Show 1 I 1 F I 1 A the private papers of a cub reporter not long ago I 1 lost a friend I 1 ben bernie died many people liked ben bernie bernic bee because ause bet ber bernie liked many people ber ben had more than acting talent the fact is the easy good nature known to millions of americans was yas not an act A human being himself he really loved his fel ben barnies Ber nies life was an example of the opportunity america offers a son of poor immigrant parents and his death Is an example of the devotion these americans have for their country ben was warned by his doctors that his bond drive engagements and his many many appearances at army camps and war plants were too much for his strength but ben kept on and he died how much his bit helped cannot of course be measured but this we know he continued in the fight against the orders of government authorities his doctors and the entreaties of his family and now his effort is ended because over and beyond the call of duty ben bernie tried to give his country more than he had our feud with ben bernie started in 1931 the sponsor of the cigarette firm for which I 1 rode the magic carpet with orchestras from all over the world suggested that the show needed some humor I 1 borrowed an old stunt that worked so well with mark hettinger hellinger with whom I 1 feuded feu ded phoning ben at the college inn in chicago I 1 told him that on the next broadcast I 1 was going to read a telegram from him it was for the orchestra leader duchin and it said just heard first broadcast with winchell you were wonder wonderful full can get you at state lake theater with winchell and WITHOUT him I 1 I 1 told ben I 1 would then tell one on him and from that date on every man for him himself selli swell he said go ahead and you know the rest I 1 anyway how it started robert ley the nazi bartys problem drunk got sober enough the other day to have a good scare he began to sort of realize that its getting down toward the payoff pay off and things arent looking too good for him to save his skin he tossed the nazi master race theory into the ashcan ashgan that was just campaign stuff he scoffed and be taken seriously were all good fellas together he orated and were just loving everybody to pi pieces aces it happens that lush ley is head of the nazis labor dept and from where he sits he can get a worse set of ats than he ever collected from schnapps he knows that there are prisoners of labor in the reich and 12 able bodied enemies represent a lot of hell when the time comes to raise it the big weakness of leys scheme is that the soldiers are going to bring in their own accusations ions they saw the nazi idea at wo work rk in italy fr instance farnsworth folwell and john lardner reported the butcheries but cheries of the ex master race at cafazzo Ca jazzo and if that crime avenged then victory wi will lack something this gasn wasn t war it was massacre for nazi pleasure the nazis evacuated the town then sneaked back and slaughtered whole families women and children included especially women and children As lardner points out it lacked e even n the excuse of a lynch ing frenzy it was methodical it was more than two miles over hilly country between them and the victims homes the huns marched the distance because they enjoyed killing the helpless it was a crime so incredibly horrible that folwell dare broadcast it until he checked and double checked it an acquaintance would have you believe he went into a restaurant which advertised we serve everything and heard a drunk tease the manager with everything eh well bring fri ane e an elephant steak the manager countered very ven ivell eu how many in your P party arty one ione me said the lush SOT sor ry 17 was the tactful retort we cant can kill a whole elephant for just one on icus customer I 1 the beer shortage sh will be ended soon an important im midwest brewer has a new patented paten tei fOrr formula nula and process and will accept all orders starting december I 1 quiz kid joel Kup kupperman perma n will do a i second film for republic pictures at per week his first for uni versal go got t 2000 the contract will wil eventually get him 5 Gs per in the early summer ot of 41 the U S army general staff informed the state dept of the desperate state of U S preparedness there were many conferences between gen marshall and aist secy of state stat berle berie in the gravest possible time shortly after one of these meetings a senator called upon berle berie what possible excuse is there tor for selling gasoline to japan he demanded confidentially senator said mr berle berie the chips are down in the east were not selling gas now rg buying time aimel I 1 I 1 |