Show things few new yorkers know about new york there Is in gold at the bottom of the east river the treasure was aboard a british ship that sank there in 1870 many attempts have been made to recover the money but they all failed the bronx has its own flag everybody knows that the statue of liberty carries a torch in her right hand know what she holds in her leftt left its a book representing law which has on it in block letters the date july 4 1776 signifying liberty based on law next time you pass grants tomb and you want to show your friend how much you know about new york raise his eyebrows by pointing out that the generals body is encased in three coffins new york has 36 buildings that are 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 1000 people and 20 houses in the early century south water and front streets were covered with water and broad street was an inlet used as a canal city hall park is now a gathering place for mendicants mendi cants and pretzel salesmen but its rich in history it was in that park the declaration of independence was first read to the american army in the early days of new york the political big shots used to tax the indians for protection so you think racketeering is something new eh eha the staten island ferry opened its run in 1713 and through all those years it has been woo during the revolutionary war the first attack on a battleship by a submarine occurred in new york harbor they used to hold steamship races on the hudson by 1 new york city owns and operates a fleet of ferryboats ferry boats no wonder mayor laguardia is pugnacious he has even had a punching bag installed at city hall incidentally fiorello has a tiger 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 yi tiri pills that are death on hangovers the pills arent ready for the market yet one of the middleweight fighters is in the bastile got leave came home to see the wife and kids and refused to go back one of the lovelier irish femme movie stars of only a few seasons ago is broke in town that morgan fellow on the air is a refreshing relief from most comics Fr instance the japs may be clever in imitating the production of all nations but id like to see em come out with an almond shaped monocle radio row is giggling over a recent broadcast from a west coast hoosegow one of the inmates warbled we did it before and we can do it again life and time are rumored due for a shake up among the staffs clare boothes trip to india is to interview nehru she read three biggs on him before departing howard hughes the flier may become chief of the air training cadets cabets of america which is being privately financed by goat okay anne shirley the actress divorcee and roger pryor being melted from ann sothern are salving each others wounds typewriter ribbons christopher morley there are some literary critics who remind me of a gong at 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 I 1 just taught my wife how to drive a car next week im teaching her how to aim it lester rice the crowd as one person patted him on the back with their lungs james cannon hes one of the old songs of new york vina delmar she was exquisite she had the face of the month faith baldwin she had that special bloom which only women in love are permitted happiness was luminous in her eyes arrogant in her walk and shaped like a kiss upon her mouth charles barnet one of those sappy dames who parted her hair in the muddle T dorsey ii if we dont get some harmony soon well all swing general macarthur only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die buy defense bondsman about new yorks york A new system of protection against saboteurs sabot eurs is being installed in many defense plants by stromberg carl son engineers aptly en enough ough tests have shown the system is is sensitive enough to detect rats scampering across the floor broadway amateur sleuths are liming claiming the blonde who bit dorothy thompson thompsons Thomp sons s finger in that heil hitler incident is 1 the duchess 11 as she is known around the racetracks race racetracks race tracks 2 A st moritz tenant 3 A onetime one time gal pal of millionaire stillman |