“Grandma Bank
Bandit” Daughter
Of Millionaire
LOS ANGELES, {JP) — Reared
as the daughter of a New York
multi-millionaire, Mrs. Ethal Ar
ata, 52, has been arraigned as the
“Grandma bank bandit.”
Educated at exclusive Eastern
schools and sent to France and
Switzerland to study voice, Mrs.
Arata said Friday at her arraign
ment on three counts of robbery
that she turned to bank holdups
after her father lost his fortune
and arthritis crippled her hands.
Her uncle, Benjamin S. Catts,
70, Hollywood real estate broker,
corroborated her story of being
raised an heiress. Catt’s brother
was her father, Robert M. Catts,
who died in 1942.
Mrs. Arata said her father at
one time was worth 20 million
dollars. Her uncle doubted it,
saying his brother never was
worth “more than two or three
million at one time.”
Robert Catts made fortunes in
real estate and erecting buildings
in New York and Philadelphia.
“He <&vned the Grand Central
Palace in New York,” said Ben
jamin Catts. “He also invested
heavily in a Philadelphia oil busi
ness and built several office and
department store buildings. He
hosted some of New York’s most
lavish parties.”
’t Mrs. Arata presided over sev
eral of the parties. Her father lost
his money' in the 1329-crash.
Gunman Gets Fruit Cake
Instead of Weekly Payroll
NEW YORK, <JF—This is the
story of a gunman who now has
his cake and can eat it too—but
he expected a lot more.
The gunman Friday surprised
Mrs. Alice Badenier, 42, on the
way to her husband’s lamp and
shade firm. He snatched a bulky
envelope from her and fled.
Mrs. Badenier on Friday usual
ly brings the weekly payroll to
her husband’s firm. But this week
Pierre Badenier paid his em
ployes on Wednesday because of
Christmas. It wasn’t cash the
bandit got but the snack Mrs.
Badenier was carrying her hus
band—holiday fruit cake.
The Antarctic Continent is al
most as large us South America.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA. DIVISION
NUMBER TWO. CAPE NOME PRE
CINCT.
Case no. 923
In the matter of the estate of John Kan
ari, deceased.
Notice of Time fox Hoaxing
J On Petition that Estate
Be awarded to Widow
Notice is hereby given that Tekla Kan
ari, widow of John Kanari, deceased, has
filed a petition, asking that estate of
said decedent to set over and awarded to
her. and that the hour of 10 a.m.. Feb. 4,
1953, in the Office of the U.S. Commis
sioner in the Federal Building at Nome,
Alaska has been appointed as the time
and place for hearing on said petition, at
which time and place all interested per
sons should appear and contest said peti
tion if they so desire.
Dated a* Nome. Alaska, this 4th day
of December 1952.
(SEAL! Helen M. Bockman
y U.S. Commissioner and
ex officio Probate Judge
First Publication Dec. 8. 1952
Last Publication Dec. 29. 1952.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA DIVISION
NUMBER TWO. CAPE NOME PRE
CINCT.
Case no. 928
Notice to Creditors
In the matter of the estate of Edwin A.
Winfield, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that under the
^ • order of the above entitled probate court,
Carrie M. McLain has been appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Edwin A.
Winfield, deceased. All persons having
claims against the said estate are hreby
notified that they should be presented
properly certified, within six months of
the date of this notice as given below, to
the aforesaid administrator, at Nome,
Alaska.
. Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 1st day of
L December, 1952.
Carrie M. McLain
Administrator
First Publication Dec. 8, 1952
last Publication Dec. 29, 1932.
Evangelist Billy Graham
Suggests A Day of Prayer
Will End The Korean War
TOKYO, </P)—Evangelist Billy
Graham is going to suggest to
: President - elect Eisenhower that
“a day of prayer is what is need
ed to end the Korean war.”
“I don’t know when I am going
to make this suggestion, but I
have decided that is exactly what
is needed and I am going to tell
Eisenhower when I get back,”
Graham told reporters here a
few hours before his departure
for Formosa.
Graham has completed a 12
day tour of Korea.
Western Union Clerk Dreams
He Will Be Held Up—And Is
PHILADELPHIA, (/P)—Stephen
Stolarski, 44, clerk in a Western
Union office here, dreamed he
was a victim of a holdup.
So when he came to work Fri
day night he took $1,000 in day
time receipts and deposited them.
The “hunch" was timely.
Two hours later a pistol-carry
ing robber demanded “the big
stuff.” Stolarsky turned over $800
in cash—all late receipts.
It was the second time Stolar
sky was the victim of a holdup.
The first time, too, back in May,
1950, the robbery followed a
dream.
Government Starts Study
Of Mourning Dove’s
Diseases and Way of Life
WASHINGTON, (£*)—’The gov
ernment has started a study of
the mourning dove’s diseases and
way of life so that the bird’s
plaintive call will not die away.
Reporting this Friday, the Na
tional Geographic Society said
chances of preventing extinction
of the dove are believed good be
cause most states do not allow
the bird to be hunted.
The dove’s call, it added, has
been variously described as sug
gesting “hopeless mourning or
the tenderest love and devotion,
depending on the mood of the
listener.”
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FRONT STREET • NOME, ALASKA