--- In STMFC@..., Justin Kahn <harumd@...> wrote:

I believe he started as a telegrapher for the Frisco in north Texas.

I always admired him for volunteering for the Air Corps in WWII at the
height of his fame and flying real missions over the Hump in the CBI
theatre.

There's a train of SP single sheathed box cars in one of his movies.

Ed