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Show IBB mo jj j i'"s",i?i i. i J D ;!,c Votes of a Newspaperman: , gir William Bcveridge, the British tjan man, has cooked up a new one t,e announced after the Armistice. :l, The gamblers who bought big it't'jperty in Miami Beach for the de "avixe season will get an awful shock. Jiere'l) be no gambling, vows the i hief of gendarmes. . . . CBS is brooming Johnny Morgan to replace .ted Allen until the latter resumes. The American Fed. of Musi-rfjQans Musi-rfjQans is dickering with the Institute Public Relations to woo the press ''''iick for its president, James C. Pernio. Pe-rnio. The fee involved is reported 4$100,000. . . . Eileen Stafford and Ross are betrothed. ... A noble- ..an in town has a juicy racket, flite charges social climbers $100 a ight to be seen with him in the bet-1 bet-1 places. ci Those who sneer at foreign-born nericans were given a whacking D ross their derrierres by colyumist well Mellett, formerly of the White ITfuse staff. Colyumed Mellett: "I n also an immigrant; not a first Q meration immigrant, to be sure, i mice the first of the family came o er during the Revolutionary War, UMEit an immigrant just the same. I "n't claim any credit for being an nerican. Sidney Hillman can. It t is his own idea, not the Idea of a lat-great-grandparent! " Al. lames W. Miller of Muskogee, artja., corrects our observation that n l' Sinatra will net about $25,000 Wim his annual "take" this year of 'ksSO.OOO. Mr- Miller, a public thfcountant, says Frank will make e b-,Te than 25 Gs. He will net a lithe lit-he 1, more than $75,000. Hot diggity! us, . Ernest Hemingway will start f "other war if he isn't careful. He' ites: "I think any writer, espe-. illy a war correspondent, is dull in Iiversation. It's only the phonies it are personally colorful" . . . e Broadwayites, for the 11th year, i J. ited the grave of Variety's found-Sime. found-Sime. . . . Abbott and Costello," , (o send cartons of ciggies to troops rseas, happily wrap each carton iptl; "the funnies." . . . While over-it over-it oils Frances Langford never drank id a hot tea, which has a medicinal te. The torrid South Pacific, mangely enough, has no hot water, i set she used the tea to wash her . thie. s le V: yoi le Writer's War Board devised a Oiway and trolley car card showing lies (of all color) which read: onctust They Die in World War III?" The text continues: "Yes! Un- mnt you work now for lasting peace -aL'r victory." . . . "The cards are jjjlributed by Americans United for J rid Organization, Inc. . . . Tran-3 Tran-3 I companies in several cities are B3laying them. . . . Mayor La-llprdia La-llprdia hoped N. Y. subway trains BiBfild do the same. ... In report-fami report-fami the refusal of John H. Delaney ,niairman of the Board of Transpor-sjon), Transpor-sjon), the N. Y. Times said in part: ig,r. Delaney says he turned down 'ecdi? Par"clUar poster 'because it was o o of local interest. ... I don't in-k"o? in-k"o? to give, away free publicity to ;m. ' organization seeking to promote nace on its own. Our Government ijfreU equipped to do that!' " .ot of local interest! Uome tax sleuths are following columns closely to check on the orts of cafe society playgirls and "Llir "incomes." . . . The Wind- 3s have been plagued by crank Jers. Too much publicity plus ir address. . . . Bill Tilden, one-c) one-c) e world's tennis champ, tried act-eri act-eri some vears ago. He has taken rvo.option on a play which will be Induced soon. . . . Vogue feature iCcior, Ruth Portugal, is in Martha pwcey.'s "Best short Stories" annual mtc) time.V . . Another fashion mag ps tor, Dorothy Wheelock of Harp-Jslci Harp-Jslci Bazaar, relaxes all night by FT"ng detective thrillers. ipou1 .'ew York Novelette: You've read ut the case in the paprs. But not W angle. ... It was at a society S7ty several years ago. The host-jf host-jf ' jewels disappeared. . . . Suspi-pointed Suspi-pointed to a pretty young girl. pj The detectives had the goods ,. her and pressed the hostess to -jthem make the arrest. . . . An-SJer An-SJer guest volunteered to help the ,ing suspect. ... He was a law-4i'- . His skillful plea won the ;tcss over. She didn't press the 'rd, The girl was let go married him! . . . Many times Mpafter he had to do his best legal jLT getting his bride out of similar fciS18- . Recently she was ar-rfd1 ar-rfd1 again for allegedly stealing ,els- - . But he can't help her j : : He has a bigger case. . . . '3R,c for his co"ntry. ho brc;ladeleine Carroll, the actress, e-.'es your salute. She shelved a k :cessful career to join the Red n'S, overseas without trumpeting n. fanlare. ... Our pet answer to ;f;'f,e who use the "He's a foreign-routine foreign-routine is to remind them the , ' Liber'y s also an immi-'"h'i immi-'"h'i Oh, that Winchell! , rc' . . v Washington hears that General H. er. demoted in London by Eisen- , Sier 'or allegedly revealing the in-ot in-ot date, will be retired as gen-1 gen-1 a'ter the war. |