The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-01

and including, our handicapped and wounded veterans and have wished could do or give some- thing to help one of them, So I have decided that I can spare one of my eyes to 0 veteran who can use 1t, because I am past 50 and can make 1t the rest of the way with one eye.
 "Yes, I still have to work for a living, but have 0 trade. I anf q refrigerator serviceman and am sure can always find 0 job. So, If you know veteran who can use one eye, make deal With him and the doctors, and drop me a line.'
 l am sure many returning servieeman, reading this letter, will be convinced that there exists q world of gratitude In the hearts of Americans for the sacrifices he has made In their behalf. And I am sure that many people in high places will redouble their efforts to see that every returned veteran Is given better break. Our top-hlght stars might stop and think that an hour spent In hospital entertain ing wounded men Is small Sacrl. flee when compared to the offer made by r. c. Cook, of San Pedro,
 Memories That Bless And Burn: When Jimmy Stewart, candid camera fiend, secretly snapped more than 100 non-glamorous poses Of Ginger Rogers, then traded her the unflattering negatives for les sons In tap dancing , When Wal ace Beery, pestered by lady fan to admit he had 'one teeny, weeny superstition, conceded he always felt 1t would be bad luck to step on rattleSnake" ,. When news paper photographers of the 1882 Academy Award dinner showed the Vice. President, Charles Curtlss, arms folded, eyes closed, apparent- ly sleeping peacefully, When Tom Mix returned to Hollywood from a circus tour, and told the press, T used to be afraid of stu dio supervisors, but I've spent so much time lately with trained mon- keys that now feel better aquaint- ed with 'em,"
 On set at goth Century FOX, William BendiX had to enter a room, laden down with stuffed toys for eight-year-o Connie Marshall. He presented the ele- plants, rabbits and dogs to the moppet, who looked them over and said, disappointedly, What, no uni corn" Bendix answered, 'They were all out of unicornS, but the man said they'd have new ship ment next week." The scene was shot and pronounced "Okay" by the director. Whereupon, BendlX turned to little Connie, and asked, Just for the record-what the heck is @ unicorn?"
 Silent pictures star, Lillian Gish, while appearing in Duel In The Sun," was lunching with Joe Cot ton. The conversation turned to the atomic bomb and the recent sem sational exploit of contacting the moon by radar. Cotton went into a lengthy explanation of these scientific wonders and was loud in his praise of the scientists who have made them possible. Well, v said Miss GiSh. American Scien- lists may be wonderful, but it seems to me the people of the moon are far ahead of us." How can you say that?" objected Cotton. "Yhy, .. replied Lillian, 'by the size of the holes cn the moon, it looks like they've had the atom bomb toI some time"
 Edgar Buchanan has reached . point in his life where he actually is willing to do without butter. HlS farm hand quit last week, and Ed gar has been getting up at 4:3O te milk his five jersey cows. This week he is offering all five animals ioi sale, cheap, butter or no butter. . When Van Johnson was enTrout< 1. home from Washington, his tralI stopped at 3 a. m. in Lamar, Mis- souri. A beaming telegraph glr i brought in a wire for the actor, nul burst into tears when she was tole that Van was asleep and couldn ' see her. The Wailing woke the aebol and he came out to see what va wrong. "This telegram came m al nine o'clock" sobbed the girl, 'Jns
 when I was going off auty' pul staped on the job until now ane never once let it out Of my hanas- because I wanted to see YouF . PauI Sloan, who was a Ll' Goi' in the signal corps, has returned to Hollywood to take up ms pre- \ war lob of directing. While super ylsing the making of training nlm
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 emerged from his quarters 70 nnl n \ hls fellow officers had put 2 slgl over his door reading, "thfougn ttll y portal passes the guy who nas sss' a Inc most beautiful gals in h
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