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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-12
WHAT? WHAT:

Primo Camera, Italian aspirant for the heavyweight
crown, upon landing in America looked at the sky
scrapers and said. AT last a city where I can stand
up!" Well, this is at least a laudable ambition.
Camera IS six feet eight inches tall. weighs 287
pounds and has such enormous feet that he can use
a motorcycle with side-car attached on each one as a
roller skate. His chances for the heavyweight crown
are somewhat enhanced by the fact he knows no
Shakespeare.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-12

Senator Jones says the wisdom OF the dry act IS
something over which the Law Enforcement Com
mission will have no concern. That's a great break
for any commission.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-12

TOday's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are
careful in their judgments and they
live principally to make money.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-12

Answers to Foregoing Questions
1. Mrs. Dorothy CaruSo Ingram,
two; Enrico Caruso.
2. Astrophobia.
3. Damascus.
4. St. Luke. XIV, 10.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-12
THE GRAB BAG

Today's Anniversary
Alexander Hamilton was born on
this day, in 1857.
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Horoscope for Sunday
Persons born on this day are
shrewd in business and retain their
customers despite the fact that
they drive hard bargains.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-12
YACHT
READY TO SEEK
SPEED TROPHY
Shamrock v, to Be
Launched Monday, Gil
makes His Hopes.

BIZ United Press
GOSPORT, England, April H.
Sir Thomas Lipton'S challenge yacht,
Shamrock V, will be launched Mon
day.
The Shamrock v has been built
to win the America yacht cup, to
regain for Great Britain the honor
she esteems the highest in the
racing world-speed leadership on
the open sea.
The cup races will be run in Sep
TENDER off Sandy Hook.
AS the graceful 120-foot craft slips
down the runway Sir Thomas Lip
ton, now in his eightieth year, will
recall how for more than thirty
years he has sought victory in the
America cup races.
He has spent more than $4,000, 900
attempting to bring to Great Britain
the coveted yachting trophy.
Six months ago the plans for the
Shamrock v were drawn and ap-
proved by Sir Thomas. Four months
ago the keel was laid.
Sunday the public will see the
yacht for the first time. Sir Thomas
and the captain of the new yacht,
E. c. Heard, are elated over the
craft, which is expected to be a reve-
lation in sailing speed.
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I organization to stage similar VEN
lures for the local talent throughout
the south.
Meanwhile, out in Peoria, a club
by lad, with the yen of a Barry
more, was peddling papers to the
towns constituents, giving his eve
nings to humping a piano in a local
movie house, or otherwise entertain
ing friends with the latest steps Of
the hooters from Chicago.
His interest in the business. of his
father, Joseph B. Correll, a con-
tractor, was merely academic.
He Burnt EN- Up
These skits he observed dolled up
in an admiral costume of red and
gold braid while ushering for the
local playhouse, a job he had fought
for, pleaded for and would have died
for-then.
Didn't the local boys burn when
they saw Charlie Correll moving
down the aisle with the village belle,
ticket stub in hand, courtly waving
some plump, little, corn-fed blonde
TO her seat? They did. He admits
it.
Yet CorrelrS eyes we're not for
girls. When the curtain rose they
could seat themselves, for all he
cared.
az was always hanging around
that theater," he said. And wasn't
it a thrill when I finally got the
usher'S job? They had marvellous
uniforms. gorgeous red things. I
looked like a South American
general.
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AT the end of a weeks run we
ushers'd know every act. We used
to go over them ourselves and have
a swell time mimicking the actors.
Especially the acrobatic acts. I
could allez oop with the best Of
them.
"a theater is a fascinating thing.
Many a show I've put on and been
in in the old days that 1 hated to
take the money for-I had so much
fun. And don't develop that crack
too much, either" he cautioned,
with a sly smile at Gosden.
The tale of their fortunes from
this point on, it developed in the
interview, correspondent to the min
utest detail.
Like Curley, Correll did a song
and dance act for an amateur show
in Peoria staged by the same Chi
cago house and was at once signed
up as a professional coach.
They sent him to Durham, N. c.,
to help out one of their younger
recruits then putting on a "Follies"
venture comprised of local talent.
1t was Gosden he went down to
help. And what a mutual associa-
ton, a national merger of entertain
ment this turned out to be all who
have ears are aware.
The Rest Is History
And the rest of their life is his
tory, familiar to a nation now
learned in the episodes on the air.
For the ups and downs, the plights
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BY DOUGLAS B

BY DOUGLAS GILBERT
New York Te1ram Staff Writer
copyright $780, By he New York Telegram Corporation. Reproduction in whole
OF in part forbidden0
IT was an amusing incident-on the surface. A national
network" of newspapers carried on their front pages.
How a group of Chicagos business bourgeoisie failed to rec
nize-wait a ~minute-Freeman F. Gosden and Charles ].
Correll.
1t VIZ one of those Chamber of Commerce affairs and
as recent as last October. NJ. H. Aylesworth, president of the
National Broadcasting Company, brought the boys along,
introduced them. Gosden, tall, blond, smiling; Correll, round
er, not so tall, genial-bowed at his introduction.
But this substantial coterie of stand-no-nonsense in
dustrialists were not interested in good-looking, s%nappily
dressed boys, ties to match at The proper pendulum, natty
trousers pegged to the third shoelace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-12
thrills we used to get! We'd marvel
at the biggest ham.
Tried to Initiate Dances

LIlTlllS we uSeQ 10 SSJ! VIC Hldl Wei
at the biggest ham.
Tried to Initiate Dances
"Once in a while q guy would
come out for a moment between
scenes and do a step. Hot dog!'
we'd yell. and try to initiate him.
I had always wanted to go or the
stage-even after I got on. But go
easy with that line" he cautioned;
don't develop it all owe the page"
His next great thrill came on
April 6. 1917, and on May 2 Che has
the record he enlisted in the navy,
coming back at the close of the war
to an empty and saddened home.
While in service his mother and
his sister were killed in an auto
mobile accident. The Solace of his
brother Walter sustained him.
Walter made himself his pal,
virtually reared him from that time,
only to die himself untimely Of an
illness in 1928.
These were the major burdens
GOSden SuI1ereQ prior 10 the OIlICdSO
debut with Correll on the mike
that was later to blanket the nation
like the air they now monopolize
from 6 to els and 1890 to 10:45
indianapolis time, each night.
On Wrong Trail
"a few brief months with the
American Tobacco Company on the
road as a travelling salesman con-
WINGED me I was on the wrong
track" Gosden reminisced, picking
up the thread of the talk. He went
back to Richmond.
Then something happened. A Chi
cago producing agency put on a
show in the town, and Curly did
some clowning and clogging in it
He was promptly signed ur with the
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for the stage. encouraged it by sub
Scribing to the weekly bills.
II used to go once a week with
my mother. We had a season tick
et," GoSden related. THE boys I
played with used to hang around
the stage door hungry for glimpseS
Of the actors. And, o, boy, what
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-12

that the Fates we're kind-luck had
been with them.
They had pulled down something
like from $50 to SIS a week, and
they set up an apartment together,
happy in their a~f1uence. Chicago
, The world was before them.
And In ChicagO-what? Doug
las Gilbert continues his inter-
views with Amos m Andy Mon
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-12
HOLD SHOW
Minstrel Raises Funds for Benefit
Of Home at Lafayette.

Money for benefit of the Indiana
Pythian home at Lafayette was
raised by presentation of an old
time minstrel show by Indianapolis
lodge Sc, K. of P, in the K. of P.
building Friday night.
Members and guests retired to the
Pythian lodge hall at 119 East Ohio
street, following the show, where
they were entertained with dancing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-12

Welcome to our city, and here are
the carrots to prove it! It's Andy,
to whom Mayor Rolfe of San
Francisco is rendering an official
welcome in this picture; Amos is
seated at the left of what you've
already identified as the Fresh
Air Taxi.
local air station asked us If we'd
come over and put on a skit. What
a setup!
"It was one of those old-time
mikes like a loud speaker" inter-
rupted Gosden.
IF we went out three blocks over
that station We sure were lucky"
went on Correll.
IF somebody phoned in beyond
that area to say that they heard
us" put in Gosden again, wed like
to keel over"
G0sden d Director
So successful were their coaching
tours that the Chicago management
decided to add a circus department
as a feature. Gosden became the
director of this new activity, while
Correll continued in his old role
alone.
Headquarters for both depart
ments were established in Chicago,
and thither the boys went, mildly
elated at their success. convinced
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and troubles of the Fresh Air Taxi
cab Co., Incorporated; the, in
dolence Of Andy, the docile, accept
ance-at times-of Amos; Ruby
Taylor, the gold-digging Madame
Queen, the promoting Kingfish, the
Mystic knights of the Sea-all are
adaptations of the life in the south
as the boys found it, beating their
way from Atlanta to the sea, from
Biloxi to Birmingham.
1.-THE experience we gained on
these tours. fCr the Chicago COM
pany proved OF invaluable assistance
to u.s." Gosden said. Coaching gave
us the feel of an audience.
In directing a show your person.
al reactions are, or should be, those
of an auditor, and, believe me, this
helps a lot in radio.
Moreover, the types we found
there, the situations as we observed
them, virtually are the basis for our
episodes as they are given on the
air."
Started in New Orleans
ION the air" tripped from his
tongue with an easy assurance. But
it was not so easy, that night in
New Orleans in 1920, which was the
microphone debut of what later
was to be that quarter hour when
the nation pauseS.
"We were putting on a show for
the Shrine at the time" Correll re-
called, when the manager Of the
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ration, commencing the middle Of
March and closing the middle of June.
It explains, In a notice received at 10
cal brigade headquarters, that the num-
Der of National Guard officers that the
Militia Bureau will be able to send to
this course each year will depend upon
the funds available for this purpose.
The following qualifications for de-
tail to the course will govern, 1t was
said:
Applicants must have completed at
least subcourseS /, 2, and of the
Command and General Staff Extension
Course before entering the school. II
not completed before making applica-
ton, statement must be included that
they will be completed before opening
date of the course. AS soon as COM
pleted, certificate to that effect will be
submitted to the Militia Bureau for con-
sideration in the final selection of can
didates
Applicants must be Of field grade with
at least 10 years commissioned service,
and are not to be more than As years
of age. Under very exceptional circum-
stances this age limit may be waived
by the War Department. However, it
was explained that in no case will an
officer be detailed to take the course
who is more than so years of age.
Applicants must be physically quail
fed in all respects to receive favorable
great importance, in view of the
mounted and field work required during
the conduct Of the course. Requests for
attendance at school must be accom-
panied by a report of physical exami-
nation on the applicant, made out at
the time application is submitted by a
medical officer or reputable physician.
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Marine Corps Notes

Mai. Gen. Ben H. Fuller was guest
Of honor of the adiutant and inspec-
tors department. the paymaster's de-
partment, the quartermaster's depart
ment, respectively, Of the corps, during
the holiday functions held during the
past week under the department chiefs,
Brig. Gen. Rufus H. Lane, Brig. Gen.
George Richards and Brig. Gen. Hugh
Matthews.
Col Rush R. Wallace, commanding
officer of the marine barracks Eighth
street southeast, has supervised the
listing of the delicacies on the barracks
menus for the holidays.
Promotions to the grade of major
have been made in the reserves of the
corps as follows: Capt. Donald Winder
and Carlton Hill.
Maj. Henry L. Larsen while In the
Capital is stopping at the Hotel Roose-
welt.
Maj. j. L. Doxey has been stopping
temporarily at 2714 Cathedral avenue,
but plans to return to his station of
duty (Newport, r. - today.
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The examining officer or physician, the
statement says, must state whether or
not the applicant is considered ply
sically At to perform not only the
arduous duties Of q student officer, but
also mounted field service.
Preference is to be given officers as
signed to a tactical division in the ca
pacity of chief of staff, GIL, 2, or 4,
regimental commander.
1t is said to be the desire of the
Militia Bureau to detail officers who
have had appropriate high command
and staff training. Qualified Cavalry
and Coast Artillery officers may also be
selected to attend. 1t is pointed out
that officers desiring the detail who
have not completed the required sub
courses should be promptly informed
of the entrance requirements In order
that they may qualify prior to the
opening date of the course.
Each candidate must submit q sep
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arate application for attendance at the
school and must include in it the fol-
lowing: Rank, name and assignment,
permanent address, age, number Of de-
pendents, prior commissioned service,
number of miles from residence to
school, progress in completion of the
command and general staff extension
course. The applicant also must state
whether or not he is on the emergency
officers retired list and whether or not
he is receiving any compensation for
physical disability from the Govern
ment.
The command and general staff ex-
tension course includes instruction nee
essary to insure a general knowledge of
the tactics and technique Of the sep
arate arms and services, the combined
use of all arms and services in the di-
vision and the functions of command
ers and general staff officers Of divt-
siOnS
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Rescued by Bernard Shaw.

w. H. Davies, English poet, must have
created a record when he was given 3
civic lunch the other day by his native
town Of Newport. For Mr.. Davies was
once tramp and was, in fact, found ~
Bernard Shaw in a cheap lodging house
in Chalk Farm. It's curious how genius
is allowed to starve. Francis Thomp-
son, one of the greatest poets who ever
turned words into the lordly language
of song, was rescued from sheer starva-
ton on the London Embankment.
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Corps plane, few here from the Mis-
sissippi River by instrument in a
hooded cockpit. His widow few days
ago received the Distinguished Flying
Cross, awarded him posthumously for
this feat
The District was the starting point
for two record flights by Capt. Frank
M. Hawks, who few from the Naval
Air Staten to New York in SO minutes
through heavy snow storms late in the
time to So minutes.
All-inEall it has been q most
notable year for the Capital in aero
nautics and the dawn of 1891 finds this
city In flourishing state Of aeronau-
tical growth and development.
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Marvellous Jaw Power.

A fighting lion caught in moose has
been known to bite the thick rope in an
instant and make away. Whales have
been known to crush heavy boat in
through the shoulder of a man, crush
ing all the bones to splfnters. The
hyena has the most powerful jaw mus
cles of any warm-blooded creature. A
hyena can bite through the thigh bone
Of an OK in order TO extract the marrow.
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Navy.
It Is expected that the work Of mod
ernizing the battleShips Arizona and
Pennsylvania, now being done at Nor
folk and Philadelphia, respectively, at
by March / next.
The new 10,ooo-ton cruiser U. S. s.
Houston will relieve the U. S. s. Pitts
burgh as flagship of the Asiatic feet
some time in February. Upon being re-
lieved, the Pittsburgh, a second-line
cruiser with IS years service in the
Navy, will sail from Manila and will
proceed via the Panama Canal to the
Norfolk Navy Yard. where she will be
decommissioned, with q view to dis
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MQDERN HIGHWAYS have put the Cave regions of
kentucky back On the map. They are now bringing,
thousands visitors each season TO the great MAMMOTH
Cave the center Of region now in process becoming
s9eat National Park, covering minimum of As So
acres. The opening here is the main entrance 10 the
Cave. eAu,.,.. ,,,,.... v...--u.. ...-..
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Announcement has been made that
the eligibility for the rating of junior
airplane pilot is limited to National
Guard officers holding junior airplane
observer ratings who successfully COM
plete the technical and practical ex-
animation.
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Aided by Government.

Dy government.
The Department of Commerce aids
70 aerial navigation along the airways
leading cut Of the Capital have been of
great assistance in building up safe
and reliable operations conditions Al
Couege Park, Md, the aeronautics
branch and the Bureau of Standards
nave been conducting experiments look
ing to blind landings" through fog.
Various elements of the landing sys-
tenn, in which vertical and horizontal
radio beams are projected to guide the
| airplane to the landing area, have been
worked out and steps are being taken
10 combine all elements of the system.
Following visit by DR.. Hugo
TO the National Capital last Spring
studies were begun with a view to es-
adjustment of great transatlantic air
ship base at Hybla Valley, near Alex
andrla. Va. Weather information re-
cording instruments we're installed
there by the Washington Board OF
Trade and Alexandria civic bodies and
| daily weather records are being kept as
part Of the study.
Among the other aviation notables to
visit the Capital during the year were
Capt Charles Kingsford-Smith and his
| crew OF the Southern Gross, following
completion of their world flight; Capt
| Wclfgang ven Oronau and the crew OF
his German seaplane which completed
the Westward crossing of the Atlantic
and Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bel
lonte, French crew of the %" who
completed the first nonstop flight from
the mainland Of Europe to the main
land of America.
The Capital was the finishing point
for the longest blind fighw ever made
| when the late Capt. Page, In a Marine
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Eastern Air Transport in Midsummer
established passenger service between
New York, Washington and Richmond,
Va, using the new airport as its local
base. One round trip day was sched-
uled.
on September ! the New York. Phil
adelphia and Washington Airway Cor
poration undertook a daring piece of
aeronautieal pioneering when It estab-
iiShed hourly airplane service between
New York and the National Capital,
operating trimotored ships, which made
20 flights day over the route, starting
hourly between am. and pm. The
public took TO the service in sufficient
numbers TO establish new records, which
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Much interest is being shown by the
various departments Of the american
Legion in the competition for the Gou-
raud trophy to be awarded to the de-
ship quota for 1891 as assigned b ma
tional headquarters. The trophy was
presented to the Legion at the Bottom
convention by Gen. Henri
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@AnEs'eAH H'Orww EOUeArDrAL BUREAU
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15
.Odt Stars
as Red SOX
Trim Mats
Vet First BaSemen Scores
Once and Drives in
Two Runs.

BV United Press
WASHINGTON, April l5.-Bos-
tons Red Sox, unanimous choice
for last place in the American
League, leads the league today by
virtue Of a to 3 victory over the
Washington Senators in Mondays
major league curtain-raiser.
The Red Sox came from behind
to score two runs off Garland
Braxton in the eighth after the
game appeared lost. Phil Todt and
Tom Oliver. rookie outfelder, led
the Sox attack and drove in all
of the four runs.
Todt, veteran first baseman who
hadn't even been slated to start,
banged out three timely hits,
scored one run and drove In two
more.
Todt has been battling for his
job against Bill Sweeney, a prom
ising rookie, and was given the
starting assignment solely because
of his greater experience.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15

BIZ LHited Press
NEW YORK, April 15.-Six man
ayers who led major league teams
in the opening game of the 1929
season were absent from the bench
when the season opened today.
Miller Higgins, who won six
pennants with the New York Yam
KEGS, is dead. Bill Carrigan, who
came out of retirement in an at
tempt to rebuild the Boston Red
Sox, again has deserted baseball
and is in business
Lena Blackburne, former White
Sox manager, is now coaching the
St. Louis Browns. Jack Hendricks,
former Cincinnati manager, is at
his home in indianapolis. Judge
Emil Fuches, who tried managing
the Braves last year, will content
himself with the presidency this
season.
Billy Southworth lasted only half
a season as manager of the st.
Louis Cardinals aid is now manag-
NO the Rochester Internationals.
Three other managers have