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Show in Notes of a Newspaperman: Telegram: "Poetic Justice. The dramaUc reversal of the Reichstag trial Goering prosecuted Georgi Dimitroff in the frame-up blaming DimitrolT for starting the Reichstag fire. And today Dimitroff is prosecuting prose-cuting 'Meyer' Goering! Isn't it wonderful? Ralph Berendt New York City." A Russian delegate to the Security Securi-ty Conference was trying to throw some light on the muddled situation in China (for a perplexed Journalist) Journal-ist) before Chiang "technically" resigned re-signed his premiership. "But why," asked the writer, "is unity so hard to establish in China, if both the Chungking Gov't and; Communist guerrilla forces want to destroy the Japanese?" "Perhaps it is best explained by saying that it is an old custom for Chiang to fight the Communists," replied the delegate, "and he has such love for ancient institutions that he will not look at the new moon, out of respect for the old one." British soldiers who witnessed the capture of Lord Haw Haw gave him the English equivalent of the Bronx cheer. One yelled derisively: "Boys, take a look at Lord Hee-Haw. the man who brayed like a donkey!"' Another Tommy (in the group standing at ease) commented: "That reminds me of the time all the donkey-cart drivers In Britain went on strike. They sent a delegation delega-tion to 10 Downing street, and the man who was spokesman told Winnie: Win-nie: 'We're going to stay off the Job until you do something about that fellow in Berlin, named Lord Haw Haw. Our donkeys have been listen-, ing to his broadcasts, and now every Jackass thinks he can be a radio commentator!' " According to the best-Informed gossip, Joe Davies' flying trip to see Churchill was for the purpose of soft-pedaling the anti-Soviet hysteria hys-teria which has been emanating from the London-Washington pipeline pipe-line In recent weeks. Capitol politi- t cos have dug deep into "the guess-what-for" basket. In a discussion between two Administration Senators, Sena-tors, one remarked: "I doubt if Da-vies Da-vies will be as successful with Churchill as he has been with Uncle Joe.' " "Don't worry," counselled the other. "Davies is a wise and honest man. Trouble with most of our diplomats is that we appoint them to avert situations which would never nev-er occur if they weren't our diplomats diplo-mats in the first place." When about to bury HImmler, It's aald that a British soldier assigned to the Job speculated in Ironic vein: "Don't you think, sergeant that we ought ta pay aome touching tribute te the deceased?" de-ceased?" "Yes, indeed," mused the top-kick. top-kick. "I will now say a few words," and he began: "Dear Lord, we are now delivering up to you" at which point he was stopped by one of the Tommies, Tom-mies, who spat and said: "Left get 'Ira underground, ' smells awful!" To which the sergeant Intoned: In-toned: "What do you expect from a skunk perfume?" The Love Letters of a Columnist: In a broadcast from Tokyo, the other day (heard by the FCC) the Mikadomei News Agency heaped praises on Joe Stalin for his "powerful "pow-erful leadership based on Soviet-Ism," Soviet-Ism," which "finally overcame a danger of defeat far greater than the one facing the Japanese at present" When the item was carried in the Russian press, It was the cause for some ironic comment by the down-to down-to earth Muscovites. One gray-beard gray-beard was overheard remarking: "When the fox begins to praise the rooster, and tells him he is a fine bird, the rooster had better be ready to fly for his life." Out of a long, painful experience, Abraham Lincoln wrote five sentences sen-tences which all of us would do wen to study: "If I tried to read, much less answer, all the criticisms made of me and all the attacks leveled against me, this office would have to be closed tor all other business. busi-ness. I do the best I know how, the very best I can. I mean to keep on doing this, down to the very end. If the end brings me out all wrong, then 10 angels swearing I had been right would make no difference. If the end brings me out all right, then what Is said against me now will not amount to anything." It's the latest silly going around. A subway strap-hanger kept staring star-ing long and affectionately at a man who was sitting down. The fellow who was being stared at became uncomfortable under the other's tare. Finally, the strap-hanger sald "You must excuse my looking t you so hard, but if It weren't for the moustache you would be xactly like my wife." The man sitting down said: "I haven't got a moustache." The strap-hanger answered: "No. but my wife has." |