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Show Thing' F010 etc YrIra Know About New York: There is $4,000,000 in gold at the bottom of the East river. The treas-ve treas-ve was aboard a British ship that sank there in 1870. Many attempts bavc been made to recover the mon-tv, mon-tv, but they all failed . . . The Bronx has its own flag . . . Everybody Every-body knows that the Statue of Liberty Liber-ty carries a torch in her right hand, gnow what she holds in her left? It's a book representing Law, which das on it in block letters the date, July 4. I776- signifying liberty based n law . . Next time you pass Grant's tomb and you want to show your friend how much you know about New York, raise his eyebrows by pointing out that the general's body is encased in three coffins. New York has 36 buildings that tie 36 stories high or higher. There are only 20 such buildings in the rest of the country. (Yes, the Big Town has the big buildings, the big heads and the rest of the country has most of the big hearts.) The first New York census showed that it had 1,000 people and 20 houses ... In the early 17th century, cen-tury, South, Water and Front streets d'ere covered with water, and Broad ttreet was an inlet used as a canal . . . City Hall park is now a gathering gather-ing place for mendicants and pretzel ialesmen, but it's rich in history: It was in that park the Declaration of Independence was first read to the American army ... In the early jays of New York, the political big shots used to tax the Indians for "protection." (So you think racketeering racke-teering is something new, eh?) . . . Ihe Staten Island ferry opened its run in 1713. (And through all those rears it has been woo-underful!) . . During the Revolutionary war the first attack on a battleship by a fubmarine occurred in . New York harbor . . . They used to hold steam-ihip steam-ihip races on the Hudson, by irackyl . . . New York city owns jnd operates a fleet of ferryboats ... No wonder Mayor LaGuardia is pugnacious. He has even had a punching bag installed at City hall . . . Incidentally, Fiorello has a tiger ti-ger skin and head in his home, as a mark of his victory over ye olde Tammany tiger. Buy Defense Bonds A prof at McGill university has discovered some vitamin pills that re death on hangovers. The pills aren't ready for the market yet . . . Dne of the middleweight fighters is ta the bastile. Got leave, came home to see the wife and kids and refused to go back . . . One of Ihe lovelier Irish femme movie stars Df only a few seasons ago is broke (n town . . . That Morgan fellow Dn the air is a refreshing relief from most comics. Frinstance: "The Japs may be clever in imitating the production pro-duction of all. nations, but I'd like lo see 'em come out with an almond-shaped almond-shaped monocle!" Radio Row is giggling over a recent re-cent broadcast from a West Coast hoosegow. One of the inmates warbled: war-bled: "We Did It Before And We Can Do It Again!" . . . Life and lime are rumored due for a shake-up shake-up among the staffs . . . Clare Boothe's trip to India is to interview inter-view Nehru. She read three biogs on him before departing . . . Howard How-ard Hughes, the flier, may become chief of the Air Training Cadets of America, which is being privately financed by Gov't okay . . . Anne Shirley the actress-divorcee and Roger Pryor (being melted from Ann Sothern) are salving each other's oth-er's wounds. Typewriter Ribbons: Christopher Morley: There are some literary critics who remind me of a gong t a grade crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train roars by . . . H. W. Beecher: Tears are often the telescope through which men see far into heaven . . .. Henny Youngman: 1 just taught my wife how to drive a car. Next week I'm teaching her low to aim it! . . . Lester Rice: The crowd as one person patted aim on the back with their lungs . . James Cannon: He's one of the old songs of New York . . . Vina Delmar: She was exquisite. She had Ihe face of the month . . . Faith Baldwin: She had that special bloom which only women in love are permitted; per-mitted; happiness was luminous in ber eyes, arrogant in her walk, and aped like a kiss upon her mouth . Charles Barnet: One of those 'appy dames who parted her hair w the muddle . . . T. Dorsey: If Ne don't get some harmony soon we'll all swing! . . . General Mac-Arthur: Mac-Arthur: Only those are fit to live 'ho are not afraid to die. Buy Defense Bouds Man About New i otk : A new system of protection against saboteurs is being installed in many defense plants by Stromberg-Carl-on engineers. Aptly enough, tests oave shown the system is sensitive enough to detect rats scampering "cross the floor . . . Broadway amateur sleuths are claiming the blonde who bit Dorothy Thompson's toger (in that Heil Hitler incident) (1) "The Duchess," as she is wown around the racetracks; (2) A s'- Moritz tenant; (3) A one-time lal pal of Millionaire Stillman. |