The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-12

about person of all time. He takes | up ten full drawers of index cards in the N. Y. Public Library, against four drawers on Geo. Washington, and two on Lincoln. Also, the Encyc. Brit. devotes 28 full pages to Bill vS II pages to Jesus"
 Lee Sullivan'S clever suggestion for an editorial page cartoon: Show Churchill trying to start big fire with his cigar. The fire neing World War 3 and the cigar being the British Empire torch From reader: Churchill wants us to love Britain and hate Russia. We think the U. s. is big enough to love them both and force them to love each other" Oh, well. Who knows? Some day Congressional committee may be investigating Fulton, Missouri, the way it's been investigating Pearl Harbor.
 Clever Danny ROgeEs, recently at the 300 Club, starts at the swanky Embassy on East 57th Thursday eve'g. He has an engaging way about him and more stage presence and boise than all the emcees showed together Ooona O'Neil (Mrs. c. Chaplin) says she wants 8 half dozen kids The medicos have told Mayor O'Dwyer to take it easier or he may be carried out of City Hall one day Some real estate men are getting away with a new racket. They buy the bldg in which swank spot is prospering Cor any buSiness); then tell the proSpering tenant he will "have to buy the entire edifice or get out" Hap- pened 4 times in midtown recently.
 Dr. B. Shalett's contrib: ''Web- ster defines column as a support ing pillar consisting of shaft, base and capital Similarly, that sup porting pillar of the modern neWspa- per, the column, should have the shaft of incisive wit, the base com- monplaces of retort, and the capital wiSeneSS of the man in the street" t. Suggested title for Sennett Berf's next collection of other peo- ple's stuff: "The Best Shears of My Life" Most gazettes emphasized that Truman praised Churchill when presenting him at Fulton, Mo, but many didn't highlight the fact that the President not only men, tioned his great friendship for Churchill but also referred to his friendship for Stalin The night club owners are not jubilant about March of Times release on New York's spots Beginning of the End Dept: A well-known night club comic had half of Joe E. Lewis loss of $21, 900 at a Florida sucker cave.
 Canada will start withdrawing its occupation troops from Berlin next month Mark Sherwin does a masterful job in a monthly bantam mag on tipping Add new books for your night table: Tn Line of Duty" by Francis P. Scannell (Har- per's) .. If you haven't read "The Ten Commandments" book yet, get it Newest novelty in dolls: The Trudy doll--a doll that sleeps, weeps and smiles Soph Fuckers Some of These Days" is in it's 2nd printing Louis F. Budenz, who quit the communists (for Catholi- cism), will have his book, 'This Is My Story" published Oct. 11th by Whittlesey House Andrews Sisters are having woes clearing the wordage to Her Bathing Suit Never Got Wet" for the air .. Something new for New York: A hotel hopes to make the big time with 8 com bination swimming pool and night club.
 The papers missed Van Johnson's encounter" at 8 Nassau bar with RAF man. Almost came to blows over the usual reason Easy~on the-EarS: Ray McKinley's crew at the Commodore's Century Room. {. Garage men (whose places are al- ready choked to capacity) wonder where peopleM park their new cars The Mirror phone op report ed that shortly after 9:15 Sunday night lover 50 callers asked where they could get a copy of WWs script" RumorS that that net work will be sold are not true. You don't sell gold mines.
 Saturday night (until 4 Sunday ayem) this reporter sat with for mer ambassadors, their wives, grown children, newspaper commentators (Earl Goodwin, Sam Grafton and Damon Runyon) and lawyers, mill l Hon fTsinc fnntIrIfNrlS nfftAfo1e avAI business execs and we said, among other things: If you were going on the air tomorrow night at g p. m. and you knew big audience hoped you could tell them how not to have war, or could help suggest way to cad the Second World War what would you say?" Not one of them could help !. The one person who said more than all the words (without saying anything)