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1 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Cr. 10 Thursday, Jan. 28, 1960 t Battle Shapes Up Among Heirs for Large Fortune By DONALD L. NEFF "United Press International Los Angeles-4CPD-A scholar ly and frugal-living spinster from Poland came to Los An geles in 1940 with between $5,000 and $10,000 and built ' it into an estimated four-million dollar real estate fortune in 20 years. She was Roza Mambar who died Jan. 9 in her one-room apartment at the age of 68. She left no will and a battle among possible heirs shaped up. Disclosure of the fabulous-, ly profitable investments of Miss Mambar came Wednes day when her bookkeeper, Efraim S. Morris, petitioned i court for appointment as gen-j eral administrator of the estate. " He said Miss Mambar's i holdings at the time of her i death included eight apart-; ment houses containing 400 ' units, plus two shopping cen ters in suburban Torrance and West Covina. Not Interested "She wasn't interested in the money she made," said i Morris. "It was just a fight- ! ing spirit she had to show that a woman can do just as well as or better than a ' man in business. "She had no vanities. She was not miserly. She just ! wanted to show she could 1 make a success in business." j Morris explained how Miss' Mambar parlayed her small ! savings into a fortune: j "She started with one; apartment house. When she got a little equity in that she i refinanced it and bought 1 another and kept doing it until she built up her for tune." . Morris told Superior Judge Frank S. Balthis that $70,000 in uncashed checks, bond cou pons and cash were found in her office safe after her i death. He estimated her an nual income about $400,000. j "I used to urge her to make j a will," said Morris, "but she ; just laughed and would kid-; dingly remark that she might ; as well leave everything to ! her cat." ; Mis Mambar lived alone in her modest single-room apart ment with Poochi, her cat of ' undetermined breed. j Morris said Miss Mambar i was the daughter of Benzion Mambar, a Talmudic scholar in Lwow, Poland. She came to the United States in 1932 after receiving a degree in physics and mathematics from the University of Vien na. She studied at Bryn Mawr, New York and Colum bia Universities before mov ing here with her small ' savings. j - Miss Mambar once told i Morris she had two brothers and a sister. One of the broth- i ers died early and the other ! was last heard from in Vien- j na in 1929, she told him, Mor ris said. Involved Battle ; An involved court battle for the estate loomed after an j attorney appeared in court ; WoHnocrlav anrl r-i y- n rl 1 1 r ti r$ a i telegram from a man identi fied as Menry Mambar of Brooklyn, N.Y. He claimed to be a cousin of Miss Mambar and asked that action on her estate be delayed until proof of kinship can be forwarded. Two firms of probate investigators American Re search Bureau and W. S. Cox & Co. also were reported to have found kinsmen of Miss Mambar in Poland, Austria, England, Israel and the U.S. Court observers said the estate probably would go to the state of California if no legitimate kinship claims can be proven. Judge Balthis put off ap pointment of an administrator of Miss Mambar's estate until Feb. 10 to give time for for warding kinship claims. Mor ris was appointed temporary administrator with responsi bility of looking out for Poochie the cat. Reserve Officers Make Bridge; Bridge Sinks New York-OIPD-Twelve re serve officers training corps cadets of the Brooklyn Poly technic Institute Wednesday erected a scale model pontoon across a swimming pool in a training project. Displaying confidence in j his students, assistant mili tary science professor Maj. Max E. Swasick stepped on the bridge. The bridge sank as the major made it dry to poolside. FIRE MINUTE MAN Edwards AFB, Calif.-flJTO-The first stage of a MLiute man inter-continental missile was fired successfully Wed nesday, but the missile was baited jy a nylon cable after traveling 2,000 feet. 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