The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03

MEMOS OF A COLUNTNlST'S
 GIRL FRIDAY
 Dear MT. w.: Yesterdays re- ports that Schmellng was rumoreo flying here apparently confirm the columns prediction of March 6 that Schmeling was planning to become a Yankee Doodler :. Most of the editors are using the debunklng data-matser and appreciate the gratis angle, etc. K. The Bank of U. s. didn't pay off 8o per cent. Only 72A. Don't know how good 1t Is, but Ann Sheridan ana Litvak may soon make their be- throthsl public \. Jean D. phoned. Regarding that Swear old Peru girls baby .. Lima authorities, 1t appears, are the source for the statement that she is a stunted child of about II. And that it is not ex- traordinary for Indian girls of that age. They consider i. real hoax and have no idea why it was given such enormous credence.
 Edith Rogers Dahl, wife of that flyer interned by Franco, arrives on Nov. IS. She isn't coming to make any contracts for herself Not even fllms Ed Wynn will play Santa Claus in the musical by that title. Opens about Christmas .Ae:s:: practical jokes. Write this dhTll vc. 2 slip oI paper. Pas de leur on que nous" Then hand it to some of your fancy friends and ask them if they can read French and what does it mean. etc. :. It's amusing hearing their so-called Parisian lingo-because Il is plain American to wit: Paddle your own canoe" The big idea, of course, is to see how silly they look when you expose it Add picturesque reporting: Varicty'S Burles,z review by Soho: "The chorus att he Eltinge is a gem of indecision."
 Gone With the Wind" which will be unreeled in three hours and AS minutes at Atlanta on Dec. 18th, will be the first cinema show to take the place of the double feature so it isn't such long show at that Shorter than those movie shows with all those shorts, newsreels. etc. :. hear that if the Neutrality Bill passes 1t will also allow Hollywood movies to speak their minds and not stop them from filming 'prcpaganda", etc. . :. Joan Blondeil looked so pretty last night. Loves this town and wants to see the radio cars in action
 "Gabby' in "Gulliver's Travels" Is one of the most connical film char acters ever screened How can I contact Jeff Davis, King of the Ho- boes, whose address is invariably somewhere in America? Tbe family of the late Flcyd Gibbons would like to thank him for one of the most beautiful of the floral tributes received at Floyd's funeral.
 Ssyan E. Anthony is the grand niece of that famed individual'st, not her grantiotter. Incidentally. her descendants (heads of a patriotic organization are readying big sto.y which is directed at the Dies group. Due to break soon . Peter Arro has designed new car, "The Meteor" It looks smarter than those foreign models. Peters company will manufacture them There's good story in the Ballet theater, foundation where dancers don't have to Russkify their names to have their talent recog- nizcd. One of the ballerinas. Mana Gollner. is a former infantile par alysis victim who danced herself to recovery She's from Fl Paso. Imagine coming across ballet dan cef who wasn't born in a box-car fleeing the Russian revolution!
 Dr. Anna E. Sloane, recently eX- posed by The Non-Sectarian League Gas cooperating with Goeboels to spread hatred here) is planning a new group to be called "The Pa triots' Protective League. Hun garian-born Baron Woyditsch will nominate Nazi-sympathizer R. Gel lins as president of 1t. Collins recently refused to talk about his contacts in Germany And why should we let anything Molosov say bother us? He's got too many zeros in his name, anyway Say. that Dwight Fske at the Savoy-Plaza is naughtier than ever! His "Lita and the Swan" lyrics. frixample How does he get away with 1t? Charlie King, the Broadway Mel ody Man starts at the Gay sos to- morrow night. The boss wants more