Show the private papers 0 of a cub Report reporters ert not long ago 1 1 I lost a friend ben bainte died many people liked ben bernie because ben bernie liked many people 1 ben had mor ethan acting talent i the fact act Is the easy good nature known to millions of americans was not an act A human being him self elf he really loved his tel fel ben bednies Bern Ber nies leB life was wag an example of t the opportunity america offers a son on of poor immigrant parents and his bis death is artl an example ot of the devotion these americans have cave for or their air country ben was warned barnea by his doctors that ahat his bond drive engagements and his fals many many appearances at army campusand camps camp sand and war plants were too much for his bis strong strength but ben kept on and he e died lea now how much his bit hel helid td cannot of course be measured but ut wo this I 1 we know he i continued in tha tb fight against the 0 orders r deis of Gov government emment authorities his doctors and the entreaties of his family and nov inor his bis effort Is ended because over and beyond therall the call of duty ben behnle tried to give his country more than he had our feud with wit ben bernie tart start aen ed d in 1931 i the sponsor of thi the cigarette garette cl farm or which I 1 rode thi the ma magic gi e carpet with orchestras from all over the world suggested that the show needed some humor I 1 bor borrowed roved an old stunt that worked so well with mark 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 i it was for the or orchestra chestr leader duchin Duch ln and it said just heard aheard fit first a t broadcast with winchell you were e wonderful wonder full can get you a at t state lake theater with winchell and WITHOUT halml I 1 told ben I 1 would then tell ones one on bin him and from that date on every man for himsel fl swell he said go ahead and you know the rest 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 tor for him dim to save his skin he tossed the nazi nail master race theory into the ash cari that was just campaign stuff la he scoffed end and be taken seriously were all good fel las together he orated and were just loving everybody to pieces it happens that lush ley is head of the nazis labor dept and from where he sits he can get a worse set ol of ats than he ever collected from schnapps ech he knows that there are prisoners of labor in the reich and able bodied enemies ener nies represent a lot ot of hell bell when the time comes to raise it 0 ij the of leys scheme Is that ithe the soldiers are 9 going to bring ir in their own accusations they saw the nazi idea at work in italy fr instance farnsworth folwell Fol welland and john lardner reported the butcheries but cheries cherles of the ex master race at cafazzo Ca jazzo and if that crime avenged then victory will lack something this war it was massacre for or nazi pleasure the nazis evacuated the town then sneaked back and slaughtered whole camill families es women and children included especially women and child children refi As lardner points out it lacked even iven the excuse ot of a lynch ing frenzy it was methodical it was more than two miles over hilly country between them and the vie urns 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 be went into a restaurant which advertised we serve everything and heard a drunk tease the mansager ma mai iSager lager with everything eha well bring me an elephant the manager manager countered very well how many to in your party one met inel said the lush so sorry wits the tactful retort we c cant ant kill a whole elephant for just one customers cus customer 11 the beer shortage will be bd ended soon an important midwest brewer has a new patented formula and process and will accept all orders starting december 1 quiz kid joel kupperman will do a second film cpr republic pictures tires at per week his first tor for universal got dot 2000 T the he contract will eventually get him 8 5 Gs per in the early aly summer of 41 the V U S army general staff wormed informed the state D dept ept of the despe desperate rate state of U S preparedness there were many bonfe conferences bences between gen marshall i and aselt secy of state berle in the gravest possible time shortly after one of these meetings aY a senator called upon berle what possible excuse Is there tor for telling selling gasoline to japan he demanded CoA confidentially fidentia lly senator 11 said mr berle the chips are down in the east bast were not selling felling sai gas nowhere now were buying time ir |