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Show National Celebrities to Join In Cantor Anniversary Week I HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 25 (UP) This ii Kddie Cantor anniversary week. Il l Just 25 years since an orphan boy in New York's Ghetto borrowed a decent pair of pants one nisjht so he could enter a theater amateur contest and mimic a political big wig for the $5 prise. An honorary committee of 100, Including Postmaster General Farley, Paul Muni and Governor Frank Mernam of California, is sponsoring the celebration in rec ognition of Cantor's work In humanitarian hu-manitarian as well as entertainment entertain-ment fields. It waa announced. A testimonial dinner will be held here Thursday. Cantor, now one of Hollywood's leading comedians, waa a ainglng waiter In a Coney Island saloon-restaurant saloon-restaurant as a youth. He boasted boast-ed of Ming able to aing any requested re-quested song. When he couldn't he collaborated with his pianist in an Improvisation. The pianist was Jimmy Durante. |