The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-05
THE PRIvATE PAPERs oF A

THE PRIVATE PAPERS or A
 CUB REPORTER
 With an due respect to our President and his brilliant broadcast Sunday night (''There will be no hlackout of peace in the United Statesl'D there are many insiders in the Capitol who fear that the Unied States will be Gin the war sooner than you think" The People Who Know Such Things tell this column that the German High Command in the last big war found out their big mistake when 1t was too late Their Big Mis- take, t appears, was waging a ruthless and merciless campaign "too late to win" And that to assure victory this time-Germany will stop at nothing The sinking of the British liner Sunday night, it is expected, will be followed by sub- marine attacks on passenger boats including American ships -. Our informant fears we will be involved within four months.
 Time and Tide Hondon) reports an underground nifty from Berlin Wisecrackers of that unhappy town are now defining misfortune as "A Jew in l939; a soldier in l940; and 8 German in l94l" :"
 If you read Mondays column, this may interest you At 2:33 a. m., September 4, the London tele- graph agency flashed dispatch re- porting that Prime Minister Cham berlain had just read proclama- ton to the German people via a French radio station. in which he stated that Great Britain did not de- clare war against the German peo- pie, but against Adolf Hitler and the NaZi regime .. The suggestion was sent to the Prime Minister in a cablegram, acknowledgement of which has arrived.
 Talk about picturesque reporting get this from The World-Tele- gram of August 30 Uninten- tional, perhaps. but wonderful, any how: Associates of Hitler said his face is always serious these days but that his entire attitude is one of claim" |. It couldn't have been linotyper's accident It must have been a linotyper's genius.
 The Soviets' worst enemies coulo not wish them any worse luck than a treaty with the Third Reicf That paper has bounced back on every chancellory in Europe . When Hitler released his hysteric! on his own people last Friday, h, gave them war because he knew in his black heart, they were tht only people left with whom his wort was any good Poland, whicf history will remember as gal lant and couareous nation, is th' first power to stymie the plan o conquest set forth in the lunatic' "iAein Kampf" It will wount Hitler's literary vanity to realiz that the Poles never got around t reading his best-seller.
 Getting away from the European struggle for paragraph or two the Exhibitor" trade paper, re veals the sense of humor of J, W Crfabtree. manager of the Para mount theater in Clarendon, Ark MT. Crabtree reviewed MT Goldwyn's film, ''The Cowboy an the Lady" this way: "Oberon wa no draw, Cooper was no draw, s when a picture has no drawers doesn't do so good out in tn 'crooer woild" .. :. Writer Wolf Kaufman reckons the career spa of a film comic is years, 2 month. 3 days Gwanl We've see, some of them that long in one pic tvre W. c. Fields wants an in come tax refund of s33o06. claim ing hes pent the coin on necessar sleight- hand lore and healtl buildups Uncle Sam should pa off-as a bonus to the first film sta who didn't list the expense as len tertaining the press"
 A Warner movie, Dust Be M Destiny" is a story of migrator workers, but goth Century-Fox own the best known tale on the subjec' "Grapes of Wrath" . . So the ma adverts for Dust Be My Destiny read this way: "A story of migrator workers, searching for the grapes c happine ss, battling against tn wrath of a violent destiny"
 Tn signing the agreement wit Russia. Hitler has contradicted wha he said about the Soviet in his boo Tn other words. Adolf Ina double-crossed everybody-includin himself No good news has com out of Europe since 1t was reporte that Mussolini had a heart attac -. Whatever happened to the con