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The Broadway Express:
Memos of a Midnighter: Neigh
bors say J. L. Lewis doesn’t have
his Virginia house painted because
union painters ask too much
money! . . . Fritz Kuhn, wh6 was
booted out of here, now is running
a shoe store in Germany. . . . Sena
tor Mead is leading prospect for the
likker czar post. . . . Your Slip Is
Showing Dept.: Editor & Publish
found this headline in a San An
tonio paper: “Dirty White House
Widows Shock First Sightseers.”
. . . Hotel managers reveal that the
last thing a suicide (in a hotel) does
is shave, bathe, put on clean under
linen, etc. Women fix their nails
and apply lip rouge. . . . Begin
ning of the End Dept.: When a wom
an looks more at the glass on the
bar than the one on the wall.
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By Walter Shead
WNU Correspondent
Manhattan Morals: The ker-
riekter who (every morning)
goes into the 49th and 6th cafe
teria and shaves himself at the
table while his coffee cools. . . .
The movie marquee on 8th,
which advertises this appropri
ate dooble-featnre: “Down Mis
souri Way” and “Flying No
where.” . . . The elderly dandy
in the 57th street automat. He
sits near the window and
watches the crowds go by—
while his chauffeur outside in
his limousine watches him. . . .
The big card game in the bal
cony of a 42nd street movie
joynt. . . . The car on Fifth
avenue (with Georgia license
C 27767) with this painted all
over it: “Peace Is Love, Justice
and Brotherhood Put Into Prac
tice!” (Oh, go practice it in
Ga.)
Sallies in Our Alley: Encyclo
paedia Britannica makes no men
tion at all of Santa Claus or of St.
Nicholas—the cynics. . . . Stop wast
ing your time kidding soap operas.
The Hooper survey reveals that
9 out of 10 are the “most popular
daytime” programs. . . . Vince Cur
ran claims the way Leo Durocher’s
going—Leo the Wolf is becoming
just as famous out in H’wood as
Leo the Lion. . . . When songstress
Patti Clayton (a rabid Dodger fan)
heard about Durocher’s new inspir
ation (Laraine Day), Patti asked
only one question: “Can she pitch?”
... Is that loud argument back
stage between Fred March and
Ruth Gordon’ over billing? You
mean even when they’ve been in the
lights for decades they still take
billing that seriously? . . . The
League of N. Y. Theaters has asked
a major mag’s critic to come to
openings sober.
New York Story: In 1941
Broadway welcomed a new
“sucker.” ... A Texas oil
man. ... He was 65 years
young — full of wim, wigor,
witality and woo-woo. ... In a
year and a half he squandered
over $400,000 backing flops that
had more turkey in them than
you often find in some costly
Broadway sandwiches. . . . Any
how, he was enjoying himself—
having the time of his life. . . .
He was very different from most
“angels” who back shows. . . .
The money was his. ... He
didn’t promote it with big talft.
... He was not a tout or bookie
who invaded Broadway to
“take” chumps by staging one
flop after the other. . . . This
man was Big Time. . . . Not a
nickel belonged to anyone but
B. S. Which are his initials. . . .
He just loved being around show
folks—to help them get along.
. . . Well, here comes the punch
line. . . . One of the show gals
he befriended got serious and
married him. . . . And they
stay home most of the time
eounting his rich and wise in
vestments, instead of empty
champagne bottles.
Add Inflation Items: Silk shirts
at Leighton’s are advertised at only
$28.50! . . . Peter Lind Hayes re
ports the cost of living in Movie-
town has gone up $3 a quart. . . .
Plenty of mink coats are showing
up for sale in those thrift shops.
Wassamatta, lady, ain’t Daaadddy
got enough loot left? . . . It’s amaz
ing but the ballet (long in the
red) is making money while dance
bands and dance halls are limping
and dying. . . . Some of New York’s
night spots are so close to closing
that employees phone in first and
inquire: “Are we open tonight?”
. . . People wouldn’t miss most of
these joints anyhow. ... A. Jolson
said to have dropped over $600,000
on recent stock market toboggans.
. . . Legit matinees were the worst
in five years, according to ticket
specs.
Winchellebrities: Mrs. George
Washington Kavanaugh (the walk
ing mint) dining in style with her
pair of diamond-studded chopstix.
. . . Estelita, the Embassy Clubeaut,
featuring earrings — one gold-let
tered “Yes” — the other “Nope.”
. . . Jose Ferrer—actor-director-pro
ducer. Best known for his decency
to hopeful young newcomers. . . .
Wrong Way Doug Corrigan is with
Royal Air service and will fly cargo
planes. . . . Ray Bolger (slimmer
than Thinatra) fighting the wind
near his B’way hit.
WNU Washington Bureau
1616 Eye St.. N. W.
War Bonds Will Yield Huge
Flow of Cash for Many Years
'T'HE president of a small bank in
a rural midwestem town, here
to attend a bankers’ meeting, told
your Home Town Reporter the other
day that interest on war bonds and
U. S. savings bonds held by the de
positors in his little bank alone
would average almost $100,000 a
year for the next 10 years.
To me that is an amazing revela
tion, for it is the answer to the
confusion in the minds of many per
sons throughout the country as to
why the treasury department is con
tinuing its drive to sell U. S. sav
ings bonds although the fighting is
over. Also, the treasury’s working
balance and anticipated tax revenue
are enough to meet government ex
penditures for some time to come,
and they have been sufficient since
the close of the Victory Loan in De
cember, 1945. The government actu
ally does not need the money it is
obtaining from the sale of savings
bonds.
Then why sell bonds? I asked
Verne Clark, director of treasury’s
savings bond division, for the an
swer. It boiled down to the fact
that the governmenr policy was to
have the people collect the interest
on the public debt.
Said Clark: “Wise management
of the public debt is an important
function in which every citizen must
be vitaUy interested until that debt
is paid. Purchases of savings bonds
directly by the people are a definite
part in that management ... of
keeping ownership in the hands of
the people . . . and add another
privilege to American citizenship,
the privilege of sharing in the pay
ments on the debt.”
Enormous Buying Power
Here are some amazing figures:
According to treasury statements,
war bonds now outstanding, includ
ing all series, total $49,700,000,000.
If these bonds are held to maturity
the interest to be paid on them in
the next 10 years will total approxi
mately 13 billion dollars, or an aver
age of about $1,300,000,000 a year.
That is purchasing power! It al
most equals the total national in
come from banking in 1943; it is
approximately the equal of the na
tional income from insurance in the
same year; it is more than the
average annual national income
from bituminous coal; it adds up to
a new national spending power. And
remember, this is interest only, not
the $49,700,000,000 of principal, much
of which also will be paid before
the 10-year period is up, because
some of these outstanding bonds are
already five year sold.
Bringing this new purchasing pow
er down to that little midwest town,
that $100,000 a year in interest alone
is more than the annual payroll of
half the industries in the town, and
if those industries shut down for any
reason, folks there would look upon
the fact as dire calamity coming to
the community. The only factor
which can shut off this annual in
terest is redemption of the bonds
before maturity.
Here are some more amazing com
parisons: In Texas, the people hold
approximately a billion and a half
dollars of war and savings bonds
on which the 10-year interest would
be $375,000,000 or an average of
$37,500,000 a year. That total in
terest amounts roughly to one-third
of the total value of Texas farm
products in 1944, given by the bu
reau of the census as $1,115,669,126.
Large Part of Income
In Indiana value of farm products
in 1944 amounted to $538,000,000. The
10-year interest on a billion dollars
worth of war bonds held by Hoosier
citizens will be approximately $250,-
000,000, or about one-half the total
farm income for 1944.
In an eastern state, Massachu
setts, folks hold two billions in bonds
with an approximate $500,000,000 in
terest total and that figure, accord
ing to the census bureau, is four
times the total value of farm prod
ucts sold and used in Massachusetts
in 1944. The annual interest, $50,-
000,000, probably equals the annu
al payroll of any one of a dozen
thriving industries in that inaustrial
state.
It seems to your Home Town Re
porter that these figures bring home
to every citizen all the familiar ap
peals for the continued purchase
of savings bonds.
But the fact remains that the man
agement of that public debt is im
portant and we’ll have it with us for
some time to come, so it seems to
this reporter that as long as the
folks in the home towns of the coun
try must pay that debt in their fed
eral taxes, their one hope of reaping
any return, aside from the privilege
of living in this country of ours, is
to continue to buy government sav
ings bonds and to hold what they
have until maturity. Somebody is
going to get the interest on that
huge debt. It might as well be you,
the common citizen.
(Editor’s Note: This is anoth
er in the “Stories of the States”
series.)
By EDWARD EMERINE
WNU Features
“Chust look at dis! It’s
coal!”
John Peter Salley, one of an
exploring party, had picked up
what seemed to be another
rock, and found it to be bitu-
minuos coal. Today West Vir
ginia, with its 585 mines, often
is referred to as the "coal bin of
America.”
When William Tompkins used nat
ural gas as fuel to evaporate water
from brine in 1841, he became one
of the first men in the United
States to use gas for industrial uses.
West Virginia’s natural gas produc
tion in 1944 was 213 billion cubic
feet.
In 1797 Elisha Brooks began ex
tracting salt for commercial pur
poses from a brine spring in Kana
wha valley near the present site of
Charleston. Other West Virginia
salt works have been operating for
more than 100 years.
Develop New Industries.
As early as 1790 a furnace was
built by Peter Tarr of Kings Creek,
near the present site of Weirton, now
ane of the biggest steel producing
cities in America. Cannon balls made
here were used by Commodore
Perry’s fleet in the Battle of Lake
Erie in 1813.
Michael J. Owens, son of a coal
miner, invented a bottle-making
machine in 1903 and started a new
epoch in that industry. West Vir
ginia produced, in prewar years,
glass, china and pottery valued at
50 million dollars annually.
Miflin Marsh made stogies and
sold them to passengers on Ohio
river boats in 1840. M. Marsh &
Son, Wheeling, is reputed to be the
largest stogie manufacturer in the
United States.
And back in 1915, when World
War I cut off the German supply of
playing marbles, Akro Agate was
founded at Clarksburg, and today
the concern makes over half of the
world’s glass marbles.
But lest West Virginia’s in
dustrial achievements blind us
to her other claims to fame and
distinction, let us look farther
than bituminous coal produc
tion, natural gas, petroleum,
chemicals, salt, stone, hardwood
timber, steel and iron manu
facture, textiles, glass, pottery,
ceramics and others. There is
also the romantic and historic
West Virginia. And there is the
mountainous and scenic West
Virginia which has become one
of the nation's greatest recre
ational areas.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE . . . Clar
ence Watson Meadows was elect
ed the 22nd governor of West Vir
ginia in 1944. A former lawyer,
he had served as state attorney
general and judge of the 10th
judicial circuit court before his
election. He is a native of Beck-
ley, W. Va., where he was born
February 11, 1904.
The first white men went into what
is now West Virginia as early as
1719, and a few years later cabins
were being built. After 1735, South
Branch valley began to fill up with
the overflow from Shenandoah val
ley and from Pennsylvania and
Maryland. Settlers were of several
nationalities — and the composition
of the people of West Virginia al
ways has been different from that of
the country east of the mountains.
Story of Controversy.
West Virginians heartily support
ed the Revolution and sent troops
to help New England and the Mid
dle Colonies, but the history of west
ern Virginia before 1801 is a story
of controversy with eastern Vir
ginia. Socially, politically and eco
nomically, the two sections were un
like from the very beginning. West
ern Virginia was democratic while
eastern Virginia was aristocratic.
The idea of separation was fore
most long before the Civil war.
When war broke out between the
states in 1861, there were bound to
be repercussions through the en
tire state. Eastern Virginia was the
heart of the Confederacy. Western
Virginia was opposed to secession.
The long desired separation was ef
fected, not with the Civil war as s
cause, but rather as an opportunity
On December 31, 1862, the congress
of the United States gave its con
sent to admit West Virginia as a
state, and the next spring, on April
20, 1863, President Lincoln issued
his proclamation. West Virginia be
came the 35th state of the union two
months later.
Many Historic Shrines.
Three states and two rivers mee*
at historic Harpers Ferry where
John Brown’s anti-slavery raid was
staged. Blackwater falls, Seneca
rocks, Pinnacle rock, the burial
mounds at Moundsville, the state
capitol building, the historic
shrines — all are interesting and
worthwhile.
From mountain tops to blue
grass farms, the agricultural
side of West Virginia is a
revelation. Anyone must mar
vel at the agriculture and fruit
that are produced in a state
that ranks among the first in
industry. Prize beef and bitu
minous coal? Yes, anything is
possible in West Virginia.
Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson was
born at Clarksburg, and West Vir
ginia also gave the nation John W
Davis, Pearl S. Buck and Ann Jar
vis. In case you’ve forgotten, it wa^
Ann Jarvis who in 1907 asked s
group of Philadelphia friends tc
wear white carnations on the firs)
anniversary of her mother’s death
—and thereby founded Mother’s
Day. j
State of Contrasts.
The state's northwestern border is
the Ohio river, the aquatic highway
that opened the west. But the Mo- i
nongahela and the Kanawha rivers !
are important too. West Virginia’!
elevations range from 240 to 4,861
feet above sea level, with the high
est average elevation of any state
east of the Rockies. Yes, it’s a
mountainous state, but every wooded
hill, every shady nook and every
sparkling stream belongs to just
such a state. About 60 per cent of
the state’s area is covered by for
est, with trees ranging from spruce
in the highlands to prickly pear
cactus and other semi-desert plants
in the lowlands.
Scenery, wildlife and extensive
semi-primitive ereas combine to lure
vacationists to West Virginia's twe
vast national forests, the Mononga-
hela and the George Washington
The state also has 15 state parks
and seven state forests.
Fishing, hunting, hiking, riding
swimming, golf, tennis, boating-
well, what do you want for recre
ation? And what is your trade, whal
are your business ambitions, you:
specifications for success? And whal
of your “dream” home where naturs
is loveliest? Perhaps the answer is
—in West Virginia!
E^SCREK
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
By VIRGINIA VALE
T IME was when movie he
roes had to be dark to be
romantic; John Gilbert and
Rudolph Valentino were con
sidered ideal. But now the
blonds are coming into their
own. At Paramount Sterling
Hayden, Sonny Tufts, William Hol
den, William Bendix, Howard da Sil
va and Johnny Sands, all blonds,
are cast in “Blaze of Noon,” a story
of early commercial flying. A sec
ond attraction is the fact that some
of the most valuable planes in the
country, dating from World War I
and now practically museum pieces,
will be shown in action.
Lucille Ball introduces a bit of
whimsy in the fashion field in Hunt
Stromberg’s “Personal Column”—
wears a hat which has feathers dyed
in a polka dot pattern, with a slip
to match! It’s an idea whipped up
by Eiois Jennsen, Stromberg’s fash
ion designer, who got her first big
picture break when she did Hedy
Lamarr’s clothes for “Dishonored
Lady,” and it’s certainly an original
one.
Almanacs Long-Lived in
U. S.; One in 250th Year
Among the oldest publications in
the United States are the local al
manacs the contents of which ap
peal chiefly to farmers, says Col
lier’s.
For example, Gruber’s Hagers
town Almanac is now in its 149th
year, the Old Farmer’s Almanac
in its 154th, Daboll’s New England
Almanac in its 174th and Foul-
sham’s Almanack in its 250th
year.
SuMimsi Jbo dUdiculouA
A slightly tipsy gentleman
walked into the telegraph office,
took a pencil, spent three or four
minutes in deep thought, and
wrote this message to a friend
in St. Louis:
“Tra la, tra la, tra la, tra la."
He signed it and presented it to
the lady behind the counter.
After checking it, she said:
“That will be 64 cents.”
The gentleman paid her and
she said: “You used only eight
i words.”
“What would you suggest add
ing?” he finally asked.
“Well, how about just adding
‘tra la,’ ” she said.
“No,” he said firmly, “that
would just make it sound silly.”
i’
Experts at Warner Bros, think
they’ve discovered the secret of
Dane ClarK’s appeal to the fair sex.
They say “It’s because he smol-
THE PANHANDLE STATE . . .
Surrounding the map of West
Virginia are typical scenes of the
the state: (1) Blackwater falls;
(2) the administration building
at Babcock state park; (3) a
modern coal tipple; (4) New
River canyon, and (5) apple
growing.
Eastern Panhandle Is Favorite Spot for Vacationers
Old-timers used to talk about “this
neck of the woods,” and West Vir
ginia’s Eastern Panhandle may
have the answer to how the expres
sion started. Back in the wilder
ness days, the area was called “The
Northern Neck of Virginia.”
Eastern Panhandle retains a fla
vor all its own. Gouging into Mary
land and Virginia as it does, it par
takes of the traditions of both those
states and remains somewhat dif
ferent, if not apart, from the main
area of West Virginia.
In 1776, the village of Martins-
burg had “30 houses” and the com
munity was building “a courthouse
of no inconsiderable size and ele
gance.” Today Martinsburg is the
industrial center of the Eastern
Panhandle.
West Virginia’s Eastern Pan
handle has as its main attractions
Cacapon state park, old homes of
the Washington family in Colonia
days, Berkeley springs, and large
apple and peach orchards.
Harper’s Ferry, historic center a'
junction of the Potomac and Shen
andoah, is the state’s oldest town
The Eastern Panhandle is onlj
52 miles from Washington, 73 mile!
from Baltimore, and 261 miles from
New York. It is one of the favorite
spots for week-end and vacatior
trips from metropolitan areas.
DANE CLARK
ders.” Elevated to stardom because
of his performance in “That Way
with Women,” he’s now “smolder
ing” in “Deep Valley.”
Milo Boulton, emcee of “We the
People,” recently flew from New
York to Detroit to do a 20 second
narration for an industrial movie. He
probably set a record for short and
snappy business transactions—with
in an hour he was on his way home.
*
Robert Merrill, star of the RCA
Victor program, rides to the 6th floor
of the NBC building in a freight ele
vator these Sundays, and wishes he’d
thought of it sooner and saved his
neckties—through muffler and all,
fans snipped pieces from his cra-
vats.
Sinatra fans may have to be
curbed or limited as to age, but Per
ry Como’s “Supper Club” will con
tinue to be open to all comers.. As
a rule they’re very well behaved,
6ut if they let out a shriek now and
then it’s forgiven.
James Stewart won’t talk about
ips experiences as a bomber pilot
in private life, but in Frank Capra’s
“It’s a Wonderful Life” he has to.
Talking to Donna Reed, who plays
his wife, he cuts loose with some
vivid and of course believable de
scription. But it’s in character, be
cause in the picture he’s telling about
the exploits of Todd Karns, who’s
cast as his brother.
Cass Daley has added to her al
ready extensive real estate holdings.
The “Ladies Man” comedy star is
buying a 165-acre ranch, complete
with burial grounds, near Hollywood.
Professor Quiz can answer prac
tically any question, but when he
trips up it’s likely to be a question
involving an animal. “Which way
does a pig’s tail curl?” “What kind
of noise does a rabbit make?” On
those he was right save foi excep
tions. But when he said that, when
a cat washes its face, it holds its
paw stationary and rubs its face
against it, he got hundreds of pro
tests.
When Joseph Gotten appeared on
a “Hallmark Reader’s Digest” pro
gram on CBS he was swamped by
autograph seekers. One starry-eyed
young woman thrust a five-page doc
ument into his hands for his signa
ture, but, recalling advice given him
by his lawyer, he looked through
the pages carefully—and discovered
the document was a love letter, ad
dressed to the autograph-seeker!
ODDS AND ENDS—Elena Warmer,
of RKO’s "Trail Street,” has just finished
decorating George "Gabby" Hayes’ new
Palm Springs home... . Ken Niles’ other
radio and film commitments forced him
to bow out as announcer on Arlene Fran-
cis’ "Affairs of Ann Scotland’’ radio
show; Knox Manning replaces him. . . .
Olivia de Havilland has discharged her
agent, business manager and publicity
man, and turned their duties over to her
new husband, Marcus Goodrich. . .. Ann
Sargent of "Right to Happiness” has Pow-
er-modeled as the typical American
sports girl time after time—but doesn't
Play a single game!
UNSIGHTLY DANDRUFF
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i^4mowoline hair tonic
This Home-Mixed*
Cough Relief k <
T ruly Surprising
So Easy. No Cooking. Big Saving.
You may not know it, but. In your
own kitchen, you can easily prepare
a really surprising relief for coughs
due to colds. It’s old-fashioned—your
mother probably used it—but for real
results, it’s hard to beat.
First, make a syrup by stirring 2
cups granulated sugar and one cup
of water a few moments, until dis
solved. No cooking needed. It's no
trouble. Or you can use com syrup or
liquid honey, instead of sugar syrup.
Then get 2)4 ounces of Pinex from
any druggist. This is a special com
pound of proven ingredients, in con
centrated form, well known for
quick action in throat and bronchial
irritations.
Put the Pinex into a pint bottle,
and fill up with your syrup. Thus you
make a full pint of splendid cough
syrup, and you get about four times
as much for your money. It never
spoils. Children love its pleasant taste.
And for quick relief. It’s a wonder.
It loosens the phlegm, soothes the Irri
tated membranes, eases the soreness,
makes breathing easy, and lets you
get restful sleep. Just try it. and if not
pleased, your money will be refunded.
For firmer grip when others
slip ask for SOLES
as well as
Heels by
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irritated upper bronchial tubes, dear the
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sticky phlegm and quiet the coughing.
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