April 27, 1941: Lee Shippey files  a column from his hospital bed!

OUR PARTY FOR VENEZUELA met in the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center before sailing today. We could look out across the city at the spires which last year seemed as solid as rock cliffs, but now look fragile and brittle for bombs in the pearly, iridescent haze, touched today with sun and faintest color of the rainbow, Tom Treanor says. 
 
Few stars can wear an evening gown with such dazzling effect as Loretta Young, Jimmie Fidler says.