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Show L J Notes of a New Yorker: Use Koch, the convicted Nazi nonster who bragged that she used the skin of concentration camp victims vic-tims to make lampshades, has had ler life term cut to four years. Oh, well. Praps they were very imall lampshades. This terrible woman made one of the trial judges very ill when ihe testified. She .admitted selecting select-ing tattooed men (for death in the gas chambers) "because their skin made interesting lampshades." If she deserves only four years for butchery the least our gov't can do is open every cell at Atlanta, Leavenworth and Alcatraz, where tome GIs are doing 20 yean for merely striking an officer. Hollywood's pet quip deals with Mrs. Danny Kaye (Sylvia Fine) whose bigtime lyrics made and kept Danny a star. At Warner's, it appears, ap-pears, they are miffed with her, alleging she acts as though she were Queen Liz. When she phones, they report, she announces imperially: im-perially: "This is Sylvia Fine." She phoned a film-cutter and intoned: in-toned: "This is Sylvia Fine." There was no answer for about 20 seconds then she said: "What's the matter are you there? This is Sylvia Fine." "Just a moment, Miss Fine," was the wonderful retort "I haven't finished bowing yet." Jules Levine relays the one about the woman who tried to return a pair of shoes to swank Beverly Hills store patronized pa-tronized by movie stars and the elite. "These won't do," she said, "I simply can't walk in them." "Moddom," was the disdainful disdain-ful reply, "People who have to walk do not shop here." John Edgar Hoover's bronchia pneumonia was aggravated by worry and heartache caused by politicians pol-iticians attempting to have him fired . . . Democrats and Republicans Repub-licans are joined in the scheme . . . Herbert Hoover prevented his dismissal dis-missal a few weeks ago. We can certify to the G-Man's loyalty. ... He has had many chances to retire and accept jobs that pay ten times his wage. . . . One offer (to narrate a radio crime program) was for $100,000. As someone said: "Gratitude has the shortest memory." Neus Item: "The trial for Hitler and Eva Braun has again been postponed." post-poned." It seems as though we never will find out whether Adolph was a Nazi or not. Sounds In the Night: At Lindy's: "As Maine goes, so what?" . . , At the Bagatelle: "I love you mors than yesterday and less than tomorrow." to-morrow." ... At Monte's-on-the-Park: "Don't expect him to pick up the check his arm's worn out from lifting all those drinks." . . . Ai the Savannah: "Now that Dewey'i won all the polls, all he has to da is win the election." ... At Gil-more's: Gil-more's: "I don't have to get drunk to see snakes. Not with the friends I've got." Item: "Ground was broken yesterday yes-terday for the permanent site of the U. N. in New York." To make it realistic they should'vi broken a promise. A senate colleague of Mr. Truman's told a reporter Harry "never had any troubles nntil he stepped into FDR's shoes." "You mean," edited the scribe, "until he stepped out of them." Quotation Markmanship: Helen Fraser: She suffers from a him-feriority him-feriority complex. . . . Bill Stern: Why is it called free speech when you consider the price American! had to pay for it? . . . Anon: Maybe the reason China stays at war ii that she sees what peace has don to the rest of the world. . . . E. Gardner: My wife has a terrible memory she remembers everything. every-thing. ... J. W. Raper: A mar picks a wife the same way a farmer farm-er picks an apple. . . . Davie Crown: The best way to hold a wifi is often. The other Sunday night this re porter asked Cong. McDowell (wh( is busy probing Reds) about th( failure to deport Ferenc Vajta, I Hitler ally, accused of helping mas sacre millions of people in Europi ... Up to the time of colyumia to press there has been no repl from Mr. McDowell. Vajta, now jailed at Ellis Island probably will be released whei "the Winchells cool off" . . . There has been great pressure in the stati department to hush up the entin stench ... The examiner (whi heard the Vajta testimony) handei down a decision recommendini that the warrant against Vajta bi dismissed . . . But that decision ii for the time being, "hidden" in i Washington desk because it is tor hot to release right now. |