Show Walter l's ls in N New w York York Pay Pa as Y Yu au Go Nuts Plan Ian Sa Says s sWater Water Walter Would uld Be a Better Name Namey y A b book ok of verse that said what we could not A sheaf of letters inked in young romance The wistful charm a two-buck two brownie shot A wilted flower from some forgotten dance These are the old familiar souvenirs souvenirs souvenirs sou sou- That lonely men have used to carry carryon on Mementoes of the gay and fragrant fragrant fragrant fra fra- fra- fra grant years Before the shadows lengthened on the lawn Thus I set out to make the sloping hill That rises high above the teeming town Where dreams are dead and aUthe all aU the world goes still As pilgrims watch the evening sun go down Not much I know to see a a. journey through But these are all I have and they m must st do doDon Don Don Wahn Two Tuo Berliners were crying out loud over the nightly R RAF A F raids I dont don't mind losing my home or being kept awake all night intoned the first but that constant noise is driving me crazy Oh soothed the other get used to bursting bombs W h o's os talking about bombs shrieked the first The noise I mean mean comes from all those labor prisoners laughing laughing laughing laugh laugh- ing their heads off If the nazi air force has a song it probably is is' is Dont get around much any more Whatever became of that wonderful line about Broadway being a place where a lot of people spend more than they make on things they dont don't need to impress people they dont don't like Its It's in the current issue of Your Life credited to Ken Murray Murray Murray Mur Mur- ray who didn't originate it Eddie Doherty one of the better better bet bet- ter newspaper men who is now writing the story of the Sullivan boys who died in battle has his favorite news story l lead ad It was written he says by Jack Lawson for the old Chi Record- Record Herald Mark Twain had passed on and the obit notice was wal assigned to Lawson who led off with Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Are Orph Orphans ns The French take comfort in inthe inthe inthe the thought that the walls being built to shut out inv invasion sion will come in handy as something forthe for forthe forthe the nazis to be shot against Last week Drew Pearson re received received re re- cei ed the thanks of Chairman May of the house military affairs affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs committee The newspaper radio man-radio commentator h had a d publicized a congressman's ef effort effort effort ef- ef fort on behalf of a constituent to get for the constituent over for a second-hand second boiler which cost the constituent For this patriotic service Pearson was attacked by congressmen congressmen congressmen con con- gressmen cloaked with One headline in Washington Washing Washing- ton read Congressman Calls Pearson Liar The record and the thanks of the chairman were omitted Variety's critic in Boston comes up with a capsule criticism criticism criticism cism of a player in a show there He daggered He is miscast as the actor The decision of the Kremlin to disenfranchise the o 0 overseas v e r s se e a s commy groups is just a bit embarrassing em embarrassing em- em m- m barrass ng to the American comrades Kinda takes official recognition recognition tion of them as nuisances The N. N Y Sun editorial page offered this fond farewell for Admiral who is said to have led the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor A hard tough graduate of a hard tough school was a fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing man every inch of him He knew his job thoroughly and did it well From the Austin T Texas Tribune Tribune Tribune Trib Trib- une Notice to o car thi v s. s My tires ires are puncture pr proof f. f If you try to steal them you had better better better bet bet- ter be too Congressmen have been urging Americans to make sacrifices And they have scolded John Joh L L. L 1 Lewis because h he hasn't made any But the news is that because because because be- be ber r cause the senate dining room didn't have bean soup on the bill of fare because of the food shortage 25 senators left their tables in a huff Can you imagine the cause celebre the senate would make out of that if Mrs Roosevelt or Mrs Harry Hopkins did that How about calling it The Pay As You Go Nuts Plan Things you some 1 d didden know til tu now That some y years ars before the Declaration of Independence Independence Independence Inde Inde- w was wa's was s signed a a. fellow named s de changed his name to Paul Revere so that his neighbors and friends would better savvy it It has been estimated that more than half the Smiths In the U. U S. S originally were or Smeds Many Johnsons were once Jansens President Polk traced his name back to Pollock while Herbert Hoover traced histo his histo histo to Huber General Pershing is the descendant descendant descendant de de- de- de of x One ne Fershin who changed his name from General Custer was the great-grandson great of a man named Koester and Admiral Deweys Dewey's ancestors were named Duce Charlie Lindbergh's grandfather grandfather grandfather grand grand- father was born Mannson and if you want to make something out of name-changing name try changing changing changing chang chang- ing the fact that America came from Amerigo Copyright 1943 N N. N Y Mirror |