The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-25


 Short Story: There's a lot Of irony in the talk that Merle Oberon, the star, will wed director Alex ander Korda soon The first Mrs. Korda, Maria, discovered Merle in a London restaurant eight years ago and brought her to her hus- bands attention In the inter views she gave out in those days, Merle said she hoped someday to be able to show Maria her gratitude.
 If you want to join the very ex- elusive Union Club this is for you. It has dropped to $500 initiation fee for six months in its drive to catch new members Who givZadam? An agency on Sixth avenue is offering seamen jobs to men who are non-citizens. One-way passage to wherever they want to go :. Jerome Weidman, author of T Can Get It for You Wholesale and What's In It for Me?" has been sent on round the world trip by his publishers-to get new subjects (other than the garment .center) to pen about Executors of the estate of Thomas Wolfe, the writer, found that he had received a $10,- 900 advance from his publishers for the book which they will publish post-humously. The check had never been cashed. Attached to it was a memo instructing it be put in trust for his mother.
 w. W. Plankinto, who works to keep from being bored, and John Perona, the owner of Fl Morocco, the famous night club, were devoted friends The other day Plan- kinton, who recently started new night club weekly, asked Perona for his mailing list 50 I can help start my new magazine with some class distribution" |. Perona was sorry, but he feared the list might fall into other hands and he used to annoy his class clientele i. Bill sizzled "Okay," he said, "I'll ruin Fl Moroccol My paper will never mention it!"
 A little story called "Not Poppy, Nor Mandragora" in the Psycho- analytic Review for October, in 1888, combines literature and science in a study of suicide that is said to out-Joyce- Joyce! By an ob- scure writer, it has attracted the attention of psychiatric biggies here and abroad Many picture mags are getting warnings from religious groups all over the land to clean up -or be clean out Katharine Hepburn's salary in the show Phil adelphia Story" (according to one story-teller) is collected by her father, who gives her an allowance As if she couldn't get her luncheon check paid or a ride-with those ankles :. The stories recently said that when the Germans invad- ed Czechoslovakia about 1000 Czech flyers escaped in planes to Russia and Poland The @.gend in Washington is that tt7 Jest planes, about 1000, were flown to France. The Nazis got 1,7o0-5o0 being good.
 The other night we went to a little East Side beanery down in the Ghetto They featured one of those string ensembles--the saddest looking fellows you ever saw, and their music was pretty bad |. Those guys" said a companion play like they're going to the firing squad in the morning!" .. The one in the middle" said another. looks like he went this morningl" Izzy Elinson says Hitler thinks that the world is his oyster-and he wants some sea food. mama! :. Capt. Patterson, publisher of The News, is running articles on ex- periments that are expected to de- termine sex in blessed-events The lady who handles the assign ment came to make report to Pat terson T am personally more interested in the saline solution than ever, Captain" she said, you see I, too, am going to have baby!'
 "Well, well," he replied. "let's tell Wincher!" Izzatsol We re- ported that Mrs. Todd Wright was infanticipating again-two Monday columns agol
 Since their deadlock on the Years Best Play, the New York drama cri- tics have been accused of naming their organization The Circle, be- cause that's what they run around in One of the critics, admitting he didn't quite catch on to Wm Saroyan's My Hearts In the High lands" defended his boost for 1t on the ground that 'it give you a nice feeling" That's what they al- ways say about marijuana!