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The Washington times., 1934-06-06
The UnIuckiest Guy
Another Cab

Another Cab
A man on the other corner
looked over at him. Before Fred
could step on the self starter, an
other cab stopped in front Of the
potential fare. The man stepped
in and the other cab rolled away.
Fred shrugged his shoulders help
leSsly.
Born unlucky," he sighed.
That's what's the matter with
me. Born unlucky."
Other cab drivers were making
fairly decent living, he told him.
self. Why couldn't he do it? Why
couldn't he get a break. Because
if ever a man needed a break it
was he.
Mildred, the grandeSt little wife
in the world, was about to have
another baby. A little money
would do so much to make her
burden easier. Why shouldn't she
have the break that other huS-
bands gave their wives; wives not
half so deserving as Mildred?
The door of Fred'S cab was
opened and the driver leaped to
attention. Three well dressed men
stepped into the machine and told
Fred to drive to an address on
West Twenty-third Street.
Another moment and the car
morrow. After all, It was an &C
cident. And an accident can hap
pen to anyone"
"Sure," growled her husband
was on its way. Fred had the
trace of smile on his face now.
This, at least, was something. The
distance was about dollar call,
and these birds looked like a quar-
ter tip. Not bad.
Just two blocks further, Fred
stopped for a traffic light. His
motor died suddenly. The driver
pressed the starter frantically, but
there was no answering buzz.
There was a short somewhere-or
the battery had gone dead. OF
all the rotten luck!
AS he got out of the machine
frankie Grey drove alongside.
Frankie drove for the same COM
The Washington times., 1934-06-06
Taxi Driver Ioe

Odd fellow is joey Lee, famous
taxi-driver with ambitions to be a
writer. Never an anniversary Of
any type passes without wire or
special greeting from the chap. &.
Once bawled him out in print.
I published a gag he sent me only
to find that three other column
lists had published the gag stimuli
taneously. 1t appears he had
considered it SO precious, he wired
it to all Of us-and we all bit!.
From London, little Sunny O'Dea
writes and encloses clippings indi-
eating she is having a sensational
success at the Dorchester. From
Prince George she received as a
birthday gift an antique box filled
with candy. Il have often Won
dered why hospital beds are so
narrow-as for me, I like them
plenty wide so 1 can put in my
nightly round of tossing from left
to right and back again. .Wheth-
er the proprietors like it or not,
this is what actually occurs in
some of the German restaurants
around town Z. . "A gent walks in.
holds up his hand stiffly, shouts
Hell Hitler" whereupon from
every table hands shoot up. Some
hands stay down, of course, and
the owners are Immediately sur
rounded by propogandists. Now
it occurs to me that somewhere
in the American citizenship code
there is a clause which definitely
forbids allegiance to the ruler Of
a foreign country. Mary Pickford
The Washington times., 1934-06-06

is through touring for awhile
and will devote herself to produc-
ing pictures. There is also some
talk that she will head a cosmetic
company.
Tip to stock company direc-
tors: Grossinger'S, up at Fern
dale, N. Y, wants one with a
company for the summer. Men
in White" came out of one of
these places. Little Julie Jenner
will not go on the road with
the "FollieS" Her press agent
husband, Monte Proser, objects
because she's too, pretty!s.sThe
The Washington times., 1934-06-06
Writes for Boys

Danny Ahearn, sentenced to
Sing Sing, writes me a letter in
(Which he denies newspaper re-
ports that he said he would write
a story about the judge and the
prison. {. mo, sir, will write a
play for the boys, I know they
won't be disappointed, for my
heart will be in each and every
line-who knows? Maybe the
State will be its Angel. What
a fool I was. It's too late now
to say I'm sorry. But the old
crap game got me. Being a good
loser. Now the State wants me
to back my body into an by 10
cell, calling all debts off. SO
that's that!". Grace Hayes pet
Scotchman has an infallible rem
edy for SeasickneSS-he holds a
quarter between his teeth! For
the time being at any rate, the
site of the old Metropole Cafe in
Times Square is audible with ex-
citement in an eatery called Steu-
ben Tavern-in spite of its name,
it appears two non-Aryans are the
owners.
Judge Aron Steuer's brand new
son has been labeled "Clark" =.
MY favorite pantomimic comic,
Jimmy Savo, hear is going into
the Paramount for four or five
weeks. That's a break for Para.
mount whether it believes it or
not. L think there should be pre-
served for all time those comera
shots of President and Mrs. RooSe
welt taken Of them at Worcester
Mass, on their way to the Groton
school exercises. .. Nothing haS
The Washington times., 1934-06-06

dramatic workshop in motion
picture direction and operation. {. .
Odd fellow, Eddie Davis, the
talented partner and singer at
Leon and Eddie'S. Assumes ex-
aggerated feminine poses and
flourishes his hands and swishes
his thighs during his routines. {. .
AS result, strangers sometime
get the wrong impression. E. One
did the other night and said
things out loud that no stranger
should say out loud-nor a friend
either. SO Eddie politely invited
him outside-and wham!
I think A. Murray's squelch as
neat as any I've heard. "A singer
was boasting about his ancestry
..."I come" he claim d
proudly. from a long line of sing
erS". your voice." remarked
Murray gently, sounds as though
it's tired from the long jurney!"
Interesting are the pamphlets
that reach this office from various
bookshops and publishers listing
books for sale or books to be pub
lished. One informs me that for
SIS I may obtain an exceedingly
rare volume entitled Life, Trial
and Dying Addresses of the Three
Thayers" The blurb explains. :.
1.-THE trial of three brothers who
murdered a usurer from whom
they had borrowed money. Having
butchered hogs, they pretended
the blood of the murdered man to
be the blood of these. Damn
him, I guess he is where he won't
trouble me-" confided Isaac
Thayer, one of the Three Brothers.
The title wood-cut depicts them in
sepulcretis-three black collins
arranged in a row. More mon
strous than the savage fiend"
reads a line in a contemporary
ballad dedicated to their bloody
deed. Nice book for bedtime
reading I fanCyi
The Washington times., 1934-06-06
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
Louis SObOl-
Fragments!

Sranges strlkeand perhaps the newspapers Will break 1t
even you read this line Macauley publisher dismisses
young girl and IL out of 16 editorial employees walk out and
start pckeng From all country letters of
protest. supporting the strikers from authors and editors
Lincoln Steffins. Malcolm Cowey Michael Cold.
Lester Cohen Rita Van Doren Robert NJ Coates Ma
thaneal West On top of that entire cast of Sevedores
volunteers to take up the picketng today
The Washington times., 1934-06-06
Reporters Strike


Strikes among editorial workers
are rare. Back in my Connecticut
days, bunch of us went on strike
because we didn't like the city
editor. SO on the second day of
the strike, they fired us. We kept
on striking just the same until
we all landed jobs elsewhere. {.
Then the strike died out. But
the paper kept operating and the
city editor kept on his job.
Genuine scare 1 got the other
night. When I heard that Sam
Harris had been seriously hurt. {.
Seems he tripped in his new apart
ment and was badly cut about the
face-requiring half a dozen
stitches to patch him up. Yale,
I hear, is seriously planning a
special course (something like its
The Washington times., 1934-06-06
ENTER Madame"
To Be Made Picture

Paramount has purcha e d
ENTER Madame" colorful story
of a prima donna's career. AL
thors are Gilda VareSi and Dolly
Byrne. Miss Varesi, an actress OF
note some years ago, scored her
greatest success in the play.
The Washington times., 1934-06-06
Find New PLAYER

Mae Belle Lewis, petite 18-year"
old member of an old American
theatrical family, has been signed
to a screen contract by Para
mount. Miss Lewis came to the
attention Of the studio talent
scouts by her appearance in a
speciality number in the "Shim
Sham Revue" a current stage at
traction in Hollywood.
The Washington times., 1934-06-06

reply. One Of the drivers took
three Stick-up guys to an address
on West Twenty-third Street
yesterday afternoon. One guy
covered the cab and, in the get
Away, the driver was shot dead.
"You knew him, didn't you.
Fred? Frankie Grey was his
name"
The Washington times., 1934-06-06

Helen Started Young
Helen Mack played her first big
stage role at the age of eight.
The Washington times., 1934-06-06

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-16
By Eddie Ash
Bill Burwell Bids Tribe Farewell Today
Indians Maintain Agreement With Chiefs

EVANSVILLE. Ind April 16-After serving eleven con-
secutive with the Indianapolis baseball club
pitcher Bill Burwe left his old club today open up
new training camp at Fl. Wayne Bill was appointed Fl
Wayne manager time ago, and since there will be
working agreement between the Central League and
the Indians, Burwe trained with the Trbesmen in Evans
vile looked the rookie talent He left for Fit Wayne
today and accompanied by nine youngsters who were
the Tribe roster
Six clubs will form the Central League and it will be
given Glass rating The season will open May 10 and
of the games will be played under the lights night
Fit Wayne is the lone Hooser entry in the loop Burwell
thinks well of his chances to blossom into regular pilot
and eager up the ladder in that line He crafty
pitcher in his day. and of Indianapolis players
of all time The American Association extends best wishes
to the popular he leaves the ranks his
ability to develop young pastimers Fl Wayne will be known
as the Chiefs
CHUCK graduated
o. Philadelphia Nationals bought him for $500 Last winter the
cStG and M pocket city never has recovered frS the OW d
first the New York The Yankees secuted the oer Her
slipped
into town and caught the Cardinal chain store mapping and landed the
went Philadelphia and established himself the greatest
R BURwEs Indian rockies and Fl Wayne candidates won two
- over the They II to Mt Vernon Ind on Sat
athletes Fl Wayne this morning Pitchers Wright Terry and Koe
Iomardo and Foster Young Fields an nfeder viii be- picked up
Indianapolis indianapolis sandOter
Minneapolis
Indians the Chiefs will
ID university
N where he will assured regular work He looked
while with the Indians Evansville and impressed
Kllefer thinks full of
make him double hurler
ADAMS nfede Cincinnati
- selected Pittsburgh the National
queen will better.than 1888.
complete schedule night
Stadium Daylight will be
early part will
mile
THE complete trip Sunday
opening
Indianapolis Tuesday, April "a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-16
Jack Medica Will Rule
Waves, Observers Boast

performance in the 1886 games at
Berlin.
Medica is 10, weighs 1876 and is
the third of three great swimmers
to come from the Pacific northwest.
Ross was the first, then came Helene
Madison, and now Medica. He
started swimming in 1881 and prac-
Ciced in the same pool with Helene
Madison.
For six months Helene could
beat me-" he recalled, but pretty
soon I got so I could take her at
every distance. Training with her
helped me lot"
Ray Daughters. who developed
Helene Madison, is Medica's coach
Like Ross, he thinks Medica will
continue to improve until he will
be unbeatable by the 1886 Olympics.
Among the worlds records Medica
holds are AIS for the 400 yards:
4:468 for the 40 yards; 4:432 for
the 400 meters; 5:57.8 for the 500
meters, 10:15.2 for the $50 yards;
1887 for the 1000 yards. He holds
the national championship at 400
and 500 yards and the intercollegi-
ate title at 220 and 40 yards and
1900 meters.
Although Medica appeared at the
meet in the role of performer of
special exhibitions, his record at
tempts were conducted so that each
effort became an official record.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-16
TRIBESMEN PACK UP FOR TOLEDO JOURNEY
Lawson Will
Occupy Mound
for Mud Hens
5000 May Watch Indians
Open at Toledo
Tomorrow.
BIZ Times Special

By Times Special
TOLEDO, o., April 16.-Roxie
Lawson, big right-hander, will &C.
cupy the slab against the Indianap-
oils Indians as the Toledo Mud
Hens and the TribeSmen open their
American Association campaign here
tomorrow.
Manager Stephen Francis ONeill
announced his starting lineup to-
day, with the exception of a back
stop, indicating he is uncertain
whether Gene Desautels or Bob
Garbeck will don the mask and shin
guards.
Five days of almost incessant rain
have held back advance ticket sales
for the opening series, but it was
expected that 5000 or more fans
would be on hand to inaugurate the
1884 season. Weather conditions
were forecast as unsettled for to-
morrow.
The lineup and batting order
given out by O'NeilI today is:
Milt Galatzer, center field; Bob
Refs, shortstop; Ellis Powers, right
field; Art Shires, second base; Alta
Cohen, left field Davis, first base;
Ed Montague, third base Desautels
or Garback, cacther; and Lawson,
pitcher.
The game will be called at 3
p. M, eastern standard time. The
Hens and Tribesmen will play
three game series, the Indians leav-
ing after Thursdays game for
similar engagement at Columbus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-16
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press staff Correspondent

CHICAGO, April 16.-America' S
answer to Japan's bid for world
wide swimming supremacy is Jack
Medica, curely-haired University of
Washington sophomore.
From an alternate on the United
States Olympic team two years ago,
Medica has developed into the
greatest swimmer in this country
from 900 yards to one mile.
In less than year he has
smashed six world and five Amer
lean records. in addition to many
intercollegiate and meet records.
During the four nights Of the wom-
ems national indoor swimming
championships, which closed Satur-
day night, Medica attempted to
break nine records, and that's just
how many toppled before his pow
erful stroking.
Norman Ross, former Olympic
champion. who once held seventy
two records, believes Medica has a
chance to annex every record on
the books from 220 yards to one
mile.
"Medica's performance in break
ing nine records in four nights is
as great as anything I have ever
seen in swimming" commented
Ross. Hes not far from the
worlds greatest swimmer. and he
hasn't reached his peak yet.
Like all great swimmers of the
past, he has a style that the al
legged experts term unorthodox.
That's what they said about me and
Johnny WeiSsmuller, but as soon as
We had broken all the records on
the book they recognized our indi-
vidual styles as orthodox. The same
thing will happen as soon as Amer
lea breaks a few more records"
Ross. who is the only swimmer to
win both the 400 and 1.500-meter
races in the Olympic games, pre-
diets that Medica viii duplicate his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-16
Name Shelbyville
as Tourney Choice
Recreation Association Is
Organized Here.

Shelbyville again will be the
scene of the state softball cham
pionship tournament, members of
the Indiana Recreation Association
decided at an organization meeting
here yesterday.
The tournament, to be preceded
by district meets throughout the
state, will be held Sept 2, 3, 4. The
first annual tournament was held
last year.
Constitution and bylaws of the
new recreation organization we're
adopted at the meeting. Member
ship in the organization and num-
Der of representatives in the softball
tourney will be decided on a basis
of population.
Cities with population up to 90
900 will be allowed one member and
one representative in tthe tourney,
20,00075, OOO two; 75,0OO-2O0, 1000,
three, and all over 100000. four.
Alfred Campbell, Shelbyville, is
president of the organization. Other
officers are Wally Middlesworth, In
dianapolis, treasurer; Elmer Burn
ham, South Bend, president,
and Tony Hinkle, indianapolis; E.
A Brunoehler, Brazil, and H T. Nc
Cullough, Shelbyville, directors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-16

twenty-four FASTENERS to Toledo.
Three games will be staged with the
Mud Hens and three at Columbus
before the Indians return to Indian
apoliS to open their home season on
April "a. The Tribe chieftain is in
clined to the belief that his team
has been made panicky by the rough
going at Bose field and may fool
everybody when the championship
race starts.
Baseball weather returned to
Evansville Saturday after a cold
spell that lasted three days. There
was no sun yesterday, but it was
warm and more than 1000 fans
turned out. About 500 were present
Saturday.
Outfielder Vernon Washington,
the slugger from the Texas League,
is having a difficult time trying to
obtain a base hit. He drew blanks
Saturday and yesterday and looked
far from being in shape. He is not
getting his bat around in natural
follow through fashion. The big fell
low is willing to fight it out, how
ever, and has assured his mates he
Will emerge from the slump. He war
advised to try a lighter bat, but
heSitates to give up his old war
clubs. washington was one of the
leading sluggers in the Texas loop.
The benching of Wingard for
Shevlin at Toledo tomorrow will
come as a surprise to the league
dopesters, but manager Killefer is
ready to try anything nowadays.
Shevlin was out of baseball last
year and most of 1882. He is only
shadow on the scale, but is shifty
and knows how to protect his sta
ton. He hit to all fields during the
exhibition series in Evansville and
also proved he could bunt. It is a
question, however, if he will be able
to stand up under a hard campaign.
Vineyard gave up pitching for first
basing because of batting power but
last year he Slumped at the plate
and struck out too often with run
ners on base. He may earn his Job
back in time, but Shevlin gets the
call ever him as the new season be-
gins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-16
Carter to Limit
Tuesday Show to
Two Main Events
Coin Toss to Decide Which
Bout Will Hold
Last Spot.

A suggestion that Armory wres-
Ting fans be on time Tuesday night
if they want to miss none of the
promised action and thrills, was Of
fered today by matchmaker Lloyd
Carter of the Hercules A. c.. in
announcing that the entire mat
program would be devoted to the
two rival heavyweight clashes.
Carter decided definitely today to
dispense with the customary short
prelim bout in order that Frank
Speer Tom Dad Wolff Marvin and
Karl (Doc) Sarpolis-G George (Cry
Baby Zaharias would have all of
the time necessary to settle their
arguments.
1T is my opinion" Carter said,
that the fans are interested entire
ly in the outcome of the two rival
matches and for that reason the
whole program will be given over to
the four mat gladiatorS.V A toss Of
the coin will decide which bout
will start first. The program will
begin promptly at $50.
Both feature tuSsles are rival
affairs, with each calling for two
falls out of three and carrying time
limits of one and one-half hours.
In one bout zaharias, the Cry
ing Greek from Cripple Greek" who
has gone undefeated here, much to
the agony Of the fans, will defend
his record against the popular Sar-
polls. The latter star has vowed to
avenge a previous upset, and prom
ises to give Zaharias plenty of his
own medicine, which is a pre-
scription calling for punishment and
nothing else Action Of the red-hot
brand is anticipated when the two
come to grips.
The other half of the bargain bill
will see the tWo-fisted Marvin in
fighting trim against the rough and
tumble Speer The two huskics
staged a thrilling thirty minute
tusSle here three weeks ago, the re-
suit being draw and the fans have
been clamoring for a match over a
longer route.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-16
Municipal Courses
Opened Saturday
Blind Par Journeys Feature
First Day on Links.

The golf season was under way
officially in indianapolis today fol-
lowing formal opening of five NUM-
cipal links Saturday. On each
course Saturday blind par tourna-
ments we're held, with season tickets
to the courses as prizes.
Miss Gertrude McOuait hit 88 to
cop the ticket at Riverside. R. l..
Reynolds was lucky on the draw as
he and seven others tied with 70's
at Pleasant Run: Jack Scots won
the draw when he and Clark Kirby
tied with SO cards at Sarah Shank;
Dick STICKY drew from three others
with IT'S at South Grove, and Dot
Lynch outdrew Carl Smith for the
ticket at Coffin
An exhibition match scheduled
between Ralph Stonehouse. Coffin
pro: Neal Mcintyre, Highland pro.
and Bill Melhorn and Bill Kaiser of
Louisville. was Cancelled at Coffin
yesterday because of rain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-16
Exhibition Baseball

Cincinnati Red Colts, =; indianapolis
"a. A., 2.
Detroit Americans, :; Cincinnati Ma
TONS 4.
Detroit Americans, :; Cincinnati Ma
tiOnals,4.
st. Louis Nationals VS.. St. Louis Amer
leans, rain.
Chicago Americans VS.. Chicago Ma
tiOns, rain, cold.
New York Americans, A. Brooklyn Ma
tiOnsl, 3
Boston Americans. 10; Boston Nationals,
Cleveland Americans. 5; New York Ma
tiOns, L.
Washington Americans, 12; Baltimore
Kansas City VS.. Oklahoma City, rain.
Phila delUhia Americans, 4 PHILADELPHIA
Nationals ).
Pittsburgh Nationals, H. Louisville A.
A., 40 innings.
Chattanooga, 3; Minneapolis, 1.
Little Rock, 4; st. Paul, 0.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-16
Mrs. Jarrett Sets
New Swim Marks
BetterS Record Time in 200,
220-Y Yard BaCkStroke.
By United Press

By Cnited Press
DETROIT, April 1.-two new
American records were set here Sun
day by Mrs. Eleanor Holm Jarrett
in exhibition time swimming at a
meet in which the Detroit Yacht
Club team defeated the New York
Swimming Association, % to %.
Mrs. Jarrett was timed in 2:51
for the 200 meters backstroke and
in 2:51.9 for the 220 yards in the
same style. They surpassed her
own former records by and 2-5
seconds and 5 and ITO seconds, re-
spectively.
Doris Shimman was the high
scorer O. the match, taking frsts in
the 50-yard free style and 100-yard
breast stroke to lead her team to
victory.