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Show fflffir EST 'OTES OF AN INNOCENT I BYSTANDER The Wireless: There's no type in the composing rooms that can pack the sting FDR gets into his radio delivery. Frinstance this excerpt from his message to Congress: "We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip , - the wings of the American eagle to feather their own nests" . . . Ellin Mackay Berlin was ladylike in her comments about Mrs. Chas. Lindbergh. Lind-bergh. She called her "a sensitive and gentle woman, bewildered and frightened by skillful German propaganda" . . . The Film Critics' broadcast made us uncomfortable. ' They praised, honored and gave excerpts from their prize picture. "Grapes of Wrath" a dramatic tale of starving Americans while the broadcast emanated from the lush, silky Wainbow Woom! . . . Town Meeting of the Air was a bore when J. the oftembooed Verne Marshall was flopping. Dean Acheson was merely mere-ly wonderful. The Front Pages: The Washington Washing-ton papers showed a photo of Rush Holt taking down his Senator's shingle shin-gle after being defeated for re-eldc-tion. The photo should go in the I schoolrooms, like Washington cross-ln2 cross-ln2 the Delaware, to illustrate an historical cause for rejoicing . . . A licking does things to the imagination imagina-tion of Fascist editors. The defenders defend-ers of Bardia were cheered for the "undying glory of delaying the enemy," en-emy," while the Britons had to take what satisfaction they could get out of winning the battle . . . Dale Harrison, Har-rison, once an AP columnist, will contribute paragraphs to Newsweek . . . John T. McManus offers a good way to keep score on how well the Batzis are doing in South America. "Where "The Great Dictator" finds i it tough to get bookings, you can find , the busy Berliners. The Story Tellers: The mag illustrations illus-trations aren't a bad barometer of America's war sentiments. You begin be-gin to see the swastika in fiction illustrations. It wasn't long ago, ' 1 either, that the Satevepost was appeasing ap-peasing enough to skip all mention of Germany in the serialization of "Escape." You didn't have to be bright to know where the cruelties took place. Of course, maybe the omissions were the author's . . . Klaus Mann's first issue of Decision is out. S. Maugham, V. Sheean and I E. Sherwood are on the editorial board . . . Hitler is caught smiling in a photo in Look. No wonder: He's got his hands around the throat of a helpless little girl . . . Margaret Mar-garet Case Harriman, who is putting put-ting Clare Boothe through the wringer wring-er for a gossip weekly, was a staff ' sister of her victim on the old Vanity Fair ... La Boothe's career can't be very interesting. She's scheduled lor only two articles! Typewriter Ribbons: Olin Miller's: Mill-er's: The Italians venied, vidied i' and vamoosed ... P. Wilson's: A man may have no bad habits and have worse . . . Rob Wagner's: He has no more sense of direction than a string of firecrackers . . . Virginia Faulkner's: Her parents cut her off without a sentiment . . . Anon's: Dictatorship is always an aria nev- , er an opera . . . Q. Reynolds' : A long thin line of red tape finally strangled France ... I. Hoffman's: He had that derelicked look about him . . . Oscar Wilde's: I always like to know everything about my new friends and nothing about my old ones. c NOTES OF A REPORTER TO HIS EDITOR Verne Marshall, who offered to take on all comers at Town Hall, had two bodyguards with him. f Watch for invite to speak from Joe : McNazi's mob ... Eve Curie due shortly for another lecture tour . . . Wm. P. Lear of Dayton, whose plane ' was forced down near Jacksonville, is at St. Vincent's hosp there, minus eight teeth plus broken jaw . . . Slapsie Maxie's, in Miami, an overnight over-night smash success. You can't I even get into the gambling room, i ,'. That crowded . . . Singapore Sadie's, . backed by millionaires, paid off its publicity agent with a check that bounced ... See page 35 Radio Guide photo of Hal Kemp, inspecting inspect-ing last recording he made: "Got a Date With an Angel"! U. S. foreign air travel will be made parallel to the steamship pattern, pat-tern, according to Administration plans. Six great firms to place American aviation in every quarter of globe . . . Have the Washington boys check Luise Rainer's new heart, an attache at British Em- . , bassy. I The Windsors have definitely decided de-cided to visit New York City in Sept. After spending August on his Calgary ranch ... His friend, yachtsman Axel Wenner-Gren, is bldg a huge harbor at Nassau large enough to dock world's biggest battleship. bat-tleship. Also a .landing field for planes. About 300 men working on both projects . . . While Biddle's bean mentioned to succeed Jackson as Att'y-Gen'l (when Jackson moves up to Fed bench) I hear Fed Att'y Cahill of NY may get Jackson's AG job. I |