The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-27
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The attack on Pearl Harbcr had
Its sidelight here In New York
rake the case Of prominent Or
chestra leaders counterfeit teeth
-. Besides his good musical crew.
he has become renowned for his
infectious smile. which features a
million dollar display OF attractive
crockery Z. He has even endorsed
This and that tooth-paste as deserv-
Ing credit for his flashy choppers
=. Well, they are, as his init
mates know, as phony as Jap's
oath, and q few days before De-
cember 7th he came to town to
have them refurbished before start
ing on another hong tour OF one
nighters.
His dentist sent them out to a
laboratory for the work, and the
toothleSs orchestra leader hid in
his hotel IN the interim The
lab was run by Jap, and OH the
ayem Of December 9th the G-men
grabbed him as an enemy agent and
parked him over at Ellis Island +. !.
When the dentist called for our
hero's fake grinders he was hor-
r1fied to hear the news, and the
leader blew a fuse The doc
was q resourceful fellow, however,
and while the miserable maestro
fumed in his suite, unable even to
admit the maid Cest his secret be
aireO, he pulled some wires and got
himself admitted to Ellis Island
4. There the Jap gave him the
combination to his office safe, where
the molars were parked.
But as the dentist was taking
down the cryptic figures of the
safes combination, an alert guard
saw him g. "Ah-hah," he ahhahd,
IAN accomplice!" :. And the den
list was promptly hoose-gowed also
E. &. Everything turned out happily
7 few hours later when a friendly
gal reporter Strengthened things out,
and the leader is smiling again.
Special Paragraph for the Isola-
tionists: Why didn't the ocean pro-
tect Santa Barbara from those
enemy shells? The shells that
exploded In California should ex-
plode the ostrich bunk forever
Those people now know that the
oceans protect only the countries
that control them Wonder
II the appeasement-as-usual set In
Washington knows that vilifying the
President during war time IS trea-
son? :. How come Fritz Kubn's
citizenship hasn't been cancelled yet?
Congressman Leland Ford Is doing
all he can, but the Immigration
Dept. Is doing what about that? ..
When Hitler declared war on the
u. She gave as his big excuse
the alleged fact that he found out
America had plans to invade Ger
many" A few weeks before
"a secret war document was pub
lished stating that I'VE intended to
invade the Reich" (. That scoop"
first ran IN a Chicago paper.
Milton Berries new flicker, Cen
tleman at Heart" contains at least
two Sounds in the Night"
why don't you go on diet and
stop eating my heart out?" and did
she get that mink coat to keep her
warm or qulet?" s.. Please send
royalty check not to any Conscience
Fund-but to The Navy Relief So
ciety, Bird Naval District . Sidney
j. Weinberg, according to PM Ga
dollar-a-year man who talks too
much and hasn't exactly been a
success at that job is now trying To
get an important job in Washing
ton for one of the biggest ex-
appeasers :. How come Congress-
men don't squaWk about that?
Bert LyteIl, the actor-president of
Equity, has a prize holiday card
1t was mailed from Pearl Harbor
by hero Alexander r. Nininger, Jr.,
who won the Congressional Medal Of |
Honor posthumously Irving Ber-
Inns latest lit will be introduced by
Kate Smith on her program next
Friday night 1t Is titled: II
Threw a Kiss in the Ocean" >
1t Is about lonely sweetheart for !!
her sailor boy Mr.. Berlin has
signed over the royalties (or life)
TO Navy Relief ;. The worlds most |
female the Statue of
Liberty, OF course, Is the locale OF |
q scane In Alfred Hitchcocks next |
film, "Saboteur," called hit by pre-
viewers Hollywood being what
1t Is, sent camera crew here to |
shoot the interior and then built q
replica out there for the outside
shots A newspaper publisher
made this statement before several
Of his staff recently. An editor said:
"Winchells on volunteer active duty |
what becomes Of his column" ;.
when his column stops" bel
lowed the boss, two tohers will 60
out OF business ten minutes later"
Just for the Record Dept: The
idea Of fighting for Army Relief
was Joe Louis and Mike Jacobs.
From here Jan. 18th: Joe told the
colyum besides fighting for nothing
again (for the Army he'd like TO
fight gratis for the USO and then
take on Conn for million gate TO
be donated TO the Army, Navy and
Marines" The District Attor-
ney's office asked us to come down
and look at the evidence In the
5berna case, and challenged our
source. They stated the paragraphs
were untrue" and convinced lis that
Charles Sberna went to the chair
after being positively identified by
i've eye-witnesses" The source,
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