Show I 1 if 1 wn u se old new yorkers A brooklyn newspapermen newspaperman once enjoyed roaming through broadway from midnight to dawn lie he haunted saloons and theaters and hobnobbed hobnob bed with the inhabitants of the show world to gather material for or yarns he did what alway are now doing me his name walt whitman about a century ego ago a now new york scrivener turned out a novel that was a financial failure As a result he gave up writing and took a job as inspector of customs on the gansevoort street pier he held this job tor for decades herman melville never lived to see his novel become one of 0 the great classics moby dick one of the struggling poets in greenwich vii village at the tha turn of the century managed to live by scrubbing the floors of a saloon years later lie he scaled this the heights and became the english poet laureate john masefield W 0 fields started on a bender in hollywood and wound up avi tit a hangover in new york ile he wa was surprised to see john at the stork club the mat matter ter asked barrymore Carry more you know I 1 was in town 1 I even know I 1 wasl was the retort jim crouch recalls the time finest nest truex played the title role in rip van winkle and a killjoy critic gave the star only this much space ernest truex excelled in the sleeping scene the press box the un american amerlean activities committee announced a year ago it would investigate fascist groups in the US nothing as you suspected has happened they cant even decide what they should do about gerald L K X smith the notorious stassen complains that taft and dewey a are e teaming up against him the 0 ones nes who really should worry are jack ack benny and fred allen alien Co colliers ulers which points out cut your inaccuracies ac c u ra cies spells alice fayes faye 8 n name a m e fay it an easy mist mistake ake to make either her names been in lights for a dozen years since wake up and live was filmed in 1633 1036 the creators of the comic strip superman settle settled a their case out ot of court for over they will introduce an idea in strips never done before intelligentsia the magazine set has the giggles over the jokester who had the new yorkers movie critic as his chump john me carten of that mag was summoned to the phone the other sabbath evening told to move his radio closer to the re receiver celver and was asked silly questions for a quiz contest which it insiders who pulled the gag still are in stitches chesl at the national press club a porter thought things never would look any cheerier until we came up with another FOR when roosevelt elt was alave uve sneered a everyone in washington was miserable 1 I know said our oar hero but the rest of the country was fas happy broadway confetti inside USA has to run a year at a big biz bit before it pays angels a dividend we have a new ker about dutty duffy square he greets the by name hello hocz beatrice well oscard where you been sammy if it hortensen Hor tensel the black market ticket scandal at the circus has the specs taking fewer chances manhattan murals the sign in the delancey street delici delicatessen patrons who consider our walters uncivil should see the manager the upside down ad in the subway t trains ains which has all the chumps foisting twisting their necks the sign on the dance he hall 11 most exclusive place in town everybody welcome the restaurant on the stork club blo block c k still being built which has he had three different owners who ran out of money and it opened betl our big danger said a headline reader Is from russians who think this nations asleep I 1 you mean corrected a I 1 listener 1 from americans who think this count rys awake d will rogers once had a banquet to attend after a follies performance for mance he hastened hasten dd there with out changing his cowboy suit one odthe of the sarcasm d di why your horse come because snapped will hes a lot smarter than I 1 deml news item stock exchange emil schram declared emphatically that A americans do e r I 1 a it n a worry about another 1929 crash you ton if you don dont troy any stocks he means |