Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-19 | Page 12 | Telling the World

w Telling lelling the Worl Ill By NEAL OHARA O'HARA Copyright fress Pushing Col Co 1 New York turk orl World 1929 liI I ANOTHER PRETTY SOFT 1 Tho sensation of this years year's cT cm is a Hugo the Human Mr as the the the-Ris Rn Ru Ruling ling program describes him i J living person shot through f Sp spa sP with violent velocity from the m mo mo-eJ of a monster cannon In tN words Mr job consists being fired twice a day jg Just before each performa closes a great cannon is wheel into the arena A nice charge gunpowder is jammed into torn tom of the gun gun and Mr pushed into the mouth of it until is snug At the proper c cannon goes boom and Mr goes whizzing through the lands in in a net at the other end the circus That is is all Mr Za Zacch ch has to do twice a day He gets gets' I I Sundays Sunday off gib How did you fou to enl eni this tilis unique profession a asked Mr jM I was born to it said r Even when I wasJa wasa ba folks called me a little son sonjo of gun M MAnd And what is your aim In lif pursued the Inquiring report reporter r. r My 1 aim in life Ute is to hit the nr Dr said sald the Human Projectile i j I should ever miss it my life me w uld ulda a an awful mess mes C C C CHow I How did you happen to enter t business Mr Ii Well after graduating from h school I didn't know whether to tol joi come a general in the army or pr pre predent e dent of a bank While I was tr to make up my mind an idea sti me I said caid aid Puffed rice is shot of guns Why not people All later I happened to be in Chit during one of the gang one will do I noticed it was alv people who got hit so I said toT self lf Why not be the tha bullet bullett bullett pla play safe safe From then thenon on i iwas was made up J But how did you acquire su clent practice to be shot out of gun gun UiO JB That of ot course TV Was as the I 1 problem At first I made a a. r bo of ot a telegraph pole and a two tsvia l hawser and used myself for an nT row But this didn't work as could coul not get enough velocity Th Tb Thone T Tone one day when I had left my myroon me meat at home I went Into a one onea lunch When I told the manage manag was unable to pay for the doi doug nuts and coffee he called the b boi boier bour ur er or and I was projected int j street with just the tile right m mon mome mr turn tum M S C C m What happened after that I simply went into one one- lunches penniless every dayta after being shot out the for three weeks week I became si hardened After that t rest was easy m How many times a day do y perform this stunt fl flOnly Only matinees and nights I II i never never- shot at sunrise When the gun goes gou off r P you probably travel it fu fas t than an any human being except MI Ma j Dont kid yourself I go so o f f. f that Major and Arrow would think they were were ir traffic jam Have you jou OU any plans for the t the j i ture tune tt Yes I Intend to make lake tills this ISh eti ISha etia a trifle more spectacular ular As em emas as s my skull gets a little harder are going to shoot me at bulb instead of ot a net Well goodby n Ive I've got to practice for my TV Wu Wa ington performance 4 What are you going to do th there Oh Oil haven't you heard fa sl Mr When the i cir pla plays s 's Washington they're go going shoot me rue off twenty one times time honor of ot President Hoover B Bi But t course ourse Ill I'll get et overtime for forSt