The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-18
Walter WincleII
Ia MezO York

DwAx ON TOASTED RYE
FREEMAN. the lovely thrush,
#'so W. Injured seriously In the
crash near Lisbon, has had q
Neia Her husband Just learned
"A specialist has flown there
EHofn London since the crash,
DoN Rtss. her life partner Che had
nevN been parted from her before)
has led desperately 70 arrange pas
naDA q be with her But he
eoult set the necessary priority
aogetxrnent people were polite
end sympathetic, but they couldn't
make room on q LiSbon-bound
plane Ross went as high as
Cabinet officers with whom he has
connections, but they were all very
SOM 20 dice 49,. Finally, In des-
peratipn, be sent q telegram to the
President, outlining his plight -.
Within enc hour he had reply
from the President, informing Ross
that accommodations would be found
for him on the very next Clipper,
regardless Of who had TO be put off
TO make room for him. The
President now has new ally in the
grateful Mr.. Ross, who heretofore
has been most vociferous against q
4th Term.
Robert Allen, the colyunist DREW
Parsons old Crib, Is In the army
largely at the insistance Of Gen.
Kruger Served under him
since last July In Texas and Louisi-
ana The General was recently
transferred to Australia Before
he showed off he sent Gen. MacAr-
thur Tin AuStralia) q list Of the staff
officers he wanted TO bring along
On the list was Aliens name
Macarthur, who once sued Pear
son and Allen, crossed 1t off The
best break Macarthur ever gave
Bob Allen-for shortly after the
major taking Aliens place flew to
Australia That plane crashed
killing all on board.
o. Aubrey Smith, the grand old
man Of Hollywood's British colony
Of actors, was telling a friend: Eyes,
Maude Adams has been laying eggs
all over the place" And: "Grace
George laid the biggest egg I ever
saW!" In the show world "lay-
ing an egg" means to "Brody," to
flop, to fail +. Finally, his listener
asked: why are you making all
those insulting remarks about the
best actresses Of all2" E. Mr.. Smith
explained that he is raising chick
ems on his Hollywood ranch-and
all his best hens are named after
hiS best actress friends.
Col. RarryI Zanuck, who has seen
action In the Aleutians and, more
recently in Africa, strolled along
BEoadway the other afternoon 49,.
he paused to view restaurant win
dow displaying huge hams and
xoastB Of beef being cooked on grills
=. Eanuck stared and stared--and
then inspected the adjacent window
where fresh fruit was piled high =.
whats 50 interesting about that?"
his companion asked There
Isn't Q person In Europe" said zan-
uck, "who wouldn't pay good price
for this. Not to eat any Of 1t,
mind you-just to look at it-just
TO- l0okl"
Mewas . cub sports writer on The
Jersey Observer, Just kid Of Is,
fired with ambitions to be news
patDerman But too sensitive to
tale the pushing around that can
be- dished out by hard-boiled city
editors His ambition to see his
by-line over a piece in the paper
looked like too long a struggle-and
20 he surrendered meekly and looked
for something else Pals per-
suAded him to take q chance and
try for the Major Bowes Amateur
hour /. He won first nod and was
on his way Radio, movies, re-
coFdings, stage, night clubs started
bidding for his talent The other