The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

leEeu) VIII nOL accept Jackie May, the female impersonator, passed the physical. Goes into uni form Dec. 1. Deems Taylor wants 1t known he didn't quit the Prudential Hour. Was fired. No req son given =. The Friends of De- mocracy (which has done so much to unmask the snakes among us) is readying a sensational book on Con- gressnen who play ball with po- Nazis. To do what Under Cover" did The veddy social Horatio Luros (he'S the owner of Prince quillo, the champ racehorse) are subtracting.
 Flapjaw Clare E. Hoffman, the sOlOn from Michigan, yelped in Con- gress again the other ayem about us. He hates being slapped back at. But he enjoys the immunity of the House and saying anything he likes about people he doesn't :. It was all right for him to insert hOkum about us in the Record, but he screams hysterically when he is handed some of the same mickey ... He never replies to facts - be- cause you simpley can't answer a fact. And so he answers by calling you names .. To HOffman's many criticisms of naval officers on shore duty = we remind the public that his own son Leo has had a shore job right along. Leo's 8 Navy It. |. So Hoffman, ST., calls us names for mentioning the fact-because he can't deny 1t.
 H. Van Loon has the perfect title for his autobiog: Report to St. Peter" Cesar Romeros eyefill- ing blond army decoration is Honey Daizell, ex-dancer, who now runs a chorus girl factory . Louella Par sons opening lines in her forth coming autobiog c'The Gay liter ate') are the frankest yet-about herself The Holyoke (Mass.) Transcript Telly's front page streamer: Hell Goes to Berlinp. The Charles Boyer baby is due any day Memo to Oscar Hammer stein, II: You promised the original manuscript of Oklahoma" to the Library of Congress. Poet J. Aus lander asked us to remind you .... Lonergan, accused wife-killer, likes the publicity.
 Human Being Dept: Joe Dinneen, Boston reporter and radiOracle, relays the heartwarming news that followed the disgraceful incidents there recently The hOOdlums who beat up kids of another faith became vandals, wrecking tomb stones and monuments in a MelrOse Boston suburb) cemetery after the manner of Hitler's Germany !. MT. Dineen reports that Mayor Carl Raymond of Melrose grouped Protes- tants and Catholics there who con- tributed to fund to repair the damaged cemetery Let's give that circulation.
 Lovely Edna Johnson says some ones kidding her. That she never said she would wed Jack Dempsey or anybody. Poor Jack . Vic Ma ture has qualified for Officers Can- didate School at New London, Conn.,, the hard way . Gurrah Shapiro, Oepke's partner) is dying, they say, over at Riker's Hoosegow The G-Men have convicted over $500 draft dodgers to date 130,000 delinquents are now in uniform . |. |. Eisenhower has been offered $100,- GOO advance royalties by publish CT for his memoirs to be printed at wars end .. Jack Northrop, ex- NeWsreel man, says our boys in the Solomons think more of the Japs than of John L. Lewis. At least, he adds, the Japs are fighting for their country.
 The General Patton incident has reached the point where it has done the most good for America. From now on it can only help the enemy Drew Pearson deserves the thanks of every American for re- minding us of the protection in a free press A 3-star general has admitted that respect for brass hat is not based on brass knuckles. The American people can rest as- sured that the vast ma ajority of American officers never thought so in the first place The complete love and respect of the American Army for it's officers is matched only by the affection of the officers for their men It has been a shock. But Americans must close ranks against the common fOe-nOt their hearts against each other /. The appalling incident is everyday life under the Nazis The time has come to leave this case to the history books, and to General Pat toms conscience Anything else will only give air and comfort to the enemy.