Show night club patriot macarthur the only hero on bataan peninsula as this wry story just arrived reveals in the parly early days of the campaign maca macarthur arthur summoned an engineer i and ask asked ed how long will it ta take ke to throw throda a brid bridge ge across this stream three days was the reply goo good d snapped macarthur have leave your draftsman make drawings right away three days day s later the general sent for or th the e engineer and asked him how bow the bridge was corning coming avs its all ail ready was the answer you can send your men across now if yo you don dont t have to wait for them pictures they aint done betl D meow bowl A catty actress visited the N now ow voyager set in alwood and congratulated ilka chase on her recent book 1 I enjoyed it she said who wrote it darling clawed ilka im so glad you liked it who read it to you in blo moores ores the other dinnertime dinner time eddie cantor lou holtz and chico marx were war e wondering about ben bernie are things all right one of us queried dont worry about bernie said an eavesdropper 1 I happen to know that whether he works or not he has an income of a year Is that enough the way he bets asked chico those suffer gagged a wag wi will 11 be his relatives from variety only three pictures have played five dve week engagements at the music hall before reap the wild wind they were snow white rebecca phila story and woman of the year show business bad enough without arithmetic like that harry hopkins is supposed to have asked a soviet big shot how is it you purged so many generals yet youre doing so well in russia was the answer we executed the fifth columnists in france they put them in the cabinet and over here they get on the staff of f the hate sheets john gunther the commentator war correspondent was interviewing the head of a goat bureau who was complaining about the contusion red tape etc what do you really think ot of washington gunther asked 1 I think he be said it is an insane asylum I 1 oh come now gunther ribbed a timeworn time worn phrase you dont understand said the tha man this is the most different kind of an insane asylum it is run by the inmates inmate sl I 1 americas assembly line americas assembly line is complete c it runs straight from the greab great heart of a tree free people to the hearts art of their fearless fighters the money streaming into our war bonds Is already streaming out of the mouth of the cannon the capitals of the enemy are panicky dollar tor for dollar wheel for wheel and tank tor for tank the enemy is losing the battle of the factories which means that man n f tor r Z man the enemy must give a final i account c on his bis own battlefield he knows that more goes into a defense stamp than the 25 cents it costs and that our men with their hammers are driving home more than rivets the money pouring into the united states treasury means americans have no price on their liberty billions tor for defense means meang tanks against tyrants and bullets for bullies american workingmen are too busy to look up but the smoking chimneys of their factories mean the smoking ruins of berlin and tokyo the american armament program which includes fighting planes was called its fantastic bastic by hitler in a radio speece speech h this Is to report that our plane production will be even greater than hitler fears melodrama the col yunas spy over at B altman Alt mant a department part ment store overheard this d dialogue a the other afternoon lady patron please charge it salesgirl what Is the name please lady lillian gish Salesgirl would you please spell it in fewer words Vad vaudeville deville is definitely making a comeback the showmen obviously figured if its so successful in congress it aughta be a cinch tor for broad broadway way new york heartbeat the big parade detective J broderick famed tor for his bis courage against gangsters frightened stiff over appearing in a film depicting his c career a reer spurned an offer of ilsoo 0 0 from to stay on oh the police force at 80 per week chet shaw new managing ed over at newsweek the purple heart ribbon in his lapel means that he be was woun wounded dedin ln the last war private carl laemmle jr who spends his weekends week ends at a swanky eth avenue hotel on 21 a month |