bi ^ oadc ;. ~ t fok tee , piaj-.- t : • - •■ , • z,, 15 , 1950 ITn'RO G-C ?D 7 .^ 11 :^ . VVRY: ODY: Here we ere bnck in Nev; York egain, end the ole town looks fine. Chic;- -o is great -- and so is New York. But there's a difference between the two towns, and you can't heIn fe*1inr it. Chicago has energy and enthusiasm to burn. New York is a bit r.^re stately, nerheps* But they are two cities ' 1 really compare• Each lepds the world in its o..n way« ell, any*..ay, I like them both and feel at home In both. F"C7- ': m. . L[;pt ■:aturdr '• nirht I made the remark that the amateur footbal' r er. or over. Hut I was all wet. It didn’t end until ye-: terday. The fine], game was played vestsrd:., between two team, of Orientals, Chinese and Ja^ener e, ^cc >rding to the newsparer reports from San Francisco it must have been a colorful affair indeed. The hero of the game was Joe vuen, the big Chinese fullback. Around the- end came the Japanese beckfield, Susumu Kambu, Sast.be Onirhi end Yamakav/a, lickety srlit tut when they hit Joe Yuen, the spectators saw Japanese stars skilled in all directions. But the big moment of the game came when the lads from Far Cathay held like the great wall of Chine. LOJIE^LL Page i; Foon Kai Kee, che Cantonese cu arter- 2 back, barked out a signal in high pitched 3 sing-song Chinee. Tiny Leong, the 210 T pound center, f I ip ed the pigskin back a to u ' k -': ^xx Yuen, the celestial ful I back, e, Joe Yueif booted it squarely between the ^ uprights and the score ended: - Chinese 8*11 wtars 3, Japanese Showa University 9 nothing. ^nd as the crowd of excited 10 Chinese fans poured out of che stadium 11 their band played: - n ThereT I I be a hot 12 tine in Chinatown tonight." 13 14 15 16 17 ’ 18 191 20 2! 22 | 23 i 24 25 121 M 5M 0ve r in 3' ':1'* :-artla 1 law was declared late this afteino ... .-evciu seems to be s ringing uo jskx every r*e enera^ striker in the larger cities. Military aviators at the rlying field outside of Madrid mutineed. Planes flew ov^r the capital and dropped nro- clematl ns raying that Madrid would be fcorr.bec unless the government r-ri -ne . According to the United press, govern­ ment soldiers attacked the flying1 field, end shelled the mutineers with artillery. One report ha .* it that Reraon Franco the Ace wes killed i a a c I a. s h • Rumor ere fleshing from S^ain thick and fast. Lost of them come from London. Srein is behind a veil of censor; hi’ ton ight and most of the informati n oi supposed be information comes froi returning travelers. The xnternntional ttews. ServiCfc hae handed me a whole . he; f of there rumors. Ju^t let me, read, the hardliner: 200 orresta in Madrid -- all Public rur-ouna-- by .oldlern - Klnr Alfonso heavily guar-defl in his alace regimen t ro )t < in r. v>n. st Bilbos 2 Zamora, former cabinet member arrested as head of the revoltionists -- Madrid says Spanish Foreign Legion will be brought from Morocco tc heir rut down the revolt -- end so on. The revolt Ir said to be directed against the King, The rebels ere demanding a republic. BOAT Sailing acras; to this side of the Atlantic - all cay Ion co: ei : i toats have been searching the v/aters off -■ iami , F j . . c.< j , ^ ^ hs the victii/is of that excursion boat disaster. rive excursionists are still missing as a result of yesterday's ex-losi^n. .A hundred and, t! irty-five reonle went out on a vessel called wFureke-the- Second", to take a look through the glass bottom at the orders m the bottom of the sea. Suddenly there were thret e : rlo.* i >nr. The Eureka burst into flsmes. The excited ^anic-striken reon e leaded overboard into the water. A few minutes leter the bo- t sank. Luckily there v/ere other ves'els in the neighborhood. The -ilot of e mei 1 nlane flying from the Bahamas to1 i.iami saw the burning shit , end fl^ shed the alerm *o coast guard borts. scene and -ulled lf-5, men, wmen and children from the shark- inf erted waters. 9 10 n * p k.oL. OjJZ Page iti L6 bout ^t;Kere!s a mysterious no Chicago [s big so c i e ty w edd i n - that is it JQ.S a society v/ edd i ng a I l p i c:ht i f exclusiveness is any test. It certainly ..as exclusive. ,, e I I t the mystery is - was ol there? Ih e pap e r s h av e all been c a r p yin g news about the wedd inc of the sister of ^ h i c a o 1 e b i c b h o t - rt I Capone. S h e m ar r i ad an important man in rang affairs. It was 11 a sort of state v/eddin~ in 0 h i can o 1 s 12 gangdor.i. The ..ssoci ated f rees intornis 13 u s that it was a magniticent ceremony. U4,G00 people were in tne church. .. huge 15 crowd waited outside. There were mountains 16 of r lowers, and the weddinc; care cost 1 v£0OO. The Chicago police are looking tor 18ocar-face .J , and it has been supposed 19that he was not there, but the United Press “states that thero are rumors that the big ..hot was at the ceremony, bo ay < uards and 22 t fcl I — -f--------- !------ - & —~ "4Wou Id adm i t 25 [ uon . jv the wadd i n; guests havinc seen him. .hi Ie tne marri a e t es i ivities of 'M-SJ sm gsngcom h- \ ce^n -’oinr on in CMcr-oo, the \ indy city has been engaged in - duel v. i th the Jtnt . of Texes. Governor Dan Moody of Texn-r '<;^d v.. co clean uv the Chicero gang situetion with half a do?en Texes Rangers. The Chicago newsnaners came beck end had omethino to : ay ; out homicides not being so unooT'ular In Tex-: . This v;e k’s Literary Digest informs us that the Chicago Tribur. ..ent ;o f-^r ■ s to say that Texas is a great state ^nd v/oulc look well in the mar; of Mexico. Th- Digest ha. a xcxixk red hot article about the little ergucent that has been going on between Chicago snd Texp?. For instance, re*' irin th' t blest about how well Texes would look in the me- of Lexico well it brought an immediate barrage of ve bal chot anti ^he from Texes, of course. Governor Moody seid that Texes hns its Alamo and Battle of Sen Jacinto, and Chicago has its Vaymarket riot and 3t. Valentine’s Day ga. age massacre. If you \-ent a bit of excitement just turn to the Digest and reed the yarn telling about th r bi. u^e. E^lILoU ULiil Page 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 9 10 11 121 13 14 15 16 17 i 18 19 i 20 - 21 22 23 24 1 Today was pay day for Uncle Uarn. According to the associated Press, his friend across the ^tI antic--John Bu I I- made a payment on that bothersome war debt to the tune of ^94,390,000. That reduces the total quite a bit. John Bull now owes Uncle 3am only four bill 39S million. mere trifle.^ - cts , PTL-A - r^JL ty ' l i tA^ytr y^utL^Ls L. <lL > 4 ^ 7 on, >M» 5M LUOKK= as. i_i Page 1 2 3 ! 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ! 12 t 13 14 | 15 : I 16; 17 18 I I 19 20 21 22 23 i 24 25 | Out in «aukegan, Illinois, a famous rm.n is in cne hospital tonight. He was in an aucomobi le cra.sh and, according to the International Mews service, he has a broken shoulder. He is Count Luckner; the sea Devi I- -that jolly,old-time Jack Tar who commanded a sailing ship raider during the ^orld '.Var. He sailed before the mast as a boy and young man, and then became a German naval officer. ,-.nd during the world Jar he took an old w i nd-jammer ran through the British blocade with it, and. raided the seas, sinking one ship after another and inflicting huge slmoigacfn damage. He went through storm and shipwreck, went through the torrent of shell fire at the battle of Jutland, played the game of a lone wolf on the ocean, had fiohts at sea, was made a prisoner, e s c a j e d , and w a s rn s. d e prisoner again. Yet he had scarcely a mishap in which he was injured. His par ticuI ai ci ou bIe seems to be automobile accidents. he h a d two So £. d o n b s in o g f hi n y , in v. n i c n n g » 5M LUCKTISR - P barely escaped death. And nov once more there was a crash of cars, and tire 3ea 'Devil has a broken shoulder. Count Luckner came to this country a stranger four years ago. But in that time he has won tens of thousands of friends and rrobably has done more to break down war time prejudice than any one rerson. The Count's rollicking sailor personality has done tins. l2'-30 5M r i c i» ^ I=lli Page )a3 Pro i essor l . i ns 16 i n s8. i I ©d from Wev; "or!; 'coday on his way -to California. He and his wife are making the trip 4 around through the Canal. Just before he left, the famous scientist said a few things in favor of pacifism. The New York evening ,.orld today prints a wise remark about the inventor 9'of relativity. It says that many a man 10 w i t h a bald spot on his head, which is 11 slowly growing bigger, would rather 121 know the secret of Professor h i nste i n 1 s maonificent mop of hair than all the v_/ • 13 14 15 I 16! 18 | | 19 20 211 thorny mathmatioal secrets of relativity. 22; 23 24 1 25 i i '2-1-30 SM ‘ ;‘i- next item takes me back a few years to the old days out **e■ t. e heh a barn and I was ambitious enough to oaint it. But a week after I got skxt through th-t naint o began scaling, and - eeling off. That experience gives me a specie 1 intere,t in some information that comer from the United States Department of Agriculture. It tells about the kinds of wood that hold oaint the best, and the kinds on wh et oeint flakes md ""eels off. An article in this week's Literary Digest sums ur these facts and says that the kinds, of wood that hold - a i r. t best s re cedar, cypress , and redwood. Next come northern white "ire, western white xxx nine, and sugar pine. The worst kinds so far as painting is concerned -- L1I. LL1J2E. - 2 Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ! 13! 14 ! H 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ar^ souchern yellow pine, uouglas fir, and western larch. i he Digest tells us that experiments have s h ow n t h at pa i n t s tena to f lake and crack on these last three kinds of wood. They must have been used in building that barn which I painted. i have seen some peculiar kinds of flaking out Last. ihere if they want a pagoda or a temple to be beautiful, they don't paint it at all. They cover it with gold leaf. Well, that gold leaf flakes too, just like any common old white lead that we would put on a barn. So they renew the gold leaf every so often; that is, maybe several times a century. It is expensive, of course, but it does oak n o o d . I I li m, Mj II « ; | wi I jl s if I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 24 22 5M Frofacsor Einstein sailed fpom Ue v or k today on his v;a y I d Qa I i f o p n i a . ! c end his v/i f e are mak i np the tp i p around throurh the Canal. Just before he left, the famous scientist said a few thInns In favor of pacIfIsm. The hew ' ork uveninn or Id today prints a wise remark about the inventor of relativity. It says that many a man with c bald spot on his head, which is slowly frowlnn bigger, would rather know the secret of Professor Einstein's magnificent mop of hair than all the thorny mathmatioal secrets of relativity. Page--------- ! Page i he fieu York ^ un . r\naunoe that a ten thousand dollar prize has just been divided between Or* Goorre Whipple, of the University of Rochester, and Or* Georre f i not, of Harvard fvedical school* Lay be sone of you have been reading abouj this w10,000, the prize offered by Popu I at' jq i ence hanaz i ne for th e &j scientific achievement of greateat benefit 10 to the public. These two learned 11 scientists are said to have discovered that a diet of liver will cure anemia. m 1 | i > I 1 i ii 12 : 1 r.'i i ; r ^ Page. At Hudson, Iowa, lives the Hethusa I ah of geese. lhe United rress informs us that John k obinson out there claims that he has a noose which is the oldest in the world. I hat bird is 2 1 years o1d-- an d I suppose is about ready to vote. but the critter is not so old but that it can lay a dozen eggs a year 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 12-1-30 5M Page 9 I 10 i 111 12 1 f h i s next i t e m wt. s printed under the heading: GOLDFISH CAUSE FIDE. How come, says you? Here's how, says I• George cabling lives in a town in Iowa called Lost Nation* He had a bowl of goldfish. It acted like a lens and focused the sun's rays on a tablecloth. The tablecloth caught fire, and the next thing you know the tire engine was c om i ncib peat tf-vJt 141 is; 16 ; 17 I 18 I 19 j I 20 | 25 i iZl-.K) 5M Page 1 4 i-x c the University of iv, i ch i ga n they piay a par ticu1 ar1y good brand of football, and | suppose that c h e rn i s t r y and mathmatics out there are not so bad 5 9 eixher . but the automobile driving is something fierce. Just the other day a student,driving along,hit a motorcycle cop, and thatTs bad strategy anywhere. It was just the climax of a lot of bad 10 driving. ana now the university has ii 19 ordered that no student will be allowed to drive a car until he has taken out full liability to cover any damage he may cause . 20 21 22 23 24 Y/HI SKi : h -° D ov , ii m Y.'e shin-ton f Congressmen Tinkham v/ears a magnificent black beard. it is cut square. The Associated Pre&: states that there is no set of whiskers in Washington to con-ere with it in grandeur. Senator Gillette elso from Massachusetts he® a smell red nointed cron of srinach on his chin. Senator Cooper of Wisconsin has a snow white beard. Senator Handa11 he; white and stubby chin whiskers. None of them compere with Senator Tinkham and hi great black chest ^rotector. Of course, the next Congress will have senator J. Ham Lewis of Illinois, famous for years for his marvelous wink whiskers. But I saw Senator I. Ham out in Chicago the other day alas those golden rink whiskers have turned to silver white. 'Veil, I can lay claim to the honor, in a manner of sneaking, of being -resent when the Tinkham whiskers were born. I told you the other night about a queer automobile accident on the Italian front during the "/orId War, in which Senator Tinkham 'VHISK^R0 - £ who '.vc. s over there, h'.d his arm ferokea. It was the Congressman9 right a I’m that was broren. He couldn't she ve, end he let his whiskers grow. And now they’re the wonder of Washington. Well, I think I'll go home now end stroke my beard and ^onder over the days news. 30 LOI'G UTITIL TOhORRO'