LizzieMaine
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HEAR HEAR!
HEAR HEAR!
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In Philadelphia, the Navy yesterday launched its heaviest battleship ever, with Navy Undersecretary James V. Forrestal promising that she will be ready within five months to help avenge the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The U. S. S. New Jersey slid into the Delaware River after being christened by Mrs. Charles Edison, wife of the New Jersey governor. The new ship has been designed to reflect "all the lessons learned at Pearl Harbor and in subsequent naval battles, particularly in battles involving air power."
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An order by Majestic Theatre owner Lee Shubert closing the Broadway play "Native Son" was rescinded today in the face of protests by the New York League of Theatres, the Dramatists Guild, Actors Equity, ant the Association of Theatrical Agents and Managers Unions. Shubert had ordered the drama of Negro life based on the book by Richard Wright closed in the face of its condemnation by the Catholic Theatre Movement, and in the wake of a jury verdict ordering the closing of the revue "Wine, Women, and Song." The Catholic Theatre Movement had declared "Native Son" "wholly objectionable," along with "Wine, Women, and Song" and the Gypsy Rose Lee/Bobby Clark revue "Star and Garter."
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(I don't know that a wartime production of "The Mikado" would be in exactly the best of taste, but who am I, the Catholic Theatre Movement?)
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("Ma rolled a 290 game las' night," says Sally. "She's get'nna hang of it. She says Fitz himself come oveh t'wawrch." "Didn' make 'at las' frame, eh?" comments Joe. "Well," shrugs Sally, "she was distracted.")
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(Miss Prang is Mary's long lost sister CONFIRMED.)
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(Oh yeah? Well at that range, the wadding from a blank can still do some damage, especially if all you've got on is a bathing suit!)
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(The joke's on them -- a real lie detector has multiple traces, not just one. SO THERE.)
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Hon, it's time to move on.
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"I'm forming a Homeowner's Association -- and we're voting you out!"
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U. S. Army fighter planes participating in a bombing attack on an Axis airdrome yesterday shot down six Messerschmitt 109s from a 12 plane formation in fierce dogfights over Libya. The Royal Air Force was credited with shooting down a seventh Nazi plane in the battle, and of the remaining five "a number" were reported damaged. One American fighter was reported missing.
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A monthly Trotskyite magazine has been banned from the mails by the Post Office Department. The December issue of the Fourth International contained an article condemning the Roosevelt Administration for its dealings with Vichy French Admiral Darlan, and another criticizing union leader Harry Bridges for his endorsement of a Government takeover of the martime industry. The Post Office had previously banned a weekly Trotskyite newspaper, "The Militant." An attorney for the publishing firm indicated that no specific reason was given for the orders, and warned that "should the Administration succeed in suppressing the Trotskyite organs, it may suppress more widely circulated liberal and labor papers that criticize the Administration."
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(I'm really, honestly surprised that the headline on this story isn't "BROOKLYN COUNCILMAN STIRRUP PUMP CHAMP -- Sharkey Quenches Flame at 20 Feet To Cop Crown." Maybe Parrott should cover these meetings.)
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The owner of a 14-month old Airedale dog that attacked a man attempting to molest two young girls behind the Brooklyn Museum yesterday was given a suspended sentence in Flatbush Court for allowing that dog to run at large. Mrs. Jessier Fernandez of 395 St. Johns Place testified that she was walking the dog near the museum when she heard two little girls screaming. Her dog "Slim" slipped his collar and set out in pursuit of a man who was chasing the girls and "the man beat a hasty retreat." Mrs. Fernandez added that "Slim" will soon appear at the Madison Square Garden Dog Show.
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(And just why, Mr. Branch Rickey, did you not make a bid for Eddie Miller, the best shortstop likely to be available this winter, given that you are about to lose your shortstop to Uncle's tender ministrations. HUH??? "Oh," notes Sally, "we don' need'at bum. Once we get Petey back, see, Vaughan c'n play shoeht, an' ol' man Hoiman moves t'foist. Nut'n to it." But what if Vaughan quits like he says he's gonna, huh? "WELL GIMME A MINUTE I'LL COME UP WIT' SUMP'N!")
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(SEZ YOU)
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(Stop posing, Scarlet, you've already got the part.)
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(Just remember though, ten percent of what ever you get out of this goes straight to your fluffy orange manager.)
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And in the Daily News...
Funny how, in this fast moving wartime world, it's the little stories like the wife-swapping ring in Jersey that fall thru the cracks.
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"Not to be confused with." Well, I have to admit that I certainly was.
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"I'll have my full balance sheet on your desk in the morning!"
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"Wish I could remember what the DL said to *her* troops."
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("A two-syllable woid indicatin'' ill-le-gitta-macy?" wonders Joe. "Huh," huhs Sally. "'Majehkoit'' has t'ree syllables.")
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Enforcement agents of the Office of Price Administration are looking into the cases of three hundred eating establishments in the city for possible violation of coffee rationing laws, after six restaurant operators were found guilty yesterday of underestimating their coffee stocks on hand when registering for coffee rations. The most spectacular violation was found at Vic's Lunch, 179 Broad Street, in Stapleton, Staten Island, where owner Victor D'Angelo declared four pounds of coffee on hand when making his application -- and failed to mention the half-ton of coffee in storage at his home. FIndings in yesterday's cases were to be forwarded to Price Administrator Leon Henderson for disposition, and it is likely that the privilege of obtaining coffee for the guilty establishments will be revoked, either temporarily or for the duration of the war. It is also possible that criminal charges may be filed. It was further declared that OPA agents will be visiting each of the city's 15,000 restaurants to check inventories against ration declarations.
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The body of John T. "Jack" Doyle, Broadway's "Wizard of Odds," lies today in a funeral home in Jacksonville, Florida pending the arrival of relatives. Doyle, the unofficial "Betting Commissioner of New York," well known for his oddsmaking on major sporting events, died yesterday of a heart ailment at the age of 67. He was the last remaining prominent figure of Broadway's "Gay Nineties."
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("You don't survive long in Hollywood without you know how to give sponge baths to unpleasant old people.")
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And in the Daily News...
Tsk, Gloria, is that nice?
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"Don't play games with me kid, TELL ME WHAT I WANT TO KNOW!"
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*choke*
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She is for now, but given her skills, it's hard telling if she will be tomorrow.