The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23
MAN ABOUT TOWN

MAN ABOUT TOWN
 Col. Lindbergh's speeches are inspirted and edited by the anti- Dewey group in the Republican Natl Comm. Kay Swift, ex- bride of James Barburg, is believed to have eloped recently with cow boy Fay Hubbard of the Rodeo t. .. It's a girl for the Vincent Sheeans (Diana Forbes-R Robertson) at Dr's Hosp. .. Wm. Dudley Pelley, the fugitive from the Federal subpoena, is hiding in suburb of Los Angeles The Klan in Florida now goes under a high-sounding Yankee Doodle name .. Mrs. Edgar Lauer, wife of the ex-judge, celebrated her release from prison (for smuggling) at Fl Morocco Tuesday night and ogled the customers through her lorgnette =. Edith Rogers Dahl, squaw of Franco's most famous flyer-prisoner, arrives this week to cash in on her front page rep ;. .. Jack Waldron's squelch (to end Ell squelchers) when he finally .,tifled one of them the other night: *Please," cooed Jack, flor all you know, you might be heckling your own father!"
 Our Let's Get This Thing Over With Dept: Fritz Kuhn, who pre- tends to be poor man, can become richer overnight. He told the Dies group our real name was Lipshipz, etc. This is to state publicly that if he or anyone can back up that statement, we will donate $10O,- 900 to him, them or any charity named He who steals your name (to coin phrase) steals trash. But he who is accused of stealing almost $I5,O0O (from his followers) is described by Prosecutor Dewey ss "just a common thief" |. Never call man names. Call his bluff.
 Cynthia Cavanaugh, the show girl, Just rescued from the war zones, says she will become the bride of a sportswear mfgr this week !. Betty Harrison, Gae Foster lass at che Roxy, is now Mrs. Herman Tim berg, Jr. Time says the Bank of England was the source for the news about those secret cash caches of Nazi biggies :. The dope, how ever, actually came from Lloyd's Don't be surprised if Hitler's new secret weapon, turns out to be a compressed airbomb .. But U. $. geniuses developed one months ago. -. Ferenc Molnar, the top-man among the wits, is in Switzerland, learning American. He's coming here to dwell . . Leslie Hore- Belisha, Britain's War Minister, and General Edmond Ironsides, the Overseas Forces Inspector -Genl, have quarreled and split the War Ministry wide open. Correspondents there can't spill the story because Of the cenSorS Govt official lear that if the embargo is lifted that (within two days) U. s. bridges and munitions plants will be sa- 1otaged.
 George Whites "Scandals" will move to the Hollywood theater, be- cause it's bigger house -. The Lest night club fight in years took pace in the Iridium Room of the St. Regis. Took three cops to subdue the fellow, who is now behind bars, instead of in front of them {. Hank Greenberg, the Detroit Tiger star, is at his Bronx home, with 1O4 temp, with two nurses. Strep. It's a boy for the Homer Metzgers (Catherine Dale Owen) at Hardness Pavilion ... One of the staetsmen mentioned for the Presi- dential nomination is a buddy of Kitler's San Francisco consul .. |. Jules Brulatour, Jr., is running for office as Demo in Harrison, New York People who know him intimately say that Kaufman and Hart should also advertise WOOll- colt as co-author, as many of the pithy pokes uttered by impersOna- tor Monty Woolley in "The Man Who Came to Dinner" hit have been written and screamed by the Smart est Alec Cholly Knickerbocker claims scoop on the explosion over at the Walter Chrysler, Jr's. Cholly had the scoop in October, 1889. This column had it on October 3, 1888.
 Don Ameche must Shelve work for two months, doctors orders . The Helen Hayes show is $125 ,000 ahead. Profits on tour, etc. The film rights will bring another for tune so you can see how much the sour notices bother the auth ors F. D. R.'S face never looked so fatigued. but his zing is still zippy F. Mickey Rooney's new full-time interest is Lorraine Day, a Movietownymph A German shortwave announcer from Berlin Curious at H. R. Knickerbocker's dispatches) the other night called "A dirty red-headed Jew" (which he isn'D fololwed by seven-letetr word
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