The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-13

N. West in Beverly Hills April 10th
Sake Dowell certainly didn't
get fussy when he wrote PLAY
mates" which is "Redwing" note for
note Na2i 5th Columns are
being established all over 8. Amer
lea, In Ecuador purge Of NaSis
left the nation with hardly any air
forcel viz Leigh has Broadway
all to herself this week: In person
as Juliet at the 5lst street theater
at the Capitol In waterloo hidge',
at the Rivoli in "2l Days Together"
and at the Astor In "Gone"
A woman who Is n clever crook,
and who has mulct plenty Of coin
from married men, respectable and
vice versa Cincludlng n Governor In
New Englandl, has finally been
caught up with by John Law .
Never before would anyone permit
her threats 20 get into courtroom
One man, fed up with the
blackmall, let the spotlight blind
him temporarily 70 unmask her .
The names are SO big lawyers
couldn't believe their eyes when they
saw a small account Of her prediCa-
ment In newspaper -. It seemed
10 be the understanding Of all law
yers, whose clients were trapped by
her skirts, that no sum would be
too big--t0 hush things up :.
And now she Is prison b0und--and
when she gets 0ut-her face will be
as wrinkled rs her reputation.
The Allied Relief Bali Friday
eve'g raised $42,700 -. Joyce
Mathews new groom, Col. Gomez, Is
the biggest money-man since Dia-
mond Jim Brady . Gomez car
ried 100 thousand-dollar bills when
he came To town II, 1nnes, the
Paramount exec, and Leila Ernst
of "Too Many Girls" are signing In
rhythm Wallace Berry and
Polly Adler m-in-armed II on
5th Avenue the other afternoon
bowling TO their respective fans, Such
popularityl The straw that killed
Kid Mccoy: The screen story he
and y friend wrote about his life
was rejected by the studios , Now,
two studios are thinking of doing a
picture about him! From the
colin of April 18th; 1.-THE report
persists that Chamberlain may be
replaced by Churchill rs head man
mebee In 3 wks" p. MS big
gest raid was on the World-Telly
IA men-who won't be replaced,
Liz Whitney's settlement isn't
anything like the three million
given the press In cash Il Is
under Sl50,000; she gets property
worth $500, COCOON which she must
pay present yearly taxes Of $4,000
Jewels insured ut SEQ, 00O-which
Jock had given her years ago any
way! She h seen lin Reno)
most frequently with Dick MeGce,
who Is Just through "rushing"
Muriel Vanderbilt She has
gotten herself cordially disilked by
most Of the Divorces for she enjoys
talking" their men away from them
Sometimes she walks into u
bar surrounded by 3 or 10 cowboys
and delights In leaving "Rockefcllcr'
sized tips.
Diana Barrymore treats j, Gerard,
Jr,, us though she were Mrs. j, q,
Jrl . Leil ErickSon's current IN
somnia Is Doris Dudley Lyle
Talbot Is celebrating his divorce
with Fiji D'Orsay Jim Brad
dock gets two per cent OF Joe Di-
MaggioS earnings The Daily
News has assured the Larry Clm-
tons 1t will be q boy . Iturbi Is
now campaigning for Miriam Hop
kins :. Mango has gone TO Mexico
TO work on her Spanish dancing for
her concert debut IN October. No
divorce, she says John Lowe
OF Hollywood Is Ruby Keeler Jol-
sons greatest fan :, Natalie Hall,
the thrush, will marry the chief
counsel OF q big milk firm--if all
jells we'll IN Reno Mrs, Kay
Foster, mother of Betty Benjamin,
who divorced Betty's pop 10 years
ago-may wed him again . o.,
Teachers will be startled at The In
side info in May Healy's articles In
Civil Service Leader, Biggies will
squirm,
The police have an attempted
murder which was hushcd last year
ut the Aquacade. IT'S on their
0pen-case file -. Chad Ballard,
the sportsman, was married year
ago In Florida to Alicia Reynolds,
Nancy Mae Woodbury., the
soap heiress, Is the reason Tony
DcMarcO looks happier lately
The Univ. Of MissOuri's annual
award this year will 20 10 the Port
land Orcgonian. Publisher Il. T..
IIOyt Is probIy the youngest on u
big town gazette Sally Fields,
the rage Of vaudeville not long ago,
will soon return 10 the fO0tlightS,
and Murray for that J. =. Nc
Ev0y, who biOgs Charles +. Cough
lin In Readers Digest, may be sued
for alleging that the Reverend's
BrOgue Is phOny Whitley"
Dahl. Frances prisoner, had check
trouble at the Stork Saturday night
-. After listening TO FDR's speech
ON the radio. over 200 diners In
Dinty MoOre's stood up and APP
plauded . All the opposition