The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
MAN ABOUT TOWN

Miriam Hopkins, according to chit ter-patter in Her Set will wed Ben- nett Cerf, the book puhlisher--her holiday, guest .,. Dewey's racket chief VIII break e biz story Jan. a, Runlor has Whalen quit ting the Fair in 30 days John Ford, who directed Grapes of Wrath" didn't take any pay ... i. Asst Sec'y of State Herle wil lpro- duce the platform that will keep the Democrats and Liberals married ;. :. sherman Billingsley, the Stork Clubs Santa Claus, gave away near iy $20,000 in bonus coin to his staff of 200-plus 5000 bottles of perfume to femme guests and 30 Oradios to nebs The Hal Kemps' blessed adventure will be 0 4thy of Jul sparkler That sable coat 'Honeychile" Wilder has didn't come from s. Claus, but from European banker Keith Trevor Why are the G-Menaces 80 active in Reno these daysp A pr. c. is teach- Ing Peggy Joyce how to say "Ahl"
 President Roosevelt will not enter Che Democratic primaries next
 month. When his legal adviser, T. C0rcOran, was asked by reporters if \. ID. R. would enter, Corcoran re- piled; "Gentlemen, the 19A0 Presi- dential race Is . seeded tournamenw ... Meaning that other contest ants are merely playing for the privilege of meeting the champion.
 Haywood Broun's will bequeaths over $50,000 in insurance plus 100 acres of Connecticut farmland, valued at $760 per acre, and home Gree from mortgage and deht to his wife and son.-60-40 The Russ Morgans are imaging The Michael Lorings plan O division .. Mrs. o. o. Mcintyre is back In town The Rube Gold herg's and Inez Robb making her Christmas holidays gayer {. cynthia Cavanaugh, the show-gel, gave Stokowski, the timekeeper, back to the field Are Rich- ard Watts, Jr, and Jean Tierney, the actress, tuning wedding chimes in the Fritz Kuhn trial received an anonymous holiday card from Ja- maica, l.. l., stating: "May your Christmas be as merry and your New Year as happy as your Un. American and Christian verdict against Fritz Kuhn"
 Numerous dellcatessen store own CTS and other Yorkvllle shopkeep- CTS (who contributed t0 the S50,000 ball bond for Fritg Kuhn) threat en another scandal for the Bund and It's jailed Fuehrer ... Some Aliege they have not had their coin returned and threaten going to Dewey about it .. The D. As of- fiee has reed many letters from De- trolS storekeepers and elsewhere ask ing if it can help collect money owed to Kuhn -. Florence Camp has several love letters from Fritz julcicr than those read at the trial, In one, Fritz said he didn't "be- lleve In the Bund" ... That k "ls c lot of f00llshnese" Flor cnce tried pcddllng her story to the papcrs-not luck yet.
 That's . strange assortment of names United Artists boasts about: Loew, Lesser, Small and Roachl .. sidney Kingsley delayed his show, "rhe World We Make" for c year hoping to get Helen Hayes for tho Margo role Irene Bofdoni's Montreal admirer is Olive Parker of Ottawa Mack Grey, George Rafts shadow, has blown his bank roll and top over Betty Allen, of the DuBarry lahr.de-dahr .. 0. Vanderbilt, Jr., is the latest Stage.door Johnny (every D, fn,) att he Intl Casino. Has Q crush on one of the man-trappers Employees of Columbia Pictures had 8 swell time at their Christmas af- fair. The big moment for them came when Boss Jock Cohn fell on his fanola while doing . rhumba and had to Do carried out Of the roomi
 The Countess Hohcnlohe, Etcc. tera tHltler's friend, etcetera) told the press she came here for the sun e.. She means of course,