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...progressively less phony, he decided to tell all in a pseudo-philosophical autobiography. Haw-Haw's dubious masterwork has had small sale in Germany, none in Great Britain and the U. S. Last week, borne to the U. S. by ace Radio Correspondent William L. Shirer, top-flight newshawk for CBS, a copy of Haw-Haw's apologia turned up in CBS' Manhattan offices...
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau sat in his taxworks fortnight ago, nervously smoking Camels. Suddenly he blurted to newsmen: "If we get out a five-year defense note it will be taxable.'' A newshawk snapped: "As to all taxes?"* Mr. Morgenthau nodded...
...Senate's age average dropped, with oldsters being replaced by such men as Senator-Bishop Bunker and Senator-Newshawk Joseph Ball of Minnesota (35) its Mormon quota had gone up. Already sitting were Saints William H. King and D.Thomas of Utah. Lame Duck King will be replaced Jan. 3 by chubby Saint Abe Murdock. One indirect Mormon loss: the passing from politics of Mormon-admiring Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona...
...enlistment, that of his oldest brother Robert, the war work of another brother in airplane manufacture, his youngest brother's service in the Navy, his younger sister's Washington work for the Red Cross. It was extremely affecting talk. Even hard-boiled reporters were moved. One old newshawk, tough as a boot, confessed to a throat lump big as a doorknob. Willkie himself had wet eyes. At long last, and perhaps in spite of himself, Wendell Willkie was finding out that a Presidential candidate must do more than grind away at his ax: he must dramatize himself...
...Washington correspondents next day sent Newshawk Murphy a trench helmet, a pair of football shoulder pads. *The "midstream" line, most effective of all Willkie cracks, became so familiar to correspondents that they wrote a song called Down...