People, Jun. 27, 1932

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At the annual outing of the National Democratic Club at Englewood, N. J. John Kenlon, 70, oldtime fire chief of New York City, won first prize in handicap golf with a net score of 88 (handicap 20).

To obtain publicity for his four Chicago hotels, now in receivership, Ernest ("Ernie") Byfield imported 20 dozen penguin eggs from Capetown, S. A. Promptly they were impounded by the Customs Office. Federal law forbids importation of wild fowl eggs. Wrote Hotelman Byfield, seldom serious, to the Customs House:

"Let me assure you that the penguin, even in its natural habitat, is not a wild bird. On the contrary, it is the most solemn member of the avian family. It goes about its business in a grave manner, its coloring is reminiscent of formal evening attire, and you may take it upon the authority of M. Anatole France that its social habits are in many instances superior to those of its well known relative, homo sapiens.

". . . We are assured that the eggs of these particular birds, because of scientific diet, have special merit in flavor, vitamin content and rejuvenating qualities. With the Democratic Convention only a week off you can see that a general hardship would result if we are prevented from offering these delicious morsels on our menus."

Pensively he added: "I may eat the entire 20 dozen myself, what with this and what with that."

"The chief examiner of the Federal Radio Commission recommended that Peter, 20, son of Manhattan Capitalist & Mrs. Robert Goelet, be permitted to re-open his broadcasting station at the family's summer estate at Chester, N. Y. The station was ordered dismantled two weeks after it. was built last autumn because it had not applied for a Federal license. Peter, who lacks technical knowledge and interests himself in program arrangement, devised the call letters KWKY because they appealed to him, had an accomplished girl friend do the actual building. Federal authorities were unaware of the station's existence until newspapers reported broadcasts of speeches by Capitalist Goelet on unemployment, Mrs. Goelet on Prohibition Repeal (TIME, Nov. 2). If final approval is granted, Peter will resume broadcasting on Saturdays & Sundays—only station in the U. S. with such a schedule.

At his summer home near New Milford, Conn, elephantine William Hanford ("Big Bill") Edwards, oldtime Princeton footballer, onetime Collector of Internal Revenue at New York City, entertained elephantine Sandor Szabo, Hungarian wrestling "champion." Reported the New Milford Times: "Mr. Szabo did much woodchopping at the Edwards place—in fact there are some who say that 'Big Bill' was short of kindlings and therefore invited one who could and did enjoy chopping. We however, do not believe this vile rumor." The Times did believe and report that "Big Bill" and Szabo engaged in a friendly bout on the lake shore, that "Big Bill" hurled the wrestler into the water before being downed.