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...full-whiskered Neptunus Rex arrived on the fantail. He was attended by Davy Jones and Queen Amphitrite (a tough, blond Marine sergeant wearing enormous falsies and rope-yarn hair). As No. 1 Pollywog, Truman was first-but was let off easy. He was merely ordered to give his autograph to each member of Neptune's court, and to furnish his staff with Corona cigars forever. Margaret was directed to lead a group in Anchors Aweigh, which she did falteringly...
...type of holiday on which most bigwigs of U.S. politics were likely to embark. Involved were no state troopers, autograph seekers, photographers, special trains or big names. Big (6 ft. 3 in., 210 Ibs.), balding Harold Stassen just got into his 1946 Ford sedan and drove from South St. Paul to Lake Michigan's Sturgeon Bay, with his wife, Esther, his children, Glen, u, and Kathleen, 5, and the family dog, Duke. At the end of the six-hour, 321-mile trip, he lugged suitcases into a small rented cottage, changed into faded Navy khaki and settled down...
Since Lassie's radio venture, the demand for his autograph has increased so greatly that Trainer Weatherwax has decided to have the dog fitted with an inked paw-pad bearing his picture. Consumption of Red Heart Dog Food has also increased, at least in the Weatherwax household. Once Weatherwax even fed some Red Heart sandwiches to unsuspecting guests...
Visiting the sets, Hedda is usually a better show than what is going on in front of the camera. She is a great crowd-pleaser. Her radio warm-up is one of the phenomena of the business. Her personality, italicized by her manic hats, stimulates the autograph hounds. They fawn on her at the studio gates. "Oh, g'wan with you," says Hedda brusquely. "I'm not a celebrity...
Scarlet-coated Mounties had taken over the President's protection from the U.S. Secret Service. As they clustered around, and Staff Sergeant C. W. Graham asked for the Truman autograph, it looked like a scene from Rose Marie. Before he got on the train that night, Harry Truman thanked the Mounties with an expansive: "I'd like to take them with...