The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
3.rNT FROM A BLUE SERGE SUIT

William Shirer, one of the war 9orresponGents who knows what is golng on, showed this fact down the hroats of the super-optimists: We licked about nine Nazi divisions in Africa. The Axis has 250 divisions b Europe The N. Y. Times gave tnore space to swingster Harry James than it ever gave to long haired concert stars .. The re- views of Mission to Moscow" were . staggering blow to the indepen- lenee of movie critics most of ghom echoed the editorial pages.
 Poet Robert Frost mas won the Pulitzer Prize four times for his literary output Yet an ordinary Movietown hack probably earns more for a few months work than lll Frost's prize winning epics |. .. led Harris, who abandoned the the lter in huff before huffs were vationed) lists seven stage shows Tor next season -. Things aren't what they used to be Look who you find in the cellar nowadays the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago Cubs and the people of Berlin.
 The Govt has stopped trains to 6clmont Park the horse players having to trudge a mile and half 10 the track from the deepo. The ittitude of the Govt is-Why should horses have all the sore feet? :. If the Broadway shows are closing because of lack of customers, they ihould say that, and not plead they are folding because actors are limp with fatigue Certain fellers in Attu, North Africa and elsewhere will bust their buttons laughing at the plight of actors who get too weary to carry on. Soldiers don't understand how exhauSting a three hour day can be, you know .. !. Foreign newSboy Louis Fischer re- gently rapped Ely Culbertsons plan for world peace. Now Culbertson will counter-attacK with Scolding for Fischer. How amusing. World peace -makers at war among them selves Sudden thawt: Tn the wrong hands blue pencil is a weapon for the other side,
 GO0dncssakes! .. . Gossip colyum- ists are inspirations for literature to read writer James T. Farrell'S quote: "The so-called rd-boiled novel is cross between serious realism and popular fiction. It stimulates the former and finds an avenue to the latter by contrasting sentimentality with sensational &C., tions. cynical argot and love affairs, which suggests what lies behind the rumors and tales of gossip col- umnistS" .. History note: Many years ago a philosopher was jailed by the censors of his day. They tried to shut him up because he raised his voice against treachery, hatred and stupidity. He devoted his life to fighting those who put personal, selfish interests above the common good ... Socrates ... Some reviewers didn't enjoy the romance episodes in Geo. Jessel's book, "So Help Me" claiming they seemed unirnportant. Unimportant, of course, to them No man can give a full picture of his life and ignore the women in It..
 One London newspaper offered a nifty slogan for the African Victory: Allies Be Praisedl' . Whats be- come of all the to-doodlc about ab- senteeism? .. The OWI's tableaux on the nature of the enemy at Rockefeller Plaza opens the mind. Most overworked pun: "Attu Boy!" Those who complain about the Vice President and allege he isn't popular should have heard almost a million of them cheering his inspiring wordage in the Park during the q Am an American Day ceremonies Mark Sullivan, the essayist from Washington, says we all shouldn't criticize our military leaders. He practically invented criticism of the most important