The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-28
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 Daddy RunyOn and some of us cub reporters were chatting about newspapers and newspapermen again. Their styles and trade marks, etc. There was praise (when the velvet hammer wasn't available) for some who write grace fully and for most who over-write.
 The Master recalled Q newspa- perman named Jimmy Hooper . :. Hooper, he said, wrote great tales for magazines after quitting the craft When he was on a news paper his copy was wonderful and s.beautiful in verbiage," but an old city editor was his toughest audience This old So-and-so picked Np Hooper's word-magic with his long shears and (before dropping it into the wicker) in- toned: This Is lovely lacework, but not newspaperp
 Some of us joined the 18th Pct. police on an all night manhunt the other night. A police sgt. who gave a thief a break (by not friSk- ing him first and talking later) {, was shot in the groin and may die. At the scene later several news photographers were taking pictures. One overheard us tell 8 detective they were reporters.
 Hey, Winchelll" shouted one, sPleaSe don't call us reporters"
 "Begya pod'n," was the reply. T was just tryin' to be polite"
 Speaking of chasing police calls in the pursuit of news and to make public over the air and in news papers of 48 States the courage of New York's Finest - we heard the dispatcher announce fire at 42nd Street "and The Avenue of the Americas" Oh, now looka here, MT. Mayor Why not call 1t 18th Avenue" and get cops there to help rescue people two words sooner?
 The Daily Mirror made newspa- per history by beating the field in making the fight pictures Viewtone Television Company let Mirror editors have one of the regu- lar table model sets It was installed on the Mirror roof. Bar ney Coons, working with a regular camera, photographed the action direct from the television SKI tube
 The Mirror had the knockout picture on the way to the engrav- ing room 8 minutes after the kayo! The record-and 1st time photos of a televised championship fight were reproduced in a newspaper.
 When seBIOOmer Girl" was play ing Boston recently the censor made the management change the set of one scene This is where a very plush living room has paint ings of nudes on the walls, the kind you see in Boston art museums and in many homes But MT Censor insisted that blue scarves he draped around the nude bodies
 This, as Gypsy Rose Lee could have told the censor, made them positively pornographic Un- draped they are artistic and harm less.
 Dear Walter" writes Elayn Chambers, whoever she IS, from Hollywood, T just read your para graph about Philip Wylie saying that when a man takes a girl to dinner the only reason is to make a pass at her. Well, gentleman invited me to his apartment for dinner last night. went and he failed to make any pass at me.
 Whadda do now? Puzzled. Elayn
 "P. s. The gentleman was Jerry Riley.-EC."
 Gentleman? That's @ wolf with patience!
 ''New York. Dear MT. WinchelI: "I owe you an apology" repents Harry L. Plunkett of the National Theater Supply Company. Tn re- ality only a mental apology is due you because I discussed the matter concerned only with myself I'm an ex-navy lieutenant and as such felt that what didn't know about the navy was slightly less than nothing. Accordingly branded you as being seven diff ferent kinds of fool for stating in one of your recent columns that