The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-25

THE HICKTOWN NEWSPAPERS
 Drop. and Editor, Walt WincheII)
 Joe Kennedy, our Ambassador to London, isn't at odds with our President Joe will resign and be- come chairman of the Defense Com mission. This ought to set at rest the talk that Joe and F. D. R. have fallen out.
 MT. Knudsen, the Republican, tells folks he has $5,00O he'd like to wager at even money that Michigan will vote for F. D. R.
 The smear campaign hollerers will fling it back just before Election Day, and, as always when you deal in slime, you never know where 1t will splatter-on you.
 By the bye, ye ed is to be exposed again in book soon. The writer is banker we writ up recently as being a big bum. This is to tell all our subscribers anytime they read or hear anything about us it is most likely true.
 It's no secret any more over at ye eds sanctum about who is Col. Lindbergh ghost writer. The heroine is his wife.
 By all means don't miss the new film from London, just here by Clipper. Its title is London Can Take It." showing the bombs, and the people, and the. shelters, and so forth. Quent Reynolds accom- panying talk is mighty, mighty fine.
 Our esteemed rival, Look maga- zine, says 1t wants to give each can didate an even break, but on its cover there are 36 campaign but tons, two of which are face down, nine are FDR buttons, and Willkie has twenty-five.
 Ye ed just read in John McManus' piece about Johannes Steel getting off pretty good saying, "The Viclry- washy French government" By heck. that's taking the words right out of ye eds desk.
 Ye ed acknowledges receipt of the following missive from A. Woollcott: Dear Walter: Kindly keep your eyes on the VichysoiSse set-a little name I have for these emissaries from the phony Vichy govt: You know, as well as I do. that that government is a Trojan horse and. In the matter of their Rene de Chambrun, now busy as termite in our midst want 10 learn one thing. What parte of the horse is he?"
 Does our jovial and genial mayor know about this racket? About re- tail shops selling dyed boots as new ones? SaIes tax agents, we hear. discovered it. How about that, MT. Police Department?
 To celebrate the approaching holi- days. ye ed reminds big city folks visiting in our midst of this potent beverage called Stone Fence-most appropriate for Halloween: High ball glass Of apple cider, plenty of Ice, a digger of apple jack brandy. Hot Diggitty!
 How come Tulio Carminati, the piay-actor who has been in our midst 15 years, ain't a citizen of our U. s. A.? Tulio, we hear. com plains all the time about things That's too bad about him.
 Gladys Love of the Rochester. N. Y. Public Library, got wrote up the other day as follows: Whatever else Miss Love reads the Hick-town NeWS-Press for, she says she fre- quently finds in Waits colyum the answers to old and perplexing I- brary reference questions" I declare!
 Joe McNazi is out of jall on hail muttering under his breath that he was let down and double crossed and is threatening to expose the names of his packers and henchmen It seems the Hicktown News-Press amt the only one who told Joe he can go to hell.
 senator Burke of Nebraska was one of the speakers over at the Hall. Spoke about making a Third Term unconstitutional How come MT. Burke loves the Constit,,- ton? Didn't he once boost Adolf and organize one of those Shirt groups?
 Rush Folt, Jr.. has been invited to speak tonight before a groun o1 New Workers who Lin for pa- triotricks. No wonder MT. Holt was defeated for renomination to the Senate from West Virginia Yes, mdeedy, you judge a man bv the company he keeps, as we were teiilng Boake Carter over at Bill ingsley's bar and grill.
 Warning to all. Many of the Bund outfits and their followers have a new stunt. They are boast