People, Sep. 14, 1936

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

In Kansas City, North Dakota's Governor Walter Welford was painfully hurt when his taxicab collided with another machine. Hospitalized, Governor Welford remarked: "Well; lots of things have happened since I have been Governor. I suppose getting bumped . . . is just another one of those things."

Interviewed in Cleveland's Union Terminal wearing a nightgown under his suit, famed old Lawyer Clarence Darrow hastily explained: "Whenever I leave Chicago for a night trip, I always wear one instead of undies and a shirt. Only...

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