The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-26

I1e SdIu EOQ II IHe, put your Qe- posit slip is showing" Kitty Carlisle's new evening gown is really something. Made of re- conditioned nylon first of its kind Add delightful bits of satire when Narita, the Puerto Rican girl, gives her impression of Ameri- can show girls doing the Samba! A killer. But def!
 Why aren't all those wonderful women (the WaSps) given some work at once, if the shortage of man and woman-power is really so bad as advertised2 They had splendid training and educa- tion at taxpayers expense |. Nearly 10000 of these women were inactivated on December 20, after delieVering all sorts of heavy planes and B-29S everywhere. Such waste of money, too Speaking of wasting money, wonder what the brass hats will tell people when they seek hotels ill Florida as hospitals? After turninug back The Breakers at Palm Beach (after only six monthS) as an ideal place for our wounded men. The Army spent nearly $500,000 on The Breakers and then gave it pack to the owners. Saying hospitals are necessary in Florida" How come that thing was never probed?
 Here's something to boost, think. Roseland, the famed danc- ing place on Broadway, celebrated it's 26th year the other day. It has never been investigated by the po- lice and never had any warnings from anyone, either. All because 1t is conducted on strict standard. A hostess there was once fired because she refused to return a mink coat and $2.000 gem gifted her by a patron. House rules prohibit '. That movie magnate rumored as changing his faith isn't gong to-, after all . Ham Fish may try to run again in the 1946 primaries if his constituents aren't awake Those 99 diamonds the two Nazi saboteurS had when caught were to be used not in case they went broke but in the event the U. s. changed the currency . . :. The current favorite of the Army camps can oldie) is this: Have you heard about the sergeant who was living the life of Riley--until Riley came home?"
 Mark Kelly and Gabe Yorke pulled a funny one on producer Gregory Ratoff, They acquired some White House stationery and on one sheet wrote letter to Greg ory. It read: The President wish es to convey his personal gratitude for your help in the campaign. If you should come to Washington, be sure to look up the undersigned" The signature is scraWl lm- possible to decode, and Ratolf went nutz in Washington showing it to anybody who could unravel 1t! :, I understand D. Alexander, who wrote that turf magazine criticism claiming our racetrack beat was a phony, has written another article admitting his mistake. Haven't seen it yet James Alan Coogan, the UP ace in Rio is in town as tonishing newspaper colleagues by staying on the wagon for over a year. Quite feat, he adds, as Rio is the gin tonic capital of the world Next Tuesdays colin makes me so thirsty!
 The YugOslav issue (Mihailovitch vS Tito) will break wide open any moment because of Senate and Congressional pressure. Probly re- suit in complete probe of the pie ture in Southeastern Yurrop |. Emily Hahn says you can run any part or all of her letter. She just wants friends to know she isn't anywhere near being fascistic just because she wrote up the China situation as she found it. Ws there g years. She didn't, she adds, take any money for it, and the irony: One of her girl friend critics who so charged took the paying job herself Lament from Penny (Blondie) Singleton: "Oh heart, Oh mel I love He, But he loves She and She ain't Me, So Me and He ain't Wew Howard Brubaker stifled the critics of MT. Byrnes' edict about keeping temperatures at 68. Anybody who feels chilly, he adds, can easily get job in a nice warm foundry.
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