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Joe Frisco Stories

was acknowledged to be but lay off'D-D-Darktown a natural humorist, who mine !" the power of his funstories have been told he told. but the stories about Frisco, not only the stories told about him.)

(Joe Frisco died recently. He one of the world's funniest men. stuttered badly, thus adding to making. Hundreds of top-notch

Here is one of the best Joe Frisco stories:

During the war Joe was invited to lend his assistance to a big patriotic rally in Chicago. He accepted, as did many other notdble entertainers. When he arrived for the occasion, he approached the stage manager and asked about the program. He wanted to know whom he followed. The man-

"You follow Caruso."

Frisco asked: "What does he do?"

The manager said: "Ffe sings. fle's that stout dark man standing over there."

Frisco approached Caruso, the world's greatest singer, touched him on the shoulder, and said:

"Listen, kid ! You can s-s-sing anything else you want to,

S-S-Strutters B-B-Ball.' That's

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The Golden State Lumber Co. got a nice local boost recently when the Santa Monica, Calif ., Independent's "Smart Shopper" visited the newly relocated retail yard for a feature story and large photo. The illustration showed the newspaper woman being shown a panel of ash plywood for a home remodeling job by Burt van den Brink of the yard. It was captioned that the Kranz yard also stocks lauan mahogany and Douglas fir, which the writeup called ideal for kitchen and den decorative paneling.

The retail yard's move to its new location at 1100 Colorado was reported earlier in The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT. It has been in Santa Monica since l92l and the new headquarters are proving especially popular with the public due to its proximity to the downtown business area, according to Frederick H. Kranz, general manager. It is one of the state's largest retail lumberyards, stocking complete lines of building materials and hardware. The stock has been expanded to include a large selection of redwood fencing.

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