More Wib (my father) stuff from the Universe

My father was married four times: 1) to Florence Monroe, married in the early 1930s, divorcing in 1945 for 'irreconcilable differences' (I assume). 2) to my mother SF where two boys were produced, myself and my brother Philip. While doing this research I would learn that my mother tore his heart out when divorcing him. Approximately 5 years after their divorce, my father married again to a woman he was appearing in....in a local El Paso, Texas, Ft Bliss show. She soon would leave him literally overnight.....his wallet and car keys were gone the next morning. She disappeared into Los Angeles, eventually marrying his agent. And the fourth was to a Japanese woman named 'Masako'.....that could barely speak a word of English.

It was during the years he was married to Masako that my father and I began write each other. In one of his last letters to me, he assured me that I was placed in his will to receive what was left of his music library, have his Marine Sword that I admired so much as a little boy.....and a 'little money'....barely enough to "buy a used car."

After his death, I contacted his lawyer and was told that 'there was nothing in the will for me.'
I would call Masako ....and would plead "just the Marine Sword!!" She would hang up on me.

Fifteen years later.....I would suddenly find everything that was meant for me (except the Marine Sword and 'the little money') on e-bay. I ended up having to purchase it for several thousand dollars. Masako had passed away and her nurse's aide sold it all to an auction house.

Two nights ago I received four mid-sized boxes from Miami. They were from a man and his family who took care of my father's first wife Florence for many years. She had appently saved everything from her marriage to my father; love letters, endless canceled checks, decrepit photo albums, newspaper clippings of her 'famous' husband.....etc etc. These items were 75 years old.

This man and his family found me on the Internet. Photo of some of the contents below.