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Show JULAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA . . . . .A A . . . . . . . . . JULAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWHO'S r rNEWrS WHO'S WHOS ' NEWSTHIS NEWS NEWrS NEWSTHIS NEWrSTHIS THIS WEEK WEEKS . . ? . By Lemuel F . PartonBaritone Parlon Parton ParlonTTTTTTTTTTTT1TTTTTVTYTTT1 TTTTTTTTTTTT1TTTTTVTYTTT1 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTYYYYTTYYY TTTTTTTTTTTT1TTTTTVTYTTT1Baritone Baritone Business Agent , . NEW NEIV YORK-opera YORK opera . - - . singers of ofGenoa ofGenoa ! ' Genoa had a union early la In tho IEighteenth Eighteenth thoEighteenth century and sundrywere sundry sundrywere sundrywere butLawrence were broken In Its furtherance , , but Lawrence Tibbett Is , , according accordmg to toaU toall toall aU all available records , , the first bari bari- ban- ban baritone bantone baritone - - tone , tenor or bass to take up that thatUne thatline thatline Une line of work In modern times . Mr . . Tibbett , as head of the Amer Amer- AmerIcan American - . ican lean joinsthe jamsfue Guild Gwld of Musical Artists , jams joins fue the drive drlve to form a union of radiobroadcasters radiobroadcasters radIo ' broadcasters in the American Fed Fed- FedI Federabon Federation Federation - I . eration erabon of Labor . It is Indicated thatthey that thatthey fuey they are beating beatmg the C . I . 0 O . , . to this thisobJectIve thisobjective thisobjective obJectIve , . Mr lUr . Tibbett was upped to fame fameon fameon fameon on the night of January 2 , 1925 1025 . Be- Be Before Before Be Before - - fore that , he had sung meager rolesunder roles rolesunder rolesunder under his $60 60 SGO $ a week rtIetropolitan Metropolitan rtIetropolitancontract Metropolitancontract Metropolitancontract contract singingIn slngmgIn . On this occasion , , slngmg singing In Verdi's Verdis Verds's Verdss ' ' "Falstaff Falstaff "FalstafJ FalstafJ " , " he stole th thshow tho thoshow thoshow o show from ScottI Scottf , , with a thundering thunderingovabon thunderin thunderinovation thunderingovation g ovabon ovation rarely given any singer at atthe a athe atthe t the \ Met 1\Iet 1 Iet . He was the son of a sheriff in fn the"Badlands theBadlands the the"Badlands th th"Badlands e "Badlands Badlands " " country around Bakers- Bakers Bakersfield Bakersfield Bakers-field Bakers field - - field , Calif Cali CaIif ! His father was killed b ba by bya bya y a bandit and young Tibbett grew up upill u uin upm p ill in Los Angeles He knev/ knev knew knevhe / he hadL hadvoice had a aVOice avoice L VOice , but he didn't didnt ' ' want to sIng sIngHe singHe singHe He wanted to be a Shakespearean Shakespearea Shakespeareanactor Shakespeareanactor Shakespeareaactor n actor . . Hoping Hopmg to study for the stagehe stage , , he earned money smgmg singing at atchurches a achurches atchurches t churches and movie palaces , becoming be- be becommg be becoming - coming commg soloist tor for the Cahorrua Californi Cahorruatheater Californitheater Californiatheater ! a theater . . In 1922 , he arrived in New York Yorkon Yot Yoton Yorkon k on borrowed money . . He worked n na up upa upa p a concert and sold a lot of tickets ticketsbut ticketsbut , but he wasn't wasnt ' ' there . . He had themumps th thmumps the mumps . . All that came out of the theconcert th e concert was an extra "T T " " dropped droppe droppedIn d in his name by the flue program prmter printer . He let It ride and that's thats ' ' how he be b be- be became - - came Tibbett instead of TebbeNumerologists Tibbet Tebbe t . ' . Numerologists Nwnerologlsts would say , of coursethat course , , that that was what changed big hIs hIsluck hi g luck . At any rate , , the change came camesoon cam B Bsoon soon after . Gatti-Casazza Gatti Casazza - - gave him hima hi m a hearing hearfng ' and he was soon on theuptakc th the e uptake uptakc in the Metropolitan I\Ietropohtan I Ietropohtan \ . . He is tall and good looking lookmg and andlacking an c clacking d lacking in m those stellar eccentnci- eccentnci eccentrIcI- eccentrIcI eccentric eccentrIcItIes eccentncities i - - ties which make newspaper cop copy . There is , , though , , one little htUe oddityworth oddrt oddity worth noting notmg . . Apt to have head- head headaches . - aches , he cures them by walking walkmg walkmgaround welkin g around on his hands He says thatslwces th that sluices slwces the blood down into mto his head headaJ"d hea ard aJ"d aJd and " stops the pam pain . . * . Egypt's Egypts ' New King Kmg . KING TV ING FAROUK FAROIIK I , who wascrowned wa was s lv crowned king kmg of Egypt rccent- rccent recent rccently . - ly Iy on his eighteenth birthda birthday y , , seems to be entirely enbrely acceptable t tc to tcthe tothe o the powerful Wafd Ward IVafd sect which , , dur- dur durIng da r - , - ing Trig the last few years , has been fan- fan fannIng fat fatWing - , - ningr nIng Wing up a . challenging challengmg nahonallst aationali nahonallstmovemcnt st movement movemcnt in Egypt . England hasdone ha has os done dove some adroit maneuvering maneuvermg since smce sine smcehis his father fattier , old King Kmg : Saud , died In InAprIl I IApril ifApril n AprIl , , 1936 . . King Kmg Farouk Farouh " ' was 'as as vas educated in m parl part partat pat t at the Royal Military academy an and d , ' , it is understood , is enthusiastically enthusiasticall enthusIastIcallycertified Y certified by the British guardians ot of otthe ol the empire It is believed that th thiscoronatIon this is coronation will wlll cinch cmch a bit tightex bghter bghterthe tight er the political pohtlcal and economic ties bes at of atBrItaIn oJ Britain and Egypt This has be- be become bc bccome e- e - ' come a matter of special concern concer concernsmce concersince concerrsince n smce since Italy's Italys ' seizure of Ethiopia and andher an d her threat to the blue Nile with Its Itsbearmg itsbearing ii iibearing s bearmg bearing on vast cotton growing growmg grooving and andprocessmg an anprocessing andprocessing dn d processmg processing projects m ill in the Suda SudanFor Sudan SudanFor n For the last two years , Farouh Farouhhas Faro Farohas has enjoyed kingly kmgly status , but and undei under undera er a regency . He will now be Egypt's Egypts Egypf's Egypfs Egypt Egypf'sfirst ' , s first nominally nommally independent ruler rulerfour In InCour four Cour centuries . He is an athlete atblet atbletss atblctcisi\ atblctcisi atblctcisifeet e , ' 51- 51 51feet ss \ ' - feet tall , skilled m In polo , swim sWim- sWimmmg swi swimming m - ' ming mmg and other sports . Like his late father , he liliesdrive likes hkes lilies to todrive drive a big red car to the mosque onFrIday o on n Friday to observe the Moslem Sab- Sab Sabbath Sal Salbath - - ' bath His absorbing absorbmg interest mterest is his hisstamp h hstamp is stamp collection Two boy kmgs kmgsare king kingare s are left-Peter left Peter left - Peter H n ii of JugoslavIa Jugoslavi a , , aged fourteen , , and King Kmg Ananda olSiam ol of ofSiam Siam , aged eleven . * . * . Pennsylvania Pennsylvarua Battle Battle"I . . /"I "I I / " OVERNOR OVIRNOR : : EAKLE IAULE EARLE of Fcnnsyl- Fcnnsyl pcnnsyl- pcnnsyl pcnnsylvama Peansy Peansyvansa FcnnsylJ 1 - - G GOVIRNOR GOVERNOR J vania vama vansa was a Republican Republ1can wh whbecame whobecame who o became a Democrat . , Mayor SDavIs S Davis Wilson Nilson of Philadelphia was wasDemocrat as a aDemocrat Democratho Democrat \ who \\ho ho wlio became a Republi- Republi Rcpubl Republican - - cr can . . Each Eache has liar supported the othcr othcrin oth in the flee past . . Now they thcy are deep decp Ina i in ina n a rock-and rock and - sock s ock oclt battle all their thell " ownt o oC otpical own wn -tpical tpical -t t - topical } plcal of shuts shifts sh ts and blurring blurrmg ol of ofparty C lines Imes under s ssure s - ' - party high political pres- pres pressure pre sure . . The militant mlhtant Mayor IVilsoe IVilsois Wilsoni WilsonIS Wilson IVilso n is gunning for the governor , , charg- charg charging char charing g - ' - ins ing the latter with WJth responsibility responslblhty forsendmg for forsending f fsending or sending sendmg wire-tappers wire tappers wlre-tappcrs wlre tappcrs - - into mto Philadcl- Philadcl Phlladc Philadclphla 1 - ' - phia phla phna . , They fudge into mto the national PIC- PIC PICture pi c - - ture tore , as Governor Earle Enrle , it is unde under- under understood r rd - stood stoodants , , wants \\ants ants \ \ to be President and andMayor an d Mayor Wilson wants to be governoC governor governo r . . Mayor Wilson was comptrollerPhiladelphia comptroller of ofPhIladelphIa C Philadelphia before he became the theCIty tb tbcity e I city s one hundred thirteenth mayor mayorJanuary mayo mayorJanuary r January 6 , 1936 He is a hefty and andhardy an anhardy andhardy d hardy seasoned political battler , In Inpohtics inpolitics pohtics politics many years , elected clected by hb- hb hberals li lib liberals b bw - ' erals orals , , reformers , labontes laborltes laborites and New NewDealers Ne NeDealers NewDealers w Dealers , , but now shying shvmg away fromthe fro from the lot of them and vehemently antI an anti an- an anti - ti Roosevelt Rooseveltp p @ Con Consol ConsolvNU Cons-olfdatcd Cons olfdatcd - olldated WNU vNU vNUService Service Servicesatires Service News Features FeaturesWNU satires |