The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-11
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 Mickey Mouse, the star of Fan tasia" and other epics, had Q hand In that coup d'etat which put the hov-King Pete on the Jugoslav tlune A Mickey Mouse comic Btlp (depicting the adventures in a niythieal kingdonn) was banned by the censor from the Belgrade news paper ePolitikav ir December 1887 because it was felt that Mickey's AAdventures too closely approximated the situation between the boy King and his busted uncle, Prince Re- gent Paul \. .,. According to the strip. the evil uncle of the boy- King Mickey was plotting to seize the throne by organizing Q military conspiracy designed to put him in hoover .. The stench created by the banning of the strip, and tl:k suhsequent expulsion of N. r. Times correspondent Hubert Harrison (for writing an unfavorable story about it) gave Britain her first clue to the pro -Nazzy syfnpathies of Paul <. :. From then on, British diplomacy knew how to act, eliminating in the Big News;oS the overthrow in Jugo. slavia recently.
 sIfow come the circus kept that ssteFy so hushed about the elephant that threw . handler with her trunk? He ts dead.
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 There's . good lesson in this par- agraph for other Hollywood ladies and people of the stage and radio In New York. Her name is Louise Stanley. - you see her in an Ad- mira1's uniform in Q current ciggie ad Louise was doing pretty well in the films last season .. |. Then the jobs started getting scarce z. So she reversed the usual pro- cedsire and came to Manhattan to be e model. And she has all the necessary attributes for that sort of work, besides being oof'ly pretty ... Anyhow, everyone said Louise was nuts, but what happened? :. She has become, in the space of only s months, the top model in the whole acket. He "kisse" is now helping sell "Ch ----f --- -s" but next month sine will be seen ,eddling "C-- ls," IL kies" and "R B : It's" .. He face will help advertise just about every other product sold, too |. And the pay off, of course, is this: "She is be- sieged with movie offersl
 What rabble- -rouser from the Mid West, who got national attention in a few weeks arrived in New York Monday for the first time with no trumpets or publicity, which was his food? And isn't the reason for the soft. pcddllng all those long overdue bills - to sooooo many "patriots"???
 We spoke of French Air Force Captain the other day. He was de. ported to Canada 50 he could get back to Britain and fly against the Nazis again. He writes: Dear MT. Winchell: learned how you and friends intervened for me. I will be in Canada tomorrow and back on the right side of Europe soon to help settle our account with MT. Hitler and his gang. It took me a little over three months and Q half to succeed, but it's done now. Just think. left occupied Paris December 10thl After Q round trip via Marseilles, Casablanca, Mar. tinique, Miami, New York, etc. to get within 260 miles from Paris. A little detour of over 1000 miles. Traveling under the rules of The New Order is no cinch. I have had plenty of time to enjoy my Winter cruise. Forty-five days be- tween Miami and New York Is quite a record for an aviator. Thanks for everything. Capt. Jean d'Ary, Dominion Aeronautical Assn, Ot- tawa."
 Midtown's lowest phony Is the Greek who has been posing as an Italian for two years around Fl Morocco and The Colony When the Greeks got into the war and were whipping the Mussolinis he disappeared. He returned when the premature headlines appeared about the Greeks "surrendering".
 I'm early editions of the Heartbeat colyum we gave orchids to Lucille Jehnson's recording of "How Did He Look?" instead of Joan Merrill's, although both rate them The Aid to the Allies Committee is dub- bing the America First Committed: '4The Chicago Tribune First Com- mittee" .. The photo of the Marx Brothers In Lindy's window display is inscribed: with our hands cupped on our chintzes we're think ing of Lindy's blintzes" Sign seen in the window of an agricul- tural implements store: Have you got Ants in your Plants?"
 Il. Lochner, chief of the Associ- ated Press in Berlin, is sizzling at the Nazzy Press Corps. Because they forbid foreign rewsinen to file stories in the eve'g but permit radio reporters to broadcast at any time .. !. Add "rhe Bigger They Are the Nicer They Are" stories: Paul Ro- beson dropped into Cafe Society Uptown and enjoyed Jack oilford's amusing stuff. The comic had to leave huyTiedly after his perform aiice, and Robeson got no chance to congratulate him |. ... Robeson, 4