Show rE DANNY THOMAS' job is to make people laugh He does no with such great success that today he counts his weekly pay check in the thousands of dollars But a dozen years ago he was an unknown not sure where the nest week's rent was corning from Then came a : heartening "Turning Point" Tito Someday by DANNY THOhtAS Jess Corkin Kamm Alogaudoo Neveasbor 1951 slitter nosnellav oditor W A Spratue z west living in Chicago My wife Rosemarie was expecting and I just couldn't seem to find any work "Already we had one baby and the rent and food bills were piling up I was supposed to be a comic but I was getting so low I was thinking of turning into something else—a janitor or maybe a handyman I was desperate "But one chilly fall afternoon after I'd finished the daily round at the booking agencies! ran into an old pal named Andy Andy had worked vaudeville for years He knew how things were In show business He was also a very devout man "That afternoon he handed me a medal of St Jude 'Take it' he said 'Maybe it'll bring you luck' v t muse owe Robert P Goldman fart Arleta" Edwatd IL Wade Allot editor Pauline E Reaves ON It Wasn't Funny! COVEN: THE Michael "Red" Chapin 13 and Eilene"Judy'lanssen 11 are Hollywood's youngest Western stars They've finished making "Arizona Manhunt" and Republic Studios plan to team them in horse operas till they're adults To "Red" and "Judy" who love horses and ranch life this sounds like heaven See page just TAKE Of CONTINTS 2 Flying Backward Criminals can be Cured 6 ti Cowboy Kids 13 Ankle Glitter New Turkey Stuffing 14 IS Parade of Procress Such Nice People Is else seems able to' "I went inside and lit a candle to St Jude patron saint of the theater "A week later I had an offer from the Club 5100 in Chicago It wasn't just what I wanted but I took it And remembering St Jude I did my best "Well from then on things opened up I stayed with Club 5100 for three years then moved on to New York Since then I've been in radio television and the movies But I've never forgotten that cold desperate day in Chicago prayed for loughs he Jr editor otemeglog Could St Jude Help? in 'I put it my pocket and a couple of hours later I happened to pass a church I remembered That medal 'Maybe St Jude can help' I told myself 'Nobody DANNY THOMAS: editor akomeglop Edward D Fates Fire Buffs IS 20 Swiss Baseball World's Best Chairs! 31 How Good is a Penny?: 27 VICTIM CIWITSpsys 19 11 on parade: Those mimosas' ero Underwater Playground -- LS foes below iho swims of Wookiworboo Springs near Brooksville r""" arr ' 74- - - boa underwater poses for ball a Warne at mare 414"" ?n 161 They caw 4r ' - k14 e1"0" 41P5Vir' 4 SANk:Ce 0 '2' ' 11: 0110 I 14 AK --444 A t' i'' our - r — co ' i -- rv — IOW "0 N ' - 'AI - 111 1931 4 Ltd AAL t tv-L-V- wilitp f'' rty : et' l'O! io -- Alit -- Is I A' 1171-i- n :0 Lit 31tmobeemet 4 44160 11 i ELl'AA el: thio 0714g441 el& Or scoot about on a scooter — Or you can cavort in a fancy ballet 1C 1 411 I -- Air I - — !2i- I ti 40' woo t - '"yrit ' ' 40401116111 40--- hers you can pitch a Nommen -f e 1i zi7 ranoza-06:weds 104I '' '3:"- A k: ' '461krla14:774101 " Down - 40'1 40'21Witit:Imeo o'ft'—74 r- : - Z''' t r - jproli 11("" 4 - fo- s I -s 116116 -- 0‘ - :16-1 ‘ 1Awe 60 of” 1 ‘ vrrusto 4 1 2 gia"r t'a w:141''' -- Or spin a merry-go-rou- -- '1 — nd -- 111Nt Iv JpN02 A '! ::tc&sil |