Show pil 1 17 NEWS 1 THIS WEEK by LEMUEL F PARTON consolidated features service NEW JEW YORK when parks john son and wally butterworth brought their pioneer quiz broadcast to new york city back in 1934 it took them quizzers Quiz enriched just about an in plumbing the eight weeks minds of demos ot of diligent quizzing to get an answer to the question where is singapore the other day the ninth anniversary of their vox pop program the first outbreak of the growing quiz craze now rampant on all networks was celebrated in an age of 0 deepening uncertainty people find great felicity it if they happen to know how many toothpicks there are in a cord of birchwood and sustenance for an ail ailing ing ego johnson and butterworth ter worth cash in in a big way parks johnson is the son of a methodist minister he had been a captain in the world war a newspaper reporter a cotton broker and in 1932 was running a 0 one neman ne man advertising ver agency in houston texas A client wanted a radio idea mr johnson quizzed himself at length and got the right answer he set up a microphone in the lobby of a houston theater and began his quiz at first he had to hand out one dollar bills to lure participants but the 1 mike fright soon passed and vox pop quickly became a successful program air butterworth former phonograph salesman radio singer and announcer came in later soon after they were established in new york the their I 1 i r program was on a big network in 1940 they carried their microphone more than miles around the country and to date have asked about questions newspapers were ahead of radio however in getting at the question and answer mother lode 0 of f interest in their own field it was in 1920 that miriam tichenor a reporter on the new york daily mail suggested to george T hughes the city editor the daily questioning of five or six citizens at random mr hughes started the feature and slugged it the inquiring reporter under this and other titles it still carries on in many news papers this however is an opinion rather than an information inquiry A A NEW YORK doctor a friend r of this writer says physicians who have made a lifelong life long study of diet nutrition and mass conditioning are won eminent athletes dering why toughen p physical h y s I 1 c a I 1 specialists ask training for r defense is is being organized by athletes instead of specialists in physical fitness without disparagement to any of the persons mentioned he cited gene turney tunney alice marble and john B kelly the last an undefeated oarsman as examples in which eminence in athletics is substituted for precise knowledge of how to tough en up america the discussion had to do with mr air kellys current prescription of a courage diet fo for the na tion in which he says ke he has s listed calory and vitamin combinations bi which will enable us to lick our weight in wildcats mr kelly 0 a former bricklayer and contractor is chairman of of the the philadelphia democratic committee and last august became director of physical training for national defense he was formerly a republican and is veteran of much fast and intricate milling in both barties lar jar ties the tall and athletic handsome jack kelly as he is called quit the philadelphia public schools at the age of 16 and got a job in a brickyard he was an ambulance driver in the world war came back with a capital of 40 and opened his own brickyard twelve years later at the age of 31 he was the olympic single sculls champion winning for america at amsterdam in 1926 he retired from rowing as the undefeated champion oarsman ot 1 aa the world at the age of 52 he still rows five miles every avery morning |