The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22
Walter WinchelI
On ByOudae,Qv i,

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. were settled fol-
half. A few of those settlers
are now in the blue chips. Feb. 4th
Is Lulu's birthday. It's time to be
gracious. Perhaps some of those
Helen befriended with coin will ease
their conscience by paying 1t to her
mother. I refer only to personal
loans by Helen. In checking over
Helen's affairs I had quite a few
surprises"
Here's a great paragraph that
should be on the walsl ofevery news
paper office. 1t Is from the works
OF Matthewman: Even thoes who dc
not repeat scandal are generally
willing to lisetn to it. Talk OF
virtue and your readers will be-
come bored. Hint of gossip and you
will secure perfect attention.. M
From J. w. Raper's Cleveland
column: I'm his radio talk Walter
Winchell called upon the working
men of the U. S. to contribute q
days work or a days pay to the
Got. I noticed he did not cal
upon the Big Boys at the ma
hogany desks to do that and he for.
gets about asking the companies tc
contribute days profits" AZ. (Col-
yum Note: The dope who sent that
letter to Mr.. Raper heard nothing
Of the sort. The item dealt with
workers who had already contri-
buted their days pay to the pur-
chase Of defense stamps.)
Dear Mr.. Winchell: From 1913:
(perhaps before) to 1887 when ]
worked on the Times, the japanese
FasciSts rented group Of offices
in the Times Annex, first on the
9Th floor, then on the 7th and 9th
They published o magazine called
Japan Today lin English) equally as
expensive as Fortune. 1t was moth
ing but propaganda for the present
regime that knew so well how tc
attack Pearl Harbor. They know the
Times and the Annex backwards
and the best spots to hit with bombs
If anything happens on Times
property, you'll be the first to shout
Sleepy Heads!' filters? I should
think the Times would have the
jitters-and then some. BY the
way, what's happened to the Jap
anese Buddhist Temple on w. Gath
Street-that was another ingenious
meeting place.. p"
From the January 18th issue OF
Variety, page SO: Boston, Jan. 18th
Following Winchell,s radio blast al
Francis p. Moran, alleged head Of
local Front. Police Comm. j. F
Timilty had the organizations head
quarters raided and a large guam
tity of propaganda seized. 1t was
published by Flanders Hall (the
Viereck-inspired place in New Jer-
sey)."
Dear Walter: In case you didn't
see the clipping in Variety, know
the source FOR that ore. He's high
in the Boston Police Dept. He said
We simply had to grab Moran ano
the others after Winchell's squawk'
ETC."
Memo: "Strange forces are al
worN in Washington to interfere
with the trial of Geo. Sylvester Vie
reck. He has extremely powerful
friends there E. ;. Some of then
are in high places - In the Senate
Congress and State Dept. They
have been bringing pressure to
prevent a fair trial. The chief rea-
son Is undoubtedly the fact that a
number of them were involved with
him Qike Lundeen) in his anti
American activities Incident
ally, if ever the small and highly
confidential lists of the members Of
various Lundeen-formed Congress
sional Committees are made public
there viii he quite a scandal. Per-
haps the most spectacular name on
the membership lists is that of the
present chairman of a Senate