Show Notes Note of oj a New Neto Yorker Congressman alibi for attempting to put over that gag- gag the press bill is that it would aid the nations nation's security Oh horse horse- radish Even during the darkest days of the last war no such restrictions restrictions restrictions re re- re- re were necessary What wants of course is to be beable beable beable able to stop news and radio people who keep the people informed Wormed about him Anything a a congressman of his ilk wants kept secret is a good definition of news Must be awful to be the editor of a screen fan mag and come out with a piece on the happy married life of Susan Peters 0 She just announced plans for a divorce Repartee during the heavy rains rams while you were dreaming Reporter to Cop Terribly dull night Cop to Reporter Wonderfully dull night An English critic named Dick Richards summed up a falling flicker n with these the f scallions' scallions No n n Leave No Love No wit no taste no fun No good no like no go John Steinbeck recently turned out a book which was favorable toward the Russian people It soft- soft pedaled criticism of the Soviet So wot happened The Russian newspapers attack Steinbeck Stein Stein- beck beck accusing accusing him of being inaccurate inaccurate inaccurate inac inac- curate Haw Hawl An editorial writer grumbles that all would be dooly if we allowed Hitler and Stalin to slug it out while out while we concentrated on licking Japan Such lunacy The Japs and Nazis fought on the same side If we hadn't fought Germany Hitler would have won in Europe That means we would have been forced to fight the Japs and Nazis minus the aid of any allies Besides we didn't have the choice of fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing or not fighting Germany Germany- which declared war against the U. U S. S Between the Acts Al Jolson was irked about rumors that he didn't get along with a certain actor in Hollywood Its not true he told a group Why only last week weck I had him out to tomy tomy tomy my pool trying to teach him how to drown Add Success Stories Bob Cooke the Trib's new sports editor ran copy there 10 years ago after graduating graduating graduating grad grad- from Yale Stanley Woodward Woodward Wood Wood- ward who was fired after being there since 1931 allegedly refused to cover a golf gol tournament played by the wives of advertising big shots A lot of fancy East Eastside Eastside Eastside side restaurants are so worried about the slump in business they are slashing prices Sallies In Our Alley After his opening night click in a follies Mr Z congratulated Will Rogers Youre probably the only Oklahoman lucky enough to be in show business Gwan said Rogers everybody else in hi Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa is in the oil business 1 I A f few rw minutes ago Irving Hoffman was asked if it he knew a certain tune thief t Only by repetition was the reply reply Quotation Marksmanship n. n W. W Newton The better a woman looks the longer a man docs does W. W Fay Only a few strong characters characters characters char char- can leave a ringing telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone alone Jack Kilty Success is like an insult very few people can take It Fanny Hurst Durst Children jingling with laughter as though they had swallowed swallowed swallowed lowed B. B Partridge Partridge Partridge Par Par- A street as dark as a a pocket Several months after John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln his brother Edwin Booth one of the greatest thespians of all aU time starred in Hamlet On the opening night a drunk shouted Hey Booth I What are you going oin to do for excitement to to- to night v no now that Lincoln's dead The actor flushed and didn't know how to reply A Asp s spectator p e c t tat a t o 0 r knocked the heckler down and called to Booth Sorry for the in In- Please go on The defender was Robert Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln Abes Abe's son Headline ERP AID WILL BE CUT OFF FROM ANY NATION IN INE E EUROPE U R O P E THAT SHIPS WAR GOODS TO RUSSIA Cant Can't we stand the competition The Late Watch Reports that H. H Young deserted H. H Wallace are not true He is working for the Wallace Wallace Wallace Wal Wal- lace campaign in hi Texas His slogan slogan gan Is Christ and Wallace Decent of him to split the billing Mrs Alexander de wife of the plane designer is at Doctors hasp hosp Harry Conover wonders if Arline Judge has tried putting all her ex in one basket Liberty's editor got a telegram from rom the reverend who merged Topping Topping Topping Top Top- ping and Turner offering an nn article article ar ar- on Titled Why I Married Married Mar Mar- ried Lana Turner Let us all pra pray for the preacher I |