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And we still haven't seen her face. Not that Ed's the kind of cartoonist who'd run a gag into the ground, of course...
(All that, and the conclusion is "Secession is unwise?" How anticlimactic. Mr. Schroth can't be pleased with the result. And note that "terrorists" is now "patriots." I was wondering about that.)
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Rosalind Russell continues to build her place in Hollywood as the feminine equivalent of Edward Arnold by appearing in Paramount's "Take A Letter, Darling" as the no-nonsense president of a plush Manhattan advertising agency. In previous roles she has been seen as a judge, a private detective, an insurance broker, and a newspaper editor, "all roles that represent a feminist's dream."
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And in the Daily News...
A hokey count? Don't you know there's a war on?
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I wonder how many daughters Mr. Hill has in college?
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Gotta watch out for those nosey newsdealers!
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(Well, isn't this an eventful day. Somehow I think Mr. Shonbrun's confession is a matter of "too little, too late." And I'm afraid I have to question Butch's theology here -- there doesn't seem to be any evidence in any scriptural text to support the idea that the Consolidation Act of 1897 was in any way of divine origin. Unless he's into some kind of Gnostic stuff, but I wouldn't want to get into that. And as for Levine, what can be said? At least he's off the streets.)
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(We've never actually seen John do anything more than frown disapprovingly, so Joey really shouldn't worry too much.)
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Hey, you know who else had a boat and knew his way around murky coves? Nick had a boat and knew his way around murky coves. Just putting that out there.
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The Greatest Generation.
Oh, and...
Miss Lee is always one step ahead of the crowd.
(So much for Eli's "beau geste.")
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To prevent the possibility of any poisonous snakes escaping during an air attack, the Brooklyn Children's Museum has moved its six dangerous reptiles to the Staten Island Zoo. Mrs. Jane Garrison, curator-in-chief of the museum, stated that the animals included two copperheads, one rattlesnake, one cottonmouth moccasin, and two Gila monsters.
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(Before you tell a story, rehearse it.)
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(I realize it's a legal necessity, but "unconditional release" sounds so brutally harsh. And never mind the Giants. What if the surging, surprising Braves think they could use a wily veteran to help their young staff, and what if Stengel knows Fitz from all his years in the National League, and what if they sign Fitz and he teaches that kid Spahn how to throw a knuckleball, and... well, what about THAT, Larry? HUH?)
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(Tied to a chair in a dirty old barn? No underground lair? I'm disappointed, Marsh. You're just not trying anymore.)
And in the Daily News...
He's not a rich man yet, but if he were, well, I bet someone could write a song about it.
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You know, it really COULD be Nick!
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Oh, Min.
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Japanese War Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo told an opening session of the Tokio Parliament that Japan's total losses in all theatres the war as of April 30th came to
9000 men killed and 20,000 injured. Without estimated Allied dead and wounded, Tojo stated that approximately 290,000 Allied troops have been taken prisoner, with Allied losses in material amounting to 1800 airplanes, 3500 guns, and 45,000 armored vehicles, trucks, and railroad cars. It was also stated that oil production in territories seized by Japan has "exceeded all estimates."
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(If this ends with Commissioner Moses marching the whole length of Ocean Parkway in a wet bathing suit, then I for one will be completely satisfied.)
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An Astoria barber faces a charge of false advertising after he charged a police detective 20 cents extra for the application of a "scalp refresher" to the detective's bald scalp. Lieutenant Jacob J. Licker of the 16th Division, North Queens police, had come to the shop of barber Anthony Colosa and asked for a fifteen-cent shave. After the shave, Colosa applied the "refresher" fluid to Lt. Licker's shining pate, and then worked over the surface of the scalp with an electric vibrator. The Lieutenant had understood these services to be included in the price of the shave, but when Colosa tried to charge an extra 20 cents, Licker took him into custody. A large crowd of spectators laughed at Licker's testimony before Magistrate Jenkin R. Hockert in Long Island City Court, but Colosa was held for trial in Queens Special Sessions Court.
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Gawdbless Miss Lavonne's roommate.
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The News is clearly out for a Pulitzer here. A Pulitzer!
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War makes strange bedfellows.
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Should've held the tire the other way around.
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See, "stout HEARTED." That's how you say it. "Stout HEARTED."
(Poor Fitz. He commits to staying in Brooklyn, and now he can't even wear shorts when he wants to.)
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Parks Commissioner Robert Moses writes in to take umbrage at Mr. George Trumpler's recent critique of the work being done to make Gracie Mansion into the new Mayoral residence. Mr. Moses declares that all of Mr. Trumpler's objections are all "without exception baseless," and sniffs that Mr. Trumpler doesn't even know where the site of the residence is if he thinks the renovation will take away any current parkland. There will also be, despite Mr. Trumpler's assertions, no elaborate landscaping, not even a flower garden. Mr Trumpler also makes an incorrect statement of when the work began, he doesn't understand that the WPA is doing the work, and that the furnishings and fittings of the house were donated by museums, or by friends, or by the Mayor himself. Mr. Moses finally declares that Mr. Trumpler's statement that Brooklyn projects go waiting while the Mayor gets a new house is "too silly for extended comment," pointing out that the Triborough Bridge Authority just spent $15,000,000 on the Gowanus Improvement, "without a nickel assessment" to Brooklyn residents.
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(Well to be fair, Mr. Waner has a legitimate beef, at least with Durocher. Remember last year, when he was promised the regular right field job out of spring training, only to be released before the end of May -- and was then cut off without a cent when it came time to carve up the World Series pot. Of such things are baseball vendettas made.)
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Yesterday's holdup at the Bossert Hotel, in which $100 was taken by three gunmen, will be "cleaned up today," according to detectives. It is reported by a source that one man has been detained for questioning about the robbery yesterday, in which the three bandits held four hotel employees at gunpoint while looting the hotel office before escaping in a Manhattan-bound taxicab.
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("The Big Job?" You mean -- Parks Commissioner?)
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And then...
"FLATBUSH!" snorts Joe. ""At ain' no place t'bring up a kid, stuff like 'at goin' on!'" "HMPH!" snorts Sally. "At's BUSHWICK! Lookita map! NOT FLATBUSH!"
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Hedy Lamarr has too much dignity for this.