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When the U.S. declared war, Fred came home, joined the Army, entertained in camps. After the war he took the name of an actors' agent, broke into the Keith circuit as Fred Allen, touring with the likes of Sophie Tucker, Eva Tanguay, Rooney & Bent. His act began on a dark stage with a spotlight on a placard, reading: "Mr. Allen Is Quite Deaf. If You Care to Applaud, Please Do So Loudly." His suit, he confided to the audience, had been made in Jersey City-"I'm a bigger man there than I am here...
...after Woodring won the nomination, Rooney found himself shoved into the kitchen while Woodring staged a one-man show in the parlor. Woodring scarcely mentioned the slate of World War II veterans Rooney had carefully put together; he ignored Rooney's advice, and overlooked him when state and county chairmen were picked. But what really burned up Rooney, who had contributed "rather handsomely," was Woodring's ungrateful statement that he had had no expenses in the campaign. That...
Last week a deed was filed in Topeka, giving title to a piece of land 454 ft. wide and 180 ft. deep. The property ran almost up to the Woodring front porch and bisected the small lake. The buyer: Charles Rooney...
...Rooney announced that he would build a row of "cheap but durable" houses on the land. The Woodring porch would command a view of their back yards, and little else...
...Rooney had no intention of being unreasonable. He let it be known that if he were offered what he could make on the houses, he "might be tempted" to sell. Said Rooney blandly: "As long as the campaign didn't cost Woodring anything, I thought I'd like to wind up the same...