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WORLD'S CHAMPION BEER DRINKER

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How To Whet That Summer Thirst

Milwaukee, July 1.

The second annual beer drinking tournament will be held hero July 28, and just to make sure there'll be some challengers to his, championship, Floyd Verette, the Blushing Frenchman, has advanced some salty suggestions for those interested 'in becoming good guzzlers.

Chinese Movie Embarrasses U.S. Film Centre

Hollywood, June 20.

Verette, 330 pounds of man mout tal, has gone, into serious training again to outclass Milwaukee's famous German drinkers. Ile won the title last year by vanquishing one half- gallon of ice-cold beer in 34 seconds.

For the first time, Verette dis- closed the secrets of his muccess. A rigid diet and strict training rules are indispensible for a good beer drinker, he said.

fris diet:

A pound of kalt pork every two days.

Two pounds of salted herring every ather day.

DOUGLAS MACLEAN'S Three pony kegs of beer every 48

Chinese movie

may embarrass the local celestial cycle through failure of made - in - Hollywood "Chinese" to resemble the real thing.

heurs,

Three big, square meals a day. His training rules: Stay

home married).

al

- right (He's

Keep fat, but first of all get fat. Take Bfe easy.

"That's all there's to it," Verette said. "I might add that a bag of

Π

Ile is confident he will exceed his record this year,

"Privately, I have bettered.it," he

No less than seven "Chinese"alty pennuis always sets well be-

fore drinking a lot of beer." pictures are shooting or in pre- paration in Hollywood. Chinese acting Lalent is at a premium, and many studios are forced to use made up cccidentals to fill in, but that is not the worst.

• MacLean says that the American conception of the Chinese isn't

Chinese at all.

declared. "I'm in better shape this year and beliere with a little stronger competition I'll cut my time down to half a minuto."

Verette ele

00 barrel of beer-that's 32 drukte explained he had already gallons-in two days. He admits that must of the beer he drinks dur- bre- "I am amazed to find there were ng training is furnished by a

I first

wery without charge. no 'Chinese' in Chian when

More than 300 entries, many of landed in Shanghai," said the former whom no doubt have their mind set actor and producer. "No matter how on the free beer uffered, are expected genuine, they just didn't look like my to compete.. Entries are limited to ideas of what they should be.

persons over 21 who can quaff a half-

"It was partly that novelty that gallon of beer in 40 seconds or better. caused me to buy out-of-China rights-United Press. to 'Tien Luan, ("The Song of China"). the foremost Characters, who ure

Chinese actors, do not look exactly! Oriental, but neither do they look like what we Americans" call 'Chinese,' and the story might belong to any land.

it

"On second thought, of course, Isn't strange that our conception of the Chinese should be mistaken. Does any stage Englishman,' 'German' or "Russian' look like the real thing? No more than an American' on the English stage looks like a real Ameri

MacLean is busy editing "Song of Chim," and having Chinese subtitles 2608803310|translated into English. The picture

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New York, June 21. Officialdom and yards of red ent. It will be released the joy to be gained from a vaga-| except for native musical tape manage to extract most of bond tour of the seven $239. William T. Murnan, a bronzed sailor who left the Pacific coast in 1954 for a round-the-world drip.admitted here to-day.

Hollywood's Chinese pictures al rendy before cameras are The Good Earth" at M-G-M, "Lost Horizons

schich is really Tibetan) at Columbia und "Chinese thers are sho

Gold" at

Warner Brothers come be

Sitting on the deck of his 3-foot"

L home-made schooner,

Seven gin Cling Clipper, Douglas Fair

"Messer MarcO make barks will

Scas, Mr. Murnau watched the Poln," acother studio plans "Chinese

pre-staunch little vessel rock at her East Gordon", Tay Gamett is also paring an Oriental opus, backgrounds River mooring and emplinised that

travel does have its disadvantages. for which are being filmed in the East, While studio research departments may shout the works, and makeup men sit up nights striving for realism,

occidentals Is hardly probable that will be as successful in representing Chinese as China-uited Press.

"One can't have the fun sailing around the way he used to," said the skipper of the wandering craft, Even lu dinky little foreign ports

for, the right to drop an anchor. you have to pay as high as $25 just

EXPENSIVE TO STOP

"The United States is fully as bad as the rest. Why, I had to pay $7.50 in Miami. Oficials have everything tied up in red tape.

for the privilege of sticking my nose

"They charge you anywhere from $5 to $20 to put into port these days. cost mo $7 to tie up here, and I can live for two weeks at sea on that amount."

TO ARCTIC BY AIR EXPLORATION TRIP BY TWO PILOTS 71TH the idea of establishing a new air service between

Despite his disgust with officinis," Great Britain and lealand, two Mr. Murnan was keen to contintre intrepid young airmen will start his plan for a 10-year trip over all out in August to explore the parts of the earth. He has arranged to leave here in two weeks for Chi- Arctic.

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