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Biggest blockbuster to land near Congresswoman Luce came from Britain's acrid, American-born Lady Astor (who six months ago bluntly stated her own view of Britain's self-interest as opposed to Russia): "I was horrified . . . appalled . . . shocked. . . . Clare Luce's 'globaloney' is too smart for me. It's like a very stylish and ridiculous hat. . . . Mrs. Luce does not know what the war is about. . . . People who start out to be sensational usually don't last long...
Alexander Woollcott was ailing when he went to London in 1941 to broadcast. He brought a box of chocolates for Lady Astor ("Of course, they may be poisoned. I shall be so interested to hear"), observed that the "sense of my incurable triviality" had deepened at the thought that he was approaching England bearing silk stockings and lipsticks instead of guns and ammunition...
Millions of loyal radio fans will miss them. So will Henry Ford, who writes fan letters, J. Edgar Hoover, James Thurber, Vincent Astor, and countless others whose addiction approaches that of the late Arthur Brisbane, who sometimes telephoned breathlessly after the broadcast to find out what would happen in the next episode...
...picture is ably summed up by Mr. McCrea, who observes to Miss Astor: "You never think of anything but Topic...
...Miss Astor: "Is there anything else...