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BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET
The Soft-Hearted Railroad Detective Thought
He Wanted Coa! to Take to His Poor Old Mother
By BILLY ROSE
If the man who was yard detective at the East River tugboat
terminal 40 years ago will drop around to my office, I’d like to pre-
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sent him with a pair of down-front tickets for the show playing at
my theater.
What did the yard dick do to rate these front-row ducats? Well, I can’t
answer that one without sketching in a bit of my bumptious background...
The year Senator Taft’s pop be*
Billy Rose
came President, the Roses were
living in a rail-
' road flat on the
lower East Side
—four rooms in a
row, each with a
window that
leaked cold cli
mate. Our central
heating system
consisted of a
squarish stove in
the kitchen, and
the cost of coal
.being what it was (15 cents a bag),
it was seldom that the home fires
were burning.
I Most of the time I went around
ithe house with a lady’s stocking
stretched over my ears, but when
It got so blustery that even that
didn’t help, I would stick an old
flour bag into my pants, ease my
way into the yard back of the tug
boat terminal south of Manhattan
bridge, and swipe as much coal as
I could carry from the piles used
to fire the boilers of the tugs.
Then, as now, l was built
close to the ground and fast as
all get-out, so l usually got away
clean as a clinker from the yard
detective—an oyster-faced little
man whose idea of a good time
was to catch two coal thieves at
once and knock their heads to
gether.
One murderously cold February,
I was stuffing an old sack with
choice chunks of anthracite when
the dick sneaked up and caught me
blackhanded.
“Don’t ya know what happens to
kids who steal?” he said.
I could have told him they get
warm, but decided not to.
“Don’t tell me—let me guess,’*
he went on. “Ya got a poor old
mother and unless ya bring home
some coal she’ll catch her death
of cold.”
“How’d ya know?” I said.
“I also suppose yer old man
hasn’t worked in six months.” a
“It ain’t that long,” I said, “but
he don’t make much even when he
does work.”
"A dozen times a day I hear the
same story,” said the yard detec
tive. “I know it like I know my
name.”
Suddenly, to my unbelief, he
handed me the bag of coal and
walked away. “Don’t let me catch
ya again,” he said.
As I got to the gate he yelled,
“Wait a minute,” and scaled a sil
ver dollar in my direction. “May
be this’ll help out.”
I picked up the buck, floated out
of the yard and kept floating until
I came to a vacant lot on Rivington
street where a bunch of my pals
were making a snow man.
“Did ya get it?” one of them
asked.
“Nothing to it,” I said.
IV e used two lumps for the
eyes, a large chunk for the nose,
a few smaller pieces for the
mouth, and there was enough
left over for a row of buttons
down the front and a belt clear
around the middle.
What did I do with the dollar?
Well, there was a little cutie on
Rivington street who had never
given me a tumble, and so I of
fered to buy her a hot chocolate at
Slifkin’s drugstore.
“You mean you got money?” she
said.
“I not only got for hot chocolate,”
I bragged, “but for movies and
after, maybe, ice cream.”
“That would be peachy,” said the
little doll, flashing the kind of
smile that in later years I had to
give up diamonds to see . . .
Well, there it is, the nasty little
secret I’ve been harboring for 40
years. I won’t go as far as to say
it’s been keeping me awake nights,
but—well, I’d feel a lot better if the
old yard detective were to pick up
those down-front ducats^
IE-C5CREI
By INEZ GERHARD
iLORIA SWANSON’S career has
—I been a series of triumphs, won
by plenty of hard work, a remark
able personality and unusual looks.
She began her movie career when
she was 14, became a star in silent
pictures, tackled the talkies and
succeeded when others failed, did
-tiie same with television. One of
GLORIA SWANSON
her greatest victories was won
when she refused to have her nose
qaade over! When her picture ca
reer petered out in 1932, she be
came a successful business wo
man and has made only three films
Since then; the latest. Paramount’s
“Sunset Boulevard,” is so good
that hardened critics have seen it
three times. Once again she has
proved she is the fabulous Gloria.
“The Theatre Guild of the Air”
vacations beginning June 4, but
will return Sept. 10 on NBC for a
39-week period, again sponsored
by U. S. Steel Starting June 11,
the same company will sponsor a
13-week series of broadcasts by
the NBC symphony orchestra, as
it did last year. Famous conduc
tors and distinguished soloists will
Appear in programs of light clas
sics.
Bill Holden says his two
young sons suffer from “Hopa-
long Cassidy-itis;” like thou
sands of other youngsters, they
never miss their idol's televi
sion shows. BiU doesn’t know
It yet, but something new has
been added to those Hopalong
suits and guns that children
now demand; it’s “Hopalong
Cassidy” wallpaper. Now will
the paper hangers be busy aU
summer!
'Si. * ' ' ' *
MacDonald Carey, in New York
to publicize “The Lawless,” set a
record when he appeared on 80
television and radio shows during
the two weeks, and made 30 other
appearances before press, public
opinion and exhibitor groups.
Five technical advisers were
employed for scenes in RKO’s
**The Secret Fury,” starring Clau
dette Colbert and Robert Ryan.
They checked on sequences laid in
a psychiatrist’s office, a mental
hosptial, a jail and county offices.
' Jan Sterling had to cope with
rumors that she was engaged to
Paul Douglas as soon as she began
wearing those rings he gave her—
three gold bands, each set with a
pearl topped by a tiny diamond.
They fit over each other.
Doris Dalton, playing the new
role of “Vivian Jarrett” in “This
Is Nora Drake” on CBS, has had
an impressive stage career. She
has appeared in any number of
plays, played opposite John Bar-
rymore in “My Dear Children.”
THE
FICTION
VALUABLE MAN
CORNER *
By Richard H. Wilkinson
f pHE DOOR MARKED “Private”
opened and a girl appeared.
“Come in please, Mr. Jeffrey,”
she said.
Tully dropped the magazine he
had been reading onto the recep
tion room table,
“■"““■""■"“““"■“■“l rose, buttoned the
3 - MlnutO coat of his double-
breasted suit,
FlCIIOn straightened his
——————d tie and stepped
past the girl.
“Mr. Gunner,” said the girl, “has
an appointment this morning. He
asked our Mr. Jacobs to talk to
you.”
A rage seized Tully, and a de
termination. He thought: “To hell
with Gunner and his job! I’m going
back to Boston. But first I’m going
in there and tell that yes-man
what I figure I’m worth. Maybe
what I figure I’m worth.”
The yes-man was a typical,
efficient yes-man, small, be
spectacled and used to handling
unpleasant duties for Mr. Gun
ner.
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“Sit down, sit down, Jeffrey,” he
said. “We understand you have a
letter. You’re seeking employment.
Mr. Gunner is very sorry to have
to advise that at the moment
there’s nothing. Not a thing.”
“Good,” said Tully. “I decided
not to take the job anyway. I de
cided you can’t pay what I’m
worth.”
“Really?” said Mr. Jacobs, arch
ing his brow. “And that is?”
“Two hundred and seventy-five
dollars a week!” said Tully. He
rose. “Good day, Mr. Jacobs. Give
my uncle’s regards to Mr. Gunner.”
Mr. Jacobs sat at his desk with
pursed lips and stared thoughtfully
at the door that Tully had not
slammed but closed with a deter-
“Good,” said Tully, “I de
cided not to take the job any
way.”
mined firmness. Presently he rose
and invaded the privacy of portly
Mr. Gunner.
Briefly Mr. Jacobs outlined what
was in his mind.
“Asking $275, eh? Said he didn’t
want our job? Probably offered a
better job by Erwin and Company.
Called here to pay the respects of
his uncle, Humm. Treated him
rather shoddy, didn’t we, Jacobs?
Must be a good man. We need good
men. Get hold of him Jacobs.”
Mr. Jacobs tried Tully’s
hotel. There was a wait, then
the clerk told him Mr. Jeffrey
didn't wish to talk to any rep
resentative of Gunner, Inc.
M R. JACOBS went back to the
office. Three times that after
noon he called Tully’s hotel, but
without success. He reported to Mr.
Gunner. Mr. Gunner grew thought-
fuL
“Jacobs, this youngster is prob
ably the very man we’ve been look
ing for. Young, fresh viewpoint,
new ideas. If he’s worth $275 to
Irwin or any one else, he’s worth
$300 to us. I’ll handle it myself.”
When Mr. Gunner decided to
handle anything he went to town.
This tenaciousness was responsible
for the success of his present firm.
Never give up when you think you
have something good, was his mot
to. Thus it was that Tully, return
ing home late from the theater,
found a middle-aged, portly, im
portant looking man parked before
his door.
“I’m August Gunner,” the portly
man said. “My man Jacobs—”
“Told you I said you couldn’t pay
what I’m worth,” Tully finished.
“He was right. You can’t. Good
night, Mr. Gunner.”
Uninvited, Mr. Gnnner fol
lowed Tully inside the room.
“I think,” he said, “that your
uncle rather expected you to go
to work for us when you came
to New York.”
“Correct,” said Tully. “So what?”
“Your uncle is one of my dearest
friends. We’ll pay you $300 a week.”
Tully stared. A sneer curved his
lips. Mr. Gunner, he thought, was
kidding.
Suddenly Tully realized that Mr.
Gunner wasn’t kidding. He swal
lowed, but managed to keep his
voice under control. “All right,” he
said. “I’ll take it. For the sake of
my uncle.”
Outside in the corridor, Mr. Gun
ner mopped his forehead. What a
break! The kid was probably worth
twice that much. And this uncle
of his. He’d have to remind Jacobs
to find out the old boy’s name,
first thing in the morning.
BETATRON . . . Enrico Fermi,
Nobel prize winner, mans the
/ controls as the University of
Chicago’s .100-million-volt beta
tron, second most powerful
atom-smasher in the world,
undergoes a trial run.
This Is
Your Paper
Is Big, Too
■ ■
Functions
of
Newspaper
By William R. Nelson
T HE WORD “newspaper” over
simplifies the functions of the
institution so named, because a
newspaper publishes much more
than the news of its community.
Virtually all newspapers regularly
contain editorials, features such as
this, and advertising, none of which
is included when speaking of news.
Strangely enough, the histories of
famous newspapers disclose most
won fame because of contents other
than news. That proves, editors be
lieve, that readers approve of, want
and enjoy a variety of material in
their newspapers.
To give read
ers a better
cross-section of
current events,
a news paper
impartially and objectively reports
the news, discusses and interprets
it with editorials, and entertains
and informs in feature and adver
tising columns,.
News is an accurate account of
highlights of a happening of interest
to the paper’s readers. That is why
it is necessary to say black is
white, if that is what someone
stated, even though the reporter,
editor and newspaper know differ
ently. And that is why a report
about a meeting of local officials
is as important news here as a
session of the legislature or of the
congress.
The home town newspaper’s edi
torials and its educational and en
tertainment features may not re
ceive as widespread attention,
numerically, as do those of metro
politan papers, but proportionately
they are even more important. They
are more closely representative of
what the “grass roots” of our coun
try thinks, approves and disap
proves, because America’s home
towns are the backbone of our na
tion.
Sixty per cent
Voice of the people of
of the United
Majority States live in
c o m m u nities
such as this, or* on farms. What
they believe, do and say is there
fore the voice, will and heart of
this country. And their newspapers
therefore mirror majority desires
and aims.
News, editorials, features and ad
vertising combine in the home town
newspaper to accurately reflect the
community, to inform it, entertain
it, and to give it a voice in the
larger affairs of our daily lives.
There is no more important news
paper, anywhere, than.this one.
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MIRROR
Of Your
MIND
^ ^ Mother's Love
Must Be Wise
By Lawrence Gould
Do all mothers want their sons to be men?
Answer: Most mothers Would
say they do, but unfortunately a
good many do not. A woman who
at heart hates men or resents
what she regards as the. unfair
advantage their sex gives them
over women will unconsciously
be tempted to express. these feel
ings by suppressing all distinc
tively male qualities ip her son.
She may smother the aggressive
impulses without which he cannot
win a man’s placb in the world,
or make him so much afraid to
play the male role with a woman
that he either will not marry or
will submit to a wife’s domination.
than the writer,
can express his
daydreams, while
a character who
and expresses the
playwright. Both
are neurotic, but
more inhibited of
For the writer
own^ ideas and
the actor plays
is not himself
emotions of the
types usually
the actor is the
the two.
Are writers “frustrated
actors”?
Answer: No, says Dr. Edmund
Bergler in the magazine. Imago.
This curious theory, recently of
fered as an explanation of Dick
ens and Poe, is at variance with
psychoanalytic findings. The im
mediate urge of both writers and
actors is to “show off,” but the
actor really does so less directly
Are “marriage prediction tests”
trustworthy?
Answer: No, thinks Dr. Albert
Ellis, consulting psychologist and
marriage counselor. Many of them
have been worked out on an “arm
chair basis,” and tested on people
who are not fair samples of the
general public. The yhave shown
enough success to justify further
experimenting with them, but not
yet enough to “have much practical
value in predicting the marital
adjustment of normal individuals.
. . . The present-day widespread
use of marriage prediction scales
for individual marriage counsel
ling practice cannot be scientifical
ly encouraged.”
j&O GREAT WAS THE INFLUENCE OF THE
PREACHING OF PAUL IN ASIA MINOR, THAT
THE PEOPLE BURNED THEIR BOOKS ON MAGIC.
KEEPING HEALTHY
Coronary Disease Hits Men Often
By Dr. James W. Barton
A lthough heart disease
is the greatest killer of modem
times, it is only in recent years
that one form of heart disease—
coronary sclerosis or occlusion—
has made itself generally known.
In coronary heart disease, a blood
vessey supplying the heart itself
with blood gets hardened or clogged
up (blood clot) or broken so that a
portion of the heart cannot get its
blood supply until repairs, healing,
or new vessels are established. High
blood pressure is the usual cause.
While infection is a common
cause of this damage to the heart,
and heavy eating and overweight
also add to the danger, there are
cases in which the cause is un
known.
In several previous articles, I
have pointed out that research
workers state that emotional dis
turbances are a big factor in caus
ing coronary sclerosis.
In “The British Heart Journal,”
Drs. J. A Ryle and W. T. Russell
report their findings in Reports of
the Register-General (covering a
25-year period) as regards deaths
from coronary disease in England
and Wales. They found that the
death rate among persons aged 35
years and up in 1945 was greater
than in 1921. “There is evidence
that in the age) period 40 to^55 the
male death rate was increasing
more rapidly than that for fe
males.”
The records show that the male
death rate in middle life is five
times as great as that of females.
The death rate from coronary dis
ease among men 45 to 55 in the
highest social class is nearly 10
times as great as that of their
wives. Men in this class are main
ly those in professions and business
administration.
The symptoms occurring in those
individuals before a heart attack
are angina (pain in chest) which is
brought on more rapidly by walking
immediately after a meal, on a
cold day, in a state of anxiety or
fatigue.
If you are well, feel like doing
your daily work, if weight has re
mained the same for past few
years and is about the average
weight for your height and build,
don’t decrease or increase the
amount of calories eaten daily.
• • •
Goiter may be of the simpler
type, which is not dangerous, or it
may le severe.
Emotions cause change in the
skin beqause they cause an in
creased flow of adrenalin-like sub
stances.
• • •
An underactive thyroid may cause
mental symptoms.
• • •
Remember that the liver is the
largest organ and does more work
than any other organ.
Electric 'Cowboy*
Will Aid Ranchers
Economic Way to Keep
Stock on Home Pastures
' Come spring, an electric “cow
boy” will ride the range to help
farmers and ranchers keep their
stock in the pasture and out of
planted fields.
This cowboy is the old stand-by
6-volt Winchester “Hot Spark” bat
tery that years ago gave a balky
model T a frosty-morning pickup.
Cowboy Hot Spark is more useful
than ever on. the! farm now because
he’s the waterproof dsy cell bucka-
roo that make?' the * ‘touch-me-not’ ’
electric fence a safe and economi
cal way to keep the stock where it
belongs.
Electric fencing with the use of
dry cell batteries is one of the far
mers’ most inexpensive means to
keep his stock where he wants it.
ELECTRIC FENCE HEIGHTS
IN INCHES
HORStS 30-40»
COWS 30-30 i
6-ie pips +
CALVtS j
K>-I8 SHEEP GOATS j
Clearly illustrated are 'the
correct heights ' for electro
fence. In states where barbed
wire Is legal, it is usually pre
ferred. \ 4
according to W. S. Allen, general
manager of the electrical division of
Olin Industries, inc., who is a far
mer to boot.
Little or no knowledge of elec-
tricity is required as reliable fence
controllers approved by underwrit-
ters, which keep the current going
to the electric fence intermittently
many times a minute, come with
simple instructions easy to follow.
Electric fence wire can be moved
from one location to another, but
it is best to make permanent instal
lations. Metal or wood fence posts
are suitable. Posts to fence horses
should be from 40 to 50 feet apart.
Twenty-five to 40 feet apart is satis
factory for smaller, animals.
In states where bgrbed wire is le^
gal, it is usually preferred. Like
any other electric fence wire,
should be fastened to the posts
insulators and should not come into
direct contact with posts, weeds or
the ground. Inexpensive solid type,
but never split type, glass or porce
lain insulators should be used rather
than old rubber or necks of bottles.
Substitutes are a poor economy as
they don’t work well or last long.
Where gates are required, attach
tiie wire to a spring to maintain ten
sion and continue the wire through
the center of a wood or rubber han
dle to uhook to fasten to a continua
tion of the wire on the other side of
the gate.
How high the wire should be
strung from the ground depends up
on the -size of the animals to be
fenced. Generally, you measure the
distance to the ground from about
the middle of the animals’ head
when grazing. Following are fence
heights for various animals:
6 to 16 inches ... . pigs
12 to 18 inches calves
10 to 18 inches .... sheep, goats
30 to 36 inches .... cows
30 to 40 inches .... horses
With your fence built, just attach
Cowboy Hot Spark and a grounded
fence controller and you're in busi
ness to charge a fence that can be
twelve to fifteen miles long. And
“Hot Spark” will last five or six
months before you need to replace
your dry cell cowboy.
—
Ain’t It So
A ballplayer and a manaj
$5,000 apart, can come to
understanding in 12 mini ‘
On the other hand, there’s
coal indnstry.
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Homemade equipment sim
plifies removing attachments
from tractor—two upright posts
with clutch-like levers at their
tops hold np attachments after
they have been unbolted from'
a tractor. One man can do the
Job without lifting.
Screwworm Flies Start
Most Widespread Tear
The U. S. department of agricul
ture reports screwworm files ap
parently are starting their most de
structive and widespread year, es
pecially in southern states.
Stockmen me urged to take im
mediate steps to protect them
selves from livestock losses. The
bureau especially recommends in
spection of animals at least twlcs
a week.
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