The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-13
TAIRs OF TIE BIG TOWN

Wflllgt0n Rich Of the Time mag
factory tried for years to convinct
bis colleagues there that Bob Hope
would make an interesting profile
But he was always nh-nh'o
So he went on a short holiday
and the bosses suddenly decided
that Hope should be given a salute
The piece was prepared by the
NV pinch-hitting for Mr.. Rich.
50 what? So Readers Digest
picked It up and sent the pinch-h1t.
ter . check for $1,000!
The attorney for a wealthy client
advised him to change his name
from Katowsky to Kay "Un-
der the Civil Rights act" said the
lawyer, 'you have the right tc
change your name" The client
said he could do that. Surprising,
he. said, my family in Europe, al
refugees, were to come over here
some day? They wouldn't be abs
to find mel"
There are many amusing stories
about the Stork Club management
barring undesirable DRINKS ant
others, but this tale is the one thai
gets the biggest laughs Some
seasons ago war correspondent Franz
Commit came from Danbury, Conn
He landed on an afternoon pa
per as night club editor .
THAT day a hefty shipment Of
goodies arrived with the compli.
ments of Sherman Billingsley.
Coniff, unfamiliar with the ira
hitional Billingsley generosity, wa!
overwhelmed with gratitude HI
hurried to the Stork that night tt
express his appreciation 80. Ans
they wouldn't let him in
Some Of the men from a redistri-
button center were entertaining Al
the Latin Quarter the other mid
night When they finished the,
tipped the walters lavishly and called
over q bus-boy to hand him a few
dollars THANK you, Lieutenant,
he said, 'cbut couldn't accept any
gratuity. Just waiting on you ma:
been pleasure. You see, I wa!
wounded in your sector, discharged
and I'm now back helping the wal
effort by serving you and all othel
men in the war" Then HI
opened his white coat and displayed
his campaign ribbons The Of
Ulcers stood and Saluted the bus.
boy. It was all very lumpy-in-the'
throat and thrilling.
A group of landowners were CAB
bing about charges of "innuendo'
bver the radio, and a veteran re
called this Jimmy Walker story.
During his first campaign for Mayo,
Of New York, LaGuardia charged
The popular Walker with all sort!
Of corruption, and Walker neve1
answered.
why, should I make his cam
paign for him?" he said to a pal. :"
won't build him up. 1t would b.
fun, though, to ask him one queS
Eion. What was he doing In Water
bury on July 16, 1922"
"Was LaGuardia there them?
asked the friend.
II dunno" replied Walker, "bu
If I asked that question he coult
deny it until ne was blue in tn
gills. A lot of suckers would still
believe there was something fish.
about him and Waterbury,"
After a recent raid in Italy (ac
cording to Irv Hoffman, an Arm.
surgeon told the chaplain that on
poor fellow was beyond hope. Thu
chaplain leaned over the wounded
man and said: my dear fellow, 70,
are badly hurt. Have you anything
TO say or any word for your farnily?'
my inside coat pocket" moanet
the soldier, painfully.
The chaplain felt the pocket anc
rde1noved wallet. lis this what you
want?" he asked "YeS," whis
pered the soldier, "I1l bet you THAI
that am not going to die! .
And he didn't!
This is one of those stories whis
pered around the anti-Franco cafe
In Madrid and in some Spanish sec
tors of New York :. A teacher wa!
examining a schoolboy. who dis
covered American" she asked him
:. The pupil thought for a momen
and said: Franco"