Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-02-17 | Page 4 | Walter Winchell on Broadway

Walter Winchell ON BROADWAY BROADWAY- Things I 1 Never Knew Tit Til Now That another reason why so many people are arc out of work in these United States is that the U. U S. S federal postoffice brass buttons are made in England instead of this country I And that Ive I've sent the proof to Congressman Walter Valter Nesbit by golly I S S That I still cant can't understand why funeral begins with FUN S S S That Tha a new ruling in the police dept of N. N Y gives a uniformed cop a day off every time tune he arrests a wicked woman on the streets Why not give a month off to those who arrest real criminals S S S That there is a law low in Kansas prohibiting the making of mince pies because you might get on the brandy in them His Hie S S S That a baby breathes twice as fast as an adult Except when the stock market crashes or he discovers discovers dis dis- dis covers his bank has failed S S S That if you cannot repeat ten digits in their proper order after hearing them once youre you're not normal I give up What's a digit S S-S S That your personality is regulated by glands If they are arc healthy you have a sweet personality S S S That Babe Ruth has hit a home run in every major league ball park except at the thc National league Phillies S S S That according to the Portland Oregonian for forthe forthe forthe the money you pay to see a big league football game ame you see only 11 4 minutes of action The Tho time plus outs substitutions rest periods and the time between referee whistles s makes up the thc theother theother other two hours They Should Vear Wear a Rope That umpires in baseball wear black bow how ties for a good reason Many years ago an ump short for chump in the thc Texas league got mixed up with witha a 3 player over a decision and the player almost choked the ump to death by violently yanking his in four Since then then bow bow ties S S S That Jess Willard Villard one time heavyweight fighter quit being a cowboy because he couldn't find a horse big enough to ride which didn't force his feet to drag on the ground He was 6 ft 6 and was at the time tune o 0 5 5 That when big business starts to compute which is the biggest business in inthe the country it shouldn't overlook fishing Last year there were over nine million fishermen in the United States who spent more than twenty-five twenty million dollars for tackle and equipment S S S SOh Oh Mr Ripley At the Hollywood rendezvous the thc other night when the nudists of the chorus came came out out Gable Gable blushed