Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-03-05
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Things l Never Kne,o
And Still Don't KnO,U:


isn't extremely mild compared to
Germany, where it's verboten to use
any sugar at all for sweetening COT
fee or tea That the secret of
Winston Churchill S amazing energy
is the old Edison formula of grab
bling quickie snoozes through the day
Whether motorists know If
they don't wear hat while driving,
they suffer greater eyestrain If
it wouldn't be a good idea for both
Republicans and Democrats to adopt
this revised slogan: "Now is the
time for all good men to come to!"
That Mohammedans begin
each meal with salt because they
believe it helps prevent most dis
eases.) That, according to U. S.
health authorities, effective bombing
of Japan's overcrowded cities would
probably touch off an epidemic of
the dread Asiatic cholera there .
That among the Betsileos of NADIA
gascar, when a funeral is held for
woman, the procession, before reach
ing the cemetery, goes back to her
home for an hour. (The theory be-
ing that women always forget some
thing when they leave home.)
That if you want to get the maxi
mum taste from food, remember
these tips: Bitter things taste more
strongly on the rear of the tongue,
sweet things on the tip, sour things
on the sides, and salty things on
both the tip and sides That
bad tempers are now blamed on
shortage of vitamin 81 in the diet
Whether you've heard the one
about Count Ciano describing his
Berlin visit to his father-in-law, Mus
solini "Hitler gave me wonder
full dinner" Ciano related. Every
thing was solid gold-the plates, the
knives, forks, spoons-all solid gold'
"That's NICE" commented II
Duce, holding out his hand. 'Let me
see!"
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A French underground paper re-
Gently related this grand fable. The
bishop of Bordeaux handed so francs
to his secretary to give to poor
woman who had requested aims.
The secretary protested, "Mon-
seigneur is perhaps unaware of the
fact that the woman is a Jewess
:" ga Jewess!" exclaimed the
bishop. Goodness me, that's alto
gether different. Give her one hun
dred francs and thank her for her
confidence in Christian charity!"
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Highbrows complain about the
way swing music hurts the classics.
But it's matter of record that, be-
cause popular bands started to swing
Tschaikowsky, the sale of that COM
poser's records in the classic man.
ner hit an all-time high We'd
like to see a celeb enter a joynt
some time without acting as if he
were playing the star role at coro-
nation Our idea of paradise is
where everybody feels as good as a
headwaiter looks What's be-
come of Technocracy? The
ditty, 81 Don't Want to Walk Without
You, Baby" is friend of the ears
when played in slow tempo deco
rated with strings. When it comes
dressed in brass it's an enemy.
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The bad news the wireless has
been pouring out all week from the
South Pacific must put pain in
Goebbels' neck. How can he fright
en- us with threats of disaster, he
must wonder, when our own COM
mentators tell us the raw truth?
The more we know the tougher it
gets for the Axis liars and scare
mongers The Berlin radio
soaped the Yellow Aryans by an
nouncing that Wotan, the Heinie god,
and the Jap god are practically first
cousins. That kind of Sights the Ital-
ians, who must have become de-
Aryanized when the Greeks shot the
spots off them . The best of
Jack Benny's stinginess gags was
his denial that he forced Dennis Day
to donate blood for TRANSMISSION.
Claimed Benny: 81 paid him S. a
gallon for it" Almost every
time you flip on the radio, you're
bound to hear some member of the
theatrical profession aiding some
worthy war cause.
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1t actually happened not very
long ago in Lindy's when pretty per-
sons invaded the place and peddled
defense stamps to the public :.
Seated at a table in the corner,
alone, was fellow the stamp sell
ers seemed to avoid The Gus
toners stole furtive glances at him,
but tried not to embarrass him.
He was not in the least disturbed
Finishing his dinner, he went
over to the cashier and paid his So
check with a new $50 bill E.
Sweeping up the $48 change, he
handed it to one of the stamp-sell-
ing ladies', tipped his hat and went
out Apparently an American
born Japanese.
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Harvard boys say they don't like
Betty Cradle, Veronica Lake or Ann
Sheridan. Playing hard to get, huh?
Talk about bad timing One