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Wrigley’s Lncle Is Sued For $500,000 by 'Hostess’CHICAGO April 29 (INSV—The trial in the $500,000 heart-balm suit ooainct Charles W Wriclev, 71-year-oM uncle of Philip K, Wngley, chewing gum king, 'will opek before Superior Judge Charles A. Williams“«Mi?^UU°Gardner, 51-vear-old former hat check girl, contends that she sacrificed her best years of “charm and pulchrr.ude in ameliorating^ the esthetic well-being of the elderly outdoor adycrtismg firm executi^ Mrs. Gardner, who filed the suit three years ago, charged that Wngley was a married man charmed and enchanted” bv her and that he had told her she was the woman he h°('lon^50ugi’t f‘?,hdel| him in social and business affairs. Her petition added, I have filled a definite place in his life. His business required him to en^rtain and it was necessary for him to have a hostess. His wife did not 1ai ink.Mrs. Gardner charged that Wriglev had established her in a hotel suite and had agreed to pay her $1,000 monthly for life, beginning m November, 1937, but he had halted the allowance on May 13, 19i3, because of alleged reduced financial conditions.” u .. MT . _Wrigley, in a statement made after the filing of the suit, said. I have not got that kind of money,” and added that the case was 100 per cent blackmail.”
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Southern Germany Stars and Stripes
Altdorf, Bavaria, DE
Tue, Apr 30, 1946
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