The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-29

going 70 sue you Tor ten million doll
lars.".
Amos m Andy's new plan for a
series Of broadcasts sounds good. If
they can promote permission they
will hook UP at the Statue of Lib
erty one night, at various Wash
ington govt places the next and SO
on. To acQuaint hinterlanders with
America The March Of Times
essay on India Is one Of its aces
The New Pelham Heath Inns
appealing attraction is q Romeo &
Juliet balcony-e exclusive for men in
uniform with their lady friends
The manager at the Postal Tele-
graph branch on w. And Street
not only resembles Spencer Tracy
but talks like him Add swell
fast rhumbaS: "Tabu".
Things I Never Knew It'll Now:
That the T in Steve Early's middle
name stands for Tyree and the L
In Harold Ickes' stands for Le-
Claire Things that make you
sizzle: In March, 1910, the Army
asked Congress for coin to buy 1900
planes. Congress appropriated
money to buy SO Congressman
like Luther Patrick Of Ala, how
ever, rate reelection to continue
their fine work for the nation -.
Next thing in mems suits will be
material made from peanuts
The film, Whispering Ghosts" pre-
fers the Sounds-in-the-Night dept.
j. Ham Fish's favorite meal seems
to consist Of eating his own words.
One New York paper suddenly
dropped its war expert after he re-
ported that the United Nations
lost" the Coral Sea battle II.
Some Of the sWanky set are still
motoring in chauffeured cars. AL
legedly sold their cars to their driv-
ers, who got commercial licenses
(like cabbies) and rate unlimited
gas via their x cards /. s. Why not
Xxx cards? George M. Cohan's
bootblack (Paola Cross says Conan
gave him the biggest tips (many
years ago)-$5 a shine.
The editors and star reporters at
one New York paper are shaking
their domes because copy boy on 1t
got a commission as a captain, and
they can't get anything. He is an
amateur radio ham and rated valu-
able in the Signal Corps /. i. Jimmy
Van Heusen's song, "Just Plain
Lonesome" is nice, but is that a
morale builder In the camps and
naval stations? People who go
around looking for trouble in these
war times-Harry Beardslee Brain
erd, who crusadeS against bootblacks
and gets them arrested. Been in
the papers a lot doing 1t. This time
it's an aged bootblack. Smells
doesn't 1t? =
A wild fable that has swept the
nation is that one which alleges peo-
pie in Army towns put up signs
reading: Dogs and Men In Uniform
Keep Off" |. USO officials, tray
cling $4,000 miles, claim it Is 5th
Column propaganda. Nobody's pro-
duced such q photograph and no
man in uniform, they say, ever saw
it The original copy Of "Over
There" is in the Harvard Museum
in a collection of rare and precious
Americanuscripts The reason
Lew Ayres was put into the Army's
Medical Corps was that he deity
administered first aid to another
"Conchy" who was hurt seriously
up at that Oregon camp.
Talk about scoops! Last Sunday
evening Fred Allen gagged: Win
chell is suffering most from the
dimout. He can't say he'll be back
in flash with a flash. Now he has
to say: I'll be back In the dark
with a remark" ). Shortly after
that sally-the Beverly Hills air-raid
sirens walled and walled and walled
and, total blackout lasted 40
The traffic light turner
offer in that town sure sure needs
a rehearsal, though -. Betty Stat
ford, a pretty person, is a stew
ardess for United Air Lines. On the
takeoff she drew the curtains-a
new Federal ruling to keep sabo-
teurs from seeing too much-and we
said: How about those lads in uni
form-don't you trust them?" :.
Nobody must look" she said :.
Well" we warned her, when you're
not looking-I'm gonna dood it" (. :.
You better DON'T" she said shak-
ing well-polished fingernail at us,
don't forget I'm a guvvinmint