The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-23
Walter WinchelI
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 Long before Art Arthur became one of Hollywoods deft film writ CTS chased fire-wagons for a Tor- onto newspaper One day he was assigned to get descriptive stuff at a prayer meeting conducted by an evangelist, who put on a good Show-with gestures.
 Arthur managed to worm into a doorway and was about to leave when the congregation was asked to kneel and pray. The revivalist, walk ing silently among the flock, no- ticed him well" he cooed, "have you decided to give yourself to the Lord and be saved?"
 "Er, err" stammered Art, q am reporter"
 "Oh," apologized the Reverend, q beg your pardon"
 James Gordon Bennett on occa- sion would cast his steely eye around the city room of his newspaper, look over the cubs and spotting new one-invite him to his home for dir- ner ... Bennett had a couple of dogs on whose sagacity he placed great reliance If the dogs liked the guest - he had a good chance of getting somewhere John T. Burke, once managing editor of the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, enjoyed telling this on himself :. Burke was not long on Bennett's paper when he learned of his pe- culiarity .. He decided to put him. self in solid He finally arranged an invite to the Bennett manse, and the dogs yelped and Tapped at him, happy as all-git-out :. A few weeks later Burke was elevated to city editor Simply because the shrewd Irishman concealed some dog biscuit crumbs in the cuffs of his trousers.
 During the last war, according to Kiplinger's washington Is, Like That" a Washington reporter wrote think piece" about the similari- ties between German and Irish propaganda The story, much to the scribe's surprise, became sensation Two weeks later Sir Roger Easement was arrested in Ireland, charged with conspiring with Germans on arms and propa- ganda Until then the Wash ington reporter had never heard of Basement, but he received credit for knowing in advance .. He not only got raise in pay but was cited for "meritorious reportorial enterprise A carefully planned press agent stunt failed because of an encyclo- pedic copyreader on New York paper An actress, returning from Europe (before the war, of course) i, announced that while on hunting trip in Africa she had captured a live tiger for presentation to the state as mascot. She displayed a real tiger snarling in a cage |. The ship news reporter instructed the papers cameraman to take photos of the actress alongside the cage .. The story got as far as the copy desk, where 1t was thrown into the wicker The copyreader re- minded the editor there are no tig- CTS In Africa.
 A Providence (R. I.) newspaper reader recalls the feud between the Providence Journal and George M. Cohan, mentioned here the other day MT. Ccl1an, born there, refused to play Providence for decade following a rap at one of his plays The newspaper always printed MT. Cohan's name in small letters like this-georgemcohan taunt him .. He was not the only one so honored. narybakereddy was another, as was teddyroosevelt !. At the time the Journals editor, brilliant man, exposed the activi- ties of fritzvonpapen. The editors name was jrrathom.