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("Loookit t'at!" snorts Sally. "You know how many trolley crashes t'eh is innis' town ev'y yeeh? But do t'ey put inna headline "Two Trolleys Op'rated by MEN Crash, et cetehreh, et cetehreh? DO T'EY?" "Yeh," agrees Alice. "Awlat time I was drivin'at truck f'yeh Uncle Frank, why, I neveh had no accidents." "Ezackly!" interjects Sally. "So ya see what I'm sayin!" "An' a lotta t'at time," recalls Alice, "I was drivin' wit' t' lights awff!")
The City Council needs members who are responsible to the electorate rather than to the exegiencies of political manipulation, declared City Fusion Party candidate Gabriel Wechsler today in an interview with the Eagle. "The City Council is the legislative body for a city of 8,000,000 people," the candidate declared. "As such it has greater responsibility than any state legislature. It cannot cavort itself iin the manner we have become used to expect from it. It cannot confine itself to naming streets. It must have independent action around the many problems facing it, such as housing, taxation, health, education, and all of the other city problems. To do this requires that councilmen of experience and integrity be elected, responsible to the electorate." Mr. Wechsler futher declared that he would be proud to serve on the Council alongside fellow Fusionist Mrs. Genevieve Earle of Brooklyn, currently the Council's minority leader.
German occupation authorities have placed nearly all of Denmark under a state of emergency, the newspaper Dagens Nyheter said today, in a new attempt by the Nazis to stamp out all sabotage and unrest. The state of emergency had been lifted by the Germans as an appeasement measure during the Nazi roundup and deportation to Poland of Danish Jews, but is now reported to be back in effect following a wave of resistance to Nazi measures by Danish civilians.
Singer and Brooklyn resident Perry Como writes in with a suggestion for all performers in the borough -- don't throw away old scripts, old musical arrangements, old costumes, used makeup, and other such equipment of the theatre. Instead, box up these materials and donate them to the Army for use in camp shows.
(And so ended the career of Buskirk, chief clerk of the First Baldheaded Bank and Trust.)
("Heh," hehs Joe. "Hey Ma, you eveh seen a hockey game? Gee, it's swell. Awlese big guys on ice skates, right. goin' back an' foe't' chasin'iss lit'l piece a' rubbeh wit' sticks, an' bumpin' inta each ot'eh, an' evr'y once'n a while t'ey stawrt beat'na tawr outa each ot'eh f'no reason." "Hmph," hmphs Ma, gesturing to the front window. "Oi c'n see thaat aaaahl I waaant joost lookin' out'n th' street!")
The idea of a Major League All Star team touring the war zones of not just the Pacific but also of Europe is not yet dismissed, with reports from Washington indicating that the tour may be returned to the entertainment program for American fighting forces abroad. Senator James M. Mead, recently returned from a tour of the battle fronts, stated yesterday that he believes "altered circumstances" may bring the idea back to the fore. Several generals are reported to be demanding the reinstatement of the project after it was "postponed" by military authorities due to transportation concerns.
("You vant star and garter?" huffs Grazhdanka Roudenko. "I gif you star and garter!")
("Oh, and if you've got any good ideas for contests, we'll be glad to hear them!")
(OH MY SWIT CHICKEN PIES!)
(What a bunch of amateurs.)
(Wow, can you still get tires for that?)
("Hello Big Boy!")
("WHAT! THEY'RE GIVING HIM BRISKET! I LOVE BRISKET!")