1 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Cr.
10 Thursday, Jan. 28, 1960
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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. It was the
fifth successful tethered test
of parts of a missile which,
if all three stages - ere fired,
would have a 5,500-mile
range.
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