The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-22

10 take Q lew pot-shots at passing birds. So the singer relaxed his hold on the gun and explained.
 When Tibbett was a youngster his father was Sheriff of Bakers field, @ small California town. Those were the days of roadside hold-ups and rowing outlaws, and the elder Tibbett was in constant danger of his life.
 One of the states most famous bandits then was a bad hombre named Jim Mckinney, whose name struck terror into the hearts of all who heard it, Sheriff Tib- bett swore that some day he would get Mckinney and was constantly on the alert for him. ELDER TIBBETT
 GETS HIS MAN
 One day Tibbett actually came across the desperado, and, get- ting the drop on him, ordered him out of Bakerf1eld. The humili- ated bandit fled with bullets from Tibbett's six-shooter spraying the dust around him. To re- venge his humiliation Mckinney promptly robbed a stage near Bakerf1eld and Tibbett rounded up posse to get him.
 The posse finally caught lip to Mckinney after he had circled back to Bakersfield to see his sweetheart. Tibbett was reluct- ant to kill him and ordered the bandit to emerge from Chinese joss house where he was hiding.
 Mckinney came out firing and killed Sheriff Tibbett with his shotgun. In turn, the Sheriff's brother, Bert, shot Mckinney be- tween the eyes.
 Not so long ago, Bert Tibbett was cleaning house. Up in his at- tic he came across the gun he had used to kill Mckinney. Visiting him at the time was Lawrence, the little boy grown up to become one of Americas most famous singers. Bert handed him the gun
 Here, son." told Tibbett. T think you might like to have this. It's the gun that killed the man who killed your father"
 Since then Tibbett has been carrying the gun with him where ever he goes, including airplanes, to the chagrin of his fellow-pas- SengerS.
 LONG HAIR
 SHORTAGE
 The precarious status of central European states has its quasi- comic reverberations. Trouble in Europe is causing an acute short age in hair Tor toupes, reports Robert of Fifth avenue, the coif- feur who grooms many of tn stage folk.
 Robert, who designs toupes for waning Broadway juveniles, points out that 50 per cent of the worlds supply of nice, fresh. healthy hair is sarnered from peasants of the Carpathian and Balkan states. Due to the polit- ical crises, the imminence of war, and the shifting of minorities, the source of the supply has been functioning irreguarly. Women whose families have, for genera tions, groomed, brushed and sun ned their luxurious locks for fu- ture sale, are now ignoring the demands of the market.
 Robert, mourning over the sit- uation in his swank salon on up- per Fifth avenue, thinks the only salvation for bald-headed men now lies in the cultivation of a new market in the United States and neutral countries.
 THEATRICAL
 CRITICISM
 An out-of-town visitor roped Jerry Wald into taking him to a burlesque show the other night.
 Jerry started to take him to one theater-tut his friend pro- tested that he wanted to go to another one up the block. where the show was more widely ad- vertised.
 LAW, come on in here" wheedled Wald. This show is better!"
 How is 1t better?" queried the visitor.
 "It's shorter!" was Jerry's re- tort. .....