| Show portrait of a newspaper reader mumbling to himself get thi the editorial writers sore and they perform at their soc kiest they hit glory on their pieces on the nazi inhumanities at lidice ladice now they show their teeth again hooraying hooray mg ing pres roosevelt for naming a military board to try the eight nazi saboteurs sabot eurs hitler v will rill let out his customary howl about abou t our uncivilized methods but how can he expect us to hear him he lost his right to squawk at lidice ladice any way what did his chumps hope lor for in case they got caught with trunks full of explosives and bril bribe e money A scolding another thing how did the reich act when a bomb went off under a munich rostrum a few minutes after hitler minced off it the gestapo lured two Britis hers over the border to pin it on them no crime 1 was e ver ever proved against the prisoners prisoner s they were just executed to give hitler a cue for another tani trum most of our senators and congressmen in washington are honest men good americans reli able citizens the few legislators who are busy calling their critics smear artists have good cause to worry ele election action fir far off and their critics are giving them ansom pia iia these worried congressmen call their communists haf their most persistent critics are raymond clapper time magazine the conservative N Y times and the arch republican N Y herald tribune and 95 per cent of the newspapers in america what some congressmen call communistic propaganda is actually their voting reci and speeches from the cong record once a ball player gets into the big sugar he gets unpopular in the press boxes ruth used to take rides when he bickered for a heavier wage dimaggio was assailed also for trying to do better the latest patsy is the red sox star ted williams he got fed up with the hoots of the bleacher ites and let them know it for i just losing his temper he was practically outlawed why he blow up others do and nobody considers them criminals actors in night clubs carry on steady warfare with the crude ad libbers but they get cheers when they fight back maybe baseball be such a dull business if they let a few more tempers loose there are too many coppers running the game football coaches get all heated up telling their players to go out and fight in baseball apparently the athletes are instructed to go out there and remember the customer is always right not over at this deski desk Hollywood ites are going into the army and navy just like other oiher americans remember all the blah blah in congress when it was said the actors would rate deferment Movie town was recently criticized for making films about the war now variety complains because they dont make enough war films ho humpal the digout mean much to new yorkers but it robs the visitors of the thrill of seeing the incandescent belt at its gaudiest gau diest the white way was broadways trademark and the first peep at it always left the looker gasping best comment of all on the sight was offered by G K chesterton as A goolic ott once reported chesterton stared and marveled then said what a thrill this must be for anybody who cant man alan abo about ut town this is the way harry hopkins ins proposed to lovely louise couise macy alacy the night before mrs mr churchill returned to london louise went to the home of 0 mrs averell harriman to dress for dinner where mr hopkins called tor for her As they were having a cocktail prior to leaving having for the white house mr 11 a shy asked miss macy to marry him in this manner 1 I was just talking to the president and I 1 asked him whether h he 0 thought you would say yes if I 1 asked you to marry me and the president said he thought you would her answer belongs tn the history books A As usual rutial 11 the she said the president is right new yorkers are talking about fred allens aliens high blood pressure which sent him hurrying to mayo B brothers at rochester minn Lind berghs definite threat to announce his candidacy for office soon via the page ones the magic ala gle lanterns united we stand is a stiff reminder to all of us that hitler thrives on our disunity it chronicles events from the treaty of versailles until pearl harbor highlighting the axis di vide and conquer technique eagle squadron shows yanks in the RAF with the blitz blit z nd the british reprisals reprisals contribute contri buti but i g a powerful sunday punch di diana ala barrymore eddie albert rtobert stack and others show up handsomely but the fattest role splayed is played by the high explosives t |
