The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11
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 Theater Arts Committee picketed There Shall Be No Night Mir. SherwoodS masterpiece at The AL win Theater. This show drama tizes the Russian rape of Finland. TAG called it "inciting to war The belly-achers kept their blood from boiling until the show Fifth Column" got out of town. That one favored Loyalist Spain, the Com mics ally But the whole af- fair is too foolish to raise any, body's dander. The only reason for mentioning it now is for the record. Some day the COmmy grievances will be collected into a joke book funnier than Joe Miller'S.
 Have some irony: The Rockefel- lers took Diego Rivera's murals 'ut of Radio City. His pictures now are being shown at the Museum of Modern Art-con controlled by Nelson Rockefeller Dean Cornwall and other artists of note offer to paint murals in any night club, restaurant or department store that will give $2,000-to be used for ambulances, etcetera abroad There's good story in Marie Austin. She land- ed a singing job with Jack Wal dron's Torch Club in order to keep herself and husband from The Wolf Hubby is Don Case, heir to a for tune. He went through most of his first collections, but has a beeg installment due in a few months Down in New Orleans they are al- ready grooming and booming Sam Jones, who dumped the Long ma chine, as the White House entry for 1944 New to these ears is the excellent delivery (of news and background color) by Helen Hyatt heard from Paris via WIZ on the early a. m. roundups.
 Why doesn't someone over at The American Red Cross organize the many chorus and show girls (and actresses) who want to "do some- thingl" The hours from ten to twelve in the ayems are too early for those working in the theaters and clubs, and they are sincere they really want to roll bandages, anything. How about 2 to 4 p. n? So they can work their late hours and still be of service? The girls have written the column about it--so howz about 1t? .. We feel sure some midtown hotel will gladly give the Red Cross the use of a ball. room for space.
 MT. MefO0fsky was over at Ha- vana-Madrid last night when one of us asked him what he would do if he had Hitler as a prisoner Mefoofsky refused to talk The others tried getting an answer, but no dice--his lips were tighter than Katharine Hepburn's slacks DO you mean to say" he was asked you wouldn't do anything to Hit ler?"
 You kin tukk onteel you har blue in de fase," replied Mefoofsky stiffly "but I wouldn't re-weel meelaterry sickritts!"
 Add Literary Lace: Frank Conifi in the Journal -American:. Tt was 8 hot day and sitting three feet away from Zorina didn't make Il any cooler" Irving Hoffman (grousing about nearly everything in the show, walk With Music") end ed his Hollywood Reporter notice with: "But why run on and on with slices of beef directed at this hammy effort?" Leonard Traube in The Billboard: Instead of strik- ing up the band, why not strike out the Buhd?" Bugs Baer in The Los Angeles Examiner: '"rhe referee stopped the fight in the seventh round to permit both buns to catch a freight train"
 When Dorothy Thompson visited the Maginot Line recently twhere she was permitted her greatest thrill firing 6 gum she remarked: {: Heavens, listen to the rain falling on the roof!" That's not rain," explained an officer, that's bombing" Talk about red facesl Charles Hurd has written the history of the Presidential Mansion. It covers the period from the burn ing of the White House in 1872 to the burning up of Wall Street by the White House Gilbert Ga- briel submits this on the Duce: He's trying to play second fiddle while Rome burns" The French call him: "Benito Mosquito"-to wit: "He buzzes lot, carries 8 sting that is more annoying than harmful, and can't survive one good slap" :. It is hoped by statesmen that Mus solini will merely try to grab some African territory, but Paris, London, and even Berlin are agreed thst army can never win what the armies of France can never lose Honor and Glory.