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Show wimwi Robert Ripley's exploiter reports that Ripley is the researcher on it . . . That Herr Goering's first name, Herman, came from a Jewish doctor, doc-tor, Herman Eppstein, of Tyrol, Austria Aus-tria . . . Goeriiig's father was Governor Gov-ernor of German East Africa. A widower, who couldn't take along his Infant son so he boarded him with Dr. Eppstein . . . The physician raised the boy sent him through school In Bavaria and paid the tuition tui-tion until he graduated as a lieutenant lieuten-ant . . . Dr. Eppstein passed on in 1935 ... No. 2 Nazi Goering attended at-tended the funeral . . . When he entered the synagogue, he paused at the door and asked if he should wear or remove his hat . . . Ripley adds: "In case you didn't know, the name Winchell in German means divining rod, the instrument that detects de-tects the truth." In the foyer of the Barberry Room the other night Raymond Paige took this snapshot ... A corporal noticing notic-ing a colonel losmg one of his eagles j meekly offered to pin it back . . . I "Thanks," grumped the colonel, "the damb things catch on everything." every-thing." "Gee, sir," was the reply, "I wish I had your troubles!" Bigtown Murals: At about 8:30 the other Monday night (during a heavy rainstorm) a packed Amsterdam Amster-dam Avenue trolley stopped at 128th Street. The conductor got out went to a bar and grill ordered two sandwiches sand-wiches and a beer while the passengers pas-sengers waited 20 minutes . . . The newsreel theater in the Grand Central Cen-tral Station. It features a clock to the right of the screen . . . The clock is set two minutes fast so spectators won't miss trains . . . The clock at the near-by Commodore Commo-dore Hotel bar is set three minutes ahead. Indicating that you can get away from a newsreel sixty seconds sooner than you can part from a drink. The defacing of St. Patrick's Cathedral and other churches by some crackpot reminds us of what happened in Paris at the Place de la Concorde when the Nazis marched in . . . Ten German army bands held a concert and 8,000 Frenchmen were forced to assemble . . Through the microphone the assem-I assem-I blage was asked, "Who doesn't speak German?" The whole crowd raised their hands, and a picture was taken . . . Which showed up in South America via the Goebbels propaganda machine with this caption: cap-tion: "French crowds acclaiming German army in Paris with Nazi salute" . . . Dismiss this incident at these worshipping shrines as the job of those desperately trying to cause disunity and trouble. The Wireless: "The Song of Ber-nadette," Ber-nadette," so beautiful to read and see, suffers from the slows on the kilocycles. It comes to the ears as ham-heavy, which it never is between be-tween covers and on the screen . . . The west coast comics "localed" you dizzy with their jibes at California's unusual weather. . What you might call house-organ comedy, strictly for the family . . . One coast announcer got a mouthful of esses, and it came out: "Upton Close on the Noose" . . . The guffaw of the month was uttered by a Berlin radio expert named Von Hammer, who whimpered whim-pered that "the Red Army is using unmannerly military tactics" . . . Fulton Lewis' blast at certain congressional con-gressional under-the-belters was ear-arresting . . . John B. Kennedy was also aroused into slugging back at them. Quotation Marksmanship: Ethel Smith: She was the light of his life, but it turned into an awful glare . . . Ambrose Bierce: Woman would be more charming if one could fall into her arms without falling into her hands . . . Eleanor Roosevelt: No one can make you feel inferior without with-out your consent . . . Mme. Deluzy: A coquette is a woman without a heart, who makes a fool of a man who has no head . . . D. R. Henderson: Hen-derson: The V for Victory is only half the W for Work . . . Christopher Morley: There is so much for me . to say, but your eyes keep interrupting interrupt-ing me . . . B. Lytton: A stiff man. starched with self-esteem . . . Garry Moore: He sweeps women off their feet a Beau Broomel. $64 Question: The President, they say, was asked (by a reporter) to name the member of the United Nations Na-tions he considered the most important impor-tant ally. "Is it Great Britain, China or Russia?" "I'll ask you one," FDR said. "Which is the most important leg in a three-legged stool?" Once William Allen White was attending at-tending a Democratic national convention con-vention ... A Senator, smiling, announced: "In looking over the delegates I fail to recognize any clergymen, and so I shall call upon my good friend, William Allen White, to opm the convention with a prayer." Mr. White arose. Stabbing the Senator with a glare, he sarcasmcd: "You will have to excuse me. I'm a little out of my element, and the fact is, I prefer the Lord does not know I am here!" |