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...Timer. Fred Allen once called Wynn the funniest visual comedian of the day - and so he was. He ate corn by attaching it to a typewriter carriage, knocking it back every time he wanted to start a new row; he invented a wind shield wiper to be served with grape fruit; and an eleven-foot pole for people he wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole...
...when radio came along, he abandoned his props, relied for laughs on his natural lisp and his unnatural giggle. By the early '30s, he was a big-timer as the Texaco Fire Chief-one of the first com ics to kid the sponsor. "I'll stick to my horse," he once twitted. "He doesn't have to be repainted every year...
Even so, the former Governor may face one of the toughest primary battles of his career. Though Detroit's popular, dynamic mayor, Jerome Cavanagh, has not yet announced his candidacy, he is eager for higher office. Michigan's Democratic machine, which favors Old-timer Williams for the Senate race, has tried to persuade Cavanagh, 37, to run instead for the governorship against George Romney, the Republican incumbent. Jerry might well face a financial problem if he opposes Soapy. Williams could probably count on the money support of the state's Democratic organization and, as heir...
...clip can be used as a cuff link, as a substitute for a lost eyeglass screw, or as a short-timer's chain (remove one per day till discharge...
...Spirit flashed past, Head Timer Joe Petrali checked his timing lights, calculated that Breedlove had taken ex actly 6.613 sec. to negotiate the measured mile. That figured out to 544.382 m.p.h.-well above Arfons' old record. Since an official record requires two runs, Breedlove turned his car around, sped back past the timer at 566.394, for a two-way average of 555.-127 m.p.h. Breedlove had his record back...