Show r y r eNUs RESTAURANT MEN ARISE A Washington A meeting of or the Regional Regional Re Re- gional Restaurant Convention was told by speakers here that restaurant owners should serve foods which would help national na- na national na security Restaurant men should put their knowledge of or nutrition and diet to work In lu the cause of or defense a speaker said Thc They can help Improve the stamina of or America News News item Elmer Twitchell was much interested interested interested inter inter- ested in the above item As an old restaurant man himself the idea absorbed absorbed absorbed ab ab- his interest I think theres there's something in it he declared You take a hamburger The reporter reached out to take one but Mr Twitchell explained he was speaking figuratively Take a hamburger There are hamburgers and hamburgers Ip I dont don't know how they rate p 1 in the matter of stamina C but the kind many rest restaurants restaurants au- au I rants serve today certain certain- certainly ly make a man want to toI I fight What about hots all-hots he was asked The hot all-hot rates about B plus ina in ina ina a defense program explained Elmer Elmer Elmer El El- mer solemnly consulting his charts They are not only nutritious but they I are a nat national onal habit They They are a part of the American bot system Take our frankfurters and rolls away from us and our morale would undergo terrific damage How does the combo or ham and egg on rye rate in a national defense program I Our tests have shown replied Elmer that a man cannot remain an adequate fighting unit as long on the combo ashe as ashe ashe he can on a three decker three decker liverwurst with lettuce and mayonnaise but he is within one point ten of being as durable as a man who prefers' prefers a salami on a hard roll What about the minute steak This minute steak business demands demands demands de de- mands an immediate study I snapped Mr Twitchell It covers too much territory I ordered a minute steak i sandwich in a fairly good restaurant last night It unfitted me even for draft purposes by loosening all my front teeth How about chicken salad as anaid an anaid anaid aid to national security I understand there are places where chicken salad is chicken salad salad salad sal sal- ad replied Elmer but butI I I I have not been able to lo locate locate lo- lo cate em There is nothing in the chicken salads I have ordered that would sustain a man through a minor skirmish skirmish skirmish skir skir- mish with a platoon of Singer ets What about the cheeseburger sandwich Could the nation put its trust in that in time of war The war and navy departments have the cheeseburger under consideration consideration consideration con con- at this moment Stimson Knox and others had a special special special cial session to determine the proper prop prop- er place of the cheeseburger in any defense program said program said Elmer How about beef stew and beans Now youre you're talking sense concluded concluded concluded con con- Elmer No matter what the restaurant man or the defense defense de de- de- de bodies may suggest stew and beans are what what 6 ei eithe the fighting forces will get t J J and past performances performances perform perform- ances show it aint half bad 0 Reaction to the Radio ASCAP-Radio War I cannot get the old sweet songs Somehow it strikes me funny That those who write of love and youCan you youCan youCan Can think so much of money rr Well ell anyhow the ban on all those song Jong hits hiu on the chain radios ha has killed of off the f fellow chow who was always 1100 aJl asking ashing ng for request numbers The best slogan for America in inthe inthe inthe the present crisis is reported on billboards billboards billboards bill bill- boards in Miami AMERICA AMERI CA LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT Germany has gone to the rescue of Italy This may turn out to mark the introduction of a new type of German warfare Rescue with pur pur- suit 0 Observations Misfortune friends befell me I hate to walk an inch I let some salesmen sell meA me meA meA A pair of shoes that pinch Have you broken any New Years Year's resolutions yet This looks like a year when a good slogan for anybody is Never change skis in midair DEFENSE PROGRAM STUFF New army camps are at least a month behind schedule News News Item Last night I saw most everywhere I IAn An army camp that wasn't there It wasn't there again today today- I t hope the foe will keep away The present horizon To II Duce is THE TilE GIST OF IT Marshal Mar hal Graziani's report boiled down would read I stayed in bed |