The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05

catching title Of John Robb's FORTH
coming book, which &. p. buttons
will publish In April y. Robb, now
the Blue Networks news editor, bas.
es Il on 23 years experience In the
Far East. The theme Is that Japan
went into the war expecting to be
licked in battle but to win her OBJ
jectives - economic and political
domination Of the Orient Robh
will set forth that Japan Is doing
It with propaganda (. Jean Burke
OF the N. X. sun will marry Leslie
Midgeley, assn night city ed Of the
Trib, on the 18th Don't be
amazed II Uncle sam gives the
Philippines their independence long
before II was promised !. \. Interest,"
Ing feud between Gocv. Dewey and
Warren Moscow, reported for the
Times. AT nearly every press COM
ference Moscow points out legal
flaws In Dewey's proposals Dewey
just grins.
Now that children no longer auto
matically become American citizens
when their parents are naturallzed,
the 11-year old daughter Of Ger.
hart Seger, former members Of the
Reichstag, was up before the iHnmi.
grafton and naturalization examiner
!. The child, who has lived most
Of her IL years In the U. g., was
asked the usual questions. 'Have
you ever been a member Of the Ger
80 49, a,aNAs. ms.eaAAO
you favor anarchy" ct and Cctera.
The child looked q little confused
for q moment and then, smiling,
said: "Oh, . quiz prOgram!" /.
Whereupon che examiner stamped
her papers and replied: "YOu don't
want to become an American-you
are One!"
Next TO the war, the problems OF
the nations "Earlems" are upper
most In the Presidents mind. And
some Of the washington big guns,
who consider IL small problem,
will soon find It one Of their own
largest headaches - Chip Robert
viii shortly be Brazil-bound 4.
Helen Charleston and her groom are
parenticipating. Feb. England
will accept the Beveridge Plan after
the war One for Ripley: While
they are commonplace In Good
Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Junnel
and the Satevepost, etc., True Con-
LESSONS mag does not allow articles
about suicides or divorces between
its covers Because many grocers
post ceiling prices where customers
cannot see them, OPA will soon
send a list Of 1000 items to you for
your ration books :. The day Hit
Ter announced he would not remove
his uniform until he had won the
war was the day he selected his
shroud.
We recently reported that III. L.
Mencken Of the Baltimore Sun had
encountered "the good remedy" for
his hay fever. That he got Il AT
Johns Hopkins PeOpe all over
the land wrote us and Mencken, beg
gingm for "the cure" He told
them: "WlnchelI, unhappily, was
mislnfOFmed" We wrote Mencken
that his cOnferedate, George Jean
Nathan, 80 informed u, ana we as
sumed Nathan got the news from
him and that BY publishing II, we
were helping ether sufferers /.
Last night Nathan (at whom we
glared) said: "But you didn't say II
was cure, you reported Il ~ told
III"
Here Is Mencken's latest intel
ligence on the matter: "Never be-
lieve George. H Is q romantic. so
fas as know, tire Is no hay fever
cure that really works, whether at
the Johns Hopkins or elsewhere. /
received about 500 letters and the
Johns Hopkins has had almost as
many. II any actual cure Is ever
discovered I'll let you hear Of 1t at
once" Mr.. Mencken said not
to mention the matter again I
have to mention 1t again Too
many letters Mencken wrote deny
ing It are clogging up our mail
and this Is written with the hope
that the disappointed vii direct
their shn-kicks and shoves at Mr.
George Jean Nathan. Royalton ho-
tel, w. cath st., N. Y. O.. This
Is the same Mr.. Nathan by the way,
who recently teaEed several colyum-
lists and othr newsmen in Esquire
for not getting thir facts straight.
AS shakspeared would say: Much
Ado About Nathan.