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Show Airs. Capps Pinning Hopes On Gold Star Mothers , . Mrs. Nettie W. Capps, BS-ysar-old grandmother, who Is serving a sentence In. Salt Lake county Jail because aha defied a' court ordes regarding signing ever of her son's (10,000 O. X Insurance payments, Wednesday placed hope for her release from Jail la the hands of the Oold Star mothers. Mrs. Capps mads this clear when aha reiterated aha had no legal representation rep-resentation and that she expected to remain la Jail from 20 to 80 daya before the wheela of Justice turn In my favor." It haa been eight days now since Mrs. Capps went to Jail on order of Third district Judge Ray Van Cott Jr., on a contempt charge. The veterans administration and is tics department In Washington, . C, are reported interested la ths case and many observers expect ex-pect the eeae will go to the United Slates supreme court . The dispute Is over the $10,000 Insurance policy of her eon, Jacob the Bulge. He left three children, now In custody of his former wife, Mrs. Maureen Capps Johnson Stain, who has been ruled the money by the Utah courts. - Mrs. Capps has refused to sign over the government checks and haa been supported by the V. A., which said ths money waa to go to her as beneficiary of the policy. Mrs. Eleanor Boyd, Long Beach, Cel., national president of the Oold Star Mothers of America, Ine, was due to arrive in Bait Lake City Thursday to Investigate the case, but said Wednesday there had been Sea Page 2, Columa 1 MRS. CAPP5 Continued from Fage One a change of plans and she would not arrive until Friday. Mrs. J. B. Allay. Mldvale, president, presi-dent, Utah Gold Star Mothers, said she would meet Mrs. Boyd and they would confer with Mrs. Capps at tha JalL Asksd what the Gold Star president presi-dent could do, Mrs. Allay replied, "She can fight and that is what I expect she will do in this cass. Our entire organisation Is backing Mrs. Capps." Mrs. Capps Wsdnesdsy said shs would not appeal the contempt Judgment to the supreme court. Judge Van Cott previously stated that such action was the only legal recourse open In Washington. D. C, Sen. Arthur Ar-thur V. Watkina (R, Utah) has conferred with the Justlcs depart ment to determine if there ere any ways the esse may be reopened. Mesnwhlle, contributions are being received at the Capps boms in Bountiful from sympathisers. Frank E. Capps, husband of the Jailed woman, said ha has received 175. He said all contributions will be turned over to-Mrs. Boyd to use as she sees fit to fight the ease. The veterans' administration attorney at-torney in Salt Lake said there was nothing new in the case as far aa the local office Is concerned. Sen. Watkina said Wednesday that a thorough investigation of the Capps cass is going on in Washington, O. C. and in Salt Laks City. A. H. Hougaard. Salt Laka attorney at-torney representing Mrs. Stara, said he did not know when shs would arrive here, but had lndl- cated to him shs would visit here soma time In August Shs lives In Seaside, Cel. |