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...kidnapping had been reported to Guzik's close pal, one Hymie ("Loud Mouth") Levin. Thirty-six hours later, with Hymie keeping his loud mouth tightly closed, Guzik announced through an intermediary that he was safe & sound. Said he: "It was just a holdup, followed by a business transaction...
Eighth Army News, the testy, griping pal -in-print of the "desert rats" who followed Monty from Egypt to Italy, was born in September 1941, during the siege of Tobruk. When General Montgomery arrived in Egypt to take over the Eighth he quickly recognized the battle weariness of his men, found it "important that the troops know what is going on in the world and have a place to air their problems...
Second-fiddling the fun is pert, legsome June Havoc (Pal Joey), cast as a lady bullfighter from the States, and given to such rhymed ruefulness...
...mayor of Akron, had managed Frank E. Gannett's 1939-40 Presidential campaign. Briggs, once a newspaperman, later a political "dopester" for a handful of Minnesota business firms, handled the northern midwest area of the Gannett campaign under Sparks. When Gannett lost, Briggs changed camps. He became a pal of the Democrats. Ickes, asked by reporters last week if the story was true that he had met Briggs through Chicago's Mayor Ed Kelly, replied: "I'll ask to be excused from answering that question...
...rumored that everyone is moving ashore the first of the month, with the possible exception of Company Dog . . . they're telling around that most of the local mugs will be billeting at the Commander in a surprise merger with the Supply WAVES!!! . . . Now, pleeeaaasee don't quote me, pal, but I heard a fellow behind me in our first class this morning and he was bumpin' his gums, giving his gang the row-down . . . Oh, yeah, all the classes are gonna be held in Memorial Hall, too . . . At least, that's my latest info...