The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01

MAN AB0uT. TOWN
 The Conrad Thibaults, he's the concert troubadour, will soon place the matter with their solicitors. She becomes Bergdorf- Goodman mani kin in wks. Barbara Hutton's new shadow is w. Palmer Dixon, so- cialite Churchmen say that Bishops Mooney and Nifty may be the next selections for Cardinal ele- vation by His Holiness {. The B. Gimbels of Phila. are on the verge of a dirge Atty-Genl Murphy will give the Federal judges six months to clear up their calendars, some of which are five years be- hind k. Amelia Earhart's widower, Geo. Palmer Putnam, and Mrs. w. James (Jean Consigne) will be ready for the chimes on May l9, the day after her decree is final {. Insiders will betcha former Fed. Judge Thomas (of Conn), recently subpoenaed, will never testify! Sup posed to be very sick, but what @ story! A prominent attorney asso- ciated with the case is "also in the hospital" etc. {. Dutch Schultz's widow was slugged for allegedly call- ing "Abbadabba" (who was erased with her groom a 3-letter word.
 The President told a group of clergyman and educators Gin the Sherwood Eddy seminars) in Wash- ington last week that the chances for a European war were 60-40; that the democratic powers. would prob ably be licked if Ucle Sam didn't furnish them with munitions and materials and that Uncle Sam would not send troops abroad /. One of the same group (which had private audiences with key men in the govt from F. D. R. and the Su- preme Court Justices down) also re- lays this-via a high-ranking State Dept official: That the govt knows all about the scope and purpose and methods of Nazi propaganda in this country, but that if the people at large knew what the govt did, mob of patriots would probably rage the German Embassy in Washington"
 Lady Hindlip, estranged from the scion of Britain's famous Allsop's Ale tribe, is a chlorine in Vincente F. Wildman, who allegedly hit John Perona, the Fl Morocco chief, almost brawled with editor Stanley Walker at Bleeck's during match game over week ago .. The Lady in-Waiting to Her Royal Highness, Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark Countess Sybille Reventlow), is Barbara Hutton's cousin /. Harry Hopkins, who finally has his illness licked, will make headlines soon with comprehensive domestic program. =. Audrey Christie of q Married An Angel" and groom Guy Robert son are imaging :. "The Man Who Killed Hitler" published "an- anonymously" by Putnam, were auth ore6 by Dean Jennings, recently with Real Detective Magazine 7. Ken's best item: "Lucius Beebe, who has made a career of foppishness and food, has his stomach pumped out every two weeks!"
 Miriam Verne, who became fa- nous when Hitler praised her jigg- ing, can't get her hands on more than third of her salary |. .. And in German marks (not American dol- lars as the contract states) which've been mounting in the Goebbels- owned Metropol theater since last Sept-while her family in Pitts burgh are in "dire need" according to intimates.
 Kaile Selassie's financial situation is better than yours. He has large holdings in London, New York and the Bank of Egypt .. Mid-Western utilities are said to be backing the boom for Gov. Stark of Missouri for White House tenancy .. Young Jack Dorrance, Campbell zoop heir, has his car rigged with a tear gas device that mows down kidnapers, firinstance, by merely pressing button under the dashboard . :. Uncle Don's divorce became final on the 24th. He and Betty Marsh, an innkeeper's dotter from Scalp Level, Pa., were due to be middle-aisled yesterday Those initials ''W. F." on the new big busses committing be- tween 50th Street and the Worlds Fair do not stand for Worlds Fair" flor William Fox, the ex-movie magnate Eddie Polo, silent flicker star, amassed fortune of 15 million marks in Germany. He's back in H'wood after recently "es- caping" with $6.5O to his name <. Josie Heather, the English com- edienne, enormously listed as a "goner", is recovering rapidly at the French hosp .. The Daily Forward Ca Jewish Gazette) finally got around to the Faith Bacon publi- city stunt, in which she was sooooo undressed. The photo caption was: Mot So Kosher.
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