Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
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makes $4,000 week, still asking
audiences if THEY are happy
James J. Walker, the towns former
mayor-looking healthier, ruddier
and gayer than most of the citizens
Lee Shubert, the theater-owner,
being leased by dramatic critic he
barred for four years, and Shubert
retorting: "Gwan, made you IA
mous!" The critic made him
five million praising Hellzapoppin.
Charlie Butterworth, who came
from Hollywood just to kill some
time appearing in summer stock
and winding up with $1,000 week
doing it Larry Clinton, the
orchestar, who will drop his baton
to resume arranging-more dora
me in it.
Main Stememoranda: How about
a cup campaign? U-as in Unity?
Jimmy Gleason plays the
role of fight manager for the six
teenth time in "Here Comes Mr..
Jordan" What's his contract
written on-a towel? Many
Wall Street houses are suffering
their uptown branches. Bum ticker
trouble, no doubt FD.R. will
see "Sgt. York." the film and the
hero, in person at the White House
on the thirty-frst j. T. Evans
invites Wheeler and Lindbergh to
speak in Nashville and suggests they
bring along Lord Haw Haw as their
announcer -. When Victor Eman-
uel'S race-horses run-certain White
Housers always bet tenner across
the board. One horse is Omission"
another "Lustrous
Manhattan Murals: The VS. on
walls and places in Yorkville, and
the three husky Broadway guys who
invaded that Nazi-infested sector
shouting: "Three dots and dash!"
. ~. Military cops stopping soldiers
on Broadway with an open tie or
unbuttoned shirt-and making them
look snazzy :. b. The Times Square
street salesman who peddles "gold''
watches Gin excellent running Or
der'-for ten cents each.
Notes Of Ne,U Yorker:
Movie Actor James Stewart is
supposed to have had one side of
his forehead sunburned one day at
camp because of the overseas cap
he wore. Next day he wore the cap
on the other side.
The Top Sarge asked him what's
the idea? \. Without thinking,
Stewart replied: II did it to even
up my sun TAM
Stewart" was the reply, 1--WE do
not expect photographers"
One night John Edgar Hoover, the
G-Whizzer, was telling some of us
something off the record about a
Nazi agent, who is posing as a de-
cent American business man.
Gosh" one of us said GLOW did
you find THAT out?"
"We've got louise in his clothes,"
was the retort.
Orchestra Leader Ray Block over
heard it the other night A
kibitzer-communist was trying to
give his opinions in a war argu-
rnent. "Well," he said after he
thought he scored a point, chow
would you like to have me on your
side now?"
"Td rather" was the snapper,
shave appendicitis.
A radio smallie tired of playing
anonymous stooge to famed comic
and wanted his own show. The writ
er he consulted advised him he
wasn't big enough to carry a show,
that nobody ever heard of him
"That's his fault" mourned the
ham, referring to the star, "he's
not satisfied to get most of the mon
ey. He takes the best laughs and
all the publicity. All get is OBJ
security"
The writer moved him down
"Obscurity is right" he said, land
now you want to invest your time
and money in it.
If Goering is actually in the clink-
eroo it's what a lot of insiders ex-
pected Hitler had no love for Fat
SO. He needed him, because Goer-
ing had big drag in certain quar-
tiers But being sissy, Adolf
hated Goerings Tarzan manner. He
burned when Fatso showed up for
meeting, medals rafting and his
uniform glittering like Lucius Bee
be's Sunday overalls Also, Hit
Ter was tickled when Dimitrov let
Goering have it at the Reichstag
fire trials Dimitrov, one of
the accused, turned on Goering in
court and accused him of being the
firebug Goering's sputtering
convicted him in the minds of the
reporters present. And they say Hit
Ter laughed fit to kill.
Once girl reporter from the us.
gave Goering a sharp pain in the
neck She was Mildred Gill
man, once of the Journal When
Goering granted her an interview,
he fixed I'm his offica with ,,,o,~. ~