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Show H'. , II,. .1 .I'lJ I llll I II " ' "IT" I Ml I III Bill ' llli HI ill . U. f 7 1 I I - V -i 1 'I I ' I . , ; x - J l ' ' 1 ' ' '- ' A I THREE NEW U. N. MEMBERS . . . Seated in front of the dais at the U. N. general assembly are the representatives of three nations admitted ad-mitted to membership in the United Nations. They are shown as they listen to Paul Henri Spaak, center on dais, as he welcomed them to the fold. Left on dais is Trygve Lie, secretary general. At right is assistant secretary Ivan Kevno. Seated in front are Oesten TJndcn, Sweden; Thor Thors, Iceland, and Aboul Hosayn Aziz, Afghanistan, Af-ghanistan, pew delegates. ' J " ' ' ; . ' ' - ' - ,fv x -' - ' i II ' fg'-- - - WINNERS OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE ... Dr. John R. Mott, New York, left, secretary-general of the World Student Christian federation, feder-ation, and Miss Emily Greene Balch, Wellesley, Mass., presjrjs ' the International Women's League for Peace and Freedom, wftMA)' awarded jointly the 1946 Nobel Peace prize by the Norwegian parliamentary par-liamentary committee of the Nobel awards commission. Four other Americans won awards in physics and chemistry. VA I Ifrni'M ai ' -(ijyurfir-rTn-nJ Tains oj the Town: They were a couple of wild kids, and their marriage was made in heaven like lightning. It happened over night. . . . Blase Broadway was even stunned by the news. Like impetuous kids they didn't plan very far in advance, and when it came time to locate an apartment, they found themselves out in the cold. . . . Imposing on the well wishes of friends, they drifted from one family fam-ily to another. ... To bystanders It looked like the marriage would wind up on the rocks of Reno. . . . Then a strange thing happened. Her parents, who had disowned her when she wed the guy, suffered a change of hard heart. . . . "Come and live with us," pleaded her mother. Her father still hated the new son-in-law but allowed him to move in. . . . Well, the marriage is OK now, and pretty soon they expect to have an apartment all their own. . . . Seems her mother and father fought nightr ly over the new son-in-law, and now mom is Reno-bound! They were both names on Broadway. , . . Then they drifted drift-ed into other fields. . . . But he was so busy with his New York nlte spot and she with her magazine articles that they began be-gan to see less and less of each other. . . . Came the Inevitable. They Bplit. . . . Didn't see each, other for years. Only recently he heard from her. . . . She was suing him and demanding a sizeable size-able hunk of cash. . . . His hot spot, however. Is on the rocks. He is Sat broke, and he told her so. . . . Now look what happens. Instead of collecting alimony, she Is so touched by his pitiful plight that she's sending him a fistful of folding money each i week to keep the sheriff from his door. She Is a high-salaried buyer for a department store. Been there for years. Well liked. . . . Came a strike, and all the sales help walked out. . . . The boss asked her if she would pinch-hlt as a salesgirl until the strike was settled. ... As a personal favor she acquiesced. . . . Three days later she walked into the office with swollen eyes that told of sleepless nights. "I'm resigning," she said. . . . "But look," argued the boss, "you've been with us for years; we've paid you well. Certainly Cer-tainly you can stick with us through this trouble." ... "I want to," came the tearful reply, v "but for three nights I've been locked out of my home. My husband is a union of-, ficial, and he refuses to sleep under the same roof with a strike-breaker! " The town's booking agents are guffawing over this. ... A much disliked colleague is currently being sued because he borrowed several hundreds from a young assistant, got the guy fired and then refused to pay. . . . Came a letter from the lawyer the other oth-er day, and the booking agent furiously wrote back: "I dare you to take me to court over the 500 bucks I owe George. You haven't any proof." . . . And then the chump signed his name! . . . Sohelpmeh! Although the President has no intention in-tention of running again, he will not officially announce it until the final moments, if at all. Because "he wants the final say" on the ticket. He will oppose Wallace for president presi-dent and James Roosevelt as vice-prer, vice-prer, according to intimates. . . . Political observers say Eleanor Roosevelt is the most popular and respected U. S. delegate to the U. N. .... 20 million white shirts, they say, will be released before the Yuletide holidays. . . . Statistics show that three-quarters of all surplus sur-plus materials being offered do not exist as presented. Mostly all conversion. con-version. . . . The best golfers in the land rate Bing Crosby as a three-handicap three-handicap man. Wait'll Bob Hope reads that! Stage Entrance: Burlesque will celebrate its 50th anniversary anniver-sary by having a poll to determine deter-mine the 10 best comics in bur-lesk. bur-lesk. The winner will be honored hon-ored with a gold putty-nose. . . . Russell Patterson (the illustrator) illustra-tor) and Doug Hertz are looking for a beautiful Negro girl to "enter in the 1947 Miss America beauty contest." . . . Amos 'n' Andy call the depression the good old days when there was only a shortage of money. . . . Something to recommend if you're in Miami Beach or nearby: near-by: The Community Concert ' series. Footlights and Spotlights: A Phil-ly Phil-ly newspaper took a street poll. It learned that three out of four queried quer-ied passersby were on some sort of buyers' strike. . . . The U. S. treasury treas-ury is out to clip the wings of B'way angels if their income tax halos aren't on straight. . . . Several of the Broadway "Coney" spots have taken a beating. They may shave their prices on most machines. . . . Political Polit-ical experts claim the GOP has come back to life. Or it may be the Repubs just look alive when compared com-pared with the Demmys. WELL-DRESSED SOLDIERS . . . Clothing for use in heavy winter conditions is being tested at "Task Force Frost," Camp McCoy, Wis. From left to right are Pfc. George R. Deal, Big Stone Gap, Va., in ski mountain boots, gaiters and cotton parka with liner; Pfc. Alvis Goins, LaFollette, Tenn., in Arctic shoes, overwhite trousers, parka and winter mask; Pvt. Eugene Tranthan, Springfield, Mo., in mukluks, pile lined parka overcoat; G.I. in air forces parka B-7; and Pfc. Robert, Wentermute, Newton, N. J., in sleeping suit. - ) ' ' j j WN i, . ' ? - -O" 1 t . r . - ' T.Jt s i , ' " 1 TWIN .NURSES CAKE FOR TRIPLETS . . . Student nurses and twin sisters, Georgette, left, and Colette Dussault, St. Albans, Vt., hold the Skicke triplets, all boys, born at the Brady Maternity hospital, Albany, N. Y., to Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Skicke. The triplets are the first children chil-dren born to the Skickcs. All are in excellent health and thriving. So far they have not expressed themselves about their goofl fortune in having the twin nurses take care of them. |
