The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-03

porter, interviewing the singer, told him about Eddy and his rec ords Bispham expressed a desire to see Eddy, became interested, taught Nelson for a while, and helped start him on his way to his current high spot in the films and the concert world.
 The late Hollywood correSpon- dent, Harry H. Niemeyer, was the hero of a classic newspaper story. He was working on the New York World for Managing Editor Charles E. Chapin. One day he was as- signed to cover the departure of the last sailing vessel to be sent to the Pacific coast around South America.
 Harry found the captain and be- gan talking They had drink or two or, as Harry used to admit, maybe a few more. Finally Nie- meyer felt the boat lurch, looked out and saw that the lcng voyage had actually started. There were no radios and there was nothing fer him to dc but sail to San Fran cisco. which he did.
 Months later he got back to New York, having worked his way across the country in various news paper offices. He went to see Chapin.
 MT. Chapin," he said, T didn't get that story
 Chapin didn't turn hair, ac- cording to Niemeyer He just looked up and parked:
 Well, keep on going, Harry, until you do."
 Melvyn Douglas wanted to be a poet, but essayed newspaper writ ing in Chicago after the first World War.
 A noted political leader was to speak at a luncheon. Douglas was assigned to cover the story. Press ing through the crowd, he asked the dignitary for copy of his speech, and was handed one. Pre- suming that there were copies for all newspapers, Dougas sent the manuscript to the office.
 As the time for the talk ap- preached, the speaker kept look ing around nervously. When called upon, he arose.
 "I had a good speech prepared, ' he apologized, but I let reporter 1 have it to take notes from. 1 don see him-but l suppose you'll be able to read the speech when his paper comes out
 Bob Hopkins the scenarist used i to be a cartooniSt-colum on the old San Francisco Call. When Will liam Jennings Bryan came to town, Bob was sent to the political lead- CTS hotel to make a caricature. He did so, featuring Bryan's curly hair about the back of his neck. After the sitting, Bryan looked at the pictur- Lend Inc your pen cil," he requested with a grin and drew several eggs in the bushy hair, making birds nest out of it. The caricature took the town by storm.
 An experience o. my own. Years ago q have spent T covering ..ie Hollywood scene), L.. CH map lin, then in the mia. d bitter marital battle with Charlie, called me to hurry out to the house. | The police station was just around the corner, so another re- porter and I called Jim Davis, head of the vice squad (later L. A. po- lice chieD to give us fast ride te Beverly Hills.
 Davis drove, but stayed outside while we went in to talk to Lita.
 Charlie was having the house shadowed at the time. One of the operatives came up to check upor the license of the car. The police machine, used in se- cret vice squad work, was regis tered to grocer in Chinatown. The private detectives, as wt later found out, practically wen nertz trying to figure out why thu car of Chinese grocer was call ing at the home of Mrs. Chaplin 
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