The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04
LINT FROM A BLUE SERGE
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LINT FROM A BLUE SEHGE
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Drew Pearson won the million
dollar libel action thrown at him
By John Monroe over that House
on r Street" blast .. Guy Kibbee,
the movie actor, dropped 5000 In
q gin game to a midtowner. Kibbee
paid off $500 by check and the
balance in coin Vaughn Mon
roe Is the Number Vaughn (ouchD
choice for the new Camel air stanza.
He will feature eight vocalists with
his band The Johnny Greens
Che composed Body and Soul" and
so many lovely ilts) except their
heir in early Oct. Mrs. G. is the
former Bunny Waters, the darling
Of the show-gel skyscraperS
Author John Steinbeck and his wife
win be three in July Beautiful
example Of practical tolerance:
Father Coughlin's superior (Arch-
bishop Edward Mooney Of Detroit)
for his official portrait for the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. painter
Eugene Spiro, Jewish refugee.
Cong. Dies investigator. R. Strip
ling, last month was deferred by
his draft board for six months las
an essential war worker" i. Huh?
Last minute failure Of the Swiss
to resume diplomatic relations with
Russia was due to NaZi pressure
-. Charles Michelson'S book, THE
Ghost Talks" according to preview-
ers), Is only terrific. 1t is due May
LIST Norman Corwin's Savage
1nterlude" Con the air the other
Chewsday) was the most moving
and convincing story (around the
theme, what we are fighting for'D
I have ever heard. The setting
was enchanting. The technique
superb and the performance big
time. It should be repeated over
all networks at least once day and
night.
We trust the members of ORT
Organization Rehabilitation Train
ing), which trains refugees in in
dustry and agriculture, will accept
our apology OF invited us tc
be the honored guest at it's annual
event at the Astor Hotel next
month We accepted-and the
wheels were put in motion-but Ia
ter we regretfully had to beg off
because Of several matters that fol.
lowed = including a probable Con-
greSSional probe, etc. To all the
labor unions affiliated with OF:
Please give me raincheck on il
>. The gentleman to whom hte
honor should go, I think, is Sena.
tor Robert Wagner.
I also want to beg the pardon Of
the numerous aggrieved newspaper
readers and listeners who have writ.
ten me complaints because I posec
for news pictures with my con.
gressional opponent in Washington
after the recent debate die
SO reluctantly, and asked: Twill you
let u take some photos of you anc
Mr.. Dies after your broadcasts?"
said: mot shaking hands" Eyes
shaking hands," one answered. "You
don't want to be a bum sport, de
your" "a photo Of u.s." I re-
piled, smuggling it out would bt
all right, but one shaking hands
would be counterfeit - and ever
MFR. Dies admirers would be offend.
ed If he photo'd shaking hands with
me" "Oh, nuts, Winchell!" sale
4 q photogger. I'VE have to make 6
living, tool" "All right, then"
sasid. "but promise me that you will
tell your editors I did 1t to please
you fellows" Only two news
papers so stated.
Decentralization proceedings will
be started shortly against a well
known lady appeasement-peddler
Evidence is now being quietly gath
cred. It's about time Colonel
Astor of the Cliveden Set will try
a white-wash via an off-the-record
luncheon at the Foreign Press Assn
on April 18th Cops and legiti-
mate newspapermen are equally
. irked by the flashy Rolls Royce with
! two press" signs in front and back
usually parked in front of fire n.y.
drants in the midtown arena. Many
scribes question the press signs.
Influential appeasers are exertine
strong pressure to have a former
Nazi spy released. He was arrested
by the Dept. of Justice last week
/. This column was the first tc
reveal that this man (once snapped
by Russia for seven Russian agents.
was writing articles for a New York
paper under another name - ano
lat the same time was being paid by