Show Walter Winchell ON BROADWAY BROADWAY- Too Bi Bit to Miss Patrolman Philip Clarius liked kids Ito He was one of those big checked apple cops who could get closer to the true spirit of children in two minutes than the average parent can in a life life- time over So-over at the Bergen street station in Brooklyn they assigned Clarius to school duty near near public school 13 He Hc knew most of the youngsters by their full names In the afternoons you could see him holding up up motorists and even bike while riders a lot of little feet marched safely across to the other side and a lot lotof lotof of little girls smiled like only little girls smile All of which makes what happened easier to understand On March 5 while all the children children chil- chil dren were around two him stickups tried to es- es cape in a nearby car Clarius drew his gat They drew theirs too Clarius took but aim he held his fire They In the hospital his superiors asked Clarius why he didn't shoot to kill killOh Oh I couldn't do that replied Clarius wasting his ener energy y not with all those kids near me I couldn't take an any chances Patrolman Clarius was given an inspectors inspector's funeral yesterday But what good is that Whatever solace he may get et wherever he is will come from the fact that all the children of public school 13 contributed 2 pennies each for lor the purchase pur pur- chase of pretty posies for the nice policeman The two holdup men who escaped pro probably ably will understand the reason leason for their good luck luck- if they see this here which I certainly hope they do They shot at a heart so they big couldn't miss or Of Local Interest Give Mike his due The renowned renowned re- re impostor who knows what prisoners are up against joined the large army of entertainers the other Sunday who went to Sing Sing to amuse the lads there Some time during the proceedings a large cup made the rounds into which contributions were dropped by the visitors S The and from Broadway placed money into it Romanoff had only 1 between himself and the breadline But he did what few people have done in their lives He tossed the dollar in Killjoy Stuff stull For the big dramatic gag in a picture he penned it was Hells Rowland Highway Brown had Richard Dix Di as a chain gang prisoner about to be lashed across the back by a who keeper drops his whip when he sees the American Americ m flag on the prisoners prisoner's Dixs Dix's back Ta Ta-da A group roup of screen writers all good kidders decided to frame Brown They sent him a telegram telegram tele- tele I gram and signed George M. M name to it The wire accused Brown of stealing his George s Ms stuff but commending him for his patriotic spirit Brown fell for lor it and has always treasured the counterfeit wire which he may now tear up |