The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-08


 goes, to you, Mir. GoebbeIs.
 Congressman Elmer Holland, who became Q national figure recently and Senator Claude Pepper will speak at Mecca Temple on the night of Sept. 10 W. Averell Harri- mans big speech tomorrow night for Russian War Relief at the Commo- dore-is sell-out Hildegarde opens at the Persian Room (Pla2a) on the 23rd .. Decca's 'This Is the Army" album is a corker That air raid warning in the wee hours yesterday certainly convinced one of Us that all concerned still need a rehearsal The 5th Avenue street lamps in the sos (and side streets) didn't go off and the deafening siren atop RCA (which has disturbed slumbers every Satur- day) never woke upl
 Clark Gable has been praised by the Army and the press for doing 1t The Hard Way = nevertheless, Clark is receiving some nasty let ters from females throughout the land Claiming that The Hard Way isn't starting in as Corporal" <. The fact is this: Any man en- tering the Officer Candidate School in Miami Beach is made corporal at once. The Army does this 50 that every man starts off equal ... However, as soon as a man begins classes he loses the tempor- ary rating assigned him at the in- duction and from then on, until his graduation, he is addressed simply as "Mr." In short, he is not Corporal Gable but MT. Gable |. If and when he graduates he will come out End It. Tn the last war, Gable probably doesn't recall, being a 2nd Looey was really doing 1t The Hard Way The quip then went: What's your idea of a good time, soldier?" My idea of a good time," was the retort, lis watching boatload of End Lieuten- ants sinkingl"
 Eleven others from Rudy Vallee's orchestra are following him into the service On Sept. 14th by The Dawn's Early Light, Lucy Monroe will sing the National Anthem at Fort McHenry, commemorating the l28th ann'y of Francis Scott Keys epic .. Bill Buckner, Adelaide Mof- fett's husband, is working in a Georgia mine-digging isinglass |. j.. |. Petitions seeking 10000 signatures are being circulated among sport ing circles here in behalf of for- mer boxer Ernie Haas, doing 20 years for murdering e Nazi attache. He wants his freedom to join the Canadian Commandos. He's Can uck Doc Marcus, the delft ma gician n-comic, is suing Q rival for using the same tag .. James Hrue, the Washington "publicist" tas he prefers to call himself) who has been exploited in Time and else- where for his Fascist comments has opened offices in midtown Man. haitian The arrest of the Jap- paid magazine editors-is only the beginning.
 Phil Baker tells the one about the NaA officer who staged a race among his men A Russian prts- oner was to be set free and the first German to catch him would win two bottles of kummel The officers daughter, an athletic troll lop, entered the race, too Three hours later-none had returned |. The officer asked for @ report from sentries posted in the territory . Race still on," was the reply, Russian running 5thl"
 Radio Row is buzzing over Its late est mystery. A ciggie firm which sponsors three network programs, including the Bob Hawk Quiz show (the cheapest of thet rio) has de- cided to drop one of them ... That one Is the quiz program. It has the highest radio rating of the three. k. Ruth Phillips, ex-Mirror ace, is now on the staff at Newsweek .. |. When ToScanini wants to fire a musician from his symphonic crew, he shouts: @Get out, you shoemaker, you!" . In Life's recent layout of FDR, they muffed pointing out one toy on his desk It's a pin cushion-the cushion is on the ca boose of a statuette of Hitler. The Prez gets some relaxation pushing pins into it This may be why they are called WAACs One applicant was asked: Which type of work do you prefer?" <. "Wher- ever" she said. "Clark Gable is."