Word: rodeos
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Robert Anderson ("Wild Horse Bob") Crosby, 50, battered "King of the Cowboys"; in a jeep accident; near Roswell, N.Mex. During his 26 years as a rodeo star, prosperous Rancher Crosby broke almost every bone in his body, became undisputed champion in the sport by thrice making high score at the giant Pendleton (Ore.) and Cheyenne (Wyo.) rodeos...
Harold Stassen rolled into Pendleton, Ore. for the Northwest cow country's famed annual rodeo. He went through the hat routine for distinguished guests: Pendletonians tried to fit him with a cowboy hat, finally found one almost big enough for such a big visitor. Stassen, who wears a 7⅞, settled for a 7⅝. He did what a presidential candidate ought to do: risked his dignity by riding a horse through Pendleton's horse-riding populace. Said ex-Navyman Stassen: "At least I've ridden a little more than Admiral Halsey...
Three weeks ago Autry signed a new contract to star in Madison Square Garden's rodeo, which annually draws one of New York's biggest gates. He will get a salary of $1,500 a day for a 33-day run as a performer, a handsome share of the profits as owner of 25% of the rodeo's stock. Last fortnight he bought a half interest in Santa Monica's brand-new radio station KOWL for $80,000 cash. Last week, on location in Arizona, he started work on the third of eight independent Gene Autry...
Boots, No Saddle. In Platteville, Colo., while Rodeo Star Verne Elliott was pulling on his high-heeled boots, he fell off his bed, was taken to the hospital with a banged...
...washed away the chances of a full corn crop. In Alliance, Neb., Editor Ben Sallows of the Times-Herald griped good-naturedly about prices: "Life must be worth living. The cost has doubled, and still everybody hangs on." Out in Montana, the people talked mostly about fishing and the Rodeo. Everywhere, they talked about vacations-and this year you could do more than talk; you could really...