fortune
IS 1T CaUEcr 0f beIng topped over
Louises first intimation of what was
happening came SO she says last May, in the
form Of telegram from one Of the Palmer
lawyers a MIR Cartwright advising her that
she would soon receive In the mail a legal doc
Umcnt concerning lawsuit IN Chicago
On arrival. the document turned out 20 be
n 10s-pagc book called Compliant for Con
struction and Instructions
Unable TO make head or tail Of II. she
went TO the WACs Legal Assistance office
and there confdcd her problem 10 a sergeant
The sergeant told her 90 come back the fol-
lowing day When she did he looked az her
rcproachfully and said that all he had been
able 10 get out Of her case was a headache
so he had turned II over 10 the MAJOR
II also gave the Major a headache and
in the end Louise had 20 consult the Colonel
Auxiliary Struck said the Colonel have
you got a lawyer in Chicago"
No said Louise.
Then l would advise you 10 get one as
quickly as possible good two-fisted one"
n After which. Louise says TO my complete
urprise and amazement l was advised by
'Cof. SnerrilI that I had completely assigned
all nay rights and all interests as the sole
heir at 4latS of Potter dOrsay Palmer 10
Honore Palmer lD'Orsays father
In order To understand her ama2emcHt it
IS necessary 90 turn tha calendar back 70
the days when she was p'Orsay wife
His father. Honore and his mother lived,
and still live. on a feudal estate on the out
skirts Of the small Florida resort town OF
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-05

JQb>iH a Toledo. Ohio defense plant and his
wife first checked hats in hotel and then
.uired the WACs
Meanwhile Mr. Redd had not been idle.
Lopse may have thought She was through
with HIM but he was not through with her.
He still had that contract emitting him 20
a third OF anything owing her from the
Palmer estate and, come hcu O.. h.eh ..atrr
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-05

IN the course of her WAC duties
While doing *. p she reached into one
Of the big garbage pals for a misplaced egg
shell. lost her balance and fell In.
Tie mest rgcant who pulled her ont
looked at her strangely when she said
Thanks You've just rescued Mrs Potter
dOrsav Palmer from fate worse than
death,
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-05
BY CHARLES ROBBINS

A T Aberdeen Proving Grounds, in Mary
"a land where she is at present stationed
Y Puma Louise Palmer Struck is just
another WAC.
She drives a two ton truck-as well as
occasional light tanks sweeps up the COM
pany streets. does p when she can't get
out of it and lives on $50 a month
Meanwhile, around her attractive head is
gathering one OF the great legal storms OF our
time.
1t may be that the clouds will blow away
leaving her In the same humble station, which
except Ter ore sittter1nE- -tr4tEriude has been
hers all her life
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-05

or It may be that, % the roll.
ing OF lawyers rhetoric and the
flashing Of judicial wit, the storm
VIII break and shower her with
about fifteen million dollars.
Though few OF the other seven
ty-four WACs in her crowded bar
racks know II. Pluma, or Louise, as
she prefers 20 be called. is the
widow Of Potter d'Orsay Palmer
erstwhile harum-scarIm scion OF
THE Palmers, OF Chicago
She was a combination hostess
and waitress In Florida luke Join;
when, in 1888, Dprsay.
on the rebound from his
third marriage, gave her
a chance TO play Cindcr-
ella 10 his somewhat
battered Prince Charm
ing.
For six months she
had the dubious pleasure -
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OF being his fourth wife.
Aand then. following Ays
0rawl AT a barbecue.
HOrsay died &
Even before this sad M
event Louise had had oc- M
casion TO trade legal a
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-05

Some slight qualms
assailed her when she
recalled that Dor
says three previous
wives, the daughter
of a Sarasota truck
d yer, a S outh
American beauty and
a Long Island so
cialite had, b efore
they were through
with him, nicked his
budget for more than
three quarters Of a.
million dollars in ali
mOny
But these qualms
were more than COM
pcnsated for by the
pleasure Of not hav-
ing 10 worry about
any more lawsuits
Soon she was work.
ing In another luke
Joint near Tampa
and soon after that
married a carnival
ssionalre named
Ellsworth A. Struck.
With him and his
travelling show she
toure q the country
until war put a cump
in the carnival bust
ohm. NsfH..-....-sH ..
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-05

ettOrt on the part oil Ine
Palmer lawyers TO defend
the estate against this
unexpected attack, and in
it, Louise says, she dis
covered for the first time
that instead Of signing
away her rights solely TO
D'Orsay's personal be-
longings for that measly
S2550, she had, unbe-
knownst 10 her, signed
away all her rights as his
legal heir.
SO she took Colonel
Sherrills advice and got
herself a tw o-fist e d
Chicago lawyer, named
Nat S. Ruvell. of 33 n.
LaSalle st.
Though hired only a
short time ago. Mr..
Ruvell, in association
with another lawyer.
Gustave 3. Garfield, of
New York, has already
turned up one poser both
for the Palmer attorneys
and for Mr.. Redd.
II is that Louise, who is
only % now, was, at the
time she made her con-
tracts with all of them.
not legally Of age, and
therefore, in the eyes of
the law, incapable of con-
cluding a valid contract.
This fact will not pre-
vent her from collecting
whatever is coming to her
but. if accepted by the
court, should mean that
she has not signed away
her rights TO the Palmers
or committed herself 70
Mr. Redd.
The latter's predica-
ment more or less typi-
fies the extraordinary
legal complications Of this
whole case.
Evidently feeling that
his researches had placed
him in the position of the
man who got hold Of a
lion by the tail, he
quickly called in a lot Of
other lawyers 70 help and
represent him.
As a result, he may
not only turn out to be
"A lawyer without a client,
but. in relation TO his
legal aides is not a lawyer
at all, but a client.
Appreciative of the
irony of his posi- ,.on, as
well as Of her own legal
one. Louise nevertheless
feels that both have been
overshadowed by "a posa
hon she recently gotintd
er WAC duties
= she reached into one
pals for a misplaced egg
>nce and fell In
can't. who pulled her ont
trangely when she said.
just rescued Mrs. Potter
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-05

All the Former Juke
Joint Woi+ress Ever
Cot From Her Late
Hush ond, Potter
dorsey Palmer, of
THE PoImers. Are
Peanuts. But While
She Drives an Army
Truck for $50 a
M ont h. L Lawyers
Have Brewed Up q
Storm That May
Shower Her With
Millions.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-05

he was going to find out II any
thing -NNAS-owiRg.
So he began a profound study
Of every legal document relating
20 the Palmers he could lay his
hands on. especially the will of
D'6rsay's late grandmother, the
original Mrs Potter Palmer.
whose long reign over Chicago
society has become a legend
The more he studied the more
convinced Mr. Redd became that
Mrs Potter Palmer had, with
typical arrogance. disregarded
those provisions of her deceased
husbands viii which specified
the manner in which she was 10
dispose Of his fortune Thus, in
Mr. Redd's opinion. large pro-
pertieR-ef the money should have
beeu divided up on her death
among all the heirs instead of
just going in trust, as she had di-
rected. 10 Honore and his brother
In other words, DOrsay should
have had his while he was alive,
amt now that ne was dead, his
share should go Immediately TO
his widow.
The booklet on construction
and instructions. which had been
sent TO Louise, represented an
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-03-11
SERVICES FOR
MRS. BEAR CRANE

Funeral services were held at
the First Crow Indian Baptist
church in Lodge Grass Friday
afternoon, Feb. 26, for Mrs.
Aloysius (Slim) Bear Crane. 40,
who passed away at her home
in Lodge Grass Wednesday, Feb.
"a, after an illness of several
months.
She was a daughter of George
Hill, well-known early-day In
dian interpreter in Lodge Grass.
She received her education at
the Baptist Indian Mission day
school at Lodge Grass and at
the Haskell institute in Law
renee, Kan.
Survivors include her hus-
band, a daughter, Winnie Medi-
cine Grow, and three grand
children.
DR.. w. A. Petzoldt conducted
the services. Music was furnish
ed by a mixed quartet consist
ing of Mr. mad Mrs. Donald
Deer Nose, Mrs. Dave Pease and
Leo Boese. They sang "All the
Wav My Savior Leads Me-" and
What a Friend We Have in Je-
sus.' John White man offered
the prayer and Miss Clara Odds
read the obituary.
Interment was in the Lodge
Grass cemetery.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-03-11
YERGER IS CHAMP

Pvt. Henry Yerger is the new
novice champion in the 147-
pound division at FIT. Kearns,
Utah. Yerger recently partici-
pated in a boxing tournament
at the camp, and carried off
the honors. The former Hardin
lad boxed a Philadelphia negro,
who has been amatuer champ
of that city for the past four
years and another lad from
Maine, winning the decision in
both fights.
Pvt. Yerger is the son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Conrad Yerger of Har-
din. He was indicted into the
Army in January and is in the
Medical Corps.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-03-11
GUNNERY RANGE
NEAR Fl, PECK

Acquisition of a tract of near
ly 1000 square miles totaling
sos, 900 acres to be used as an
aerial gunnery range south OF
Fort Peck is now being ne
gotiated, Senator James E. Muir
rey announced recently.
Negotiations are being con-
Quoted by the Real Estate div
ision of the office of Services
of Supply of the War depart
ment. The territory will be used
in the training of American
flyers in combat duty, Sena-
ator Murray was informed. High
speed American fighter and
bomber planes, 10000 feet in
the air, will dive, bank and
maneuver as in actual combat,
their pilots and gunners firing
at sleeve targets drawn behind
other planes. Stimulating actual
combat conditions, training Will
be realistic.
A conclusion of the negotia-
tons has been completed.
Evacuation of civilian person
mel from the huge area is un-
der way.
A few temporary emergency
landing fields will be construct
ed on the tract, but the flyers
who train there will be based
at either LeWistoWn or Great
Falls.
Under arrangements worked
out oy the Services of Supply
in similar tracts in the West
livestock men are not asked to
remove their stock from the
area. In wyoming, stockmen
agreed to assume all Academia
losses to livestock herds in pay
ments for the rental fee for
flying over the land. The army
announces, however, that on
July l it will meet with the
Stockmen of the area and ad-
just payments on the basis OF
the number of animals killed
by falling bullets. 1t is under
stood that no naval planes will
be used in the maneuvers anc
that Fort Peck lake will not be
a part of the training area.
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TO RECRUIT FOR
WAVES AND SPARS

The requirements for enlisted
Waves or Spars are at least two
years of high school or equlvel-
ent and they must be between
the ages of 20 and SO.
Officer candidates in either Of
the two branches of the SER
vice must be between the ages
of 20 and 40 and must have
had two years of college plus
at least two years Of accept
able business or professional
experience.
waves and Spars will serve
only in the continental United
States for the duration Of the
war plus six months. only. Like
any other member of the Navy
they will be assigned to duty
where they are most needed.
A member Of the Waves or
SparS is entitled to allOWan-
ces for her dependents on the
same basis as men in the Navy
or Coast Guard.
Those interested are urged to
see the travelling recruiters
when they are here or call at
their nearest recruiting station.
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Mrs. Fred Waterman and
Mrs. John Bennett were Tues
day evening visitors at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn
Bentley in Crow Agency.
R. S. Ross, of Great Falls, was
a guest of the A. Buzzetti and
R. P. Ross families over the
week end.
E. L. Rumfelt and son, Jack,
were Billings visitors Tuesday.
Bert Slater took office as
Big Horn county treasurer on
March /.
Elwood Bailey, who is in the
ferry command, arrived in Har-
din Tuesday evening for a short
furlough. He is stationed in CAL
ifornia.
Mrs. Lewis Bochy and Miss
Alta Cochran were Billings visi-
tors Tuesday.
Mrs. Lena McMilin has re-
ceived word that her brother,
Sidney D. Ator, passed away re-
Gently. The funeral was held
on March 4. Mr.. Ator lived in
Hardin until three years ago.
when he moved to the west
coast.
Pvt. Alfred Bowman of Fort
Douglas. Utah, is home on fur
Tough. He was called here by the
death of his grandmother, Mrs.
Ollie Callahan.
The H. E. o. Home Demon
stration club will meet in the
Congregational church parlors
on March II at 200 o'clock. A
project. Conserve Human Life
at Home" will be given bv prof.
ect leaders, Mrs. L. I. Kingston
and Mrs. Roy Riley. Mrs. King
and Mrs. Wort will be hostesses.
Mrs. Joe Turner. Miss Mary
Owen and Miss Jeanne Mann
were guests Sunday at the
Francis Owen home near Lodge
Grass.
On Thursday. March 10, the
w. S. C.. S. of the Methodist
church will hold an evening
meeting in the church parlors.
The program, "Uprooted People"
will be under the direction of
Mrs. P. D. Thomson. Mr.. Gus
tafson will show a movie,
"Chaff." which deals with the
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- PHONE YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO NO. 8 =

j. ]. Ping left Monday for St.
Louis, Mo-, where he will attend
the markets and buy stock for
the store.
Mrs. Hester Elliott and Mrs.
Charles Sweeney left Friday for
Colorado. Mrs. Elliott will visit
a daughter there, and Mrs.
Sweeney will join her husband
in Denver.
Miss Cecilia Dietrich received
medical treatment in Billings
Tuesday.
E. L. (Jack) Rumfelt, of the
First Special Service force at
FIT. Harrison. arrived in Hardin
Sunday. He spent the week end
with his wife, baby and par
ents, MI. and Mrs. E. L. Rum
felt, Sr.
The Rev. and Mrs. j. E. H.
Nelson and family left Wednes-
dav morning for their new
home in Edmond, Wash.
Mrs. Calvin Buckingham was
a guest Saturday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Rumfelt.
MI. and Mrs. J. H. lesser en-
tertained the Rev. Gordon Win
sor and Mr.. Barr at a waffle
supper Tuesday evening.
John Bennett returned Tues
day evening from Santa Mon
lea. Calf, where he has been
visiting his two daughters. Mrs.
Charles Butkay and Mrs. Harry
Froese.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale H. Davis
of Billings were weekend guests
at the home of MIR. and Mrs.
C. S. Elder.
NOTICE: The Red Cross sur
gical dressing room will not be
opened on Friday afternoon due
to the World Dav of PRAYER at
the Congregational church.
Word has been received here
that Jun Mikami. who is sta
toned at Camp Shelby. Miss.
has been promoted to the rank
of Corporal.
Charles Elder, who has been
attending school in Seattle.
Wash, is a guest at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C.
S. Elder.
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Bedford, a Meteetsee, wyoming
rancher who has gone to New
York to meet an English sail
or brother of ID, whom he has
never seen. Tom Bedford used
to work as a ranch hand and
cowboy on the Bar v ranch OF
the late Willis M. Spear, and
probably worked for others in
Big Horn county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Talbert
and daughter who live on the
Paul Brockett ranch on Cache
creek were Sunday dinner
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Kirby Kernels

Andy Georgian is visiting his
mother, Mrs. Torgenson, at the
Spear o ranch. He arrived early
last week on furlough fIom
Mare Island hospital, and will
be here a short time.
Miss Phyllis v. Johnson is
taking Ofl.cer's training for the
WAAC at FIT. DeS MoineS, Iowa.
She was sent there from Day.
tona Beach, Fla.
Joseph Rugg is with the ma
rineS in California and is to be
trained as a paratroOper.
Victor Elarth Johnson has
finished his flying school course
at Oakland, Calf, and is being
transferred to another school in
Texas.
Last Monday all roads led to
the Sheridan Annual Bull sac,
and our stockmen were all rep
resented there. Matthew Jor-
dan bought the top bull, Grand
Champion Jupiter Domino Jr.
OF Bar 10 ranch, at S15OO.OO;
also one of Yentzers. Illoming
Donald 259th. at $4,000, and
sold his Kirby Bocaldos, 1st,
End, 3rd and 9Th, and Kirby
Patrick, at various prices up to
1925. Mrs. Dom T. Davies was
purchaser of TIP Royal Son 3rd,
at S485: COW, Bar 10 Roya. Maid
at S335.00; BCR Dandy Mixer
3rd, $4,000, and BCR Advance
Domino goth, $4,000. Mrs. Paul
Brockett bought Kingfish DOM
inc 18th for $4,000. Pat Ryan
bought Marvin Domino at $4,000
and Anxiety Mischief 10th at
$4,000. Harry Fulmer bought
Bar 10 Royal Son T. for $440,
and Matt Jordon bought True
Replica 18th COW for $4,000 and
a registered heifer of his was
sold for the benefit of the Red
Cross of Sheridan County.
Many of our stockman and
their wives attended the din
ners at the historic Sheridan
Inn on Sunday and Monday
nights, and enjoyed the beef
from the Denver reserve show
champion steer.
Aldersons, Spears, RyanS, JOr-
dons, Davies, Fulmers, T. B.
JohnsOns, Fergusons, Persons
and Kobolds were among those
attending the sale.
On Sunday preceding the
bull sale Mr.. and Mrs. Stew
art and Mr.. and Mrs. H. H.
Jones and their four sons we're
among those who attended the
bull show and stock judging.
The Stewards also attended the
dinner at the Inn Sunday even
ing.
Mrs. Ed Gwinim of Denver
in visiting with MI. and Mrs.
Willis B. Spear, Jr. at the Sp-
ear o ranch. Mrs. Spear and
Mrs. Gwillim stopped in on
their way from Sheridan to
see little Robert William John
son.
I suppose you read about Tom
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Library Notes

New books recently added to
the shelves of the Big Horn
county library include the foil
owing:
Agar, "A Time for Greatness"
The author contends that post
war planning is groundless
without a study of prewar fail
ures. He analyses the American
democratic idea and shows
where We have failed to live up
to it, citing with specific detail
the field of business and labor
relations, and the abuse of
freedom of the press. Equality
is our explosive" idea, but it
must be understood and app
lied in order to be a weapon for
democracy. The book IS very
readable.
Cannon, Look to the Mount
ain,' Historical fiction of the
early days in New Hampshire.
Eddy, What are Vitamins?"
Field, And Now Tomorrow"
Ludwig, THE Mediterranean
This is history of civilization
on the islands and shores OF
the Mediterranean. 1t is a per-
sonal interpretation, emphaSiZ-
ing the human element related
to the course Of historical V
entS.
Morrison, admiral of the
Ocean Sea- A life of Christie
pher Columbus. The emphasis
in this complete biography is on
Columbus as a seaman.
Powell, Where Are the Peo-
ple?" The author says, THE
church in the new age is awak-
ening to the realization that it
can never save the world by
services-a church is a cold anu
cherries pile, the closed Bible
on its pulpit powerless, and the
great organ dumb, apart from
the human element" Building
on the foundation principle
that the way to win people is
to go where they are. DR.. Pow
ell presents here many helpful
methods that may be taken to
the people in their homes.
Turnbull, 1.-The Day Must
Dawn" Fiction about pioneer
life in western PENNSYLVANIA.
Williams. Time of Peace"
Fiction dealing with the pres
ent.