Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-04-16 | Page 7 | Bergen Holds Insurance on Charlie M'c

BERGEN HOLDS INSURANCE ON CHARLIE MC HOLLYWOOD April 16 UP UP- UP The life of dummy Charlie McCarthy McCarthy McCarthy Mc Mc- Carthy is insured for it was revealed today by his master Edgar Bergen the ventriloquist The policy covers Charlies Charlie's loss lossin lossin in an automobile train or plane accident a fire tornado landslide landslide landslide land land- slide theft or or absentminded misplacing by Ber Ber- gen Bergen said that for 11 years he h has s tried unsuccessfully to obtain obtain ob oh- tam tain an understudy for Charlie McCarthy A number of times he has commissioned wood carvers to make replicas of the dummy's face and paid as much as but the the- result was unsatisfactory he said Now he is experimenting with witha a life mask of the dummy's features Bergen never permits Charlie to be left too long under the hot lights on the movie stages He is afraid Charlies Charlie's glue will melt