New York, Oct, 25.
'The sensational' legal fight over ten-year-old. Gloria Vanderbilt, the dress to fortune of $4,000,000, Jended here to-day when the Ile girl decided that she would prefer to live with her paternal aunt, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, the New York society sculptreas, than with her mother, Mrs Gloria Morgan. Vanderbilt
emerged from a protracted. desperate he dramatic choice ofthe act feoure battle, in. which Mrs, Vander: butt sought to recover the custody of ite Gloria from Airs. Whitney, who took over care of the child two years fuge on the ground that she was being neglected by her mother.
'Extremely sensational' allegations were made in court. in the early stages of the proceedings regarding the mother's, mode of life in Paris fand other Continental ties, partifeularly her association. with several tweil-known men and. women.
After a series of unsavoury charges against Mrs. Vanderbilt, the truth of Wwhich she stoutly denied, the Judge ordered the case to be" heard views would carry much weight with him in his decision. Questioned closely, the girl told him that hen first taste of happiness was when she went to live with her aunt and had [children of her own age to play with, Little. Gloria has an income of Jabout $116,000 a year while that of iner mother is only $1,400, according a revelation before Surrogate James A. Foley in February, 1939. At that time, Gloria's estate, accord-ting to Mr. George W. Wickersham, former Altorney-General, who is guardian, amounted to $2,890276 in bonds and cash.
Reginald Vanderbilt, the child's father, died on September 4, 1925. His bride of two years was then just 120 years of age, a famous beauty and the daughter of Harry Hays Morgan, JUnited States Consul-General Buenos Aires—Reuter.
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