The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-23


THE HICKToWN NEtye-RRESS
(Rrop. ana Edltsr, wait WinoheIlD
Jim Farley, the genial and jovial
1ettef-carTier, Il mighty keen to be.
come the next President down
Washington way. But We near tell
that his Mrs. and offspring are
sayin' their prayers every night
rootin' for Jim 70 get defeated "
he runs. Seems like his wife, the
genial and jovIal MRS. Farley, never
did get along with certain neighbors
in the Capitol Of the Nation, and
Is s'posed to hate like the very dick.
ems 10 move down there to stay 1.
Well, We editor isn't the sort who
Swallers everything he Is told. Mrs.
Farley, we reckon, would like MOTH
ing better than to have her Jim
become the President-just to get
even with Q lotta folks.
Hiram Gimbel, the storekeeper,
will prob1y need an extra office
or so to keep the big crowds moving
from In front of his branch (Saks
6th Ave.) when he shows that Lon.
don paint the gals put on during
the blackouts so that their gentle-
men friends won't miSsl Helen Ru-
binstein, the beauty specialist, In
vented the new contraption.
Eth Norman, the ,coon. sl1outer,
and her gentleman friend. who had
a spat recently, were seen holding
hands again yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lefty Gomez, he Is
the jovial and genial pitcher Tor the
home team, were pricing infant gar.
Iaents. All, therei
Cy Billingsley's roof needs repair
ing.
Dick Merrill, the pilot. has the
toothache.
Hank Greenberg, Of the Big
Leagues, Is down Florida way to get
In shape but he seems more inter.
ested In other peoples, especially
those in one.piece swim suits
Keep your eye on the ball, Hank,
say we.
Eddie James, We editor Of our
noted rival, the N. Y. Times, says 1t
amt so about Our scoop that some-
body hurled acid on his type. why
didn't you call me up first and ask
me about it," writes Eddie, but this
is to notify all concerned that We
editor Is a busy man, too.
Mebee Eddie doesn't know all
that's going on, either. say we.
Speaking OF printers ink. we
hear tell that the new paper Edi-
tor and Publisher is hiring hands
for. is owned by Cap PattersOn's
little girl, Alicia, and her new hus-
band, Bill Guggenheim. Welcome.
say we.
Mitch Parish, the songwriting
fellow, who has given the U.S.A. big
hits Such as Deep Purple Stair
way to the stars" and "Star Dust"
to name few, is uniformed Off
Ger in one of our county courts.
Cliff Friend. another local boy
whose songs make good, wrote a
missive to We editor, which follows:
Thanks for the mention of my new
song, Confucius Say" In Life.
p. S.: Thanks for the idea, too"
Henry Vance, who colyuns for
: the Birmingham, Ala, News, mem
tons We editor In his stint. Says
he: "Mebbe after Walt Winchell gets
through debunkin' the war, he'll
start In on politics"
Mebbeso. Henry. But while the
Republicans are yellin' about cuttin'
EXPENSES they oughta remember the
famous sayir' Of smart alec who
most All the expenses can vote!"
yohnny Hoover, Uncle Sans
favorite nephew, and his right
smart danner asst. Ike Tolson, are
husvin, themselves again in the
land of sunshine In Florida, scarin'
the daylights out of folks by sayin'
"no COMMENT. The big G-Man was
sorry ne couldn't give the Hicktown
News-press anv statement, but we
happen to know that lotta So
for a mess Of trouble. ,Johnny's
stav,n, IN high-toned villa, which
tn ne nlain folks used to be a
cottage.
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We see that the trouble-maker
named James Wheeler-Hill, who
told lies in court for FRITZ Kuhn-
f,,ci,,s Of the Bund, has been sent
to the hoosepow AT last. It was the
fearless camnaign of We editor who
Citizen as he claimed. too
Good riddance. saw we.
49,
I'm. RS opuonent. It seems to We
editor win always have trouble con-
v;nc;nr the country that he is a die
tator when even his own child,
Eiijott seems rs have the freedom to
disagree WITH his non.
MRS Rnosevelt who gets her pic
tire in Inc paper more than any
10 what movie actresses know. Keep
the hands closed--as fingers always