The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-10
PATRIOT

esoS plenty sore that racing has
 been banned ! It leaves a guy without a thing
 to dol"
 And often he can't get his fav'rite
 brand
 Of cigarettes and that has
 burned" him, too.
 %f1e taxes have him crying fin his That crowd is really nuts in
 Washington.
 E1is roadster has bene idle half the
 year
 He just can't get the gas to make
 1t run.
 The restaurants are targets of his
 ire,
 Somehow, the steaks "aint what
 they used to be-,
 Of course he keeps some irons in
 the fire
 That make his roll healthy sight
 to see.
 Crouched in the night a soldier ..-r. a..aSs.E .IrSrSIi22sH AS Hell flames down from out the
 leaden skies!
 DON VAIN. Love Letter of the Week: Dear MT. Winchell,' affectionately writes The Thoroughbred Record "a jour nal of the turD: Tn full sincerity and admiration of first-clasS bit of reporting I should like to ex- tend to you assurances of the deep- est regret for the pretty rough go- ing over about you in our Decem- Der 23rd issue regarding your pre- diction that the Santa Anita race track would not reopen. This nasty criticism may not have come to your attention However, (though I Shudder even yet at the thought of it., we were wrong about you. I certainly wish the whole thing hadn't happened. I feel you are entitled to know, especially in cases as cockeyed and unjustified as this one. The ban on racing caught everybody in the thorough bred business absolutely flatfooted, and us more than anybody else, if that is possible. Cordially yours, H. K"
 Oh, that's all right. My nose has stopped bleeding, and I can sit down, again, too. Don't take it so hard, pard. Look Magazines Jan. 9th face is also red. Its Page A headlines read: The Major Sports No Longer Endangered by the War" 2. Under Racing, it says: Will be bigger in 1945' 7. Look, you see, also was indifferent to our Dec. 10th broadcast tip. as were all sports pages . . MT. D. Alexander, who Ruthored the blast (which exploded back in his face) perhaps will enjoy what we did with his piece. Directly under his name is photo of horses head Which we have slightly altered-by pasting over It. R horses aft!
 Aid BOOmerangS: In our almost B years at this business, you'd think we'd practice what we have preached i. e., never deny the other fellows stuff. It's liable to turn out true. And besides why let victims Of honers use your columns to deny mistakes of others? Let tie boner-maker do this own correcting ... So Wot? Wer, Sunday night Steve Early phoned correction of Drew Pearson's report that MT. HullS condition was worse .. We obliged with a flash at about 9:03 D. m. At 9:09 Steve was on the long distance phone to the Blue Network requesting a correction of what we said about MT. Byrnes! |. . Poor Steve. On his Sunday off. instead of enjoying the Katzen- jammer Kids, he was busy editing them!
 Those of us who gather news often have to wait long time to see some of it confirmed About a year ago we announced that unless more nurses volunteered there might be draft of nurses Some Legislators and others screamed back denialS. Nothing to it!" they told newspapers, which echoed it | Mail came in punches from irate listeners who demanded to know why such "unfounded and baseless" reports were made which frightened people needleSSly All we tried to do was report the news in ad- vance It took almost a year 10 see 1t confirmed Major General Kirk did so on January 5,