Paramount International News (1935)

Page 4 ^atximount International The Most Exciting Event in Paramount Hisfrory "THE HONOR OF THE LEGION" By P. I. Corp CHAPTER TWO. Don Jerome's Bid. Xdlhing s(i powerfully evidenced the world-wide ramifications of the International Committee of the ( )ther Thirteen as the manne in which early word of the Coup-de-\athan spread into every country. It was as though the news had been tele\ised, and many desk chairs in both hemis])heres creaked uneasily as their occu])ants realized that the Gaucho Leader hatl beaten them to the starting^ gun. But in the mystical city of Cristobal the creak was louder and ])erha])S just a little harsher. Jerome F'. Sussman — The Don Jerome occu[ning our attention for the present — sna])])ed his cliair back as the news greeted his ec'es, and in a voice which told ])lentv he asked; “Second, eh." Well, let us tell you all — it’s a ju'ettv good second!” “lint wliy,” asked Don Kuf>eiie,’’ stioiild we sta.v se«'(>iid to anybody-.’’’ “We won’t!’’ snapped ])ack tlie voice of Don Jerome. And tlastiing black eyes, whose force and I)ower are known tbrongliont tlie .Antilles, tlie Kipiatorial Zones of f'eiitral and South America, and even unto South Africa, proclaimed the fact that he meant nhat he said. “I wouldn’t be snrpii.sed if it were a game of bridge,’’ added Don Ted, latel.y i-etnrned from a .jo.yons long vacation to Itnlldogland. “Then if it is,’’ retorted Don Jerome, “we’ll give them the mightie.st bid in all tilni hi.story. .Are you with me to the limit’.’’’ And more I’ananianian voices than those of Don Ted and Don Kngene thundered an as.sent in unison. One shrill echo of those voices sjied southwards, and slightly to the east. Don Benito del A’illar, standing leisurely in the lobby of the Real Theatre in Santiago, ♦•aught its I'everherations, intei'[>r♦‘ting■ them at once with that practiced showman’s sixth sen.se of his. “.Ah,” he exclaimed, “that olddevil International (’ommittee of tlu‘ Other Thirteen is stirring things np again. From the sound of things it looks as though they’ve given a dose of Success Biimstone to those t'aribhean Boys. AA’ell, I’m not worrying: the> were second in the scramble last month, and I dare sa.v they won’t have gotten any farther ahead this time. .As for me, I was j fourth last time, and my tignres [ give me a hnnch that the position will he improwil this time.” “Hey, Eugene, did yon hear anything from the south .just then'.’” called out Don Jerome at the very instant that Don Benito ! ceased speaking in (’Idle. “Yes, it sounded very much like j a tierce hot blast from Chile,” an i swered Eugene. “Things are getting hot just i the same,” said Don .Terome. “So | let’s nc)t forget our bid, because i some fif these other guys can he pretty tough if the.y want to. These very nords pinged into Eondon. “Did yon ever heai' such language?” asked J. C. (haham, chief of the Bulldog Division. “Perhaps these fellows have forgotten that the last time the Diternational Committee i-anged np in ctimhat, we Bnlldoggers einerg♦‘d victoriinis.” “Blit as a gri*at general once said — that nas a horse of another colour.” The speaker was that mihl-maimered British dynamo of activity, Cricketer .Alontagne (lohlman. “Even at that, we were third when the last International .Alohili/.ation of Divisions was pnhlished,” retorteil .All-, (irahani. “.And where are we this time?” re.joineil .Montague. “I’ll tell yon,” came the voice of A'iking-leader A'ork over the long-distance telephone. “A^tin’re in fonith .s|>ol, and I’m a full ten places in the rear.” “Then what are you doing about it?” (piestiontHl London. “.Vtithing that I’d tell yon,” answei-ed Ahirk in a fine spii-it of cooiieration excnsahle under the circumstances. The London telephone ojierator was having a fine time. Lights hlinked so fiirionsly before her on the international switchboard that she ♦•♦>nld not help hecoming imi»ish. (Quickly she nnphigged Stockholm and ti-ansfei-red the speaking end of the line to Tokyo. “AVho’ve I got now?” asked the ((uernlons voice of Tom Cochi-ane, “If that’s Tok.yo, then this is London,”’ replied J. C. (h-ahain. “Then we’re hoth right. But what I don’t nnder.stand,” added the leader (if the self-styled Irish ' Brigade, “is that a few moments ago I was tuned in on Central .America and lit^ard such prophetic bids for leadership made that we might be pardoned for i-esigning ourselves to other places.” I “Say, Tom, what’s the matter j with yon’.’” hoomed the voice from Big Ben Land. “Xot a thing,” answered Tom. “I sinipl.y can’t understand any International Committee having two first’s. “A'on mean England and Panama?” Deeply immersed in his Paramount study, Don Jerome prepares the International Bid for first place that is designed to startle the whole Paramount world into feverish action. “So that sly humor of yonr’s is still on the (pii vive, eh?” answereil Tom. “Xo, of course I diiln’t couple you with the bit! from Don Jerome. I meant I’anania and ” But before he could finish the sentence the impish English telephone girl had gathered a handful of plugs anil tangled the switchhoard nj) with them. A’oices from Australia and .Argentina mingieil with Swedish threats and .Spanish epithets. Sibilants and consonants lloaterl hither ami thither through the ether, and international broadcasting for more than five minutes was virtually at a standstill. The odd, discorilant medley of antagonistic tongues .sped with flash-of-light rapidity to a conceal ed aerial in the tenth floor of the Paraniinint Bnikling in Xew Yorlc City. Then it emerged frcini a small but golden -tongue<l radio on the desk of a inau whose smile has gone ai-rmnd the world. “So Don Jerome made a bid, eh?” The bridge-attxmeil ears of tieorge \\ eltner heard only the word ‘bid.’ “How many dill he bid. Air. Hicks?” he asked. “Xot how many, George; how much?” was the reply. There was a sudden click from the i-ailio. AA’here there had been medley there was now silence. “I gue.ss,” saiil Air. Hicks, “they’ve all gone back to work. Xoxx we shall see what we shall see.” {To be continued next month) I I i i MITNf»tU AND Al-HHfXIATKU ” TlltIK t;XtELl.t.NllES The Viceroy and l..ady Willingdon PAT HE 8 THE ♦.UlTEKI.M. MISK'AL E.ATRAVAGANZA “MURDER AT THE VANITIES’ J WITH A HU,E «AST Of -STARS A.ND JUO HOLl.VWlWD BEAITIES HCTVM rrt tki ust ihow ih town I 8 ii T ’» I ‘Saiiif Shet^ aoyj; 3 L.AUGHTON A HUGH SUCCESS J IN A COMEDV ROLE A pair of highly interesting full page advertisements from Rangoon, Burma. The one at the right advertises two attractions, being also a teaser for “Private Worlds,” which is announced in both pages as being a Walter Wanger production. General Manager Charles Ballance was responsible for these announcements, also for the Vice Regal presence at the presentation of “Private \\'orlds” of The Viceroy and Lady W'illingdon.