Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 5, 1941

April 5, 1941: A well-paid reporter was thinking of quitting journalism to write fiction. He sought advice from a reader for a publishing house, who told him to stick to reporting and write fiction on the side. The reporter was so infuriated that he quit journalism and became a well-known author, Lee Shippey says. [His name is on the jump.] The Charles Spencer Chaplins have reached this understanding: Each may date "outsiders" but neither will take legal steps on that ground, Jimmie Fidler says.