The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-06
NEW YORK HEARTBEAT


 Faces About Town: Mrs. Roose- welt, the Presidents wife, trying to squeeze into an elevator on the 3rd floor at NBC-and not making 1t Mrs. Grover Whalen Cat the Fairs Turkish Pavillon) ordering Cherkex Tavouk as calmly as you'd say hainminegs Sophie Tucker, who found out that if you have a big heart, no one wants Q piece of it ... Bert Lahr, the best friend a laugh ever had George White, who remembers that Burns Mantle, one of the severest critics, had writ ten of his first Scandals" t20 years ago)-"George White is Q hoofer and should stay a hoofer" That Scandals says George, made $400,000 and the other Scandals made history" The Dick Mer- Tills (Toby Wing) on a steak spree at Sherman's 54th Street rendezvous, squelching the rift rumors Bill Corum, who Majord in the last war, delivering this picturesque wordage: Now that the harvest is in-it's time to plant the crosses" .. Adolphe Menjou-Hollywood's an- swer to New York's Lucius Beebe.
 Sallies In Our Alley: Eddy Du- chin's comment: "The Hitler -Stalin pact proves the old adage--that you can depend more on your enemeis than on your friends" Orson Welles, the Boy Wonderful and Dave Selznick, tile producer, swapped fly talk in Hollywood the other day. Selmick shouted: You have no breeding, and without 1t you can- not expect genuine success out here!" , But if I do succeed" replied Welles, "that will make two of us who have overcome this ham, dicap."
 Midtown vignette: His name is Nick Lucas, one of the Stork Clubs most faithful and popular captains He bought Sweepstakes ticket two years ago-and won $2,300 With his first fortune he bought @ motor car and took his wife and child for a ride A drunken driver crashed into them, and Mrs. Lucas died from the injuries .. :. The child was seriously hurt Nick hasn't bought a Sweepstakes ticket since He sells theml
 Memos of . Midnighter: The war isn't 5000 miles away, at all The Germans and Frenchmen in the Stork Club kitchen will be fired, says the boss, If they row again as they did yesterday .. News-week's new reporter (on the war) is Maj.- Gen, s. Fuqua, NSA Retired "Yokel Boy" is now a definite hitl . :. Jay Martin, son of the judge, is the new singer at the Village Barn Add eyefuls who may be thefted by Hollywood: Peggy Durr, a receptionist at Browne-Vintners .. It's a son fer the Gene Merediths, raama Is Chic Johnson's daughter Crawford Hill wishes people would worry about their own money, not his and Wm. Rhinelander Stewards. Crawford says their Fair spot is a click The warden Is Lucky" Luciano's best booster. He's says Lucky" is most model prisoner" The midtown detectives round- ai up Broadway naughties again on Monday dawning .. Quentin Rey- holds crack: Things are so tough in Poland, they're gonna call back the Fordham football team" That guy on CBS at 6:30 a. m. IS comical geezer Frinstance: The program originally scheduled to be-canceled at this time will now be heard"
 New York Novelette,: Recently a well-known movie actor was divorced by his wife She fell for another man she believed was wealthy via oil When the di- vorce settlement was made, theh &C., tor gave her a house plus an an- nuity The wealthy" man she wed turned out to be a phoney with criminal record. and without a penny to his name .. So now they dwell in the actors house-and on the annuity The actor carries Gin his wallet) a photostat of the rogues gallery picture and finger prints of his former frau's new groom-and shows them to friends for laughs.