The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-23
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 MemnOs on the Congressional Linn ted: Washington is raving about the recent screening there of Ran dom Harvest'-a Mervyn LeROy film . The cab situation at Union Station has improved. A. starter holds all cabs until they are filled with fares going in the same di- rectlOn T. DPL which prefaces mo- tor car license Etags means Dip l0matic". The drivers of them may park anywhere, pass red lights, etc., and no interference. Might cause m international incident"! |. Many a be-ribbOned officer in N. ". night clubs shows up in Wash ingtOn wearing two or three at most. It is considered shOw-offy down there ... One Senator acc tually, asked that prosecution of two men be st0pped-after both had pleaded guilty to being in the pay of the Japs! ,.. RumOrs of big shots being removed are met with: "They always start that stuff when we're losing" The White House has cut down the press passes from over 2,OOO to 700 Many of the Mar ines at Govt places simply won't salute any of the WAVES.
 Not all the men in responsible posts in Washington realize it is a total war One of them was asked 01 beating the rap" here and there .. The Govt exec's reply will floor you He said: Gee whiZl You just don't know what a headache that is. We've got to go slow. It causes all sorts of complications" You're not serious, are you?" in- quired New Yorker.
 T certainly am serious!" was the retort. Every time we go after certain aliens the German govern ment simply raises hell with us through the Swiss Embassy!"
 The FBI personnel is now 13,000, of which 4,600 are agents (G-Men) in the field In 1892 the FBI had only 300 of them The Bureau now has sixty million sets of ftn- gerprints-and every morning 125,- GOO new sets arrive This is due to the many defense workers, army, navy, marines, air force ct al 5. :. An agent can find set of prints within two minutes The exact amount of U. s. currency confis- cated in the arrest of the sabo- teurS was $174,588.62 In Di- rector Hoover's reception room the nap letters of the Weyerheuser snatch, the Dillinger mob's weapons and so forth It has been re- placed by the "saboteur exhibit detonator caps, fuses for the high explosives, the Nazi navy cap with swastika insignia, and "the best bomb mechanism we've ever seen'' .. Haupt, one of those electro cuted, was "the brainiest" He was 9.
 Dorothy Lamour phoned the Navy Dept and asked the operator to connect her with a Lieutenant .. Who's calling?" was the query.
 Dorothy Lamour," lamoured Dorothy.
 "Ha, hal" said the operator. And I'm Queen of the May!"
 "Really!" replied the star. 'Did you happen to see me in Beyond the Blue Horizon'?" The opera tor said she had-so what?
 Whereupon Lamour, for the special delight of Navy phone girl sang the entire chorus of the films theme.
 When the Department of Justice agents raided Robert Edward Ed mondson's place Che is one of the 28 indicted) they confiscated all his papers Among them were Edmondson'S plans for the day revolution comes" He hoped to be President of the U. S., and his choice for Attorney-G would be John B. Wise, Jr., of New York --Edmondson's lawyer.
 Another woman will eventually be arrested by the government, when 4t G through dealing with more important rabble rousers. She is being watched, of course, but "she can always be taken" it was ex- plained, after a reporter wondered why she was allowed to get away with her campaign of hate and in- citement against the President During recent Federal hearings fol others, Federal men trapped her at tempting to persuade a Fedora juror" They are holding that charge for the time they need 1t .. When she goes to the clink-so vii her daughter.
 This is one way they are getting around Union Czar Petrillo recording is made of voice only 1T the U. S.-no music escort That master" is sent out of thu country-where band playing 1T American style provides the orches' tral background Both are ther re-recorded to make complete rec ord of vocal and orchestra :. 4 copy is sent here, manufactured ant