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Left. By the late Richard Edgar Horatio Wallace, prodigious British scrivener; an estate of ?18,000 (about $67,500) and debts of ?81,000 (about $303.750). Said his relict: "It would be idle to beat about the bush. The figure of ?81,000 represents . . . heavy racing losses and the fact . . . that we had been living above our income. We gave big parties ... and generally Edgar was spending right and left as though it were certain that the big sums he was earning for a time from his theatrical activities could continue, automatically, forever...
Died. Archduchess Maria Dorothea Amelia of Austria, 65, relict of the late pretender to the French throne, Louis Philippe Robert, Duke of Orleans; after long illness; in Budapest...
Pensioned, Raymond Poincare, one-time president of France, "Savior of the Franc"; by the Chamber of Deputies; at 200,000 francs (currently $7,880) a year. Should he die before his wife, his relict will receive half as much...
Left, By George L. ("Tex") Rickard, sports promoter who died three years ago; an estate of approximately $184,000 (originally appraised at more than $500,000). To his relict, Maxine Elliot Rickard, and daughter will go the bulk of the fortune. Among the assets were worthless stocks of 53 corporations, nearly as many personal notes of no value. His interest in the Miami dog-race track, which cost him $250,000, was sold for $10,000. For his yacht Maxine (purchased from Walter P. Chrysler) the estate received...
Married. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, 51, onetime (1929-31) Congresswoman-at-large from Illinois, relict of the late Senator Medill McCormick; and Albert Gallatin Simms, 50, onetime (1929-31) Congressman-at-large from New Mexico; in one of her homes, in Broadmoor, near Colorado Springs, Colo.* In the House, Mr. & Mrs. Simms sat together but were often at political odds...