Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1926, Page 5

§ KANSAS CITY STAR OVNERS ARE SUED Competitor Charges Paper Was Not Sold for Best Terms Obtainable. By the Associated Prees. KANSAS CITY, July. 31.—Irwin Kirkwood and associates, new owners of the Kansas City Star and its morn- ing edition, the Times, today were 1aced with a suit instituted by Walter & Dickey. publisher of the Kansas City Joursal-Post, asking that the sale of the newspapers by the trustees of W. R. Nelson estate be set aside. In a suit filed in circuit court late yesterday, Mr. Dickey charged a con- spiracy between the trustees and the purchasers to dispose of the news. papers for other than “the best price and on the best terms obtainable,” as provided in the Nelson will. Attorneys for Mr. Kirkwood and his associates, in a statement, character- ized the suit as one ‘‘utterly without merit” and declared “it would seem to be the last fling of a desperate com- petitor.” Mr. Dickey asked that the sale of the newspapers be rendered null and voild, and that he be declared the suc- cessful bidder for the properties, or that a new sale be held ynder court direction. Colusion between the trustees and Mr. Kirkwood and associates, whose bid of $11,000,000 was accepted, was alleged by Mr., Dickey, who sub- mitted an offer of $§,001,000 cash and $100,000 a yvear rental for the Star real estate for a period of 20 years, with a $2,000,000 purchase option. Mr. Dickey alleged his was the best and highest of the eight bids sub- mitted. Attorney General Named. Defendants named in the action in- clude North T, Gentry, attorney gen- eral of Missouri, who refused a re- quest by Mr. Dickey to lend his name torthe suit as a representative of the public’s interests. The money from the sale of the newspaper is to be held in trust for the people of Kansas City under the Nelson will as an art foundation. The attorney general in declining to become a party to the suit an- nounced that he found no place in which the public interests suffered in the sale. Defense attorneys declared that Mr. Dickey’s suit could be main- tained only by the attorney general. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 31, '1926. DRIFT TO PUBLICITY - FROM PAPERS CITED Journalism School Graduates Lured | by. Larger Pay, Says Plea for Better Rural Press. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, July 31—A drift by | journalism school graduates from | straight newspaper work into allled fields, such as publicity and advertis- | ing, where the average earnings are | larger, was reported yesterday by | Prof. R. C. E. 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