Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-15 | Page 4 | Walter Winchell on Broadway

Walter Waiter iV al ter Winch Winchell inch eliON ell eli ellON ON ON BROADWAY BROADWAY- The Private Papers of a 3 Reporter The fhe San Fr Francisco gazettes reported that Thomas Gaffney a laborer of that city had been jailed after alter professing to have knowledge of a plot to kidnap a nationally known orchestra leader feader y no now appearing at a local theater But the dailies omitted the big news in the story The orchestra l leader a er was Ben Bernier Veddy amusing about v. Lowell Sherman t e director i contract contract with Universal flickers n nets ts him im every week But fer six six months he has gathered all that coin without doing a days day's work It appears that his contract states when he turns down own a story story- he rates ates no salary So every script submitted to to Lowell was by him The producers however have decided that alL alLot of them wont won't do do- do hence all pay and no work Rudy Vallee should worry His movie contract calls for one flicker aI annually for more than it takes to keep Mr Disney Disney's Dis Dis- ney ney's big bad from his shack What's in a Name In Chicago there is a gentleman an christened christen John Casey Which is funnier when you learn that his business is accident insurance Peanut Pea nut Joes in Harrisburg Pa is a gold mine That Th-at is is it brings the owner more coin than current current cur cur- rent gold mines offer He gives s away about worth of peanuts weekly to weekly to peddle lager at a dime a mug And the elite of the city battle with the wearers overall-wearers for fOI elbow room in in n the place Instead of sawdust on the floor floor he he spreads peanut shells Whisper His us Name i Mary ary Pickford is shy when the thc name of Buddy Rogers is mentioned Hes He's the Heart all ri right right right-as ht-as ht as has been suspected right light along Kay Francis is of the opinion on that the legend began began be bc be- be gan here that here that she had slashed her wrists recently re re- re It was the legend for a few days in Holly Hollywood wood d Now th that t we are on the scene scene scene- the thc lowdown is easier to believe Kays maid was very ill in the house When the star returned re re- re turned that night she found herself locked out out p r rand and tried entering the house through a a rear win win- dow Which crashed and cut her arms Her own press dept and her p pals ls decided on on a hurry- hurry up tory story when the reporters phon phoned She was in a car crash they said Lat when I when it was le learned Kay hadn't been in a car the car the legends wrote themselves