The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-06
Walter WiricIleu O. BrOadzcay
MAN ABOUT TOWN

sTcade Mark RrRlst td, Ecn
 MAN ABOUT TOWN
 The Princess AKurat (Laura Franc) Is in Miami Beach acquiring q Flori- division Mrs. Clifford Odets' Osuise Rainer) next mate will be a big British govt official Dor Othy Maclsaill, ex-screen star, and Tex Reher, son of the Texaco chair man, are rnerger-threat .. '. The French Govt purchases in New York last week amounted to over $S6, ,0O0,- 900 Exclusive of armamentsl England Is buying most of her supplies from her colonies Kath- 1eef Williams. the 5000 pretty model did not melt with her Erie, Pa, groom, as iterned. Ttll happen in Florida soon The Ed Huttons rift runors are the bunk. The Frafklyn Huttons (Barbara's pop) i, who parted recently (when he ad- vertised that he was no longer re- spot1sible for his brides debts), have secretly recoiiciled Fritz Kuhn's many aliases will be brought out in court this week, including local hotel. registrations as Frank Carson" and Henry Larsen" |. The Paul Whitemans insist that the buzz of bustup is exaggerated.
 Eugene MacLan, formerly the publisher of San Francisco news paper and once managng editor of gazette in Washington, is here to buy . newspaper if the owners will peddle His backing is called Fugitive Ham -and Egg" money, belonging to California bankers, who hear that the S3O Every Thursday Plan out there Is going through. And all concerned want their coin rec moved from Cailf, as quickly as possible. 3
 The Queen of England has been Keeping Q diary since the war start- cd. Life Is rumored to have bought it for publication When the City of Flint gets back the State Dept will be wealthier with German naval "inside"-the U. s. crew made matters miserable for the Nazi burg lars Hollywood photogs have tipped their eds that Claudette Col bert and her physician-groonn are plotting flash There will shortly be Q terrific reorganization of many govt departments The Henry Fondas' (Frances Seymour Brokaw) new image is due in two months When the White Hous- CTS twho'd have given a fortune to have any dictator denounce FDR during the neutrality debates) learned that Molotoff had actually done SO, Lowell Mellett of the Presi- dential staff, said: Amazing. His luck never fadesl"
 From Fritz Kuhn's Free Ameri. can" newspaper of Nov. End: "If there is any un-American Organiza. tion in this country, the Ameri- can Legion is one of them, ostenslbly . product from abroad and trans planted on American soil" !. It fur. ther discusses the Legionnaires with these words: e. trained as pro- fesslonal flag -wavers to block traffic, to create noise, nuisance and at- traction. Half-nude danes are in- ducOd to do their stepping, while the male goofs goose-step with eyes bulging" Leave it to the Kritz Kuhn -Klux- Manners to indict them- selves by saying the wrong things at the right time! The Ameri- can Legion should blow . kiss to Clare Booth for evening matters fin her new howl-mystery- hit ("Margin For Error') )-the heartiest laugh yet on the Bunderworld.
 Tommy Hitchcock's new plane will revolutionize transatlantic travel. The hearings this week in Wash- ington (for a charter) will be sott7- voce. Navy's orders Exclusive photos of the Dionne quints hence. forth will go to King Features .l The Dewey detectives are prety sore because of the feud between Sergt Grafenecker. Dewey's favorite, and Capt. B. Dowd ... Pastoral" which took Q pasting from the first-night mortlcians, took in about S2l the 2nd ngiht The cast of Sum mer Night" another probable casu- alty. pleaded with Producer Gensler to defer the premiere, but he re- fused Tommy the Cork's broth- CT. Howard, Is too i'll at N. Y. Hosp after an emergency operation We'd nesday Paulette Goddard will play the Edith Atwater role (the great mans Girl Friday in the Number 3 troupe of Man Who Came to Dinner. It's called "the amateur company" because Woollcott will be in 1t .,. Deweys biggest case involves the quiet collaring of 30 "fluffs" charged with being e ring of extortionists, who, over c period of years, blackmailed "the most famous names" out of between 60 and 70 million dollars.
 Times must be tough when . S1O book, simon and Schuster's "Treas- ury Of Art Masterpieces" Is on the best seller lists Most re- freshing newcomers in town are "The Nite-Wits" (college kids, mak- | ing their initial pro appearance at The Cominque on B'way near 53rd. l Deft satiristS the bunch of them .l George Back '. the Post publisher, may run for xayor Viv Segal, Dn tour with Married An Angel"