The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

bue UlOuub, NOLUlE ALy8u kAIG Quisling, the Norwegian traitor who traded his country for job as Hit ler's hootlicker, has designed a new flag for Norway ... It appropriately carries a yellow cross, a suitable symbol of his shame.
 Afn't It the TruthI: Oscar Levant met Jimmy Petrillo, the musicians union chief, on train the other day .. "Tt's a good thing you mar ried working girl" counseled the labor czar. 'Never marry rich girl --she'll only want you for your paino-playing."
 The Moscow Press is shifting just mite-toward England, which includes us, too Y. This may etn- barrass the Union Squareheads. They may have to obey Stalin to the extreme of liking America z. Glare Boothe hints that Count Ci- ano may have turned sourpuss be- cause of hammerings he took from critics as flop playwright <. We have underestimated Duce's son. in-law. We thought he was only a heel by marriage The Rus sian nobles, old stuff locally after two decades, are being elboWed away from the cocktails and can- apes by the royal newcomers from the evacuated countries The situation is called the second Rus sian famine.
 Oratory: Arthur Vickery was lis- tening to a discussion of alcoholic imaginirlgs at the House of Murphy bar. Finally the takers got around to the traditional pink elephants and Wick contributed: "It's the elephants that make me nervous They walk as though their pants are falling downl"
 Telegram: "Les Angeles: No one has done more to bring forward good deeds and great deeds than your column. There is now a great need for doctors equipment, etc., in England. We in Hollywood are ap- pealing via radio stations in Southrn California to all doctors to send same to our headquarters in Holly wood. Doctors throughout the country will want to do likewise Sd we come to you to help us startt his drive with a word of encouragement as only you can. With sincere thanks for all the work you are do- | ing-Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Colman MT. and Mrs. Chas. Boyer, L. Olivier Vivien Leigh"
 London NIT Walter Winchell care Daily Mirror, New York: Many thanks nice reference my new activi- ties in your Sunday edition. All I want to do is give boys what they want in way of news facilities News not propaganda is my motto London under air-raids isn't SC pleasant but we all keep cheerful and peoples spirits becoming tough CT every day. If Nazis think they can knock out England by airraids it simply shows they just as ignor- ant about British tenacity as old Kaiser Bill was. I had crumL drop in backyard my own last week but like everyone else I just moved elsewhere and carried on. Pretty soon we will get like folks who live beside railway tracks if we don't hear bombs we shant able sleer l best regards to all from a British Pal, Douglas Williams"
 The SqueIch Swelegant: The fling. ing of tomatoes, eggs and fruit al the Willkie paraders in Michigan recalls the time Wm. Howard Taf ! was campaigning in his oppon. ent's state. He was booed anl heckled mercilessly. Finally, cab. bage was thrown. It rollyed al Taft's feet. His sensayuma turned the crowds laughter into cheers. l q see,' said Taft, "that one o1 my adversaries has lost his head" flaw! Willkie's tour of the Mid dIe West recalls the gag about thu vaudeville piffawmer, who was tell. ing about a benefit he played. II was a benefit to collect food for tht undernourished kiddies," he said
 land they had tremendous col. lection. Then go on, and Tn knockin' 'em dead, when right ir the middle of my act they start dis. tributing food to those gee-dee kid. dies again!"