Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-02
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New York Heartbeat

there . frankie Hyers, the PAN
anna Hattie clown-a grown-up
Mickey Rooney Mrs. Jascha
Heifetz coming out of Jay Thorpe's
to drop few coins into the cup of
passing blind violinist Pris-
ella Lane talking a cop out of Civ
ing her a ticket near the Lincoln
tunnel Bunny Waters of the
Billy Rose festival at the Horseshoe
wearing wedding ring. A what?
Cafe decorator Vernon Mac
Farlane, studying the ruins of Lon
don in newspaper, and exclaim-
ing: "Good heavens! My tailor's
place has been blown to bits-wotta
PITY" Beaverbrook's c. V. R.
Thompson, who calls it ''The Italian
Quitzkrieg."
Sallies in Our Alley: G. Henri
Haye, Vichy's envoy to the U. S.,
is going home France knows it is
important to have a good man in
Washington "And," observed
a critic, "that amt Haye!"
Eddy Duchin knows an Italian gen.
eral who Tin reporting to II Duce)
was asked about the Albanian sit
cheeayshun cts all Greek to
mel" was the reply At din
ner the other night, when speaker
remarked that the perfect age for
a woman was thirty, POSTMASTER
Bob Christenberry added: "Espe-
cially if she is forty"
Smalltown Vignette: Orson Welles
had lecture date to fill recently
in a midWeStern town The date
came on a chilly, rainy night, and
a thin crowd turned out More
over, the committee had neglected
to provide a speaker to introduce
Welles He stepped onto the
platform, looked over the scattered
audience, and said: ''You probably
don't know me- I'm a stage direc-
tor, producer, actor and designer.
In Hollywood I'm a. producer, direc-
tor and actor. In radio I'm direc-
tor and actor. In fact, there's no
point in continuing this thing. There
are so many of me-and so few
of you'll"
MemOs of a Midnighter: Doris
Dudley and June Havoc no longer
share the same apt. Reason: Life
mag did layout on Dudley's manse
in White Plains and June hogged the
lens for nearly 70 per cent of the
pix Mango is expected to file
against F. Lederer within the fort
night She's been long-distanc-
ing her New York attorney from
Hollywood The buzz has Rou-
ben Mamoulian stitching with Irene
Lee of Warmers story dept soon
Remember Tommy Jackson,
who became famous playing the de-
tective in broadway? Well, he's
now on the District Attorneys staff
in L. A., as a special investigator
The CAB persists that Dewey
will retire New Years Day for pri-
vate practice Hemingway says
he is buying house in Cuba, not
switching citizenship.
Manhattan Murals: The recent
snow and slush putting a wet blan-
ket on the city's streets. The best
Miami Beach ad of them all
The bright little Christmas card
shoppes that spring up every year
at this time-adding little sparkle
to the dreary town The sign
in the window of a hosiery shop:
"Do Your Christmas Shopping.
Girly!" The Carnegie Hall
Apartments which advertise: "Piano
and Bath The excited Broad
wayites arguing about the headlines.
near the Times Building-Union
Square in a high hat Sign in
a West 10th Street barber shop
featuring a sun-lamp treatment:
well Tan Your Hide - for so
Cents"
Broadway Ticker-Tape: MGM will
exploit "Comrade x" this way: cts
funnier than Ninotchka and easier
to pronounced" Are Sam Bar
ken (the prop. of Miami Beach's big
time O'clock Clubr and Barbara
MacLean secretly sealed? The
S. Carmels have separate tepees.
He's a noted attorney. She's the
"legs" in the Real Silk adverts =.
They are saying Miriam Hopkins
next play: Battle of the Angels"
is the risgayest yet It's girl
for the Richard Snyders of the Mir
ror One of the biggest indus
trialists in the nation (whose initials
are B. d. has just bet small mint
that the U. S. will be in war within
60 days The Mexican president
is expected to visit the White House
in Feb.
New Yorchids: Bob Grants crew
toying with the rhythms at the
avoy-Plaza Benny Goodman's
torridisc of Benny Rides Again"
Columbia platter . . Connie Bos-
wells double-talk warbling of "Stra-
va-na-da" via the Bing Crosby pro-
gram Douglas Williams new
book: ''The New Contemptibles."
The first book published by Bren-
tano's in ten years Warden
Lawes' thrilling book: "Meet the
Murderer" (Harper's) Coca