The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-07
Walter WiHaclleII
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 "fn take that bet" said another scribe Let me alter that state- ment" was the reply, "f'n betcha twenty to five that In six months you'll be arrested for dorging the draft"
 Then there's the newspaperman who goes to bed every night pray. ing that some mysterious voice will telephone him and say: "rhe Bre- men wants to do Q Lepke, but 1t can't find any nation 1t can trustl"
 Sudden Thought for District At- tofney Dewey of New York: Fritz Kuhn, the local Bund Fury, is out on $5,000 bail (via embeEzlement charges) pending trial ., But short- ly after getting freedom on bail he went to Milwaukee to address a Bund rally Last Sunday he was reported at Sellersville, Penn, in- sulting President Roosevelt and praising Hitler, etc. Who gives the Kuhn Kluxer the permission to leave jurisdiction of the court = and why isn't he dumped in cell for disturbing the peacep
 The proper authorities have i20 recordings of Kuhn's voice (and that of e certain woman, last-initiald cC") giving Q touching summary of his activities between October 1888 and January 1889 They also have brown-covered diary that will make enlightening reading, as frixample: Fritz was here and left me $25" From one of the dic- taphone recordings: "If Volter Vin- chell does not stop writing about me, rub him out"
 That entire front page of Lon don paper which printed "Wanted" circular about Adolf lon the order of Dead or Alive poster) originated with the -Secretarian Anti-Nazi league here six months ago All London papers requested Q big supply weeks ago .. Over 100000 were circulated in the U. s. recently, but 1t wasn't news until the British editors put the spotlight on 1t ,,,, Add picturesque reporting: Ed Mur- rows line on a CBS broadcast from London: while I am talking in London, the greatest bomb target In the world, you have equal cause for alarm. For seated before your loud- speaker you are the potential target of the greatest propaganda bom- bardment In history" When the column reported many weeks ago that Frank Murphy might be the new Secy of War, 1t was denied :, The President, we hear, still is thinking of doing it-with many intimates booming Louis Johnson.
 Anita Loos and Jane Murfin, who wrote the scenario of MGMs Ver- sion of "The Women" inserted a line in the dialogue that comes at the fadeout Unless the fuddy- duddy, old sissy-prissy censors de- lete 1t, you will see and hear Joan Crawford turn to the six other lead- ing femmes and bark, Ladies. there's a word for your kind. You only hear 1t in good society-and kennelSl"
 Add picturesque reporting by the late Percy Hammond, the critic; 'The more you praise an actor-the more IT despises you" Another reason why the G-Men are in Cali fornia Hoover won't be back here until the end of the mopth) Is to probe certain swindlers IL ap- pears that many movie biggies, in. cluding stars, gave cash contribu. tions to liberal causes-and they went to the Communist Party Fund That's the story, we hear tennyrate, and why the Attorney General started the investigation The big discussion last ngiht at one place among a dozen business execs editors and professional men was about Pegler's interesting observa- tion: That Hitler, who is supposed to dislike the Jews so much, is ac- tually dominating, prosecuting and killing Christians-considering that Austria. Czechoslovakia and now Po- | land are predominantly Catholic na- tions The latest Marx Broth- CTS film was sneak-previewed' out in Hollywood the other night and many of the jokes weren't appreci- ated. After the preview Groucho Marks little girl. who was handed a reaction card, wrote: "The picture was good, but the audience was lousy!"