Fred Allen Ignores Student's Claim To Ford Lost Because He Listened

James B. Russell 2GB is beginning to feel like Jack Benny.

Russell claims that comedian Fred Allen owes him a new Ford, but the radio comic has been giving his demands the cold shoulder all week.

The business student wrote Allen last Monday, taking him up on an offer to reimburse listeners who had missed a chance to win a radio quiz prize because of being tuned to his show. Russell declared that he might have won the new car from a WHBS quiz program if he hadn't been listening to Allen at the time.

After receiving no answer from the comedian all week, Russell will send another communication to NBC this morning. He will repeat hie request for the car and will ask Allen to take personal care of the matter.

"I'm sure that Fred is aware of his responsibilities to his student admirers," he says. "And I think any delay must be merely red tape."