The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-23


 NOTES OF A NEW YORKER
 The 4-alarm fire in Chinatown the other niiddle4of -the-night had it's irony, too The newspapermen punched on one side of the narrow "alley" were gabbing Gee" said one scribe, "those seven Chinese who died in the inferno probably thought they had it better over here safe by thousands of miles from the Japanese bombs, incendiaries and bullets. They didn't have 8 China mans chance In New York, eithefl'' ~ .s. Then, finding that none of, the reporters had one match to light a ciggie-a lad went to corner store and bought some ,. They were labeled Made in Japan!
 District Attorney Dewey will shortly present to the Grand Jury all the evidence against the Bund for violation of sales tax charges" asking that five of the eight per- sons named by Commissioner Her lands Gin his letter to the Mayor) be indicted. Of the other three, one (Mettin) is reported dead and the others (Schweiring and Nicolai) have fled the country. After these indictments are in, superseding indictment will be sought against Fritz Kuhn (now out on baiD to bring him to prompt trial :. The sooner the sweller.
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 On this weeks Info, Please" pro- gram, MT. Fadiman gave a rather inane definition of double talk" He gave the audience the impress sion that ".Walla-Walla, Da-Da, etc" were examples {. Broadway won't like that This is to in- form MT. Fadiman that double talk really is the fisional entendre of gaskets in the reverse in the articu- late method of facuality!
 The Arthur Murray dance teach CTS (males) must have a lot of appeal or something .. Edward Harding, Jr., who weds Banker Kaufman,s daughter, Jane, on July 3rd, is an A. Murray teacher \. /. So was Sherman Finch. who just married the very social Barbara Black. So was Wm. Stephenson, who recently won Billie Burke's daughter, Patricia {. The Social Registers Elaine Wetmore also mid- dle-aisles it with Murray tutor on July 9th :. Poor Murray. He claims his teachers getting mar ried have cost him at loast $l00,- 900 in the last few years, because when they wed, their pupils usually quit!
 George Hicks, of NEG, was as- signed to. the press trip of the Att lantic Clippers first flight. When he was informed about it, he said, "Can come right back" Well, yes,' he was told, "but wouldn't you lik, to spend a little time in Paris or London?" No" said Hicks, T wanna come right back so I can start my vacation up at Lake Georgel"
 The Broadway mob is betting as 1Oi lOWS LII CIlC AOuiS-N1dAChVO DOAo. Evan money. that Tony falls on his head, six to five on his tail-and your money back if he shows up! .. Talk about Herbert Marshalrs British accent, you should hear Ralph Richardson (the star of clouds Over Europe'o pronounce his first name with a broad "A" like this: "Rahlfff" .. The Cot ton Club is drawing near capacity crowds so the Fair visitors have fin- ally arrived. Almost $22,000 worth last week .. They are "nickel-and- diners" however. Spend little. Same attendance a few months ago woild have meant $40,000 :. And their tips! Well-dressed groups of six leave fifty cents for a tip. Parties of two leave a quar- ter :. The hotels tell you they are full up There is sketch in Streets of Paris credited to one James Laver He calls 1t '.The Queen of Paris" It is a risgay anecdote made famous by Alec Woollcott in The New York CT years ago . They are put ting up trees along Sixth Ave, now that the "El" pillars have been jtlnked. From Under the El' to rUnder the Elms".
 Add Picturesque Reporting: Lewis (Journal-American) Burton's orchid for Tommy Hitchcock, whose polo playing was chiefly responsible for England's defeat. Hitchcock has been knocking the British off since he was 19 The orchid: "The sun never sets on the British Em- pire. but Tommy Hitchcock always does"
 Clarke Robinson wonders why edi- tors persist in permitting n1ailu- scripts to get by them with the heroine telephoning from the race track-to the hero-that the horse has been fed slow pill, or the hero telephoning his stooges that alls well land they can slap the dough down on the nag" | !. The only telephone on any racetrack, argues MT. Robinson. is in the rac- ing secretary's office, You can't use it unless you have credentials from Roosevelt, Hitler, Mussolini anud Their Britannia Majesties! It makes racing man litter to read an otherwise good yarn in most of slick mags when someone gets in dither and then phones from the