Show f man alan about towns town erlo eric johnston chamber or of corn com merce chief has been cracked down by MB his superiors bover the russian boosts they feel he was too pro As of tody no postwar trade gree agree a merits ments between V U S industry and russia have been set up one of 0 the biggest however la is being readied without their help paul mcbutts McNut ta ts receptionist at the has become the hottest sno model del on tha conover list she la is ann bell the newsprint shortage a ge may be over by mid december wood pulp Is waiting tor for shipment from scandinavian ports pals ot of steve early hear that his sinus agony caused by byl climate may force him bun to quit against his wishes paulette goddard and her groom buz meredith have asked the FBI to probe the poison pen writers who have landed divorce rumors in various columns the reason the planned new mag pageant has been held eld up la Is that it planned to ape coronet and then decided not to after spending a mint too overheard at the white house clare luce Is the almee aimee semple mcpherson of the stork club john edgar hoover was so iu recently he be thought he would die going my way will gross cross 8 million producer leo mccarey will get about two million dollars tor for his bit seely secy of war stimson stun son Is mending now he went to the adl ron dacks recently where a nurse remained in attendance jessi jesse jones whose condition worried pals Is better votes notes of a newspaper mans alan damon runyon and a new york ne newspaper paper apparently disagree on I 1 the hys e hobby of some americans who enjoy telling quips on well keowns mr runyon in his column complained it Is always bad taste for or people to sit around and mo make odious remarks about any national B leaders of respectability and integ P rity 11 the same morning a respectable new york newspaper featured a report in i a box quoting a washington columnist the tory dealt with the argument who was the strong strongest president one arguer said lincoln because he split plit rails another said washington because he tossed a dollar across the potomac but was declared the strongest he threw the V U S treasury across both oce oceans ansi now that Is a pretty good gag but it is also pretty stale too it was wag used often during the seconda second campaign ol of woodrow wilson in the war debt issue i the quips and barbs about mrs roosevelt are still k being swapped by anti ath Ter mers B and the president Is often the butt of devastating jokes we do not recall hearing that they complained mr runyon probably will admit that it so bad to tell a joke as it Is to elect one governor dewey immune from th the a joke smiths smithe these thesa days the current quip has him suffering from fierce insomnia which keeps him lip p all night pacing up and down aown under un der his bedl the new dealers go into spasms over that one but it ii was funnier 20 years ago when at al jolson told it after an overnight trip from rom boston 1 I sleep a wink he groaned one of Sin singers gerld midgets fidgets drank some borne coffee and paced up tip and down his bis upper barthl col carlos romulo who helped macarthur and quezon escape to australia know that persons dersons addressing congress must not do so to in uniform he has been in his army uniform tor for years an hour before he spoke inthe in the hc house s the other day romulo was wormed informed that he must wear civvies divvies tor for the event his staff hastily borrowed civilian vilian apparel on themay the way to the capitol he realized he was wearing his army sox he paled 1 I am wearing the wrong box he exclaimed oh ob my goodness I 1 do his girl friday solved matters right there on the capitol steps 1 he wore her bobby boxi sox I 1 1 A now yorker just back from argentina alleges that the majority of the people there are not antl anti IV S or pro nazi most of 0 the people said our ln informant formant do not even take the government leaders and openly quip it if I 1 thought my son would ever grow up to be president of argentina id have sent him to school scho oll norman littell of ahe the dept ot of justice and will clayton jesse jones man regret that feuds cannot be carried beyond the grave the demmy catl comm to la il functioning c as smoothly as award at dr frauds Fre churchill has cooled on the king st jf greece but has hasal a warmed on the king ot of italy 1 white house attaches are bleming each other tor for the recent willkie boner general odwyer becomes bei ai a villan civilian I 1 about abou october and will start campaigning tor for the i mayoralty |