The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
TALES OF THE TOWN

TALES OF HE IOWN
 A Washington correspondent waS at the Stork last night and de- lighted one New Yorker with this believe-it-or-don't.
 Bilbo, he said, was worried over his sour press and arranged to meet a high-pressure suppress-age .. I'm sorry, Senator" said the p-a you couldn't get into Winchell'S column for any price,
 How much would 1t cost" plain- lively inquired the Bilbigot, "to buy my way OUT of his damned col- umn?"
 From the Morning Mail: Divorce means simply that democracy has failed to work between two peo- pie"
 An inquiring phOt0gger asked Q passerby what his favorite song was The dope replied. Cole Porters Smoke Gets in Your Eyes'"
 Are you sure you don't mean Jer- ome Kern's Night and Day?
 A Hunter College visitor was say ing that Mir. Stettinius wants our Government to get the Spanish people to do away with Franco in their own way without outside help. But how car they do that2 What will they use for weapons2" asked a listener.
 "Stettinius didn't say" was the rec joinder T suppose we expect them to stone the Fascists to death with olive pits"
 It happened at LaGuardia Air. port A jet-propelled plane streaked above the field with a new record-700 m.p.h.-when B-20 roared in right after .. As the latter hovered over the runway, reporter quipped. "Gangway, men! Here come the Wright Bros I"
 Joel Fisher, now one of the Com merce Department legal eagles, was in charge of finding the Nazis' two billion dollars worth of gold in Germany. He was assisted on the job by Alfred Thoms, Director of the Reich Bank and in charge of their Precious Metals.
 Thorns was man who got at least 100000 Reichsmarks a year an amount corresponding to our S25,000 Q year Recently Thoms wrote Fisher and said he would even be willing to work as Fishers valet if he could come to Amer ical
 4 visiting starlet squawked to her studios publicity director in New York that she hadn't been ,i the papers enough.
 Squelched he: You shouldn't complain--even Churchill hasn't been in print much lately, and he almost started another warl"
 shortly before the c. o. P. Na- tonal Committee chose It's new party chairman two of the Stas- sen crowd held confab about 1t.
 Tt looks" said one, "as if Rep. Reece will get 1t. He has the back ing Of both Taft and Bricker, and V NAAE Ptk VI lIlOoe WHO SLY Lley want 10 get back to the normalcy of the POS"
 ~Normalcy7" Snorted the other Such as bathtub gin, speakeasies. dancing marathons, and bucket shops7"
 When Herbert Hoover met with Il. Gen. Clay. U. s. Military head in Germany. the latter told him that there could be no guarantee against food riots unless grain ship ments were increased. Clay was also reported to be of the opinion that Germany must be saved otherwise shed drag down neighboring coun- tries"
 But on this side of the Atlantic, where many officials are more con- cerned with the welfare of Hltler's victims, an UNRRA executive of- fered this suggestion: "Why not make 0oering food administrator for the Reich7 Under him, the Germans never complained if they had to eat guns instead of butter"
 LaGuardla, chewing on his bone Of discontent over the world food situation, was discussing the matter with one of the experts.
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