"Names make news." Last week these names made this news:

Colonel Robert T. Barton, Richmond, Virginia Democratic Committee Chairman, wrote Lieut.-Governor James H. Price, Democratic nominee for Governor, begging him, if elected, to appoint to his staff "some trenchermen and tanks." Complained Chairman Barton: "I am reliably informed that the Governor of Kentucky's third team can down in these activities any and all opposition in Virginia. The present staff lacks men who can throw good parties."

Famed Literary Hoaxer Joan Lowell (Cradle of the Deep) started back to Manhattan after spending 20 months in a jungle hideout 30 miles from Santos, Brazil. When Miss Lowell sailed for Brazil she said she intended to become a Brazilian citizen. She built herself a brick house on a beach clearing backed by jungle, had herself appointed district nurse. One of her accomplishments was installing, as a sanitary measure, cement floors in the thatched-roof huts of the natives. In Rio de Janeiro, Hoaxmistress Lowell said she ministered so well to the natives they named her "Donna Joan, the Miracle Woman."

In a saloon in Lakehurst, N. J. appeared John Henry Titus, 91, with a kerosene-soaked rag in his shoe to ward off mosquitoes. He sank to one knee, and, with gestures, once more recited his famous poem, The Face on the Barroom Floor. Poet Titus said he now makes his living picking huckleberries. He wrote his famed poem in 1872 as the fifth episode of a seven-canto poem: The Ideal Soul. The scene was taken from a tavern in Jefferson, Ohio. There are now more than 1,000 versions that have sprung up anonymously.

At a concert during the St. Louis convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians appeared venerable Negro Composer William C, Handy, who wrote Memphis Blues and St. Louis Blues. For the latter he was honored with a plaque, but confessed he liked Memphis Blues better. However, he said, "When a song's made as much money as St. Louis Blues you're bound to like it a lot."*

When he arrived in the U. S., famed, fat, English Cinema Director Alfred Hitchcock (The 39 Steps, The Man Who Knew Too Much) expected to have trouble with the food. After toting his 252 Ib. through a tour of Manhattan restaurants,

Director Hitchcock announced he found U. S. food excellent, especially the ice cream. Said he, "Such ice cream I would not trade for a steak & kidney pudding, a boiled silversmith with carrots & dumplings, or a Kentish chicken pudding. In fact, I like it."

At a Rotary Club luncheon in Mitchell, S. D., Governor Leslie Jensen explained how he named his gubernatorial mansion. Said he, "I wanted a suitable name, so I wrote to all the Governors in the United States and Canada. Some replied they called their mansions "The Oaks," others "The Pines," and some "The Elms." The first night I moved in the bed broke down, so I called the place "The Berries."

Motoring in Wyoming, retired Supreme Court Justice Willis Van Devanter, 78, was shaken up when his automobile collided with another car.

*St. Louis Blues has sold nearly 1,500,000 copies, makes for Composer Handy some $20,000 a year.

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