The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01

THE HICKTOWN NEWS-PRESs { (Prop. and Editor, Walt Winchell
 Cap. Patterson, ye eds esteemed competitor, is feuding again with Johnny Edgar, the sheriff. Seems tfias Cap. never did care a hang nohow for constables botheTing fall- er women and he objects to the Govt lads living in hign-tone0 boarding houses down Florida way Cap. and his hired hands ap- parently don't kflOw that the legis- lators allow the Federals only 60 a day for their keep, including vittles, And that any sum over s6 a day comes outta their own jeans That goes for Johnny down to his newest marshal Shucks, Cap. The fallen women pay that much for their soxl
 Chief McEIligott, who lnuffed oCtta the Town Meeting, is still net up Iii Q special interview with ye ed the chief declared with considerable heat that he'd sooner burn up the mayor than the town!
 The long-legged bird just brought a baby girl to MT. and Mrs. Jack Donnelly. The proud father was tieywood Broun's business manager on the Nutmeg. 7
 Mrs. O'Neill's little girl, Sally, inc forms The Hicktown News-Press that reports of a wedding ain't so. Better luck next time, so say we all.
 Sonia Eenie, who Is pretty slick on skates, sure has Lem Topping the millionaire, seeing double, con- firming rumors. Lem sent her a rlnushy telegram between planes the other noon in Chicago. An therel
 < Vicki Baum's little boy, Bub, and a show gal appearing at The Ha- Madrid dancehall, have been holding hands long past curfew.
 The jovial and genial Wes Pegler, who has a kind word for everybody lias had a falling out with the preachers in the community. Yves, you might say, is now operating without benefit of clergy. Ha, ha!
 Eleanor Roosevelt, the newspaper gal, mentioned seeing ye ed at the airport the other day, in her stint Her editor in New York, however Iftusta been crowded for space as he omitted a good deaS of her write- up, Mrs. R's notes as they ap- peared in her many other Bugles stated: q had an opportunity to catch a glimpse of gentleman whC has always been just an interesting name to me, Walt Winchell. As he walked away I craned my neck tt get really good view of him, bul all I saw was a hat worn very jaun- tily and rather tall, thin gentle man who walked rapidly away"
 Wal, I'll be gol- -darned! Her boy Jinsny will hear from ye cd about that. Least he coulda done was in' troduce his nav to ye ed. the way children with good manners do II these here parts. Considering tl1a' his M,aw and ye ed both admire ths same man, whose first two initial. are N. b. Eleanor also said in hel write-up that unless she can si down with strangers and have a tall with them to find out If they arr human beings, she don't care t shake their hands for quick meet ings. Same with ye ed. That's wh! he didn't bother her over at AT Childers' store t'other night.
 Our Ambassador to G. Britain Joe Kennedy, is said to have de eiared that Summers going 10 Flu rope was a sort of slap to our Am bassadors already stationed ove there. We don't know how accur ate the above statement is since tn. source is supposed to Oe our rival szack James, ye ed of the N. Y Times. Zack we hear tell, so con ,fided at dinner affair tothe night, and asserted that Joe ant Sumner call him up about sucl things. ..., !. Important decisions are still lei ito the President, we presume.
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