Show man about town the big parade general hap arnold in the stork cub section lots skinnier than hit his familiar fotos thanks tor for getting that war over wiehl sold said a mal maj W rockefeller who also went to war the hard way Is back 30 0 ib abo s heftier he Is one of the lifted pinky sets best advertisements peggy joyce her hep bridegroom Is detained on the coast escorted by millionaires who failed ailed to win her he be jewelled hand estelle taylor inspecting a jap war bond which a GI purchased in tokyo for one stale U S ciagle brig gen carlos carios P romulo th the e last man off bataan and his wife and 4 boys entering the waldorf mrs romulo was a jap captive until rescued by one of 0 her sons D runyon the broadway bard and his 2nd and favorite writer greeting 1846 1946 and solemnly studying the celebrants as they are carried or thrown out show business vignette eddie C cantor a antor was in boston supervising inellie tN ellie bly a new show having a few hours to spare he phoned nearby chelsea N naval a va I 1 hospital and volunteered to give the boys an impromptu song and dance the hospital was tickled so many ut of the invalids were well enough to visit their kin or friends that the ones who stayed behind were lonely and depressed cantor brought along thelma carpenter leonard sues and bea walker after entertaining the vets they went to the mental ward there one weary soldier called to eddie youre swell all the star realized the ill III veteran thought cantor was jolson eddie did not correct him even when the lad r requested ques t ed ap april r i showers al cantor rendered april showers Jol sons theme song and the jolson tan fan was the last to stop applauding portrait ot of a friend when things dont come out right he comes right in when none of your dreams come true druehe he Is tie he never looks for your money except when youve lost it he never gets in your way except to clear it tor for you nothing Is more important to him than making you important por tant he is in your corner when youre cornered he turns up when you get turn tum downs tui all he wants in return for his helping hand Is your handshake he never insists on seeing you except when nobody else wants to he raps your critics when they I 1 re wrong and takes the rap for or you when right the only on y way he sponges off you Is to absorb some of your troubles so you can have strength left to fight the heels when youre taking bows he bows out you can do anything you want with his friendship except buy it or sell it he makes you realize lahat having a real friend is like having an extra life all ali he asks of your friendship is the privilege of deserving it when capt harold stassen witnessed it the big hit state of the union he told the authors that when politicians used to teu tell him how many vot votes esthey they could deliver he be would invariably say how can you deliver the votes of a tree free people ale the have found room for it in the show with a punchy ana snapper this is how it goes in the 3rd ard act spike the newspaperman campaign manager tells mary the wife of the republican hope the politicians coming to dinner tonight all can deliver the votes mary says how can you deliver the votes of a free people spike dont kid yourself mary lazy people ignorant people and prejudiced people are not tree free soldier from rom miami this Is the third time these railroads have done this to me they sell you a ticket to new york and without warning make you get out at philadelphia delp hla they shove you into a hurriedly made up coach train and if there is a seat available you get it one of these days someone will work up a lot of lawsuits regarding this nuisance then maybe ivil stop what am I 1 griping about I 1 in any wreck which the miami N Y trains seem to be going in tor for a lot lately aw the hell bell with it czar Pe medics have ordered him to slow down or risk the penalty of his serious internal disorder norman corwin the radio author Is ill the persistent yankee weather in miami T ach packed the choo choos northbound blia rals boss curry has warned visitors swank and otherwise that they risk being eol collared lared in the raids on gaming spots going to scare them into laughl laught pg spasms spasm dear boy A resolution is being bein drawn by the newspaper gull guild barring florello fiorello from col yuming unless he apolo apologizes cizes tor for past insults to newsmen thavil be the dayl the pew new super chief diesel now being made will do miles per hour eyra era pound who preached tor for mussolini has been tent sent to the booby hatch |