The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-17
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with telegrams suggesting Mrs. Roosevelt be appointed a delegate tot he San Francisconfab because she must know many of the things FDR wanted done" Many wire senders think she should be in his cabinet Henry Luce ordered Tru- man on the cover of his best mag, j1nlking 2.400O00 covers of another celebrity Ed Flynn will report to the White House that Moscow and Rome wont give the other an inch" The gold we captured in Germany didn't include the hints Hitler's been sending via plane to Lisbon each week. Nearly a million on each plane Nearly all the daughters and wives of most Nazi big shots are now safe outside Ger many. Most are in Switzerland. Marshall Island natives won't smoke a certain brand of ciggies because one native dropped dead while smoking one, and they figure these cigs are hauntedl The Presi- dential citation, which is blue with a gold border, is affectionately re- ferred to by the boys so decorated as "the picture frames"
 The most exciting hush-hush goS- sip in the Mayfairy Set involves a trio of top society names. One mar Tied duo and 8 millionaire playboy both males now in uniform . |. The bachelor in the cast openly TO- nancing a brother officers bride. The aggrieved groom has threat ened to murder the guy next time he encounters him, on the high seas or in Fl Morocco.
 Tennessee Williams (who penned '"The Glass Menagerie') is the only new top-notch playwright Broadway has developed since Clifford Odets zoomed into the theatrical heavens . decade ago We have no sym pathy for the soldier who got ten years for sedition. He's lucky, at that. In any other army such in- subordination would result in the soldier being shot .. Now Sen. Taft Is making pitch to clamp a nix /. on lend-lease after the war. How can we build happy, peaceful world if we allow some people in it to starve? Those rumors emanat- ing from Swedish sources about this or that Nazi leader being dead al- ways grab space in the daily prints. Not one rumor from that source has ever been confirmed Memo for Americans: sThe best reasons for supporting the 7th war bond drive are the victories the others helped bring.
 The Big Burg has been enjoying . spell of weather that could make California envious How times change! Horace Greeley started his gazette with 5000. Now that's . cub reporters per annum pay check Salons Hoffman and Rankin (the Boobsy Twins) aren't very chummy, despite the fact that they hawk the same brand of blah- blah. It recalls wilson Mimer's line: Political bedfellows-those who share the same bunk" Bitter Contrast: The pro-Nal ''neutrals'' got more out of the war than the winning Allies. They grew pros porous by doing business with Hit Ter, and now Allied appeasers are ready to accept them as partners. Just how many wars must we have and how many Americans must be killed-before some people learn the folly of appeasement?
 Meyer Berger once wrote . Pro. file and submitted 1t to editor Har- old Ross, who returned it, suggest ing several changes Berger followed instructions and again sub- mitted the piece =. But there were still further alterations Ross want ed made Berger took the manu- script home and went to work on it =. Still it didn't meet with Ross approval-there were more dele. tions, additions, etc. Berge, became bored. He left and returned . few days later with the Profile he'd originally written Ross tread it and beamed "It's per. fleet now" he said. Why didn't you write it like that in the first placer"
 Wartime ball teams aren't as good as usual, but just seeing box scores on the sport pages always gives . warm glow. An, Spring! This rates support, Cong. Frank Hook has introduced bill to protect the rights of witnesses before Congres. sional committees. It would prevent . recurrence of mud-slinging a la Dies This is g sprprise. Two of the years risgayest tonnes, T Am Gazing Into My 8-Ball" and "Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player haven't been banned in Bawston. The film short, Ut Happened in Springfield" offers an unforgettable story of tolerance in action. It minds you of the three words whi .h present the best lesson in tolerance, "Love Thy Neighbor' One ga Sette calls it Wheeee-Eeee Day!
 Observation: Chumps in Amer. 3ca rap Russians who fight Nazis but keep mum about our palsy. walsy treatment of pro-Nazi Spain and Argentina Short-Short: Onc0 upon time Nazi agreed to give up butter in order to get g gun. After he used his gun to kill Americans he became an American war prisoner-and got butter Amazing how many new brands o1 scigs there are now on the market And they're just as tough to buy a: the popular brands Talk about scandor: Publisher Bennett Ger confessed in an interview: I'm suol . phony. talking all the time. It'. part of my equipment, and 1t ha. it's uses. can sit around anc make . big noise about any sub. ject for half hour. But at leas I try to be honest with myself ' know I'm right smack on tn, surface"
 To those who doubted the in Gictment of the axis-admiring Ar.