Show newspaper man stuff t INS terelia news new chief J C oes tr elcher tells about the pompous general who gathered a group of war correspondents and bored them by outlining the broad strategic situation without giving them any worthwhile news when the general ask asked ed for questions olis newsboy johnny moreal florea promptly double talked that is in great g teat general but when will your troops take on the the general looked uncertainly at his maps of course there wits was no such town he asked mores florea to repeat the query the tha reporter did so emphasizing that berlin could not possibly be reached unless the eis was crossed and captured afraid to admit he be know something thing the general confidently 4 replied my men will take it in a few days daya at the most probably the roost most bumptious pub usher of all was james watson webb during the civil war he wrote to lincoln suggesting that he hi be e made a major general lincoln offered him the slightly lower rank of brigadier general webb returned the commission with the words respectfully declined J W webb written across it some legislators are again whooping up plans to clamp a nix on newscasters who tell the truth i about them which anything novel years ago only reporters who were friendly to congressmen Congress Ren were allowed to enter the halls hall of congress henry clay fought such undemocratic procedures he pointed out liberty Is not the P private property of congress it Is americas heritage it if freedom is only accorded to our friends then we are the toes toe of democracy when floyd gibbons covered china for a news service he communicate with his home office for many weeks finally gibbons editor asked another news service to cable cabla their correspondent in china and find out what happened to floyd the whimsical newsman c cabled a bled his retort have located gibbons in the barroom bar room of cathay hotel in shanghai do you want me to interview him A steel shea sheathed bible carried in the left breast pocket saved the life of flying fortress For bombardier robert turner tuber of lexin lexington agton ky returning after a mission over germany turner discovered several jagged flak fragments embedded in the bible during world war I 1 the life of rose rosa neal of lebanon term tenn was saved when his bible instead of his heart absorbed a german bullet in appreciation during world war II 11 neals church sent a copy of the new testament to every member in the armed forces oldest bible in america Is a latin translation dated A D the lettering Is in pen and ink on vellum for the past 23 25 years more than 25 million bibles have been distributed throughout the world the american bible society ISO years old on may has copies of the scriptures in its new york library written w ten in over languages esther 89 Is the longest verse in the bible 89 words john barrymore was arrested tor for speeding in a hick town at the courthouse he rushed to the phone were only allowing you one call said the judge so go you ou better phone your lawyer lawyer snapped john im phoning my press agent inquiring pho sam mellor stopped a group of ex GIs gag to ask what they thought of the way congress is treating returning servicemen do you thi think asked the newsman that congress kept its promise and received the vets with open arms the trouble nettled an ex GI bandleader band leader herble fields congress welcomed us with open arms instead of open minds just after the last election FOR had an appointment with a visiting gov but due to a meeting on war matters he be was detained mr president his secretary said 1 I guess you know you have kept the governor of massachusetts waiting tour four minutes not so bad winked roosevelt 1 I intend to keep the governor of new york waltin waiting 9 I 1 tour our years during the early americas gazettes were very prim and dull editors recoiled in horror at the thought of at dealing in persona personalities cities but one new york newspaper blew the lid off this staid attitude with a bang by publishing the first interview an interview with a prostitute I 1 th there ere has been no satisfactory agreement among scholars or ety on the meaning of the word selan selah which appears so often to in the book ot of psalms |