Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1935, Page 34

DAILY SHORT STORY: Krazy Krunchy Krackers LEY CORDELL. BY STA 'Tms " said my good friend Palmer Rem- brandt, “is the sort of story you read about.” He shook his head at my questioning look. “No. I didn’t read it. I saw it hap- pen. Of course. you've heard of ‘Warren Blake?” “Who hasn't?” I asked. Palmer chuckled, remembering. “Seven years ago,’ he went on, “no one had heard of him. Warren. was in advertising then, and doing pretty fees well. He had a wife and two Kids.| (Still_has 'em, in fact) The Kids,| both boys, were 6 and 8 years of age. | Warren and Merle, his wife, had a | great fondness for the youngsters and‘ great hopes for them, too. They were indulgent parents, over-induigent, their friends told them. “For example, take the matter of radio programs. The kids were at an | age when radio programs were pretty important in their lives. About 5:30 every afternoon they'd huddle up on the floor in front of the console and tune in on Tom Paxton, all-American | quarterback. At 5:45 they'd spin the | dials to get Jimmy. the boy detective. | At 6 o'clock their interest would cen- | ter on Fred Custer, Texas ranger. And | %0 on | “Well, Warren and Merle had no | objections to their sons’ interest in | ethereal entertainment; in fact, they | were glad the children had someching to occupy their interest during that hour and a half before bediime. The thing that bothered Merle was | the kids' conscientious loyalty to the | sponsors of Tom Paxton, Jimmy, the detective; Fred Custer. etc. You see, ! the Tom, Jimmy and Fred programs | fo discover a mew air—Cowboy Cain, The Blake youngsters were delighted THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, 'APRIL 11, 1935. “qIt's really 8 pity, Merle said. “They teke it to heart so. I've ceased trying to explain. They just didn’t understand.’ “Warren shook his head grimly. ‘Can’t be helped. The way business is I .have hard enough time get- ting together enough money for the rent, without supporting every br eakfast food manufacturer in the country.’ | “But Warren| was more disturbed over the plight of his sons than his attitude indicated | and the next day he gave serious thought to the matter. In fact, he| thought about it so deeply that pres- | ently an idea was born. “That night at 5:45 the Blake chil- dren were delighted to discover that | a new adventurous character had | come to the air. A certain Cowboy | Cain. They were further delighted to learn that Cowboy Cain was advertis- ing no breakfast food, nor was it| necessary for them to urge mamma and papa to buy anything at ali in order to listen to the program wilhf clear consciences, Best of all, the| program lasted a full 15 minutes, sometimes, even, 20 or 25, and never was any time taken out to explain | about the health-giving qualities of Flicky Flakies. “Before a week had passed the youngsters were listening to Cowhoy Cain and nothing else. He was on for a good half hour now and his exper- | iences proved so thrilling that Jimmy and Tom Paxton and the others sounded mild, even when there was time left to tune in on them. | “Three weeks after the opening of the Cowboy Cain program Warren in- adventurer on the NATIONAL STRIKE LOOMS IN MEXICO Troops Posted After Clashes as Government Tries to Bring Peace. By the Associated Press. MEXICO, D. F., April 11.—The General Confederation of Workers and Peasants, which claims more than 40,000 members, has voted to call a nation-wide general strike. Unless labor difficulties in various parts of the country are settled, a formal call is expected within a few days. Reinforced patrols of Federal troops were posted today In principal cities to prevent disorders. Clashes Tues- day between strikers and troops re- sulted in the deaths of 3 men and injuries to 10. ‘Workers' organizations charged that 12 labor leaders were shot to death Saturday in Las Bayas, Tamaulipas, “by spies of Gov. Villareal.” Many normal activities were para- lyzed as employes of electric com- panies in San Luis Potosi and Leon walked out in sympathy with Tam- pico strikers. The actual date for the general strike has not yet been set, although April 20" was considered. The government is ready to take steps to end the labor troubles, Presi- dent Lazaro Cardenas said. Pointing out to working elements that already had shown its sympathy in helping them attain their “just class rights,” the President in effect warned them that this attitude should | not be taken as a sign of weakness. He gave workers “a timely warn- ing” not to engage in fruitless strug- gles among themselves and told labor leaders that they should not en- courage such movements. Cardenas said that the administra- tion would first bring about a settle- | ment of labor difficulties in Atlixco, Puebla, which have motivated a gen- eral strike. He added that the call- it | possibly lead to any satisfactory so- lution of the troubles in Atlixco, which is a leading textile manufac- turing center, e PATENT MEDICINE MAN KEPT SKUNK FOR PET Wife in Divorce Trial Says He Also Had Monkeys in Their By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 11.—How- ard Musick, wealthy patent medicine manufacturer, was “quite a charac- ter” during their home life, Mrs. Maude Musick said in the trial of her contested divorce suit yesterday. She said Musick once had a skunk ,and some monkeys in the house but finally trampled the skunk to death and decapitated the monkeys. “He was always bragging,” she said. “He once sald women had offered him $5000 for his companionship. To his patients he would tell of his vast hoard of gold.” Musick accused his wife of associ- | ating with two unidentified men and | of telling other persons she had mar- ried him for his mon via Havana and Panama Conal ALL OUTSIDE CABINS 2 OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS AIR-COOLED DINING SALONS Tourist Cabin. Round trip by steamer. for fare and a balf. SERVICE ORDERS ARMY ORDERS. Navy Department, in June; to U. 8. 8, Buchanan. Medical Corps. A Comdr. Thomas C., de- tached U. 8. S. Relief; to Marine Patch, Maj. Joseph D. Infantry, | Barracks. 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And before and after each program the stirring voices of announcers urged their young listeners to ‘ask mamma and papa to get them some Krisby Krunchy Kracks or Flicky Flaky Fluffs or Krisby Krunchy Fluffies for for Easter their breakfast tomorrow morning.’ In fact, the announcers insisted that the young listeners do this if they wanted to hear whether Tommy Pax- ton made the scoring touchdown in spite of his broken neck. “The boys. of course, took the an- nouncer seriously and asserted that in order to grow into fine, strong, intelli- gent men, mamma had better iay in & supply of breakfast foods. And Merle, being indulgent and rot wishing to disillusionize her sons, willingly complied. Before long the shelves of her pantry were filled to capacity with Krunches and Kracks and Flicks and Flakes. Additional orders were coming weekly from the offspring. as other manufacturers caught on to the system and intro- duced new into supper-hour programs. “The orgy of breakfast food buying couldn't go on indefinitely, however, | for two reasons, First, there was no more room in the Blake pantry and, second, Warren's advertising business took a dive and there was no more money. The bottom dropped out of the stock market and Warren Blake found himself holding the bag. The year 1929 was a pretty sad period for the Blakes. The kids still hovered about the console during the | Fupper hour. but their young faces | wore serious looks and when the| strident tones of announcers urged | them to ask mamma and papa to lay in a carload or two of Krunchy Flakes they looked at each other guiltily. “Warren and Merle were quite dis- tressed over the problem of their | children. They had a deep under- | standing of child psychology and they | knew that the kids were conscience- | stricken because mamma and papa | couldn’t buy a supply of every new | breakfast food that was produced, as in the days of yore. adventurous characters | | up depended the last forlorn hope of the Blake family. | “Mann arrived 10 minutes before | he was expected. In fact, he arrived right in the middle of the Cowboy Cain program, and as Warren was nowhere about and Merle busy in the | kitchen, the guest was left to his own | | devices in the living room. with the | | Blake children and Cowboy Cain for | company. { “The program finished in due time, | the children went whooping off to bed and Warren appeared from up- stairs wearing a broad grin. | “Greetings and apologies for tardi- | ness were dispensed with and then | { Mr. Mann said: ‘That program your | | boys were listening to, it sounded | very interesting. New. isn't it2’ “‘Quite,” sald Warren, grinning. ‘It's my own." And then he explained how he had hooked up a small micro- phone he'd bought during the days of prosperity and broadcast from his | bed room each night over the down- | stairs radio for the benefit of the | kids. ‘It was getting so Merle was | | buying more breakfast food than the | producers could supply,” he explained, laughing. “Mr. Mann cleared his throat and | looked thoughtful. After a moment he said: ‘Mr. Blake, how much would you want to broadcast your Cowboy Cain program over a Nation-wide hook-un, advertising Krazy Krunchy Krackers?’ “Warren gulped and stared. ‘How | much?’ he sald. ‘Why—why—what's | it worth to you?' | “Well, you can guess the ending to my story. Warren now has a contract | to broadcast Cowboy Cain every night in the week. Merle’s shelves are filled | to capacity with Krazy Krunchy | Krackers and the Blake youngsters | still sit huddled around the console at 5:45 every night with happy ex- | pressions on their faces.” (Copvrigh Marriage Licenses. 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