The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-24

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 Zhe Mayor of New York urged the movie moguls to fetch the stu- dios back to Manhattan, citing our city's superiority over Hollywood for flicker building ... Southern Cali foFnia now has three major menacs -flOods, earthquakes and LaGuar- dis Among those who won't be having any Turkey on Thanks giving are Hitler and Stalin
 Overheard during a rehearsal call: Have you had any experience in musical comedy-or did you buy your own fur coat?" !. The num- erous oldies in the .On Your ToesD film (among them: Include me Outl"-a line frequently credited to 'Goldwyn) make some of US wonder if Q more suitable title wouldn't be "On Your Heels.
 Westbrook PegIer growled all over his column the other afternoon snapping at the Dies Committee for being palsy-walsy with the Reds who snitched on their comrats to the committee ]. Peg argues that squealing Commy is just as bad as any other .. But the Dies Com mittee isn't doing anything new. Remember the patty-cake Dixie Davis got for squealing? Na- poleon wasn't the war-lover as is generally believed He once said: War is the business of barbarians" The Bund over here wants the U. S. to stay out of war, but what do these peace-lovers spend most of their time doing? Making war on everything America holds sacred.
 .. The Height of Wasting good white space: All the N. Y. papers said the warning nations would not celebrate Armistice Day this year
 The cables report that Hitler is now consulting Stalin before do- ing anything Now we know why Adolf has that silly mustache. It makes swell brush for Joseph Stalin's boots New definition of a bore: A man who talks like French Military Communique.
 AIidtowners were gabbing again last night about "The Man Who Came To Dinner"-the smash com- edy click at the Music Box :. This is the show that caricatures Alexander Woollcott ;. T won- der" wondered one Broadwayite, just what Alex really thinks about it?" well" well'd another '.he didn't like some of those articles in the magazines about him. No- body can really take it, you know" "But," buttd third, q re- member when Woollcott inspired a piece in a magazine. He was furi- ous about it, he yelled his head off"
 What piece was that?"
 "The one that didn't mention his name!"
 Newspapermen enjoy telling this orc about Col. Lindbergh, although they add that it might not be true
 However, when Lindy was readying his flight to Paris, two New York press agents (hired to exploit tte hop) made deal with a news clipping service we have a client" they said, :who thinks he can fly alone to Paris. If he makes it, he would like to read the write- ups. So please send them to him when he returns, if he does" Cli,-oing services, as g. rule, charge five cents the clipping.
 We'll Lindbergh's immediate profits (from various things) totaled S9O,000 .. Upon his return to New York he found four freight car loads of write-ups, the bill for which amounted to $105.000.
 Here's another reason why Eleanor Roosevelt is taking the play away from the Glamour Girls A year or so ago she wrote something nice about J&aaes A. Fikany, the humble cobbler ii'om a small town, who made her some shoes Il Her notice and some written by others brought prosperity to him. He now has his own factory in Rochester, N. Y.. The other day she needed some new boots Il Nov I know how busy you are" she told him, "so don't lose all that time bringing them to me in Washington" q know how busy you are, too" he replied. "so don't