The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-31
Walter WincheII
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: THE HICKTOWN MINISTRIES Drop. and Editor, Walt WinchelI)
 Land sakesl Of all thingsl Our esteemed Hollywood colleague, James Marion Fidler, has sued Bill Wilkerson's bugle for libel!
 Guy Lombardo, the musician, wis., tied ye eds sanctum yestiddy and got off good one. Said the weather lately was a blizzard event. Ha, ha!
 Buy a ticket to the Presidents Birthday Dances. Take dollar outta your pocket-and help take some child outta the hospital!
 Claire Windsor, the movie lady of some years back, is reported bet ter since her operation up Boston way. Ye ed hears tell, too, about Claire's new suitor, Adriel Bird, the Boston coffee millionaire.
 The Hicktown News-Press satutes the editor of The London Daily Express and says "Howdy, stranger!" and thank-you-very much for all that space in the London Express issue of January 18th, 1941. Cheerio to all
 Romo Vincent, the jester of these here parts, was called up by the draft board. The doctor awarded our Romo with a 4F classified tion. In other words, the Army doesn't want him even if the country's invaded
 MT. Gahup reveals that FDRs popularity has reached new high. In spite of the Chicago Tribune, NY Sun and SEPost, by heck!
 Ye eds esteemed rival, the NY Times. editorial page, submits brief, but pungent, question, as fol- lows: We hope that when the Senate Committee on Foreign Re- lations calls its own witnesses to testify on the proposed plan for aid to Britain it will invite Colonel Lindbergh to return to the stand, if for no other reason than to ask him this question: You say we should prepare to defend ourselves. Against whom?'"
 Dern good question, say we. In tact, that's exactly the way we put it only a few weeks ago in the co.yum called: "Back-Talk of New Yorker"
 Heard good description of Pa- tricia Joyce, the new Leon & Ed dies strip-teaser, to wit; "A Sex Apeeler' Glad to see our last line of recent date ("Time Flies But So Does the R. A. F.!'D be- ing taken up by the British Relief jewellers, who have turned it all into novelty watch-pin :. Elaine Shepards new gentleman friend ain't the former MIRA execu- tive, but a chicken fancier by the same name Verne Marshall called up our various bosses to com plain about ye eds opinions of him and his statements. Then he got on a radio station and called us names We are happy to report that the Cedar Rapids Ga- zette (which he edited) still prints our nonsense. But not his.
 The Florists Telegraph Delivery Assn has a new expression for an extra-large order of flowers which worried husbands send wives.
 They call it: "The Doghouse Cor sage"-fa, ha.
 Ye ed is in receipt of message from Leon & Eddie's tavern offer ing to give jobs to those chorines stranded by Lou Franko down Flor ida way. Mighty fine, boys, mighty finel They have new jobs, though. Thanx.
 MT. O. Reynolds, who is visiting friends and kin (after long stay in the British capital amidst bomb and shelD, visited our sanctum and told this story. Seems Lon don citizen was asked what he'd like to do in the war T have my job all picked out" he said What is it?" they asked him, "in the Suicide Squad-re- trieving bombs that don't explode?" "No," he replied, q got it all picked out-don't you worry about it" But" they per- sisted, "what is it? In the R. A. F.? Something dangerous and wonderful like that?" "No," he said, T want to be chauffeur to a General with a yeller streak"
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