The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-01

MAN ADOOA AOWN
 F. D. R.'s "cold" is intestinal flu, but the danger has passed! He planes it on the White House air. conditioning, which he abhors .. |. Vincent Astor may inherit Edison'S Sec'y of the Navy post, but don't bet against Tommy Corcoran get- ting it G. JeSSel and Lois An drews may do it in Michigan next week where 16-year olds may wed with or without parents consent :. Those most happy about Senator Carter Glass recovery are his de- voted sister and Mary Meade of Amherst, Va. The diamond watch on Mrs. Meade's pretty wrist is a lovely gift Ethel Waters of "Mamba's Daughters" and Richard Wright, author of the best seller, Native Son." are in high! He's a leader of the intelligentsia in the Mahogany-skin set .. Carmen Miranda is madly in love with Alu- sio, who strums a gittar in her rum band But when Streets of Paris" fades she will wed doctor in Rio Were Adelaide Moi fett and Wm. Buckner secretly mar ried before he went to do his bit" for Uncle Sam-several months ago in Danville, Virginia?
 Margo departs for Mexico soon. Francis Lederer, her groom will holi- day ill Canada. They have busl- ness deal reason for retarding the divorce Diosa Costello of 'Too Many Girls" has reconciled with her secret husband, Rolando, an ex-bus- boy .... Both The New Yorker and the Esseepee are coming out soon with profeels on Dot Thompson. Is she that good? Mary Helper den, the snob of Lady in Waiting, y writes detective stories on the side John Gunther's new play will be christened: "The Yankee Clip per-" thrilling theme . . It is whispered the gold sent to France from Poland before the Hitlerouges could steal twas shipped on an American vessel the crew prac- tically being shanghaied . Coast reporters asked Woollcort what he thought of Oscar Levant. There's nothing the matter with him." he replied, "that a miracle won't cure.
 Edgar PrOchnik, the last minister from Austria, got plenty of Yan- kee sympathy when Hitler thefteo Iic country The co1'm knows that very high Dept of Justicers (not the FBID are amused because their files show Prochnik is syste- matically promoting goodwill fol Adolf's grabs The Dept ot Justicers have found an even more potent weapon (to nail bad char acters) than the income tax law: They've discovered an appeal-proo1 twist in the mail-fraud statute and you don't have to write letter to have it apply! One o1 the first to feel its, teeth may be g New York congressman Fritz Thyssen, the indutrialist who or iginally backed Hitler into power isn't on the outs with him as the publicity wants you to believe. His clever press agents here and abroad are known by the State Dept, anc Thyssen is believed to be gathering priceless information playing hi part.
 Spencer Tracy will be attacked or the Senate floor by Senator Nicely who'll accuse the actor of using hi! charm for lobbying purposes The Samuel (N. Y. PosD Grafton! are Proposing .... When La Hep burn enters the Stork Club, the creV strikes up 'K-K-K-Katy!"-the cu' for the other celebs to stop showing off A big story is due tt break all over St. Luke's Hosp. Th' nurses may strike or revolt over thu trustees failure to adopt an 8-hou, schedule The tieup between the Brownsville mob and the Lepk' Lilies has been made indisputabl, evident to the G-Men and local cops By the fact that lawyers are repre- senting interests of both cases Francesca Verdi, grandotter of tn famed composer, has been missing for two weeks from her Brooklyn home-and the gendarmes repor they have lost the trail .3r,