The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-16

the gamblers - only the corrupt politicians who permitted it But he refused the bribe and drove the gamblers to cover They had their vengeance, however They used that same Sl00,00O to defeat Murphy for reelection.
 Picturesque Reporting: Dan Par ker's: Too often, in the fight racket the clean liver winds up with liver trouble, the virtuous one with vir- tually nothing and the disciple of righteousness with plenty of rights m ms eye" stan Shaw, In an interview with "Candide" in the N. Y. Mirror: T proposed (to his wife) about 300 times in five years "a tango was playing the first time. But when she accepted 1t was broad daylight in taxi-and there was no music-except in her Yes" G. K. Chesterton's: People gen. erally quarrel because they cannot argue" David Starr Jordan's: 1: ''The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he Is going" E. w. Howe's: "A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice" Irving Hoff- mans: "A Broadwayite Is a fellow who is willing to drink to the other fellows health until he ruins his own" Francis de Croisset's: Gay plays are made out of the in constancies of men; sad plays out Of those of women"
 The detective suing Bob Topping (Gloria Bakers groom) for shadow. ing his eX-wife (which helped win a divorce), reminds us of the one about the small town private de- tective who was hired to shadow a certain wife suspected of keeping trysts with her lover The hus- band had to fire him the first day It seems the detective had trailed the sinners for over mile when they went for 0 stroll-and then lost them when they went into moving picture theater-hecauso he had seen that moviel
 That one reminds us of the great exec who was being interviewed. He was asked: How did you manage to become a great executiVe9"
 T managed" he replied, mot to see everything l looked at,"
 Somerset Vaughan, according to returning celebritons, was visiting the Duke and Duchess of Windsor before they returned to England, and they were playing bridge Maugham drew the Duchess as his partner On one bid, as she put down her cards as his dummy, she said: five got a very poor hand"
 Always the gentleman, Maugham remarked: "Not all, my dear, you have some kings and----" To which she interrupted: "Yes, bu. they're always abdleatingl"
 Today on the Presidents desk is report by Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson It tellS gripping story of the Army Air Corps based at Lowry Field, Colo rado. It tells how Q planes mo- tors failed at 1i,000 feet above 0 storm At $500 feet the pilot knew his ship would crash. He ordered the crew of three to jump At eight thousand feet the plane plunged Into the storm. The pilot counted only two paraehutes below him Flo again ordered the last man to leap at four thou sand feet. The pilot realized something was wrong with the last man Corporal Kenneth Sea man was dead. His parachute hadn't opened But his officer didn't know that and in the full tradition of the U. s. Army, he elected to die with his command f. He un- buckled his chute and strapped him. self to his controls Down, down down through the storm he dived- but his skill equalled his courage Today, uninjured, It. Harold L Nicely of Huntington, Tennessee, stands saluted by his superior of- fieers aS credit to the corps, to his state and the nation It is such heroism that makes na- tional heroes It is hoped that Congress will see to that.
 Robert H. Jaeks0n's first day as lawyer for the U. s. Govt provided this aneedote A young man applied to the attorney-g general log job: 1T would like to work for you, and I feel I am competent. learned oil my law from MT. Justice Felix Frankfurtehl
 well" said the attorney genera. T will put you on if you will say that you unlearned oil your law and that you learned your common sense from me-"
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