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Two Beds fornwresthtGiant VisitorOn Stop Here% ..Tatimlt;of:(From Pag* One)ing made in a seven-passen^ v machine driven by his father. Since January they have covered more than 30,000 miles and the present tour Is not, as yet, completed.His hobbles—well they’re photography and the collecting of book I 8a matches. His father broke in at this point and declared that they almost dr have to carry an extra suitcase to | care for the match collection.Told that the Evening Times Is conducting a straw vote to determine the attitude of residents of SI the Magic Valley, as regards the PrthinneiciPlt;dcE'd(Plt;PircwtiolPCIUbneutrality law, Bob said:4‘4'm In favor to let these other Icil countries have the stuff as long as'm they pay for it and take it home in their own ships. T would also favor keeping the United 8tates’ boats off the seas because I hope | 11 we never have to gfo to war.”¥If you did go to war you’d make j I a pretty big target,” I said.“He would also make a good j shield,” commented Bob’s father.Two Brothers, Two SistersBob has two brothers and two sisters, all of normal size. His mother is five feet, four inches tall 11 and his father la five feet, 11 inches.01 Just turning 21, Robert voted in the township election in his home s | town. Without? a doubt he cast the biggest vote ever.His politics? Well, Bob said that he wouldn’t mention anything like that, especially to a newspaperman.Turning to his travels Bob said that in a short time he expects to be guest of a radio program over a nationwide hookup in the near future.With breakfast concluded Bob’s father left the table to pay the check. I stood up and so did Bob.Up, Up He Goes!He rose from the chair and I I thought he would never stop going up. Everyone in the cafe stopped eating—they couldn’t help It be-*e I cause here before their very eyes 5: I was the tallest man in the world.In the lobby he posed with his father for an Evening Times photo.Then I reached up and once more lost my hand in his. I thought it was gone for good.It’s like Niagara falls or Shoshone falls or the Empire State building ambling around. You can’t comprehend the size of this genial young giant. Only seeing is believing—if you can trust your eyes.yl-\tdill5-ieJ-e:siqFTtivVhrs]
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Twin Falls Idaho Evening Times
Twin Falls, Idaho, US
Tue, Sep 26, 1939
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Clipped by
Cathy B.
IL, USA 21 Nov 2016
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