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Show Memos of a Girl Friday li-ar Mr. W.: Madame Chiang Kai-:-;h:k is in the U. S. Her arrival was kept very sotto voce, as she was ill and in no mood to see anyone. any-one. Mrvyn LeKoy and Jack Benny had a bet. Both swore to stop smoking smok-ing cigars, the first one to light up to forfeit $"j00. Jack promised to do a benefit, and he always smokes a cigar on the stage. Absent-mindedly, he lit one and had to forfeit the $a00. Mervyn is donating it to charity . . . You can be sure that "Tobacco Road" is a hit picture. Darryl Zanuck, who has been reticent reti-cent about attaching his name to every production at Twentieth Century, Cen-tury, is prominently credited on this. The report on the state of Britain, which Harry Hopkins is bearing to FDR, is written on celluloid as well as on paper. As soon as he reaches the White House, Hopkins will exhibit exhib-it a film short tagged "This Is England," Eng-land," a gift from Herbert Morrison, Morri-son, home secretary, via Hopkins, to the President. Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen, Al-len, in an exclusive story in the March issue of Click, administer a stinging reply to Sen. Burton K. Wheeler and reveal new incriminating incriminat-ing evidence on the late Senator Lundeen's activities . . . They name George Sylvester Vicreck and prove with affidavits that he was the J "chief Nazi agent," who collaborated collaborat-ed with the late senator in furthering Nazi propaganda in America. This propaganda was mailed out under Lundeen's frank. Suggestion: Why don't the "Bundles "Bun-dles for Britain" outfit, which is now offering cigarette cases, watches, etc., for British war relief, sell "R. A. F. fatigue ties"? They are worn by the fliers in the R. A. F. They're very ducky (black and red, I think) and most men would be proud to wear a necktie like that. ' You might toss scallions at NRf! and the Mutual Network for not permitting per-mitting the Greek War Relief program pro-gram to be broadcast over the independent inde-pendent New York stations. If those smaller stations had carried it, their listeners would have had an opportunity oppor-tunity of hearing the program and the appeal, and swell the funds with their contributions. Marian Anderson, the thrush, has moved in on the D. A. R. territory with a vengeance. She just bought a home in the snooty Brewster, N. Y., sector. l our 0 Friday. |