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1941Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (born 1866)[†]
Frederick John Westcott, best known by his stage name Fred Karno, was an English theatre impresario of the British music hall. As a comedian of slapstick he is credited with popularising the custard-pie-in-the-face gag. During the 1890s, in order to circumvent stage censorship, Karno developed a form of sketch comedy without dialogue.
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LONDON, Thursday, Sept. 18 -- Following attacks on Karlsruhe and other objectives in Western Germany carried out by aircraft of the Bomber Command Tuesday night, squadrons of Bristol Blenheims, guarded by more than 300 fighter planes, blasted an importan power plant at Mazingarbe near Bethune, France, during daylight yesterday.
RFC advance revealed
Germans warn more hostages of all groups will be shot; police search for hidden arsenals; Sec Pucheu tells U S correspondents Communists are responsible for situation; German and Paris police seek terrorist secret hdqrs
Byrd resolution passed by Sen as tax bill amendment
Repts to Amer Legion on admissions to veteran hosps since 1925
Knox releases rept on preparations for shore and harbor protection; submarine nets and mines included
Sofia asks Turkey for permit to pass warships through Dardanelles
light vote worries LaGuardia backers; he accepts Repub nomination in int and promises active campaign; got Dem write-in votes; Davies refuses to admit defeat and charges vote frauds in Manhattan; M M Brister, City Fusion party chmn, holds results show Roosevelt foreign policy not issue; vote tabulation