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Seward daily gateway., 1930-09-16

List your labor wants with us; We will endeavcr to secure for you the help desired. Phone Adams 126 or c1l at the M & M Club. Seward. Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-09-16

G. W. Gucker, travelling sales man, was among those today de- parting for Anchorage on the "Toonerville Trolley
Seward daily gateway., 1930-09-16

Mayor P c. McMullen depart ed today for Anchorage on a brief business trip. He returns tomorrow.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-09-16

IT YOU HAYEN-1 TRIED FRYE BRUHN'S BABY BEEF, you are certainly missing something.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-09-16

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The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15
BY DOUGLAS GILBERT,


Telegram
oil n "a
lovely evenng-Aug 19 of last year to be precise
Temperng breezes swept in Lake Michigan Chi
cago that great bury farm boy of American towns had
shed its stepped into its Ford and beat for Riverside
Two young too obviously jaunty to veneer the ap
prehensOn they sought hide entered elevator of the
Daily News building and shot to the studio floor of WMAQ
on the roof about 9 80.
Five minutes later they in the studio coatesS col
laress sweating despite the wnecOo weather They
time-Amos N Andy always enter the studio twenty min
before they broadcast. Except once which is tale
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15

in'?" "Awa, ava, ava" 'Doan mess
wild dat" have become national col
loquialisms From 6 to 6:15 p. m.
the telephone company is authority
for the statement that there is a
so per cent diminution in calls.
Their power to influence or ruin
is as authentic as it is widespread.
On Mothers day last year florists
wired the NBC in Chicago their
business had doubled because of
some sentimental reference in an
episode. Andy had mentioned a
bouquet for Madame Queen. Their
predominating type of listener is the
homespun, cottage-liying, home
owning backbone electorate.
In their few theatrical appear
ances they play to wheel chair au-
diences-shut-ins brought to the
theater in cabs, cripples yearning
for closer relationships.
Visitors at Hospital
Alex Robb, concert artist manager
for NBC in Chicago, related a
characteristic anecdote of the pair,
heretofore unpublished.
In st. Paul they were doing seven
shows a day. Nearby Is Ft. Smell
ing, a site of a hospital for wounded
veterans. Their last appearance
was at 10 p. Nights out then for
the boys in the wards.
BY phone and mail requests had
come in for a personal visit. So the
boys phoned out asking that the
restrictions be waived for this night,
that they might motor out and visit
the invalided service men.
In every veterans institution
throughout the west cots are
equipped with head phones so that
the patients may tune in for Amos
n Andy. For their service to the
veterans the boys enjoy gold men,
bership insignias, the presentation
of the American Legion.
So stupendous has become the
national reaction to their broadcast
they have become social Phenomena
Yet the boys, modest and affable,
genial and kindly, are still Curly
Gosden and Charlie Correl, I'M
changed, unSpoiled, except for their
keen realization of what their act
has meant and is meaning.
Never Edited on Air
Their exhibition of taste and dis
elimination in this reaction, intelii-
gent observers say, is unparalleled
so far as they can find comparable
situation to match the acclaim.
No Hollywood star, no Broadway
idol. not even Maude Adams in her
palmieSt days, had the nation at
her feet as have these two thor
oughly likable, intensely sincere
young men.
AS mark OF the. confidence re-
posed in them the attitude of the
NBC is testimony. OF all the
acts broadcast theirs is the only one
that is never subjected to scrutiny,
never edited on the air.
They give the utmost care to the
composition of the episodes. They
use no gags" or wisecracks. Oc-
caSionally one creeps in, for the
boys in their ordinary conversation
are quickwitted and kid constantly
with each other But it never gets
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15

they are creating that has nation
allied their fifteen minutes, that
has made them the two best known
men in the country and the most
popular, that caused the Pepsodent
Company to place a million dollar
policy on their act-S5OO,O00 each?
The boys dismiss the psychologi-
cal factor in their analysis as too
great a puzzle for "a couple of
kids''-as have many of those whe
know their Jung backward.
But they think, and are probably
correct, that it is because the per-
sonal associations, the human con-
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15
Negroes Are Booster

So it goes throughout the coun-
try. The Negro race is their big
gest booster. Never do they belittle
these folk in their continuity
Is requested" Amt dat sump-
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15

When it comes to big business
propaIition, like moving a kcg,
Andy 1eft is right there with
plenty of theory, but Amos, al
on the air-X-ed out before broad
casting.
They chose the toothpaste product
as a advertising medium because,
Gosden said, "it's clean product
and a necessity of life"
Act Bans Advertising
Yet they never mention Pepso-
dent in any of their episodes, this
by contract agreement. Our act
is entirely separate from the adver-
tising continuity and always will
be-" GoSden explained.
I'VE have had number of Of
fers to mention certain products
in our broadcastS or certain events
of an advertising nature. These
we have always turned down.
But the juveniles Of the nation,
the boys and girls for whom Amos
m Andy have dismissed Little Jack
Horner and Bo Peep of Mother
Goose, soon may trot out an honest
to-goodness cab of the Fresh Air
Taxicabo Company, Incorpolated.
In June toy manufacturing
company will bring it out, one of
the few authentic Endorsements
Amos'n' Andy have granted. Amos
drives, Andy, lording it as though
lolling in a limousine, beside him.
The car winds, runs for a few feet,
then stops and shakes like one
lunged 1913 car.
They just Get Over
How do they get over" their act;
what have they got; what is it that
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15

ing something that happened to
both of us. We were moving from
our old apartment to another loca-
ton and hired interior decorators
to do nice job for our wives.
These, with few shadings, of
course, are the interior decorators
that Andy found at Madame
Queens and whom that astute
lady sought to inveigle Andy into
paying for.
THE same thing happened when
the Pepsodent Company had us in
sured. Doctors were following us
around all over, taking our pulses,
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15

most convinced that he amt
gonna do it, is the boy with
muscle.
This time, apparently, it's Amos
tracts, the little odds and ends of
daily experiences that happen to all
of us are developed and presented
in their act, faithfully, humanity
and honestly, divorced from a some
thing-to-sell propaganda. Their
ups and downs in business, in love,
in life, are for the most part the
lot of us all.
I'VE always try to introduce
something that has happened to
everybody" Gosden explained. "For
example, the gullibility of most of
us mortals, especially when our in
tereStS are approached financially.
You may remember the KingflSh'S
Great Home Bank. This proved of
special interest to financiers all over
the country.
Regardless of what we say, we
always try to leave the right inn
preston. The lesson in those cpl
-sodes was that you're better off
putting your money in good,
sound banking institution paying
reasonable interest than in fly-by-
night or get-rich-quick schemes.
1--WE had wide comment on this
from bankers throughout the ma
ton. They were kind enough to
say some nice things about our OBJ
vious message and the way we put
it over"
Each association, each contact,
each experience, is grist for the mill
Of Amos n Andy.
I'm a recent episode" Gosden
went on, 1--WE were really express
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15

who is requested. Needless to say,
this picture was made before
Amos hired Lightnin' for a check
er and began laying down the law
to Andy.
registering our blood pressure and
listening to our heartbeats. 1t was
a big parade of doctors and, of
course. excellent material for the
episodes. You may recall how Amos
was examined for insurance"
Thus are the actual persons in
cidental to the experience trans
ferred to the Amos n Andy act.
Though the character them
selves are there, slightly camou-
f1aged or composite types, there is
one original, the happiest colored
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15

girl, you may we'll believe. in Chi
cago. Lillian Greer, Mrs. GoSden'S
maid.
She is Aunt Lillian" Ruby's
relative, resident of Harlem,
and the mecca for Amos when Ruby
is in town, the solace for him until
her "poppa" gets well.
Buxom. beaming. bubbling, she
peeks behind the door in the Cos
den home, delighted in her part. "
It's Just Swell
"And how'd you like the episode
tonight. Lillian?" Gosden will ask.
And if Aunt Lillian" may have
been mentioned or phoned to-
Jus swell, Mistah Gosden, jus
swell"
1t was Lillian who, aware of the
invariable twenty minutes before"
rule both apply to their studio
work, worried most last Tuesday
night.
A blizzard blanketed the entire
west. Chicago, felled by ten-inch
snowfall, laid in biting wind, was
chained, helpless
Gosden with Correll started for
the studio in what they thought was
ample time. They had misjudged
the force of the storm.
Charlie ran a mile and a half
part way to our Office in the Palm
olive building, where we had Tues
day nights episode, while went on
to the studio. Trolleys had stopped;
taxicabs, even the fresh air variety,
were unable to proceed.
Rides Coal Truck
"a coal truck gave him a lift for
a few blocks; then a one-lunged
auto, somehow Drawing the storm,
picked him up. He got the episode
and joined me just four minutes
before we were to go in.
It was an anxious wait I had.
The first time we had such a close
shave and the first time we ever
had to break our representation
rule"
Mrs. Gosden rose and went to the
window, lowering the drapes, snap
ping off the brilliant light of the
chandelier. leaving only the soft
glow OF the floor lamp. Correll
smiled from an easy chair.
She rejoined her husband, sitting
beside him on the sofa, attentive
as he and his partner launched into
their reactions to their success, their
hopes and plans.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15
Alky Truck Is Captured

John Wright, As, and Mayme
stroufe, 43, both of 543 South East
street, were arrested on charges Of
transporting liquor Monday night.
after police say they found twenty
five gallons of alcohol in truck in
which the two we're riding.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15

And what are they planning?
Douglas Gilbert continues his in
terview with Amos n Andy to-
morrow.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08
CAMP AIGN AGAINST
 DRY LAW PLANNED
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famous Yankee division, pledged his support to A. Fitzroy Anderson of New York, temporary executive chairman of the Associated Or Ganizations, Inc, who is arranging the campaign.
 At the conference between Ed wards and Anderson it was decided to hold a luncheon here January 15 10 discuss plans for the demonstra- tions.
 Discussing plans for the "Liberty Parade" 10 be held in Boston, An derson said it would be led by a modern Paul Revere who. instead of awakening Colonists to the presence of British troops, would awaken citizens 10 the fact that their liber- ties were being crushed.
 Behind Paul will march the Awakened Citizens.' appropriately attired in night clothes and chanting, Liberty, we were asleep"
 Then there will be a float on which characters will reenact tae Boston tea party the moral being that the British duty on tea was no more burdensome than prohibition
 Other floats will depict the Black Duck episode in which three alleged m-smugglers were killed by coast guards off the Rhode Island coast recently, and the I'm Alone case in which q British ship was sunk by coast guard fire.
 Also in line will he platoon Of boys and girls carry flasks, accord ing 10 Anderson.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08
Sea Elephant Capture
 In Three Easy Lessons

SJu Pedro, Cal. Jan. s LP'- riuplc directions for capturing y srd elephant:
 Find an island frcQucntcd by sca ,lcpharts. Set up good strong portable fence on beach, leaving gate c cn. Watt until sea elephant ventures near gate. Then step br,vcly between the animal and tho deep blue sea and cut looso with furious barragc oj sand to sea elephants face. Pain cd and ucWildtrcd. sea elephant will back into fence trap. Close gate and give three Iousiug cheers.
 such Was the method us,d on Guadalupe Island, in the south Pacific. hy the crew Of the motor ship Patsy which arrived here yesterday with three of the rare mammals, captured Tor r>hihj- ton purposes.
 SyH elephants, which have flip pcrs like seals, cannot get about very rapidly on land, and some of them weigh as much as two tons. They have long, flexible upper lips. somewhat resembling elephant trunks.
 One important point is that they have big eyes which bulge out like teacups. That's where thp sand b1l,rarr 1opS inc 1ppSt good.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08
DEAF MUTE WRITES
 HIS PLEA FOR JOB
Cannot Obtain Work Because Of
 lmpediment, He Reveals

Another of the many unusual in- cidents which are confronting Frank Rogers who is in charge of the municipal employment bureau oc- cured today when d deaf mute applicant for work presented him. self and in the negotiations whicli were written on paper he told q story of Restitution.
 He is unable to obtain work. Inc lack of speech being a handicap, and his wife, who was the only sup port of the family. was dismissed from her place in d local factory when the company was going through a "slack pcriod' last June.
 He has been married two yea $ and has no children. He is 25 years old and is willing to work with T pick and shovel.
 Mir. Rogers made an appointment for Friday afternoon at 2:&0 o'clock at which time he hopes to have work for the man.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08

substantial, when il first came in. but it proved to he as groundlcss as many others have been.
 Most of the searching for Landry. Roland lalon" and Watson Mouth rope, who escaped from the prison Saturday by saving q bar at a win dow. is presumably being done in adjoining states. as state police and prison officers believe that the trio have got out of Connecticut, prob ably have separated and may be "N- pcctod to turn up at distant points.
 Incidents which have been atjrib- utcd 10 tho trio. or some on" Of them. are a break in q store at Pitts field. Mass, abandonment of sedan near Southampton and thctt Of q machine at Holyollc.
 Tho state prison authorllIcS have offered a reward of $1o0 for inior- nation which will lead to capture Of one or more Ct tn" men.
 State Officer Pcttengill hurt when hurled off a ear which was pursuing q car in East Hartford Saturday, thought to have been tn" one which carried the convicts is doing well at the hospital.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08
HART ARRESTS YOUTH
 IN LEAP FROM AUTO
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were locked lip in spite of Nincent's plea that he had to go 10 work this morning.
 Arraigned before Judge Stanley J. Traceslti in police court, Andrews pleaded guilty to the charge of vio- lation Of Section 62 of the motor vehicle laws and was fined S10 and costs, including S5 for the damage sibility. explaining that he found a bag of ball bearings on East Main street and not knowing who owned them, took them along with him. He did not intend to hit an auto mobile, but was simply throwing the bearings at various targets. The po- lice car happened along and the bearing struck it. He admitted he was not truthful when Chief Hart questioned him last night but he re- eretted that he had not admitted his guilt at that time. I'm guilty and ready to suffer the consequences, he said. "The other two boys had nothing to do with it.
 Judge Traceski suspended judg- ment on Pima. who is 16, colored. and lives at IS Franklin street, and Vincent, 19 colored, of the same ad- dress. They took the stand before Andrews and testified that the were with him and ran because they did not want to be implicated.
 Pima said Andrews gave him about 15 bearings and he threw them at signs along the street. not intending to strike anyone or anything of value. Vincent had no bearings when arrested and his story was that when he heard the click of the breaking glass he looked around and i seeing nobody but his chums he realized one of them had thrown the i missile that caused the damage. He ran and the others did likewise.
 Chief Hart and Sergeant Feeney explained the states case and the | former estimated the cost of the l broken glass between $3.5O and s5 Andrews told Sergeant Feeney tho names of his companions and all ad mitted their part in the incident claiming, however. that they did no know it was the police car that wa. passing.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08
NmaLc~ Own Country

Brussels. Jan. $ lP)-Thc bride or Prince Umhcrto already has amazed her own country and family by tho variety of interests that she brings 10 her new role as wife of the hci" to the Italian throne.
 Sports Of all kinds always have had d fascination for her, and she has followed in the steps of her father with q keen interest in ayi- ation.
 Sh" had a long flight this summer over the Ardennes mountains and was so pleased with the trip that when she landed she said to her friend: "The day l am married l shall ask my husband to take me for q long distance flight"
 Her intimateS re now awaiting to sec what the young bridegroom will do when his princess asks him to take her airpIaniug.
 Josie Marie 1as an excellent tech . njcal knowledge Of lanes and is well versed in the differences be tween the various makes. It has been one of her great disappoint- ments that she has not been able to follow the example of several other young Belgian dehutantes and learn to fly. Her royal family would not permit her 10 take tn" risk
 Tn" brides accomplishments in in" field of music arc known throughout her home country. Sh used 10 play tho violin. but latnJ transferred her attention 10 in" piano on which she became very proficient, Quite recently she be- gan a study of tn" cello.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08
CHILD SOUGHT IN
 TWO YEARS PACT
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avoid babies as long as possible. Well-our marriage is just the op poste."
 The wedding ceremony was the first of the new year at Souderton and was performed by Justice Asher N. Stoudt. who reluctantly approv- ed the following marriage contract:
 Child Deliberate Purpose
 "I William Kenneth Mover. of Chicago, and I, Ethel Cylettc Den. of Sun Prairie, Wis. do hereby agree 10 marry for the deliberate purpose of creating a child. If at the end of two years We have failed of our purpose. it shall be the privilege of either 10 apply for divorce without consulting the other"
 The marriage contract" Mrs. Mover explained. doesn't mean that we have to separate at the end of two years if we haven't had d child but that we may do so if we like"
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08
POLICE BOARD DELAYS
 MAKING ASSIGNMENTS
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cancy which would thus be created in the group of sergeants Officer William J. Grabeck is prominently mentioned
 It was said in political circles to- daN that tn" promotion of Sergeants Flynn or O'M1ra would go long way towards appeasing the indigna- tlon of prominent democrats at the promotion of Tieutenant-clcct Nc Cue, but the obstacle 10 be over come is tn" unfavorablc attitude of the controlling republican group in the common council, who have been able to keep the proposed licuten- ancy on the table for several months.
 It is believed the board may hold a special meeting within week or ten days to take definite action in the situation.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08
HUSBAND GUARDED,
 MURDERED WIFE
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 Mrs. Betty Cliff. 20, by her husband, Warren. there late last night.
 More than year ago Mrs. Cliff disappeared while visiting in At- lantiC City. Several months later ih" body of q murdered young woman was found in tho woods near there and for a time police believed inc doaI girl was the missing Mrs clin.
 Cliff hurried 10 Atlantic City in an effort to identify the body but informed police that the dead wom- an was not his wife.
 Quincy polio" Wcr" amazed today when they learned that Mrs Cliff actually had become the victim or murder in Atlantic City and that her husband had confessed the crime.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08
New York Society Women
 Oppose Prohibition Law

New York. Jan. s UP) More than 100 prominent New York wom- en were on record today as oppos- ing enactment of a state prohibition enforcement bill
 The action was taken at meet ing of the state branch of the won- ems organization for national pro- hibition reform. Mrs. Archibald Roosevelt presided over the meet ing.
 The resolution adopted declared that the 18th amendment "violates the fundamental principle of the constitution and the demand to en- force it has resulted in hypocrisy, lawlessness, corruption and mur- der"
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08

our present contracts run out
 Pike testified, however, that i've are proud of this campaign and are willing for the world 10 know about it."
 He added that the connection Of the Hershey and Coca Cola compa- nies was not advertised because the campaign would be considered as publicity for the organizations.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08
JULIUS ROSENWALD
 MARRIED SECRETLY
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 Chicago: Dr. and Mrs. David Levi, of New York; Harold Goodkind. of New York, son of the bride, and William and J. LcssinG Rosenwald. of Philadelphia and Abingdon.
 Mrs. stern and Mrs. Levi are daughters of Julius Rosenwald and William and J. Lcssing are his sons RoscnWald came 10 Philadelphia yesterday from New York where he had been conferring with former President Calvin Coolidge and for mcr Governor Alfred F. smith of New York, regarding the disposal of the s6,O0O.O00 Hubert estate to charitable, educational and health institutions.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08
BURGLARS RANSACK
 l. PROVIDENCE HOME
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Nicholson's bedroom had been ran sacked and the 2e pieces of jcwelry stolen.
 Michael Franklin. finger print eX- pert, inspected the scene of the burglary, but reported there was not trace of the thief. He cX- pressed the belicf that the burglar a professional. had worn gloves.
 Although the burglar apparently spent some time in the house, none Of the occupants was awakened.
 Nicholson is one of Rhode Islands Woalthiest men. He is chairman of the board of directors of the Indus trial Trust company and is identified with several other financial cor porations.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-08
Volcano on Martinique
 Is in Violent Eruption

New York. Jan. s tP-A dispatch to the New York Times today from Captain E. k. McCullam, of the steamship Western Ocean. off the coast of Martinique. French West Indies, said Mount Pelee was In violent eruption.
 Lava was flowing down the noun tain sides ct a. m
 The Western Ocean was due at Martinique late yesterday afternoon, but it was believed the eruption may have prevented her making Fort De France.