The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-07
Master MentaIst' Finds Thought Reading
Easier Than Addition; Challenges SkeptiCs
Dunninger Denies
Supernatural Aid,
Credits Telepathy
BY ALBERT J. PUGNER

eRoFSe
Arithmetic was tough for Joe
Dunninger. So he found an easy
way to get the answers. He just
read them from the minds OF his
teacher and classmates.
This was fun, so after school Joe
tried reading others minds. He soon
found out, says he, that If a person
would concentrate upon any simple
question for a second, he could tell
exactly what that person was think
ing. Today, IS years later, Joseph
Dunninger is still reading others
thoughts on the radio, over the tele-
phone, and, previously, on the
stages Of America and most foreign
countries.
After relating how he discovered
his thought-reading ability, Dunnin-
ger, tall, solid man with receding
hair and searching eyes. empha-
sized:
'There is nothing supernatural
about my work, and ] am not for
tune teller"
Those are the words with which
he usually opens his weekly per-
Torrance before a visible and radio
audience. A few seconds later he
calls from his desk on the stage:
Someone is thinking Of Harriet.
Will that person please rise?"
A woman in the audience rises.
Dunninger asks her: ''Have we ever
met before, madame?"
"No," she answers.
every WELL" continues Dun
ringer. "You are thinking of Har-
riet Davis. Her address is 6217
South Campbell street. Is that cor
rect?"
Absolutely" gasps the woman.
Dunninger calls out, ST seem to
get word that looks like Baylor.
It seems to be university"
A military officer stands up.
''Is that your thought, sir2"
The officer mods and Dunninger
calls out with great emphasis: "Do
you swear that have prearranged
nothing with you and that you have
not revealed this information to any,
one in the audience?"
81 do, sir" answers the officer.
every WELL" says Dunninger.
"You are thinking of Baylor Uni
versity in Waco, Texas. You stud
led there, and now you are thinking
Of the course you took. Chemistry
and pre-medical. Is that right?"
"It certainly is" answers the Of
ficer,
Judges Check Show.
Carefully watching these strange
proceedings are three judges seated
near Dunninger.- They are usually
famous persons such as U. S. Sen.
Hattie w. Caraway, Paul Whiteman,
Judge Edward r. Koch of the New
York Supreme court, and John A.
Zellers, president of the Advertising
Club Of New York, all Of whom have
acted as observers on the program.
Recently, Maj. Lenox Riley Lohr,
president Of the Museum of Science
and Industry, former general man.
ager Of the National Broadcasting
company, acted as a judge and as
sisted Dunninger in what was de-
scribed as 'sthe greatest long dis
lance mental telepathy experiment
ever attempted"
Major Lohr, seated next to Dun
ninger in Chicago, ILL.,, telephoned
Congressman William A. Rowan In
Washington, D. C. He asked Rowan
to select any volume Of the Con-
gressional Record, and then select
any three words on any page Of
that volume.
"Tell Mr.. Rowan to put his finger
on word-any word" instructed
Dunninger. Major Lohr relayed the
message. Dunninger quickly wrote
something on a large white sheet Of
paper. ''Now the second" he con-
tinued, and Immediately wrote
again. Sand the third" he con-
cluded.
''Now," announced Dunninger, 81
ask the judges to initial this paper