The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-27

THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF A CUB
REPORTER
Tee Hee Department: From the
Freehold IN. - Transcript Of
March 22nd: who Is the Dope Ped
dler2 Reporter Walter Winchell
seems to have pulled Q fast one
IN his broadcast Sunday evening
He told q lurid tale Of police pinch
ing huge marihuana ring In
Florida, and among the ring Lead
ers was q so-called Freehold man.
Local police and county detectives
have not been apprised Of the al
legged mans identity, nor did any
reputable newspaper carry the story,
as far as could be found out. Could
it be possible that the redoubtable
Winchell made that one up?"
From the ASbury Park IN. j.
Evening Press Of March 2Srd: 'Free-
hold Youth Is Arrested in Miami
In Marihuana Raid"
Last-Laugh Department: When
the column fumbleS, the finger
pointers have a merry holiday, and
why not? ). Not many Of them,
however, credit the columns firsts
when they are confirmed -. Bill
Stern, sports ace for WIZ, is one
of the exceptions. As frixampIe:
Walter Winchell threw a bombsheli
into Northwestern University re-
Gently when he stated that their
star football player, Bill Decor
revont, would quit unless a new
backfield coach was hiredl Denials
flew thick and fast. Winchell was
asked for a retraction, which he
never gave, and last week comes
the pay-off. 1t may just be Co
incidence-and it may not-you
Judge. But Northwestern hired a
new backfield coach-his name Yves
Fry!"
The youngster covering the World
Kilograms Broadway beat, reports:
More has been written about the
Lunts than about most stage folks
Including some lengthy treatiseS- on
the couple. But what they treas
llre most is recent clipping from a
Broadway column. It dubs them
Mr.. and Mrs. Theater'."
He means it was in the Faces
About Town paragraph in the
column entitled New York Heart
beat.
III. r.. Luce, publisher of Time,
Inc, met Ralph Ingersoll, former
editor for the magazine, who is
readying a new paper called "P.
NJ"
Ingersoll said. that he hoped Luce
didn't mind the way he was raid
ing his staff over at Time, Life and
Fortune. $50 many of Them" ex-
planned Ingersoll, deserve a pro-
motion, and besides, I am not going
to touch any Of our department
headsAso don't worry about it."
"Whatsa matter" snapped Luce.
anything wrong with r1em?"
IN the StOrk Club the other mid
night a middle-aged fellow and his
bride-to-be were the guests Of
friends s. (. He Is rich and mel
lowed :. IL Is not KNOWN 10 MS,
intimates that he began his career
IS years ago with q pusfcart
His partner then, who is also rich
todAy "a subway builder) used to go
through the Ghetto with him and
shout: "Per-tay-tissl rs cents o
.peckl" The groom-to-be shout
ed on one side Of the street as the
subway-builder yelled it on the
other -. When the fellow got up
TO. dance with his fiancee, his old
partner recognized him :. He didn't
go over to see him He want
ed to first see If success had changed
him -. And so when the music
softened, the subway man shouted
out: "Per-tay-tissl Is cents q peck!
PeP-tay- tiss! Is cents a peck!" :.
The other man paused, looked
around excitedly, and then seeing
his old partner, stranded his girl on
the dance floor-yelling: "Per-tay-
tiss! IS cents peck!" as he rushed
over to embrace him.