Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-31

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Man Abont Town:
Memos Of Midnighter: Insiders
hear next years flying time from
N. Y. to Miami will be 200 minutes.
. Many of the show gals are
worried silly that their names will
be dragged into the Alvin Paris foot
ball bride scandal because they were
Paris dates. Paris hasn't had so
much publicity since French post
cards. :. John Murray Anderson's
chums hear he is experimenting
with the Russian youth" serum. He
is in his Cos. Bing will make
close to a million dollars out of his
platters this year, not including his
many other chores. Rodgers &
Hammerstein are taking no risk
with their gold mine, annie Get
Your Cum" They are paying Mary
Jane Walsh the highest wage yet
for an understudy-just to stand by
in the wings. $3.50 per week. :.
Top loss to Moss Hart (whose apt.
was burgled) was the gold ciggie
case signed by the cast of Winged
Victory"
Broadway Ballad: (By Don
WahD: I do not blame the
young for being sick. OF
giving aims to beggars of the
past. =. Why should they turn
to watch shabby trick?
Why should they care if terror
Joined the cast? We had our
roses, redolent of spring.
We had our nights of revelry
and mirth. We had the soft
est, loveliest songs to sing. :.
We had the shining rapture Of
the earth. Yes, it is gone
and shortly we will 60. The
golden girls, the roses and tire
wine. And newer lads will
find the nights aglow-with all
the misty magic that was mine.
=. And when they find that
love and beauty die. 1 hope
they leave - more gracefully
than 1.
The Broadway Lights: J. Du-
rante, x. Cugat and the dice tables
were the reason the new Flamingo
Nas Vegas) attracted $4,000 patrons
in the first three days. Midtown
hotels had their worst week in five
years. One had $40 empty rooms,
another 800 and another 300. :.
Buddy Kaye made so much coin out
of the ditty, "Till the End of Time"
that he is among the producers of
the new Jerome Robbins show,
Look, Ma, I'm Dancing" A
short titled 1.-THE Last Bomb comes
across with atomic impact, particu-
larry one episode wherein the CAM
era slowly moves through the rows
of graves at Two Jima. After view
ing that, you'll cherish every mo-
ment of peace like it was the last
minute of your life.
Broadway Story: The most
valuable song copyright in the
world is "White Christmas"
1t was published in 1912 and
sold over one million copies dur
ing its first four months. On
some days it Sold over $4,000
copies. Each year (since)
1t was purchased by $50, 900 peo-
pie. The recordings totaled
five million recOrds-two million
of which were Bing's version up
to this year. Decca says
this year it out-sold any of the
previous seas0ns-over 100000
platters. But this is why 1t
is the most valuable copyright.
-. A copyright lasts Sc years.
-. 1t has over so years to 60
and selling at the rate it is going
you can imagine how much
richer the tax department will
get.
The Story Tellers: The latest edi-
ton of Who's Who reveals that the
American general who has won the
AAAoot oSSoh dIlOAo wv Is DI1R. SGI.
Edgar K. Hume. This is the first
time we ever came across his name.
. . Joff Keate's cartoon chuckler
has been widely reprinted in the di-
gests. A child specialist is giving
advice to mother: you'll have to
handle this child carefully; remem-
Der you're dealing with a sensitive,
high-strung little stinker." The
Minnesota state prisons newspaper
(edited by convict) ran this edi-
torially: "Those caught stealing
items from the papers will be
dropped from our list of contribu-
tors. Stealing from another's writ
ings is one of the lowest bits of thiev-
ery!"
Washington newsmen enjoy
spinning this one: A group Of
them once accompanied FDR to