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Show IBS NOTES OF A BYSTANDER: The Wireless: Info Please has been topped in the ratings by Truth or Consequences, a comparative newcomer. Topped by a full point, a milestone in radio history . . . Bill Shirer, back in N. Y. from Germany, Ger-many, made a very cagey report on how the Heinies are taking the war. Maybe he's protecting his sub, or p'raps he has to go back. He did admit, however, that panic hits Berlin Ber-lin when the air raid siren blows, which is very comforting to know. The Story Tellers: Add required reading: Raymond Gram Swing's reply re-ply to Anne Lindbergh in the Dec. 21st Nation . . . Balanchine's gag: "Yes, but suppose it's the pilot's time?" in Collier's is the next to the oldest gag of them all . . . An attractive at-tractive Florida mag Is called Rendezvous, Ren-dezvous, edited by big timers . . . Talk about Ingratitude! Emil Hurja, the poll-marker, who gave the only ray of hope to the G.O.P. during the campaign, gets what thanks? He's cited In The Republican, Repub-lican, the party organ, as "Class Dunce"! The Story of the Week! The legend Is that there is In existence a recent letter penned by F.D.R. which historically histo-rically approaches In Importance as literature Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby . , . Commenting about some prominent people, who had asked him to Intervene for appeasement, the President is reported to have written a New York jurist: "Apparently "Appar-ently the issue of living in a totalitarian totali-tarian world continues to be misunderstood. misun-derstood. I can understand your fears, that In that eventuality, your children and grandchildren would suffer obliteration from the world. But my concern must be adjudged the greater. My children and grandchildren grand-children would have to live In it The Front Pages: An Italian newspaper news-paper recently claimed that Paul Revere was an Italian. The editor probably figures that anyone who goes around frantically screaming, "The British are coming" must have come from Italy . . . The no foreign war group has endorsed Lindbergh because they believe he is a great lover of peace. Perhaps they didn't see the magazine article Lindbergh wrote, in which he urged that we go to war against the Asiatics ... Incidentally, In-cidentally, that bunch has expressed nign regard for two people who are proud of getting medals from Hitler . . . Any other questions? . . . Add coincidences: The same week Hitler warned us against further aid to Britain, a group of anti-aid to Britain organizations sprang into prominence . . . The Overseas Press Club forced the resignation of George Sylvester Viereck, It was explained, because he fetched Bund-ists Bund-ists and Gestapolecats to meetings. The other members, perhaps, were afraid of being judged by the company com-pany they kept. NEW YORKERS' TOPICS The famed New York lawyer, who may go to jail for harboring Lepke . . . The buzz about one of our foreign for-eign biggies, who has the rep of being be-ing "queer," which certain governments govern-ments hold over his head to absorb him . . . The wide division in opinion opin-ion over Lord Halifax inheriting Lothian's Lo-thian's Job. Certain groups do not trust him, and when you say: "But Churchill sent him!" they reply: "But Churchill's boss is Bevin!" The mysterious disappearance of a Norwegian agent, who was beaten up by Nazi seamen, to keep him from making a speech that might have stopped comrades from signing up with Nazi merchant ships sailing from Mex. ports . . . The police can't solve it . . . The persistent rumor about Att'y-Gen'l Jackson replacing re-placing Chief Justice Hughes on the Big Bench. Jackson is supposed to have resigned from the board of a home-town bank, which clears the way . . The Bund troopers in York-ville York-ville who handed out thousands of white, blue-edged buttons reading "No Foreign Wars" all week . . . The ugly fact that they were passed out by Gestapolecats is what makes it all so Naziating. The Vanderbllt dowager's curtsy to Juliana of Holland at the Winthrop Aldrich reception. Everyone agreed not to curtsy, but Mrs. V. confessed to Juliana: "I just had to" . . . "But," butted the Princess coldly: "I don't like it!" ... The How-The-Mighty-Haye-Tripped Department: The Schuberts will star Carmen Miranda Mi-randa in a revue patterned after London's "Crazy Show" the backers back-ers will be Olsen & Johnson! THEY'RE ALSO DISCUSSING: The National Maritime Union's sponsorship of a march on Washington Wash-ington in mid-January to protest against the Gov't taking over six ships of the American Merchant Ma-rine. Ma-rine. The march will be supported by the American Youth Congress I and the American Peace Mobiliza- I tion group . . . The way the Ethels are clicking on Broadway. Merman, Waters and Barrymore . . . The New York newspaper which Is los ing about $20,000 weekly. Not small money, anywhere. |