Show NEWS THIS WEEK by LEMUEL F PARTON EW YORK the nazis N NEW bothered frau katherina Kath erlna unlike the pompadours Pompa dours and Monte spans usually among the first victims of po frau katie mical upheavals immune to Aus anae nazis ban dige d frau as emperor francis joseph called her has ridden the surfboard surf board of dynastic and political change for nearly 60 years she Is now eighty two doing crossword cros d pu zales ziles disclaiming knowledge of thi the current cataclysm but long longing ns for the good old days in thosa days she was pretty katie a dancer in the burg theater which was under the patronage of the emperor after a hit performance with the emperor at tending she obtained an audience sire she said with a low curtsey we cannot maintain ourselves on the salaries you pay I 1 owe for my costumes 11 the emperor promised a new ben celce for the theater and said he would help her take care of her debts she was backing gracefully to the door when the emperor said Grine dige frau why do you leave us she stayed 40 years in a snug elitle villa by the palace gates the emperor after a n hard day swinging the scepter used to drop in at frau Kat katies les split a bottle of sener and sing a few songs she he knew all the mellow old tunes which he particularly ticul arly liked she used to darn his socks and tell him when he needed a hair cut she refused to accept gowns or jewels vels always remaining the Grine dige frau but the emperor by an amusing artifice induced her to accept a fortune in gems ile he was a famous huntsman ile he told her he was sending her a wild boar hs he had killed she saw no harm in that when it arrived it had diamond earrings a diamond neck slain boor boar lace and bracelets ls Is studded and a diamond with jewels breast pin and its back was studded with precious hapsburg jewels the money lenders got them after thi the emperors death she was supposed to know more of the secrets of the realm than orly any other person she guarded them carefully but did reluctantly reveal a lew few details of the May mayerling erling tragedy of she said archduke gudolf shot himself hissed after killing bar oness the version althe of the film now running it would make A good story it if somebody could take frau to see bee and have her write a critical review M ARK ETHRIDGE becomes czar of the radio industry it it is hard to think of mr ethridge is osa a czar or even a third assistant simon legrice but he clicks neatly jos as an able deft diligent and re il e executive mr ethridge is only f forty or t y four years old he is of the type of A old line legman leg man radio czar newspaper man began career with an insatiable caa s a Ls leg ali man an appetite for news s AW A native of meridian miss with soft southern speech and instinctive courtesy ho he ought to be an excellent troubleshooter for the radio rather than a ic zar r ile he was wa s a 0 reporter on the meridian dispatch studied at the of f mississippi and ro io aped on up through grades to the managing editorship of the macon qa telegraph ile he was with tho the new york sun in 1923 1926 and his old friends there have been nominating him today for a loud cheer in this jc forner orner lie he was lured lure back to 51 macon went thence to the richmond ava va times thries of which he was publisher and later became general manager of tho the lo 10 louisville courier journal and louisville times ile he spent scent the year 1933 in central europe on an ober linder lander trus fellowship studying politics a and nd economics and the only ouch of anticlimax anti antl climax in ah his carcer care ertha the versailles 1 il treaty reaty athe the radio hi has picked kicked a man who knows aws the social and educational pox iscore isco score as well as good enter la fh foment ment ile he is still general manger oi of the courier journal up and coming coining in the new enlightened leadership 6 ship odthe of the south ills his czar job unsalaried 1 0 news rea feature tures service |