Washington club colyum and radio barbs mix with war talk
A Washington night club column highlights baritone Jack Quigley and a tale of a threatening letter to a columnist who later reads of a killer with a baseball bat. It also notes CBS reports on propaganda and critiques political commentators while lampooning media figures and pop culture riffs.
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Colyum
Neptune
Jack Quigley
Vice
Reinald Werrenrath
Aman
CBS
Rome
Time Magazine
Walter Winchell
Winchell
Milton Berle Meets Jean Sablon At Ruban Bleu Midnight
The anecdote recalls Milton Berle meeting Jean Sablon at Ruban Bleu late one night. Sablon notes Berle as a very funny fellow, prompting Berle to quip about memory. A veteran newspaperman figure is described as watching the parade from his window and noting the passing people.
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Milton Berle
Jean Sablon
Ruban Bleu
Jean
Milton
Martyr Joan of Arc Burned in Rouen in 1420
May 20 entry recalls Joan of Arc known as the Maid of Orleans burned at Rouen after a trial for heresy and sorcery. She helped lift the siege of Orleans and was condemned by the church authorities. The item includes an unrelated aphorism about overindulgence and disease.
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Maid of
Orleans
Rouen
France
Beauvais
Military Training Not New In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg May 30 Compulsory military training is not a new idea in Pennsylvania. Since March 17 1777 when the militia was organized free able bodied white male adults 18 to reside in the Commonwealth were compelled to enroll in the militia or face fines under laws enacted by successive legislatures.
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Harrisburg
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