Zeppo Marx was from East Frisia in Germany; and his father was a native of France, and worked as a tailor. As with all of the Marx Brothers, there are different theories as to where Zeppo got his stage name: Groucho said in his Carnegie Hall concert in 1972 that the name was derived from the Zeppelin airship. Zeppo's ex-wife Barbara Sinatra repeated this in her 2011 book, "Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank". His brother Harpo offered a different account in his 1961 autobiography, "Harpo Speaks!," claiming (p. 130) that there was a popular trained chimpanzee named Mr. Zippo, and
SS Adolph Woermann On 16 November 1939 she left Lobito disguised as the Portuguese ship to try to reach South America. The British passenger liner traced "Adolph Woermann" and alerted the Royal Navy light cruiser . When "Neptune" approached on 22 November, "Adolph Woermann"s Master, Otto Burfeind, evacuated his ship and scuttled her according to standing orders. Crew and passengers were rescued in a friendly manner by the "Neptune"s crew. It is reported that one "Neptune" crew member was injured in trying to save the liner by going onboard to close the seacocks. Passengers and crew of "Adolph Woermann" were taken to England