The Washington times., 1937-03-06
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
-ByLOuiS SObOl-
News Ironies! .

James A. McCafferty, WPA
worker Of WappingerS Falls, N. Y,
seeks leave of absence to conduct
his mayoralty campaign. Frank
Bailey, laborer of Denver, kills
three welfare workers because they
Snubbed his appeal for employ
ment on WPA project. Barnard
College establishes training
table" for reducing fat students
the Aga Khan of Nairobi is pre-
sented with his weight in gold,
1900 ounces. Vladimir Lintin,
Is, of Moscow, kills his mother be-
cause she refused to let him travel
to America-Walter M. Weber,
living 40 years in Havre de Grace,
has held several important offices,
but never has Strayed more than a
block from his home. August C.
Ottmiller, 72, and Ella Smith, "a,
of Marion, Ohio, wed after two
week cycionic courtShip-Flor-
ence Bradley, IA, says that's the
right age for marriage as she
united with Louis Guardini, 81, of
San Francisco. Children prefer
films to books states report issued
by the Children's Aid Society
children in Mexia, Tex, stage
sit-down strike against what they
label "louSy entertainment" in a
movie house James j. Mccain,
captured after his escape from an
Ohio prison II years ago, wages
bitter battle against extradition
from Pittsburgh to avoid COM
pleting his sentence-an inmate OF
Northeastern Penitentiary at Pitts
burghs asks the prison authorities
to disregard the time off due him
for good behavior and let him
finish his full five-year term.
Best drunk story Of the week:
The Stewy playbOy on the verge
of d. It's watched the progress of
an arrogant dinOSaur on a tight
rope, according to Sig Ramon,
who sponsors the yarn .. Finally
the dinOsaur, swinging perilOuSly,
came closer and thrust out a
long, fOrked tongue 20,
yeah" gurgled the drunk, "ShO
tha'Sh it! You get any freSher
m I'll take an aspirin and get
rid O. yOu!"
Eddie Lambert making his night |
club debut at the Bali, Saturday
night, quit the night after :. Lyn
Logan (better known as the much
married Claire Ray, now at the
Casino de Paris in France, is TAX
ing flying lessons from Jimmy Mol
lison Nina Pearson, one-time
bride of Paul Leviton, who later
married Jean Meagher Herndon,
is now being courted by Myron
Goldsoll Most of Broadway will
flock to the Grossinger Reunion
Ball at the AStor Sunday night,
the proceeds of which will be do
mated to the Warm Springs (Ga0
Foundation for crippled children.
Rhymed 'Brupts: CarOIe Lom-
bard-Classy Chassis War
ner Oland-Chink Gink -. Joan
CrawfOrd-Slim BIN Stan
Laurel-Grain Brain =. . Deanna
Durbin-Darling Startling
Stuart Erwin-SIOw Beau
Mary AstOr-Fiery Diary >.
Mario BraggiOtti-Gleeful Key
full Zasu Pitts-Jitter Critter.
:. Herman Bing-GrOwl JOwl.
-. Lupe Valez-Sexy Mexy 80.
Adolf Hitler-Mean Queen.
Publicist David Green, receiving
a protest from client that Laurel.
in-the-Pines, a Lakewood resort,
was being unfavorably mentioned
in the play, BE So Kindly" (since
closedD, wired back: PLAY mention
Laurel-in-Pines favorable" The
Western Union office refused to
send the message Green was
informed stiffly: 1--WE do not ac-
cept messages carrying tips on
horSeS!"
John Medbury writes that Harry
Cohn, head of Columbia Pictures,
while debating the other morning,
accidentally jammed his finger
in a desk drawer. An hour later
he played the record back and
now he's suing the dictaphone
people for defamation of character!
COlumniSt epitaph submitted
Jay Faggen: Ashes to ashes,
rags to rags-nO further use for
press agent gags!
Unusual on Broadway Il think
is an actor appearing Simultane-
ously in two legit plays Fred
erick Worlock, who, after COM
pleting his role in the first act
of "Tovarich" at the Plymouth,
daShes over to the Hudson to play
the role of the lawyer in the last
act Of 1.-THE Amazing DR.. Glitter.
house." Last year, Claudia Nor
gan played simultaneously in Co
respondent Unknown" and in Call |
1t Day."
Bert Lytell. just back in town,
reports that the most caustic re-
view Of the play Brothers, in
which he was appearing, came |
from a Western critic who headed |
his piece Dodge Brothers D." i.
Which recalls that some years |
back. Irving Hoffman, referring |
to Mrs. Fiske's performance in a
play. labeled it "FiSkA Tires"