“DEATH OF HITLER”

Evening Star, Issue 23687, 21 September 1940, Page 14

“DEATH OF HITLER”

porauie ACT m FLCMDA SMV Charles Duggan u one of thg wealthiest men in America. No, h«| hasnt made his fortune oat of oil„ banking, or big business. Mr Duggan! has amassed his riches because of crocodiles. Several years ago, when a lad, ho began selling ladies’ handbags in a small-town store. Quickly he realised! the value of crocodile skin, and determined to try his hand breeding th«| dangerous creatures. Soon he began a farm. As the number of creatures grew, so did the business. Handbag manufacturers and film studios were very keen to make use of Duggan’s reptiles. In the ‘ Tarzan 1 films you have seen their menacing jaws constantly miss the hero’s legs by inches—and every appearance means a large sum of money in their owner’* pocket. Breeding became a tame business, so Mr Duggan determined to try his hand at wrestling with crocodiles. Now he gives several shows a day ia a huge tank at Florida.

By far the most successful of Dug* gams shows is ‘ The Death of Hitler, 1 ! A huge negro strides into the arena carrying a stuif ed figure of Hitler. Then, amid cheers, the negro hurls the effigy into the tank. There follows a scuffling and thrashing of the water into foam, the reptiles tear at the figure of Hitler until it is reduced to straw* Then they go to sleep.