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...studios, but after all, he was a singer and the Met was "my life." He penned a chastened apology to General Manager Rudolf Bing, who had sacked him last spring (TIME, April 16) for dashing off before season's end to make a movie called Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick: "I ... appreciate that you had no other alternative . . . Should you be willing to consider my reinstatement . . . your trust in me will not be misplaced." Last week Bing announced his answer: "To admit one's mistakes the way you have done is a sign of moral courage and decency...
...offense: bucketing out to Hollywood to make a movie called Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick when he should have been 1) singing Figaro in the season's last performance of The Barber of Seville, and 2) joining the rest of the Met company on its spring tour of 13 cities which starts this week...
...paid no attention to the railroad's complaint that the town only gave it $15 worth of passenger business a month. "We don't want to be just another little place like Punkin Center or Bug Scuffle," he cried, and called the city commission into special session. The result: an ordinance which would have forced trains to crawl through town at no more than 15 m.p.h., ring their bells (but not blow their whistles), with a stop for "sanitary inspections" whenever the mayor ordered...
Young was a runt of a boy with a large head and orange-colored hair. Inevitably, he was called "Punk" (short for "punkin-head"). Because of his initials, one prophetic friend called him "Railroad." As a boy, Young learned how to ride horses, handle guns and use his wits to compensate for his lack of bulk...
...back home named Harry. Soon Fred got into the tall corn. One night he signed off with: "Well, Harry old man . . . give my regards to the folks back home in Ottumwa and Waterloo." At this CBS's ears pricked-a clue. Then, around Thanksgiving time, Fred said "punkin." That settled it. He was a real American. Every Monday night thereafter, at 8:30 EST, Fred would pop up on the German short wave with a new "Dear Harry" letter...