The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-29
AEEAEOs or A GIRL FRIDAY

Mr.. W.: Just as we suspected, no
Army officer or official has any
authority to "investieate" the sales
pr distribution Of the book "Under
Cover 70 men III the Army. It
now comes out that the Congress-
man who made such q request Of
. Colonel (and said to keep his
name Qulet) Is none other than Rep.
Glare Hoffman (Akich.) who Is writ
ten up q lot IN that best-seller. This
Colonel Is now explaining" why he
gave out such On order to various
camps. The Army, according 70 an
otacial, has no right TO deprive
soldier Of his own property, books
Included, Il It isn't subversive. And
Under Cover Is not considered
subversive material. Il Is an ex-
pose Of siibvergives In the u. 8. !.
The wire services were so In
formed after our query In the coli
unnn the other morning.
Have . shudder. on Saturday
night The Inner Sanctum program
dealt with o person murdered by a
killer who used candlesticks. Mrs.
Isonergan was CLAIM that way. The
program was called: "The CANDLE
stick MIirderr ftis 4 new
daughter over at the Walter Sopers.
He's the Obs shortwave engineer.
The baby will be named C-arol
Barbara S-oper Hear anything
about Jimmy Walker planning an
other marriage? With o society d.
vorcee2 =. The Stork Club refused
admittance to Wayne Lonergan the
night his wife was there. The
persons involved In the murder case
will not be welcome, Sherman told
ne.
Sam Goldwyn, Johannes Steele
and Quent Reynolds lunched for
two hours ct the Overseas Press
Club Wednesday. The matter Of
Sans amusing imalaprops came up,
and Quent stated that all the Gold
wyn quips were the invention Of
Winchell - that Goldwyn never
makes such cracks From now
on let's pin them on Quent--t hat1l
learn him Over 100000 worth
OF World Series tickets went to
ticket specs. The Feds are now In
veStigating IL.
The Billboard had q neat word
wedding on Bernie over its sor.
row on his passing. It was: "Old
Maestrobit" :. Red Mosher, grand
prexy Of American Airlines, Is
gravely III in Dallas hospital
-. ! hear some illustrators who
used to get from $500 to 94O0
per drawing are now getting
$3.50 and more from advertisers
II. The Billy Roses went to the |
Bernie services night before the |
funeral. Said they never saw
thousands cry before How can
I find out II entertainers who |
toured overseas bases are allowed |
to wear campaign ribbon? We |
have several queries.
The Van AIexanders have an
other doll - naming 1t Joyce. Pop |
Is the bandleader Jerry Oilber |
has Q new ditty called I'm Just |
q Fool" q torch Agnes Waters,
mentioned lot with one Of those
mother" groups (who called for |
FDR's impeachment, etc), has |
groups named after her, who are |
permitted TO open "canteenS' for |
servicemen In railway depots.
some IN Michigan. Howcum?f.t Il
I see where Senator Lodge con-
firmed the first item Of the Man |
About Town colyum - that he was |
misquoted. etc, on his air bases |
statements.
The Times recently refused to
accept an ad about stopping |
hatred over here. Said It was not |
Of public interest. But the Times |
run ads on Hitler's book Who
cares? Except Hitler's rooterS2 |
;. OBS finds itself on the side Of
certain Congressman who have
peculiar regulations. These men
are printing only CHS side Of 1t
in the Cong. Record Cong. Mar
tin j. Kennedy, however, Is fight
ing on the side Of commentators
who fight restrictions. Why aren't
there more like him down there?
Tip shopkeepers not to try de-
celving customers by selling jap
made goods with the words Made
in Japan" obliterated. 0-Men Just
arrested one such In Maryland o
8 and 100 that did that.
The reason producer M. Todd
opened NAKED Genius" Is that
under the broadway. Hollywood |