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Show itiwwTmniMTiniwy yv American NEW YOML aren't doing so Then an leaks, lawsuits and Bert C. Palmer MU h ar XopraiiatxT Always Ia entations. California, well. lam- drive to oust en J. Proskauer, New York head of Me Another wAsk A General Quiz Q bachelor Presi-den-ta haa the United Statea had? 2. What doea the abbreviation "non arc atand for? 1. How many 3. How doea a twelve-year-ol- d dog correspond to age in a human being? 4. What ia wind? 5. Who was the Greek cynic philosopher who lived in a tub? 6. What is the procedure when a bank certifies a check? 7. What was the last federal territory to be admitted into the Union as a state? 8. What states have women as secretaries of state? 9. In what year did the first financial panic in the United Statea occur? 10. What proportion of the adult population of the United States has gone to college? Answers ' MagSSu American Magi cians, for spilling trade secret. Mr. Proskauer enters a vehement and vigorous dental. In flic New York federsl court Horse Goldin charges that a tobacco company haa let everybody In on his patented technique of sawing a woman in two and therefore made worthless the Illusion out at which he used to get $2,000 a week. He brought the same suit for the same amount against Victor A. Percy in 1023 and against a tobacco company in 1933. There ia war on several fronts as the magicians fight dollar. to safeguard n "Sacrifices wealth to marry pretwas a headline ty proofreader when Julian J. Proskauer married Miss Cornelia Grant in 1915. The wealth" wac a big family printing plant in New York city, but he didn't sacrifice it and is today vice president of the company. He was elected president of the magicians in 1935, as an amateur, and he still keeps his amateur itand-LeaProtkauer Fight big. a leader in fight again.! on Fahero frauds and fakers. "Wa don't want to deceive the public; we only want to fool them, he said when he was elected. He was the only amateur ever to do Houdinis underwater milk can escape. He broke a brace of riba doing it, something which Messrs. Eden, Delbos and Ribbentrop will never do, and seems to think the price was well paid. A solid, stocky man of average stature, running a big business behind hexagonal glasses which give a keen glint to his eyes, Mr. Proskauer ia apt to slip a visitor n couple of red sponges to hold tight in each hand and then make them jump from one hand to the other or disappear altogether, with the fists dt 1. Two James Buchanan and Grover Cleveland, but Cleveland was married while he was in the Presidential office. 2. Non sequitur (it does not follow). 3. A dog twelve years old is as old as a man at eighty-fou- r. 4. Air naturally and horizontally in motion with a certain degree of velocity. 5. Diogenes. 6. It withdraws the amount of the check from the drawer's account, and holds it for the purpose of paying the check which it guarantees. 7. Arizona. 8. There are two women who are secretaries of state, the Hon. Goldie Wells of South Dakota and the Hon. Elizabeth F. Gonzales of tightly clenched. New Mexico. Meeting the depression, he got up 9. In 1791, following the boom in adbusiness' after the close of the "Stunts, Inc., rigging magical tricks, vertising Revolutionary war. Monty Roll and this year his 10. Three per cent of the couturnover is some- in From ntrys adult population has graduround ated from college, and four per "Stunts, Inc." 000,000. He incent more has attended some col- stalled in the firm Dexter a, lege. who. doubles in psychology and philosophy. Mr. Slnsabough gives proposed new trick the psyOh Wad the Powers and gauges the chological once-ove- r reaction with astonishing popular Us the Giftee Gie accuracy. The money rolls in. "Stunts, Inc." seems to have The pompous old gentleman in the railway carriage had been started the trouble. Mr. Proskauer boring his fellow travelers for an Insisted that he haa spilled nothing hour or two with tales of his suc- but "kid tricks," and never under cess and his superiority to every- any circumstance kai or would release a professional secret He one else. When the ticket collector came doesnt like the word "tricks," as into the carriage, the old gentle- applied to real magic. He says the man merely looked annoyed and illusions are rather experiments in handed a ticket to the collector, magic." who looked at it and remarked: He has a passion for such illu"Where are you going, sir?" sions, which, he says have been "Good gracious, man, cant you "art and not trickery," ever since read?" shouted the passenger. Moses threw the canes on the "Youve got my ticket, haven't ground and turned them into serpents. That, by the way, still seems you?" to ha topi in magic. "Yes, but its for a watch." Sinsa-bougt- By VIRGINIA VALE of great experiment THEFred Astaire picture "The Sleep of Death " then is a r JMovie Radio $ HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE VOURSELFI Juli-Loa- lu Arm STAR DUST ADVENTURERS' CLUB By Ltmiiil Fs Parlon farm or Mil, trad SOU can home ar apartment li Bali Write or wire M WEEK... THIS REAL ESTATE M Weal Tkyd WHO'S NEWS DEPARTMENT Catch Up on Chic without Ginger Rogers ii now up for public approval, and . By FLOYD GIBBONS Famaaa Headline Hunter first reports promise that it will triumph at the box office. "Damsel in Distress" hasnt mies one of the most dangerous things that could happen the effervescent Ginger, but a person was to accidentally witness a gang murder. It it has that most blithe s, of undidnt matter who you were. If you just happened to be her and Grade Allen, immelucky enough to see the faces of the killers you were solemn George Bums. had hoodlums nothing The diately marked for slaughter. The setting of thii giddy, tuneful against you personally. They just didn't like the possibility story is England, where Astaire as of your being able to identify them some day in court. a thy matinee idol Hello everybody: started mopping up on Public Enethe to en din-wit- Mrs. Bessie Bronsky, af Bronx. N. Y., had Just inch n bad break with the result that her whole family waa pit en the spot!" Some years ago before she was married, Bessie lived at the enmer of Rutgers and Water streets. "The Water Street gang, a tough mob of One hoodlums, made that neighborhood their headquarters at that time. two little night, Bessie lays, when her parent! were out and she, her sisters and little brother were playing in the front room, they suddenly heard shots in the street The children rushed to the windows to see what was the matter and saw too much for their own safety. becomes romantical- ly entangled with a daughter, peer's played by the ingratiating Joan Fontaine. The itory doesn't get in the way of the dancing, and Astaire has never danced with auch skill breathtaking They Had Reason to Be Frightened. Two men were chasing a third man firing at him with revolver as second they ran. The girls saw the victim fall and the two men pause for a under the street light in front of the house. A the girls stared horror stricken at the aiEht before them the killers looked up at them. Bessie before the quickly pulled her listers away from the window, but not men had seen them and what was worae KNEW THAT THEY WERE RECOGNIZED! Bessie waa frightened eo frightened that she warned the children against telling anyone about the murder and didnt even tell her parents when they returned that night. Six weeks went by and Bessie began to think she had been unduly frightened. Perhaps the gunmen hadn't seen them after ail, or perhaps they realised that they would have to kill three people all little children and hesitated for that reason. But Bessie didn't know her gunmen! One hot night just ai she had decided that there was no longer cause for worry, the blow struck. She had gone to bed late this night in the bedroom occupied by all the children. The bedroom had two targe beds. before. When you aee him and Grade romping through a carnival engaging in dizzy antics on treadmills, revolving barrels, and in front of those crazy mirrors that distort reflections, you will wonder why Gracie's amazing talent as a dancer has been looked so long. n, The long delay In making another feature picture with the Dionne qaintupleta haa at last been explained by Twentieth Century-Fo- x sOcials. They have been waiting for the little girls to learn English, figuring that audiences can't be counted on to study French just In order to understand the little cherubs. Waves of dissatisfaction spread through Hollywood like an epidemic every once in a while, and lately producers have been having their troubles pacifying pouting atari. Loretta Young haa decided that she doesnt want to make any more picture! with Tyrone Power for a while. Not that she doesnt like him. She does, but she thinks that the public tires of seeing the same couple on the screen in picture after picture. Ginger Rogers has served notice on R. K. O. that In addition The Man Caught Bessie by the Threat. to her salary she wants a share of Bessie says. In one of which she slept with her little brother, while her the profit of pictures she appears two sisters slept in the other. Their parents slept in another part of the In. Fred Astaire and Katherine Hepburn both share in the profits of house. Let's let Bessie tell it in her own words. I don't know how long I slept but in the wee hours at the morning theirs. Dorothy Lamour has rebelled I suddenly awoke with a choking sensation in my throat I tried to lift against wearing native dress in picmy head but I felt so dizzy that my head feu right back on the pillow. I had tures. Wants to be clothed like a a strange feeling of terror that I could not explain. At first I thought civilized lady. And Wayne Morris that I had had the nightmare but after awhile I had a strong sensation wants no more build-u- p as a hand-youtthat somebody who meant us harm waa in the room! Death From Gas Was Planned. Wallace Ford to one ef the scree was terribly sleepy and felt sick at my stomach but the feeling authat a stranger waa in the room was so strong that it kept me awake. players ever whom the I lay there shivering and pretending I was asleep. My little brother I dience at Of Mice and Men" knew was asleep and I wondered if my sisters were. Something told i cheered In New York recently. Even me to look around, so I finally succeeded in raising my head. The light If the play ram all year, however, from a street tamp in front of the house Ut up the room fairly weU but Wally figures that his fans out ' my eyes were so blurred that for a few seconds I could hardly aee. I through tha country wont forget made out my sister's bed after awhile and as I looked a SHADOW MOVED him, for before going Into the play he completed the aa yet unreleased ACROSS IT! Swing It, Sailer" for Grand Na"I waa ao frightened now that I could not move. Cold chills tional, and three pictures la Engwent up and down my back and it seemed to me that my scalp land. waa moving. The shadow moved again and then I aaw what t- icaused It. "A man stood bending over, my sisters' bed! The man was dressed Jack Holt la rounding out his in only an undershirt and trousers but I knew at once it could not be my twentieth year as an actor and his father. He was taller than my father but it waa too dark to really see eighteenth as a him. As I lay there wondering what to do I smelled something that -picture star. No X7X other performer has nearly drove me frantic with terror. The room was full of gas thats why I waa dizzy I smelled It; enjoyed outstanding plainly now and the whole murderous plot came to me. I got up my popularity than half as long as nerve aa wen as I could. Who's there? I said. In a flash the man sprang across the room and caught me by the he has. and Hollythroat If you dont keep quiet I'll choke you, he growled in my ear. wood producers will I kept quiet for a second but the thought that my whole family would die tell you that be to if I remained quiet nerved me. I made up my mind to let go one good just as popular with them as with the cream even if he killed me after. public. Whether he Bessies Screams Saved Them. ia assigned to horse or top hate, Jack is "I screamed at the top of my voice a scream load enough to wake np the entire neighborhood. I thought the man would always amiable, and if a story seems thin he figures it kill me then but be let go of my throat and swearing at me ran ia up to him to give a performance out of the room. I kept up screaming. My slaters and brother never even woke up, but my mother and father did. They came that will build It up. Some of the young players supporting him in rushing lute the room and then something seemed to explode ia Columbia's Under Suspicion" my head and thats all I remember." But that's not all Bessie's father and mother remember not by a asked him recently how he got his long shot! They found that a rubber hose from the kitchen stove had tart, and then shuddered a bit as been placed over the gas jet in the children's room and the other end lay ' he told them that he rode a horse on the pillow of the two sisters' bed! over a thirty-fiv- e foot cliff into swirlAnd gas was pouring into the room from the open gas jet! ing rapids. Another few minutes and this story never would have been told. The papers would have told another story id the accidental death by gas of ODDS AND ENDS Marlene Dirt-ricfour children. eked her lean and bored manner Fortunately all recovered and the first thing Bessie's father did was in a New York night dub and joined to move away from that neighborhood and they were never bothered tha crowd truckin . . . She could bo at sensational in comedy as Irene Dunne again. it j the only would, but the won't Copyright. WNU Service. . . Ballroom dancing bores Fred Astaire until Benny Goodman starts Wolf, Cunning Animal of Order the Garter playing end then he just can't sit still The Order of the Garter is the . . . Betty Jaynes, youthful sensation Nature know few beasts more cunning, more elusive than the wolf. highest order of knighthood in the of the Chicago opera, will play Norma There are trappers who have lived world. It Is believed to have been, Shearer's old rote in Student 1rince" instituted by Edward III about 1348, ' when films it attain at a musiall their lives in terri. When Dick FoweU stopped ays London Answers Magazine. cal tory, caught many of the animals in traps, yet have never seen a live The story goes that, at court ball, over in Chicago between trains a fans surprised him by prewolf. That ia easily explained. the Countess of Salisbury of that day group ofhim with their autographed Wolvei fear men. recognize them as (lipped her garter. To cover her senting . . . Spencer Tracy will tend photos their greatest enemies. The wraiths confusion, the king picked up the out his Christmas cards from Ireland of the timber generally refuse to pretty thing, bound It round bis Fathers of twins ora the only own and said: leg, Honi aoit qul eligible s far Hollywood? most excluapproach any place man haa been. mal y to be (Evil him pence" who sive dub. Membership so far consists When hunters find a caribou that has been killed by wolves, they evil thinka of this). This afterwards of Bing Crosby, Laurence Tibbett, became the motto of the order and Charles Starreu and Richard Dix . . . sprinkle the carcass with strych- of the crown of nine, hoping the wolvei will return of the Garter laEngland. The Order Girls dont went to be cast in the next limited to the aov1 Mauch twins picture because their and be poisoned. Usually, It is a e reign and other members of the' vorite pets nowadays art white mice vain hope. Only the unwariest of Voice of Experience will be family, with 25 knights and wolves win touch the meat for the royal ucn tureign royalties as may be broadcast coast-t- coast beginning Deman-sceia there. cember 17. 9 Wasters Newspaper Union, Weathering ef Rocks Blood in Man's Body Donnybrook, Ireland In the tropics, the weathering of Physiologists vary somewhat in Donnybrook Is part ot tbs city of some rocks occurs to such an extent their estimates of the total Dublin. It was famous for Us that even those whose normal hard- of blood In a man's body, butquantity it prob- which was first held in 1201 It fair, was ness is comparabla to granite often ably amounts to about of abolished in 1855 because of the become so soft to depths id hun- the weight of the body. In a man dreds of feet that. they can be dug weighing 150 pound there would be fighting and debauchery for which It had become notorious. with a spade, says Collier's Weekly. from 12 to 15 pounds of blood. first-nig- ht . ! motion- iron man the WHAT wear: black knee panta, green flannel shirt, yellow belt end a white arm band with a green well-dress- How One Vonan Fat Lost 20 Us of swastika. Such la Iron Guard the latest fashion note on the cos-Comeliu bun Zelea Codreanus Iron Guard, which threatens to seize Lost Her Prominent Hips Plant Coup Double Chin Sluggishness in Rumania Gained Physical Vigor A Shapely Figure. anti-Semi- te If youre 1st first remove the cause! Get on the scales today and see how much you weigh then get a 4 ox. bottle of Kruschen Salts which will last you 4 weeks. Take f teaspoonful ofKruschen Salts in a glass of hot water in the morning modify your diet and get a little regular gentle exercise in 3 weeks get on the scales and note how many pounds of fat have vanished. Notice also that you have gained in energy your skin ia cleirer you feel younger in body Kruschen will give any fat person a Joyous surprise. But be sure it's Kruschen your health comes first You can get Kruschen Salts from any leading druggist anywhere in America (lasts 4 weeks) and the cost is but little. If this first bottle doesn't convince you this is the easiest, SAFEST and surest way to help you lose ugly fat your money gladly returned. one-hal- 5137 WNU-- W SALT LAKE'S NEWEST HOSTELRY Oar lobby is delightfully air ceeled darlag the soauaer maths Radio far MOO Mourn (nry OQ Moomo- - Rumania. M. Codreanu, most virulent In Europe, haa made a puzzling alliance with the democratically inclined Dr. Julius Maniu. He is frank about his desire to help clear the way for Germanys march to Mosul oil and the Ukraine. "Within 48 hours of my party's achieving victory, Rumania will have concluded an alliance with Berlin and Rune, he says. He is thirty-seve- n years old. In 1924, when he was a student in Jassy university, he shot and killed the prefect of police who suppressed riots. He was acquitted. and later was tried and freed for alleged complicity in another assassination. For years he haa been gunning for the Little Entente and has power enough to force a cabinet shake-u- p every once in a while. There's nothing trivial about his hatred of Magda Lupescu, King Carol'! friend. Dtessed as above, with a revolver In his belt, he leads his followers on a white hone. They ride the coun- tryside, each with a little bag of the "sacred soil of Rumania" tucked in his shirt, fanning up the peas-' ante and spoiling for a fight. His following has been mainly made up of university students, but they say his Iron Guard is now recruiting aome powerful adult interests which may declare him In In n big way. Botin anti-Semit- ! ' HOTEL Keep Love Secrete Secret Czech postoffice authorities have a system to keep love secrete really secret A triangular stamp marks any letter as strictly personal." Letten bearing this stamp may be handed only to tha addressee. Temple Square ffefea V. hiaMy $1.50 to $3.00 hun haa a JHradly Fmupla drain Mo, Consolidated Maws Futuna. WNU Strvlcs. atiaaa-yhaY- aa will alwaraflaeitlmaaaa-lal- a, aupmsoly earnfartaMn, aaf thoranohly aorarable. Yea mi Sara mUnUul why thii hotel hi HIGHLY RECOMMENDED im Yaacanabeappraetetawhyi ICt a mmrk ot Olmttuetlam (a step el this beautiful haatalry ERNEST G ROSS1TER, Mgr. Faria Cemetery Chaise, a Faria cemetery, Aa Old I ' , , Pere-I- a -- covers some 200 seres sad dates from 1804. It occupies the site of the large garden of the country house built for Francois dAix de La chaise by Louis XIV. watchful eye on that elusive Bttk thing called chic. Crisp mn may be had in the collar and cub and in that trim row of buttom that march down the line-- ad then back again. Look fresh a your version in pretty percale. The Patterns. Pattern 1946 is designed fe sizes 14 to 20 (32 to 44 bust). Si 16 requires 3 Vi yards of 39 ind fabric. One yard of ribbon required for shoulder straps. Pattern 1404 is designed fc fc sizes 12 to 20 (30 to 38 bust). requires 4 Vs yards of 39 ad material. Pattern 1390 is designed !sr 14 sizes 34 to 48. Size 35 requires more : h Montgomery Ave., San Francis Calif. Patterns 1$ cents (in coin) each. 4 BcU Syndicate WNU Berries. button-all-the-w- ILncLe ay Pful SeufAt miles On the Block Boss (storming) You're Stenog Fired. How you supposed they sold slaves. Not One of Em Mrs. Duff Some things go out saying. Duff Yes, my dear, but if your tongue. Man, to chemist Could pi make this hair blonde and pd I on my shoulder? Im trying k make my girl jealous! Respect Due Precedent Respect for precedent has a Tell Willie solid basis. Don't be contemptuWillie Please, teacher, utf ous of precedent, but study its did I learn today? claims to authority. Teacher Why, Willie, whit Gossip thrives less among men peculiar question! particularly because it means a Willie Well, that's what thejT black eye if not worse. ask me when I get home. It Is nonsense to say that no one is interested in the troubles of others. Were not all inhuman. HELPJKIDNEYS Men have had but one burst of in in To Get Rid of Add the extravagance clothing last 30 years. It was when they and Poisonous Haste Tow Mdnayi Mp to tap paid $8 for a silk shirt. by constantly fUtrrliii araaleMSOF baa tha blood. It year and But Is He? kigMg fractionally dioardwwt ft non noM Impuritiaa, than tej By his reason a man endeavors noinonlnn cl tha wbsis V to prove that he is rid of some Banriaf, Monty or too of his primitive instincts. notion nuy bo wanriBg of erne or Madder dtatwbanca. . There Is always s welcome Yaa nay aoffor oasrial place In the world for the young paratateot headnche, pttarka al dtegm woman who is determined to be 1 lj s lady. Human conscience began to function thousands of years ago, There is a lot of it in the Bible. Why is it easier to start a forest fire with the mere stub of a cigarette than to set a furnace going with two pounds of kindling wood? LIFES LIKE THAT 1ttMM.Ubhri..te2 baa m mdldnt tbit acclaim than ea aomvtbl ML" nM haoam. Uaa Oaaa'a ffst, A tada al aratefrl Daea'a, Am veer DOM PILLS By Fred one-ten- th Llmehouse a Tame District Llmehouse, London, named after a lime kiln which me stood there, no longer lives up to its reputation as a horns of picturesque vice. It is a tame and g "That feela better 15 ai ad tneaees aadnl o Fat Dorse less Carriage ea Market Heights and Depth of Tahiti Alexander Win ton, who put the A few miles from Tahiti the ocean first horseless carriage on the maria more than 10,000 feet deep, while ket In 1898, completed the contrap- a few miles inland tha crest of O rotion in his back yard in Cleveland ll ent mountain is more than 7,000 la 1898. feet above the surf. fint talk. I Eye slowness ot blondes mite them less safe as drivers, is a optometrists warning, but nai men will just wink at it. .. wolf-infest- d yards of 35 Inch material. Ik collar and cuffs in contrast i quire 1V4 yards material. Send your order to The Snrig Circle Pattern Dept., 149 Nm two-piec- h. I YOURE a bit behind in the thrilling game of Milady, why not take advantage of the holiday ceason and catch up? Today's trio is especially right for vacation sewing" because it consists of simple practical pieces that require little time and trouble. Make all three and you'll have gone a long way toward putting the old punch back in the game. Streamlined Styling. The slip at the left is all you could wish for from the standpoint of styling. It offers superb lines from the moderately low cut V waist neck, through the dart-fitte- d right down to the very hem. The clever overlapping back is light proof and provides an action pleat so necessary for complete satisfaction. Important, too, is the fact that you may choose the material you wish in your own color. Better make it in duplicate for many meticulous months ahead. Pretty in Sheer Wool. e in the center is, The like the slip, heavy on style. The defined waist is effectively young as is the flowing skirt and little round collar. It is just the frock to give me lots of for the second semester, or "to break tha ice" whenever one is anxious about ones apearance. It can be the height of chic in sheer wool very pretty hi flat crepe. Modern Home Dress. When its home you're thinking of you naturally turn to a frock like the third member of the trio at the right This model is different enough to delight you and simple enough to set you sewing at sight. It is cut for comfort but with an ever ... but Its still a littla snug.1 Nehet |