Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-02-02

instead OF okaying His Highness'
usual routine of making the London
late places surrounded by bevy
OF beauts. Cuba's Batista will
settle in Brazil.
The Federal Trade commission
Is checking up on endorsers of prod
ucts in ads. Wants to find out if the
celebs who endorse them actually
use them. The reason for the
New York butcher strike is this:
The Govt clamped down hard on
black marketing. The butchers
learned the fine was too high to
make any profit, even at BIN. fees.
They decided it was cheaper to get
out of business than make whole
salers rich and themselves poor.
Add rackets: Phones in Florida
are bringing as high as $500 each
from people who lost theirs to the
armed forces year ago. The
mobs are set to run the bookmak-
ing in Mexico and Havana. They
had been figuring on the tracks suf.
fering disaster for more than a
year. Sidney Kingsley dashed
off five page scenario in 80 min
utes, for which Zanuck paid him
$4,000. More than a 1000 smackers
per minute.
Though war plant absenteeism
was contributing factor, the Wash.
ington grapevine is saying that the
main reason for closing the tracks
was this: congress was preparing
to stick 10 per cent tax on the
mutuels, and the track owners Tin.
stead Of cooperating gladly in view
Of the fortunes they've garnered
lately made ready to fight it. II
was their attitude, more than any.
thing else, which irritated the pow.
ers that be.
The first Broadway hit show to
beat the jinx of the amusement page
alphabetical listing is "a Bell for
Adano." Many shows that
put an "a" in front of the title to
inherit the top of the list Topped.
"Angel Street" was the exception
for long time. The commies
in Indianapolis, Erie and Buffalo
last week started their campaign to
discredit Oman Hoover with ma.
tional smear attack. They say
N. Y. Times critic, Brooks Akin.
son (now in the hospital after long
session covering China's part in the
wary, doesn't want to resume
demonstrating. He prefers doing
something important, such as his re-
cent assignment. His excellent re-
ports are credited with actually in
f1uencing U. S. policy in the Orient.
Faces About Town: Libby Hol.
man, the blues thrush-tobacco heir
ess, who is quietly backing Broadway
shows. :. Band chief John Kirby,
$4,000 weather. after winning a IL
bel action from Pittsburgh writer,
who cast aspersions on his draft
status. :. Canary Bernice Parks,
currently at the St. Regis, who will
decorate Lies pages as best
dressed gal. She has 16 fur coats.
Her match book covers feature
photos of her Teller. Horace
MacMahon, one of the stages capa-
bleS, serving the nation by deliver
ing war bond speeches-while wait
ing for producers to come to their
senses. Milton Berle, who at
this tardy time is feuding with
Joe E. Lewis over the song, Sam,
You Made the Pants Too Long!"
Apparently after reading the Eight
or Work" edict.
Story of the Week (By DR.. Elisha
A. King): Do you remember the
Indian juggler described by William
Hazlitt in one of his famous ESSAYS?
The juggler was perfect in throwing
and catching brass balls-keeping
four in the air at once. That was
his whole stock in trade, but it was
the best he had. Seeing a number
of people 60 to the Shrine of the
Virgin Mother bowling, praying, etc.,
he became interested and wanted to
worship. Finally, he went in,
squatted in front of the image and
performed. 1t was the best he had
to offer and doubtless acceptable,
I mention this because of a
report from Guadalcanal describing
Christmas evening service. Father
Gehring celebrated midnight Mass,
but no one could play Christmas
music. A soldier had gotten a small
organ from somewhere, but no one
could play it. However, one man
was found who knew only one tune,
"Yiddisher Mama" SO he played
that.
With the heavens for roof, Mass
was said in Latin, Jewish boy
played the one piece he knew and
several hundred Protestants, Catho-
lies and Jews knelt and listened.
The Radi0racles: Talk about de-
flation. When CHS last week dropped
Raymond SCOTS 20-piece orchestra
(Which cost the network more than
$250.000 in two years. the spot was
inherited by Milt Herth's Copaca-