The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-04
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c. V. R. Th0mps0n,s very anus- ing book T Lost My English Ac- cent" (Putnam's) joins the best seller lists in the futtnight, by jove ]. Alfred Drake, of "The Straw Hat Revue" troupe, puts new razor blade in a toy saving bank every time he buys a package of them. To prepare for the long lay-offs when money and blades aren't plen- tiful The columns newest out let: The Japan Chronicle at Kobe, which uses its entire front page for ads An odd experience is mo- toring at night through New Eng land towns and seeing the lights in all the factories, which now are on 8 24-hour schedule x. Mutual Broadcasting may add new chain of Central and South American ra- dio stations to its circuit, making it one of the biggest in the world . :. :. Add picturesque reporting by James Dugan in New Masses ,. !. Speak ing of some writers, he notes: "The typewriter is rapidly supplanting the kimono in the worlds oldest profes- sion" x. No American wants any part of Europe's war :. <. Our only aim is to make the U. s. better country-r1ot 8 bigger one.
 | Mrs. Mefoofsky was admiring Mrs. Slobotkn'S two-year old child "Vot is you?" cutied Mrs. Mefoofsky. as she leaned over the carriage, Thar you a leedle boy or 1eedle goil?" Master Slobotkin gave her one of those dirty looks and said: "Vot else?"
 | Both the N. Y. Times and N. Y. Herald Tribune featured the follow ing Associated Press and United Press dispatch in their issues of Sept. 30th. Both described it as a rumor [. Would the AP and the UP be interested in subscribing to Mrs. WIS little boy WIS service? | Make you a special rate, fellers: Moscow, Sept. 29 (AP)-An un- confirmed story circulated by Rus sians today said that Joseph Stalin had listened to Ger1man-made photograph record of a converse ton between Chancellor Hitler and Sir Neville Henderson, the British Ambassador to Berlin, which made it clear that Britain hoped to incite Herr Hitler to attack the Soviet Union. Nazi Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop was said to have brought the record here with German en- gineers and equipment for repro ducing the purported conversation. It was described as playing part in bringing about the new German Russian agreement"
 Last June three German officials with Swedish passports, arrived at Moscow with documents plus dicta- phone recordings of conversations with Chamberlain and Bonnet rep resentatives. The recordings re- vealed talks with Hitler urging Ger many to go East-meaning Russia That is why, they say, the MoScowardS married the Ratzis last week Constantine Brown, Pres ident Roosevelt,s pet foreign cor respondent, told it to him in July" From here, August 28.
 A girl was introduced to a man at a party and, when the evening was still young, he asked her if she would like to go to the Fair They went. and it developed that he was a linguist, etc. He would carry on long conversations with the attendants The girl kept feeling dumber and dumber as she stood by silent; but she had an ace up her sleeve She could speak Russian, so she steered him to Sta- lin's Red Herring, ready and anxious to show off So what? So lat the Russian Pavilion there was nc