Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-02-05

was un-American!
One thing we are sure of. There
must have been wreath sent by
the Army to Carole-inscribed with
the highest compliment the Army
can give woman. To wit: "She
was a Gentleman"
There's a Hollywood couple who
want to get divorce, but they can't
agree on who gets custody of the
spare tire.
Notes of an
Innocent Bystander:
The Wireless: Sec. Knox's release
to the newscasters, that it was
stupid to bank on a crash in Ger
many, was good advice. Nobody
is going to whip Hitler but his enc
mics, he reminded. Berlin wants us
to imagine it is in trouble and I'M
cover our chins Just the same,
it was nice to read in Anne O'Hare
Mccormick Times spot that for
eign broadcasts are reaching the
ears of stay-at-home Heinies
Joe Louis at least got a laugh out
of licking Buddy Baer. He told Ed
die Cantor why he donated his share
Of the gate to the Navy. when I
go overseas" said Private Joe, 81
want boat under me" "The
Court of Missing Heirs" is hunting
for 79-year-old man to give him
$2,700. "What fun can a man that
old have with $2,700?" queried lis
tenor "What fun can man
that old have?" corrected a blue
penciler Every week radio is
full of shows helping this and that
worthy cause. The theatrical pro-
fession should be proud of its con-
tributions. Actors are always first
and anxious to help, although they
were the first to suffer when the gov
eminent started cutting relief ex-
penses. Remember?
The Story Tellers: H. Hoover
played target for the book review
ers' arrows. He made book out
of his recent Satevepost pieces,
called "America's First Crusade"
ignoring Pearl Harbor. The Stuff
was penned in 1934-35 when the
Roosevelt trouncing was smarting
acutely. The critics were stunned
to discover that the Pacific battles
apparently hadn't budged his opin-
ions There is timely article
in Golfers called Don't Believe a
Word of It," 1t tells how the gull
lible are needed into disunity tricks
by shooting off their mouths on
planted ISLANDERS against our de-
tense -. LAR. Wylie spreads
nifty tale across the pages of Lib
erty. It concerns people who believe
that cts better to have broken
neck than a bowed one.''
The Front Pages: The most cheer
ing war story of the week told about
the Chinese victory at Changsha.
The Chinese leased the foe into a
trap by feigning weakness, then
turned and ruined them The
Chinese press has grounds for
squawking. China doesn't think
Japan should be undersold. What
does it matter what part of the
world the Axis is trounced in, it
inquiries, objecting to Germany TAX
ing the first beating "From
the Land of Silent People," a war
book by Robert st. John, is getting
big handclaps. He was an AP staff
er in Yogoslavia when the wolves
came, and it's all in the book
Edward Doherty, once of the dailies,
now a Liberty writer, recalls his
reporting days beguilingly in "Gall
and Honey"
The Big Parade: The Girl From
Stockholm going into the Stanley
Theater to see ''The Girl From Len
ingrad '-Greta Carlo Mrs.
FDR, who originated the slogan,
Lets Grind Down the Axis"-but
is too modest to accept credit for it
Merle Oberon, being intro
troduced by that monicker and cor
recting: Don't you mean Mrs. AL
exander Korda?"' The D.. Top
pings IS. Henie) at all the sinful
places-hoping to run into (but
hardly the colyumers who had them
dividing.