Show man about towns town the big parade general hap arnold in the stork cub section lots skinnier than his familiar fotos thanks for getting that war over wiehl said a maj W rockefeller who also went to arr tho the hard way Is back 30 Us ibs heftler heftier he Is one of the lifted pinky sets best advertisements 14 peggy joyce her bridegroom Is detained on the coast escorted by millionaires who failed to win her be jewelled hand estelle taylor inspecting a jap war bond bon d wh which I 1 ch a GJ GI purchased in tokyo for 0 ono no stale U S biggle brig gen carlos P romulo the last man OH off batann bataan and his wife and 4 boys entering the waldorf mrs romulo was a jap captive until rescued by one of her sons D runyon the broadway bard and his 2nd and favorite writer greeting 1946 and solemnly studying the celebrants as they are carried or thrown out show business vignettes vignette eddie cantor was in boston supervising nellie bly a new show having a few hours to spare he phoned nearby chelsea naval hospital and volunteered to give the boys an impromptu tu song and dance the hospital was tickled so many of the invalids were well enough to visit their kin or friends that the ones who stayed behind were lonely and depressed cantor brought along thelma carpenter leonard sues and bea walker after entertaining the vets they went to the mental menial ward there one weary soldier called to eddie youre swell all the star realized the ill veteran thought cantor canter was jolson eddie did not correct him even when the lad requested april showers al cantor rendered I 1 april showers Jol sons theme song and the jolson fan was the last to stop applauding portrait of a friend when things dont come out right he comes right in when none of your dr dream earris s come true he Is ho he never looks for your money except when youve youre lost it he never gets in your way except to clear it for you nothing Is moreem more important to him than making you important por tant he Is in your corner when youre cornered he turns up when you get turn downs all he wants in return for his helping hand Is your handshake he never insists on seeing you except when nobody else wants to he raps your critics when wrong an and a takes the rap for you when right the only way he sponges off you Is to absorb some of your troubles so you can have strength left to fight the heels when in youre yoe taking bows he bows out you can do anything you want with his friendship except buy it or sell it he makes you realize that having a real friend Is like ha having an extra life all he asks of your friend ship Is the privilege of deserving st when capt harold stassen stassen witnessed the big hit bit state of the union lie he told the authors that when politicians used to tell him how many votes they could deliver he would invariably say plow how can you deliver the votes of a free Peo pie the have found room for it in the show with a punchy snapper this Is ho how w it goes la in the 3rd ard act spike the newspaperman campaign man ager tells mary the wife of the republican hope the ile politicians coming to dinner tonight all can deliver the vot votes es mary says how con can you deliver the votes of a tree people spike dont kid yourself mary lazy people ignorant people and prejudiced people are not free soldier from miami miam 11 this Is the third time these railroads have done this to me they sell you a ticket to new york and without warning make you get out at philadelphia they shove you into a hurriedly made up coach train and if there Is a seat available you get it one of these days someone will work up a lot of law 1 suits aults regarding this nul nuisance sance then maybe stop what am I 1 griping about j I 1 in iii any wreck which the miami N Y trains seem to be going in for a lot lately aw the heu hell with it czar caiar Pe medics have ordered him to slow down or risk the penalty of his serious internal disorder norman corwin the radio author Is ill the persistent yankee weather in miami beach packed the choo choos northbound boss curry has warned visitors swank and otherwise that they risk being collared in the raids on gaming spots thata going to care them into laughing spasms dear boy A resolution Is being drawn by the newspaper guild barring florello from col yuming unless he apologizes tor for past insults to newsmen be the dayt dayl the new super chief diesel now being made will do miles per hour ezra pound who preached tor for mussolini fil has been sent to the booby hatch ir i |