| Show about 4 intriguing construction ANTA MONICA CALIF S SANTA downtown I 1 saw some sort of ricce wall going up at first I 1 thought it must be a part of the proposed plaza leading from our new terminal our new terminal has been under construction almost as long as new yorks unfinished cathedral of st I 1 john inch by inch it progresses giving creeping defiance to those critics who say that what los angeles needs is not any additional entrances but more exits exit on second glance ace I 1 decided the owner of the business prop irvin s cobb erty behind this strange rampart probably made the same mistake I 1 did I 1 saw a picture in the paper and I 1 said pretty late to be printing a photograph of fifth avenue showing how it appeared when the worlds war heroes got through last month I 1 looked again and saw it was only a scene in shanghai after the japanese finished bombing so I 1 figure this forehanded los angeleno is just getting ready for next years convention of the vets out here when his wall is absolutely impregnable against assault hell no doubt paint a big sign on it reading welcome american legion e 0 0 movie preferences atals I 1 DONT like movies about hospitals where an impossible young surgeon performs impossible operations in tour four strokes under par using his irons all the way round and then while replacing the divots divits makes love to an impossible although beauteous nurse but between operations he washes his hands him hes always washing his hands who does he think he is pontius pilate I 1 dont like movies about newspaper offices where the hero is a drunken reporter who behaves in a manner peculiar to newspaper reporters in the movies which I 1 is s so darned peculiar that in a real newspaper office beat out his brains with a wet towel I 1 like movies showing myrna loy when not playing nurse and spencer tracy when not playing reporter gossip about cobb JUST JUST a little effort to trace down P gossip now going around 1 D I the claim that I 1 am going to play scarlett in gone with the wind is absolutely unfounded latest word is that the coveted role will go to fannie brice althou although gb the rito brothers are being mentioned if they should be chosen scarlett will be played as a three handed quartette 11 ID II dame rumor hath it that the atlantic sperm whale will be renamed the justice black sperm whale not yet confirmed but sounds sort ot of plausible the atlantic sperm whale has a hide almost two feet thick ill III the statement that charley mccarthy may join the reorganized brain trust at washington remains unsettled probably without foundation for while charley is trained to sit upon his masters knee he cannot be depended on to keep silent and has too many brains to be trusted truit ed IV stories to the effect that representative ham fish will be republican nominee tor for president in 1940 may be regarded as absolutely authentic so tar far as representative rami ham fish is con concerned cernei IRVIN S cobai la service |
