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Friday April 14. 1938
OIL SEARCH-
Entry of the Pure Oil Com-
pany one of the important
independent oil concerns in-
to the exploratory field in
southeastern Cameron coun-
ty lends encouragement to
those who have contended
for years that “there’s oil
east of Brownsville but it's
deep very deep.”
It long has been the argu-
ment of those who foresaw
eventual oil development in
the Brownsvlllc-coastal area
that oil would be found at a
depth of from 10000 to 11-
000 feet. The catch in the
situation the obstacle that
long has held back develop-
ment has been that depth
the tremendous expense of
pushing drills and bits that
distance below the earth’s
surface. The return under
proration and the price level
for oil have seemed to make
such operations unprofitable
even though oil were found
in considerable quantity.
Now come reports of
royalty purchases amounting
to $70000 of lease of the
Garcia and Yturria estates
lands as well as those of Mrs.
Mellie Esperson of Houston
about 57.000 acres alto-
gether; of the assumption of
a half interest in the mineral
rights by the Pure concern
of Pure’s expenditure of
about $80000 during the
past half year in "shooting”
with seismograph instru-
ments: and finally word that
contract is to be let shortly
for drilling three test holes
presumably to 11000 feet if
necessary.
These activities on the
part of important concerns
undertaken only after all the
preliminary tests possible
have been taken is again in-
dicative of the belief fairly
widespread that oil lies un-
derneath the soils of eastern
and southeastern Cameron
county. The "sidewalk oil
operators” may yet have
their opinions exonerated.
Attention is continually
directed to the fact that
Cameron county and Ken-
edy county are the only
counties on the coast of the
Gulf of Mexico between the
mouth of the Rio Grande
and the mouth of the Missis-
sippi that have shown no oil
production so far. The two
or three wildcats that have
gone down one as far as
8000 feet did not show re-
sults. so far as known.
There are always disap-
pointments in the search for
Black Gold. But Cameron
county will never be satis-
fied that it has no oil until
an adequate number of tests
have been made to at least
two miles below the surface
of the coastal lands.
PARKING METERS
Representatives of a park-
ing meter manufacturing
concern have submitted to
the city commission a peti-
tion purporting to have been
signed by some 350 mer-
chants citizens shoppers
and so on recommending to
the commission that parking
meters be ins t a 1 1 e d in
Brownsville.
The manufacturers pro-
pose a test period. This at
their own expense after
agreeing to recondition side-
walk holes. The company
would receive 75 per cent of
the revenue until the meters
are paid for the city 25 per
cent. This on the assump-
tion that the meters would
be retained.
If the merchants are
agreeable if citizens who
will foot the bill are agree-
able there is no more to be
said on the subject.
Meters should be install-
ed. If after a few months
they are found to be unde-
sirable they can be removed
without cost to the city.
After all parking meters
are successful only if police
departments enforce the
regulations. That is the ex-
perience in most cities that
have them#
Answers to Questions
BY rBEDKBIC 4. JASKIM
A reader ceo get the suswei to
any question of feet by writ-
ing The Brownevllle Herald or
Valley Evening Monitor Infor-
mation Bureau. Frederic J
Haikln Director Washington.
D C Please enclose three *31
cents for reply
Q. Please give son e Information
about Gough Island. B A.
A. Gough Island or Diego Al-
varez lies In 40' 20' 8 9' 44' W. and
is 250 miles southeast of Tristan da
Cunha. It Is of volcanic origin Is
rugged and mountainous the high-
est peak rising to 4380 Teet. The
island Is about 8 miles long by four
miles broad Precipitous cliffs from
200 to 1000 leet high characterize
the coast. They are divided by pic-
turesque valleys. Streams fall over
the cliffs into the sea in Tine cas-
cades. There are vast numbers of
penguins and valuable guano de-
posits. It is also the home of num-
erous seals. Originally called Diego
Alvarez. It derives its other name
irom a Captain Gough who visited
It In 1731- It has been claimed as a
British possession since the annex-
ation of Tristan da Cunha. In 1904
Gough Island was visited by the
Antarctic exploring ship • S:otla’' of
the Bruce expedition which discov-
ered a rich marine fauna two new
buntings and three new species OI
plants. It has no permanent pop-
ulation.
Q. Wliat is the legend of the
sunflower? H L G.
A. a Greek legend tells of the
origin ot tiie sunflower and why it
is the symbol of constancy and ador-
ation. “Clytie wa* a beautiful water
nfinph Of Hellas One day she left
I her home among the waves and
went to Olympus where she saw
Apollo the sun-god and fell in
love with him. Apollo however was
enamored of Calliope the muse of
epic poetry and paid no attention
to Clytie. So she sat on the ground
gazing at the sun from the minute
it appeared until it dropped beyond
the horizon. For nine days Clytie
sat and pmed away refusing to re-
turn home. Finally her limbs sank
into the earth and became roots her
boay a slender stem and her beau-
tiful face becam* a Tlower resemb-
ling the sun and following its course
all day long."
Q. What firm made the first
commercial shipment by air? J. B
S.
A. “Famous First Facts" says:
"The first airplane merchandise
spipment was delivered to the
Morehouse-Martens Co. of Colum-
bus Ohio by Pilot Parmelee. Five
bolts 01 Rajah silk manufactured
by Rogers Thompson of New
York City were shipped from New
York to Day ton and brought from
there to Columbus by the plane
which ianded at the Old Columbus
Driving Park. The silk was cut up
and stamped. ‘This silk is a piece
of the first merchandise ever car-
ried in an airplane—Dayton to Co-
lumbus. November 7. 1910.' The dis-
tance of 60 miles was made in 56
minutes. The delivery was a pub-
licity stunt for which $5000 was
paid.’’
Q. When was the big wind in
Ireland? W. H.
A. The big wind occurred in Ire-
land on the night of January 6. 1839.
In Limerick Galway and Athlone.
hundreds oT houses were blown
down and hundreds more were
bumedby the spreading of fires
*roin those blown down.
Q What is the size of the Dione
quintuplets’ fortune? E. F.R.
A. The present fortune of the
quintuplets is estimated at more
than $600000. gained from moving
pictures and royalties.
_
Q. How long has Isaac Murphy
the famous Negro Jockey been dead?
W. M H.
A. Isaac Murphy died In Lex-
ington. Kentucky in 1896 of pneu-
monia and is buried In that city.
Q. How much food did Howard
Hughes carry on his flight around
the world? J. H. 8.
A. Ten pounds of cheese and
ham sandwiches coffee and milk
were carried on the plane-
Q. When did Congress appro-
priate money for bombarding the
clouds In an efTort to bring rain?
F. a. B.
A. In 1891 Congress appropriat-
ed 19.000 for experiments In pro-
ducing rain artificially- Most of the
experiments were conducted in Tex-
as under the direction of General
Robert Dyrenforth. as a special
agent of the Department of Agri-
culture. Dynamite and hydrogen-
oxyde tilled balloons made the noise
and a little rain did fall but accord-
ing to meteorologists this was only
that which was due to fall In the
regular and undisturbed course of
the weather.
—
Q. What percentage of the aver-
age family Income Is spent for food
shelter clothing taxes and other
necessities? J. C.
A. The average lamily budget is
apportioned as follows: shelter 12
per cent; clothing. 12 per cent; food.
36.8 per cent; household furnish-
ings 4.7 per cent; recreation. 5 3
per cent; transportation 6.6 per
cent; direct taxes. 2 7 per cent mis-
cellaneous 19 9 per cent.
Q Who invented the cowcatcher
on irains?J. I. B.
A. The first cowcatcher was de-
signed by Isaac Dripps and was on
the locomotive called the John Bull
which was built by Stephenson in
England. It was attached lo the
John Bull which operated on the
Camden and Amboy Railroad after
: 1831 The cowcaSeher was support-
ed by two wheels.
Q. Is Giuseppe Bentonelli the
real name oT the Metropolitan ten-
or? A. J. B
A. Joseph Horace Benton is the
singer's real name. He is a native of
Kansas City. Missouri.
Q. Where does T. S. Eliot the
poet live? J. H. G.
A. Mr. Elliot ow makes his home
in London where he edits The Cri-
terion and is a director oT Faber
and Faber the British publishers
Q How long did it take Dr.
Charles Abbot of tihe Smithsonian
Institution to perfect his solar heat-
er? J. F. D.
A Twenty years of research was
spent in developing* the apparatus
whirh has now been patented.
Our President!
\nd Their Wire*
Here la a fine booklet that telle the
*tory of all the men and women who
have preceded Mr and Mrs Roose'. elt
In the Whit# House. EJcturea and bio-
graphical sketchea of them all. Do
you know how many Presidents we
have had. their namen term of office
their pollttca religion education blrth-
i place burial place. parents wives
i children personal and public history’
This attractive booklet will bring you
| up to date on esaentlale of United
States history m a few mlnutea Sent
to any reader for ten eenta.
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Valley Evening Monitor
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Washington D C
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coin (carefully wrapped In paper i
for a copy of the boo*!*- PRESI-
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Name
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| THIS CURIOUS WORLD B'“
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BY TASTINO HUNDREDS
OF SAMPLES DICTATE
THE QUALITY OF THE
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CU&S OF 71M
DRUNK. ANNUALLY
INI THE U. S.
VA/HICH IS COLDER
ON A VEARLV AVERASE
THE HOQTHJEGA/ OR THE
SOUTHERV HEMSPHERE?
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ANSVt ER The southern is slightly cooler. Compiled figures
show the annua) mean temperature of the southern hemisphere to
be 55.94 degrees Fahrenheit and that of the northern hemisphere
as 59.36 degrees. Fahrenheit
NEXT: A reptilian "auintniped."
Family Doctor
BY UK. MUKK1S HSHBE1N
Regardless of how much we try
to educate people about diseases
and conditions that affect the
human body the structure and
workings are so complex that it is
frequently hard to understand them.
Moreover the language of medi- j
cine requires many technical words
that are sometimes not m the
ordinary dictionaries. Now here is!
a letter from a regular reader in
Indiana who wants to know about
aneurisms:
Dear Doctor: 1 have been read-
ing your articles for a long time
about the various ailments of i
humanity their causes and treat-
ments but havg not yet seen any
article about aneurisms. I shall
be looking forward to a descrip-
tion of this condition its causes
and preferable treatment.
• • •
An aneurism arises from the
stretching of a w’eak place in the
wall of a blood vessel. In the walls
of blood vessels there are layers of j
elastic tissue. They enable the
vessels to dilate and contract.
Sometimes a thick-walled rubber
balloon when blown up will de-
velop an extra pouching out at
some point where the rubber has
been thinned out. This can also
happen to a rubber tire which has
been weakened by either a physical
or chemical injury.
The most frequenty cause of the
thinning out of the wall of a blood
vessel is an infection which de-
stroys a part of the elastic tissue
Sometimes however a physical
injury may cause it. I have seen
an aneurism result from a bullet
which scraped the wall of a laige
blood vessel. Sometimes an aneur-
ism may develop immediately after
birth because a portion of a blood
vessel may not have grown prop-
erly.
Of course if an infection in the
body is attacking the walls of the
blood vessels that Is a serious mat-
ter and should have attention.
However even curing the infection
will not restore the tissue that has
been destroyed.
A person with an aneurism must
be exceedingly careful not to injure
the thin sac filled with blood be-
cause a breaking of the sac may
result in a serious hemorrhage.
Sometimes it is possible by the use
of surgery to open the tissues down
to the point where the aneurism
exists and then to tie off the blood
vessels or to remove the aneurism.
Some years aRo a distinguished
surgeon developed a technique
which involved the insertion of
coiled wire inside the aneurism
causing the blod to clot inside
the aneurism and thus preventing
a rupture Certainly any person
who has been told by a competent
doctor that an aneurism is present
in one of his important blood ves- 1
sels should have regular attention
until the condition is brought un-
der control.
Harrison
Hollywood !
HOLLYWOOD - Chief Thunder
Cloud knelt on the ground beside
the limp ligure of Marjorie Gate-
son wno nad been khied during
an ambush of the stagecoach. The
redskui was intent on a job of
scalping. He held a knife in one
hanci and with the other grabbed
the girls luxuriant hair twhich
had been combed and arranged lor
the occasion).
Just then (surprise!) a detach-
ment of cavalry ridmg hell-for-
leathcr. came over the brow of
the hill. Chief Thunder cloud
scuttled for his horse and went
away irom there.
The soldiers couldn't catch him !
but I found him a few mmutes
later. He was sitting in a canvas
chair and discus^mg opera with
Preston Foster. It seems that
both men have sung opera and
1 both are baritones. Thunder Cloud
also spent a year singing and
playing a guitar with an Hawaiian
; orchestra.
i He miner liked wing an Ha- -
walian. It was scarcely more out
of character than his current role
which is that of Gerommo leader
'Of the Apaches. Thunder Cloud
is a Cherokee and for this picture
he has to wear heavy makeup
and his nose and lips are built up
with plastic material to make him
look like the savage rebel.
"I certainly am glad they let
the cavalry arrive in time” he
'said “It would have been very
bad for me to have to scalp Miss
Gateson. You see. I make west-
ern pictures out at Republic and
I’m always a good Indian. The
kid fans wouldn't like It if they
caught me off the reservation.”
• • •
Indian la Talkative
He taiits like that and he is not1
what you'd call a taciturn Indian j
In fact he Is as voluble as a press
I agent.
Neither is he a chief. “You
know really there are very few
Indian chiefs left. A chief was
elected by a tribe for his accom-
plishments in battle. Today all
tribal business is done by coun-
cils.
'My name really is Thunder
Cloud though. It seems that I
was born under a tree in Okla-
homa during a thunder storm.
Bm mv legal registered name is
Victor Daniels which I inherited
from my father.
'incidentally. I'm one of a
small number of Indians who are
American citizens and can vote.
That's because I'm able to support
myself and am not a ward of the
government.
“When I was born my parents
were on their way to Arizona.
They nett lea near Tucson and for
a fewr years I lived in a teepee.
Then I was sent to an Indian
school near there and one day
I heard that my father had dis-
covered gold. He made a very-
good living mining it.
"Since we were so prosperous.
X was a tie to attend the Univar-1
ANY SOLUTION IN SIGHT)
• SERIAL STORY
'MRS. DOC' BY TOM HORNER NBA SERVICE!
The character* and situations In
this atory are wholly fictional.
• • •
Yesterdays Erie *ay* aaadhy la
Emily when she fell* kin eke la
solas I* stay with Alan. Mee-
later a *a raahea ap to
Alaa** porch nod call*. “Mr*.
Uoc.** He explain* that he acc4a
help that hi* wife I* dying.
CHAPTER XXII
“DB WARREN isn’t here now”
Emily said her calm in
sharp contrast to the man’s excit-
ed pleading. “I don’t know where
he is.”
"You’ve got to find him. Send
him right away. He knows me.
Bill Bower. He said he’d come
when we needed him.”
"Quiet hysterical parents." Far-
rell's words came to Emily as If
he were speaking them at her side.
That must include husbands she
thought.
"I’ll get Dr. Warren send him
as soon as possible.” The man’s
relief was immediately evident.
Something prompted Emily to find
out more.
"Your wife what’s the matter?”
"She’s going to have a baby.
She’s all alone. She’s in terrible
pain. Oh Mrs. Doc can’t you do
something?”
Could she do something? This
half-hysterical youth was appeal-
ing to her. Could she really merit
the title “Mrs. Doc.” This was
the test.
“I'll come with you" Emily de-
cided swiftly. “Just a minute
while I call the hospital and have
them find Dr. Warren or Dr. Far-
rell.”
• • •
A FEW seconds later they were
in Alan's car speeding to-
ward the Bower home. The man
was calmer quieter. He has con-
fidence in me he expects me to
be able to do something for him
and for his wife Emily thought..
Grimly she determined she would
do just that.
“Mr wife my Angela she is so
young to have a baby” the man
was saying. “But Doe said it
would be all right Nothing to
worry about."
Emily nodded intent on her
driving. “Nothing to worry about”
she repeated trying to make her
words sound convincing.
Bower directed her along streets
that led into Sumner's slum dis-
trict Past squalor Emily had
never known existed. At last they
reached a row of tiny tumble-
down shacks unpainted and dingy.
“This is it” he said indicating
the comer house. Emily stopped
followed him into the house. Even
before she stepped through the
doorway Emily could hear the <
i
girl’s agonized moans punctuated
by sharper cries.
The cleanliness of the little
place impressed Emily. There
were only two rooms—a combina-
tion kitchen and living room and
the bedroom. The girl Angela
was in the bedroom. Bower
dropped to his knees beside the
bed. his arms around his wife.
“It's all right now honey it’s
all right. Here’s Mrs. Doc. And
Doc will be here in a minute.” The
girl looked up at Emily with wide
brown eyes tried to smile. She
was as her husband had said
quite young. Hardly more than
118 Emily judged and trying try-
ing so hard to be brave.
“Don’t worry now Mrs. Bower”
Emily said hoping to keep her
own excitement out of her voice
trying to sound reassuring like
Alan. “Dr. Warren is coming
right down. He’ll be here any
minute.”
“I’m not so worried—now’’ the
girl said. “Now that you’re here.
But I was so scared—all alone.
Oh?!” She clutched at Emily’s
soft hand her nails digging into
the flesh.
“Billy was scared too” the girl
went on. “We just moved here
last month. We didn't know any-
one. only Dr. Warren. He’s been
so nice to us. He’ll be here soon. !
won’t he?”
“He’s probably on his way now” i
Emily answered.
• • •
L^MILY talked on quieting and
^ comforting this girl and her
husband. Her heart went out to
them so alone so terrified at this
great mystery of life.
Her thoughts raced ahead. What
would Alan’s mother have done?
What would Alan need? Lots of
boiling water to sterilize instru-
ments gloves she remembered
and sent Bower to the kitchen to
fill pans and start them heating.
Fresh clean sheets a table near i
the bed.
Emily glanced around. The light
from the solitary window was far
from adequate and the single
bulb hanging from the ceiling
failed to dispel much of the gloom.
Suddenly Emily knew what she
should do.
•‘We’ll take your wife to the
hospital immediately’’ she called
to Bower. She placed her own fur
coat around the girl’s shoulders.
Accepting Emily's order without
question Bower hurriedly wrapped
his wife in a blanket lifted her
from the bed and carried her to
the car. Emily followed.
Not too fast—not too slow she
remembered as she turned the car
around headed bac^ toward the
hospital. "Oh God make Alan be
there . . . and let us get there in
time” she prayed.
It seemed like it would take
hours to reach the hospital. Emily
drove as fast as she dared trying
to hurry yet trying to avoid all
unnecessary jerks and bumps.
Angela sat tight in her husband’s
arms biting her lips to keep from
crying out.
An attendant met them at the
ambulance entrance.
“Obstetrical case. Dr. Warren
i or Dr. Farrell. Mrs. William Bow-
er." Emily said tersely. The at-
tendant lifted the girl from the
car carried her inside and on to a
waiting elevator. Bower followed.
Emily parked her car then hurried
up the stairs to the office.
"Is Dr. Warren here?" she asked
the girl on duty there. "Were
you able to find him? If you can’t
get Alan And Dr. Farrell I’m sure
it will be all right I’m Mrs. War-
ren." she added.
“We are unable to locate either
Dr. Warren or Dr. Farrell just
now" the girl replied. “We’ll keep
trying. Will you wait Mrs. War-
ren? Right in the next room
please."
“Thanks. You’d better have
some one examine Mrs. Bower. I
just brought her in. She may
need a doctor right away."
• • •
J7MILY paced the floor of the
1-1 waiting room. She could not
sit still. If anything should hap-
pen to Mrs. Bower to her baby
Emily knew she would always feel
that it had been her fault. If she
had never had any such crazy
notion of divorcing Alan he would
have been at home when Bower
came for him. Oh why can’t they
find him?
“We've located Dr. Warren and
Dr. Farrell” the office girl said
from the doorway. “They are on
their way here now.”
It seemed like hour* but it was
only a few minutes later when she
heard the big door open and then
the sound of Alan’s feet on the
steps. She would recognize that
footstep anywhere day or night.
And Farrell’s soft low whistle as
he trotted on up the steps to the
obstetrical ward. Alan paused at
the desk.
“Mrs. Bower is In Doctor" she
heard the girl say. "And Mrs.
Warren is in the waiting room.”
“Mrs. Warren?” Alan asked
sharply.
Then he was at the door looking
at her incredulously.
“Emily what are you doing
here?”
“I brought Mrs. Bower. Her
husband came for you. I went
with him. I thought she had bet-
ter be here.”
“Emily!” Admiration echoed in
the u'ord.
“Dr. Warren Dr. Warren." the
office girl’s voice broke in. “You’re
wanted in delivery room B. Dr.
Farrell says for you to hurry."
(To Be Continued)
I
slty of Arizona School of Mines
I thought I'd like to find some
gold. too. But in college I got to
studying Indian tribal songs and
dances for a hobby so after a
couple of years I quit and trav-
eled with a Chautauqua company."
• • •
First Real Indian Star
Returning to Arizona. Thunder
Cloud did some prospecting and
studied voice. Got to be a concert
baritone and ahile on tour he met
and married Prances Delmar an
actress who was part Indian. They
have two sons now. He wanted to
Join one of the major opera com-
panies. but in 1936 Fox signed him
for an appearance in "Ramona.”
That and a few other roles kept
him in Hollywood. Nothing big.
though until Paramount got him
for the title role In "Qeronlmo."
I 80 far is anybody knows this
is the first time a real Indian has
played such an important part
Daniels doesn t depend on the
movies for a living though. He
owns some gold lead and silver
properties in Arizona and if he
chose could just sit around and
get fat. First thing he had to do
to get in character
was work a few pou
midsection at the Paramount gym.
Jeremy Bentbam. English phi-
losopher. who died in 1832. pro-
vided in his will that his skeleton
be put together in such manner
that the figure could be seated in
a chair and that when friends
commemorated him. the skeleton
be stated and placed in the room
I where they met.
So They Say—
Traynor had to put the rap on
somebody and he made me the
goat.
—Catcher AJ Todd commenting on
why he was sold by Pittsburg Pi-
rates after they lost National
League pennant chase.
• • •
Where stands the Legion room
for bigotry and Intolerance is never
available
—Louis Johnson past commander
of American Legion.
• • •
Plui!
—Middle-European Bronx cheer
lrom the lips of thousands of
spectator Czechs as the Germans
marched in.
On Broadway •
With Walter
Winchell
New York Heartbeat
After you left and I was on my own
X played the taverns for a little
while.
Borrowing still against a rising loan
Dipping in poison for a ghostly
smile.
Oh. yes. It passed aa all those
things will do
And yet X rather pride myself
that X
Somehow was faithful in a world
untrue.
Nor dodged the storm that
hurtled from the sky.
And here we sit—serene and com-
fortable.
Wine In our glass—but none
within our souls
Placid while youth rings out a
warning knell
Knowing at last the loas of
starry goals;
Ooals that were nearer than we
ever knew
When all my world had narrowed
down to youl
—Don Wahn
Sallies In Our Alley: At the Cot-
ton Club. Milton Berle was boast-
ing about his screen career. "Ol
course.” he said "my best scenes
were left on the cutting-room floor .
In fact I'm still getting fan mall
—from mice!”... Joe Lewis the
clown says he just bought his girl
a new pair of shoes with French
heels and postcards to match.....
Talk about a sensayuma. An un-
employed chorus girl collapsed the
other day from malnutrition.
When she opened her eyes the
ambulance doctor softly said:
"Whit s the matter?”.... "It musta
been something I didn't eat.” she
said with a spunky smile.
Midtown Vignette: It happened
last night In a restaurant in the
50s which caters to actors song-
writers. chorus girls gangsters and
so forth....Instead of a hired
orchestra the place has Installed
one of those electrical transcription
services....At the end of each eve-
nings entertainment the flral
number is The Star Spangled Ban-
ner.... When It was rendered last
night the crowd paid no attention
to it....Perhaps the etiquette per-
mits that—while dining in a pub-
lic place we dunno....AU we know
is that it made a paragraph when
we recalled the name of the lone
person in the joint who got up and
stood up throughout the National
Anthem... .The police have made
his life a hectic one. They call him
a Public Enemy-He is Salvatore
Spitaie more American—than Ital-
ian.
Broadway Confucius' Remark-
able Remarks; Man who make Hall
of Fame soon learn hell of fame.. .
Girl who say she got lur coat on
time not always tell what kind of
lime It was. ha! ha!.Hone\-
moon over when he start looking
into morning paper Instead of
her eyes....Girl who do anything
to get kick out of life usually wind
up with life kicking her.
Observations: The Tudor City
lovelies waiting at 8:45 every ayem
for the crosstown dmg-ding at 42nd
and 2nd....The American Airlines
tin Rockefeller Plaza; feature a
beautiful display of the Fair—the
one in San Francisco {....That pic-
ture with the French title " Pour
Le Merita" (in Yorkvllles German
sector* which is a Nazi-made flick-
er—and not good either....Why
doesn't Nancy Hamilton call that
hit revue of hers at the Bootn
Theatre "Fun lor the Money"?..
The nudes at Knoedler s on £ 57th
Streep—fifty cents admission. But
keep your shirt on. They're paint-
ings on exhibition and wonderful..
The terrific applause that greets
the trailer ol ‘Confessions of a
Nazi Spy" at the Strand—more ap-
plause than we've ever heard ac-
corded a movie 1...The apeed with *
which German lines come in and
go out these days—far ahead of
schedule....Soa not to be trapped
aw ay from home m case of war... •
Eddie DeLange• mother a former
Follies girl....Fritz Kuhns Ratzis
i Hun-Americana.
New Yorchids: The costumes the _
girls and Jack Cole's Balinese dan-
jeers in Billy Roses new Casa Mi
nana hit....The 4 Queens < aen»t
maglci at the Circus...“Dark Vic*
tory'* due at the Music Hall with
exciting advance reports. .Sogiow .•
wonderful cartoon allowing Jo:.
Bull and Uncle Sam shaking hanc*
across the ocean—and then J. BuiJ
Jerking Uncle Sam over there!..
Capt. W. D. Pules ton's new book
"The Life and Work of Capt. A.
T. Mahan* (Lale Univ. Press*....
Sam Lewis' performing in "Pinoc-
chio at the Ritz Theatre.
Sounds in the Night: At Le Ruben
Bleu: “Hes gone around with more
women than Macy s revolving
doors!”....At the Penthouse Club.
"He was turned down for the Rob-
ert Morley role in Oscar Wilde —
too effeminate —In the Wivel.
"She wears her girl friend s clothes
and her boy friends out!....In
Ruby Foo’a Den: "Llssen brother
friendship built on favors can t last
without them"....In front of Max
Mefoofsky s delicatessen: "Deed
you sin de noosepaplss? It saz
Mooaleeney van's to grab opp
Albany!'*....In Barney Gallan* s
I "He s a combination of Sinclair 1
Lewis. Jack Dempsey and Orson
Welles—a questionable actor a so-
prano and broke”....In the Onyx:
"He wants to be a hard-boiled dra-
matic critic—so once a month he
goes to a plastic surgeon to have
his eyebrows lifted’*.In the
Swing "She was thrown out of her
hotel because she dldden have a
permit for a parade'*’....In Jack
White's: "Oh. you know the type.
Tall dark and handy.**
Chauncey Jones a New England
watchmaker was the first to see
the advantage of brass over wood
tor clock works and was the first
American to make them of this
metal
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