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Show ?2a"" Notes of a New Yorker: Oae Koch, the convicted Nazi monster who bragged that she used the skin of concentration camp victims vic-tims to make lampshades, has had aer life term cut to four years. Oh. well Praps they were very tmall lampshades. This terrible woman made one of the trial judges very ill when the testified. She admitted selecting select-ing tattooed men (for death in the gas chambers) "because their skin made interesting lampshades." If she deserves only four yean tor butchery the least our gov't can do is open every cell at Atlanta, Leavenworth and Alcatraz, where some GIs are doing 20 years for merely striking an officer. Hollywood's pet quip deals with Mrs. Danny Kaye (Sylvia Fine) whose bigtime lyrics made and kept Danny a star. At Warner's, it appears, ap-pears, they are miffed with her, alleging she acts as though she were Queen Liz. When she phones, they report, she announces imperially: im-perially: "This is Sylvia Fine." She phoned a fllm-cutter and intoned: in-toned: "This is Sylvia Fine." There was no answer for about 20 seconds then she said: "What's I the matter are you there? This is Sylvia Fine." "Just a moment, Miss Fine," was the wonderful retort "I haven't finished bowing yet" Jules Levine relays the one about the woman who tried to return a pair of shoes to a swank Beverly Hills store patronized pa-tronized by movie stars and the elite. "These won't do," she said, "1 simply can't walk In them." "Moddom," was the disdainful disdain-ful reply, "People who have to walk do not shop here." John Edgar Hoover's bronchial pneumonia was aggravated by worry and heartache caused by politicians pol-iticians attempting to have him fired . . . Democrats and Republicans Repub-licans are joined in the scheme . . . Herbert Hoover prevented his dismissal dis-missal a few weeks ago. We can certify to the G-Man'i loyalty. ... He has bad many chances to retire and accept Jobs that pay ten times his wage. . . . One offer (to narrate a radio crime program) was for 5100,000. As someone said: "Gratitude has the shortest memory." Ntws lltm: lh trial for Hitler and Evm Braun hts tgmn bttn postponed." post-poned." It seems s though we never will find out whether Adolpb was Nan or not. Sounds In the Night: At Lindy's: "As Maine goes, so what?" . . . At the Bagatelle: "I love you more than yesterday and less than tomorrow." to-morrow." ... At Monte's-on-the-Park: "Don't expect him to pick up the check his arm's worn oul from lifting all those drinks." . . . Al the Savannah: "Now that Dewey'i won all the polls, all he has to do Is win the election." ... At Gil-more's: Gil-more's: "I don't have to get drunk to see snakes. Not with the friendi I've got" Item: "Ground was broken yesterday yes-terday for the permanent site oi the U. N. in New York." To make it realistic they should'vt broken a promise. A senate colleague of Mr. Trnman's told a reporter Harry "never had any troublea until be stepped Into FDR's shoes." "You mean," edited the acrlbe, "until he stepped oot of them." Quotation Markmanshlp: Helen Fraser: She suffers from a him fcrlority complex. ... Bill Stem: Why is It called free speech when you consider the price Americani had to pay for it? . . . Anon: Maybi the reason China stays at war it that she sees what peace has dom to the rest of the world. . . . E. Gardner: My wife has a terrible memory she remembers everything. every-thing. . . . J. W. Raper: A mar picks a wife the same way a farm er picks an apple. . . . Davit Crown: The best way to hold a wift is often. The other Sunday night this re porter asked Cong. McDowell (wh is busy probing Reds) about th failure to deport Fercnc Vajta, t Hitler ally, accused of helping mas sacre millions of people In Europt ... Up to the time of colyumlni to press there has been no reph trom Mr. McDowell Vajta, now jailed at Ellis Island probably will be released whei "the Wlnchclls cool o(T' . . . Then has been great pressure in the stati deportment to hunh up the entln stench ... The examiner (whi heard the Vajta testimony) handei down a decision rccommendlm that the warrant agntnst Vaj'a b dismissed . . . put that decision li for the time being, "hidden" In i Washington desk-because it Is to hot to release right now. |