The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-03

NEW YORK HEARTBEAT
 Faces About Town: Betty Grable stepping out of a cab into the spring breezes-a pretty view from instep to stepin Broadway Rose" clogging the stage-door of "Too Many Girls"-a stage-door Jonah George Balanchine, the new est American citizen and his bride, Vera Zorina Lana Turner (there'S no one sweeter in a sweat er) with Artie Shaw, her pride There is Thy zingD batting a po- liceman's horsey in front of the St. Regis Tony (Versailles) Mar tin, who looks like fullback-and when he sings reminds you of fullmoon Jack Durant, who looks like Clark Gable, with Billy Rose, who looks like coca-cola bottle with hat on it |. |. Tullio Carminati refusing to pose for news photogger at Le Ruban Bleu forget his toupee! |. Hoot Gib- son looking very much like middle aged lawyer riding the Madison ave- IluC 4611SC III O Oc1A1 AAAG hVpS@ in-the-dark in-laws of Adelaide Moffett (tne courageous bride), tell ing the columnist who revealed the secret: "But it isn't true!"
 Sallies in Our Alley: Sid Hoff, the splurge last week. Don't you feel like 8 fool, spending your money that way?" pal asked "Why should F" niftied Hoff. Easel come, easel go!" Eddy Duchin sat next to George s. Kaufman at a Grade z show My foot'S asleep" whispered Eddy . . "Tell it." grumbled Kaufman, "to move over" .. Frank Novak says they are putting a big wastebasket in Times Square for columnists who go up in planes! And A. Franklin claims he can remember all the way back when a guy went to a night-club to shake his blues instead of his hips.
 Memos of Midnighter: Dewey has special offices in Ritz-C Carlton to meet people he can't see at his Dist Attorneys office or at his Repub H'quarters -. Lois An- drews' maw left town sans consent to merger with anybody .,. Third Term H'quarters will be formally opened in about two weeks in Wash ington with Ickes in charge. 1n- siders agree that FDR must have approved" Paul Douglas, the Chesterfield radio voice, admits he and Jerry Higgins are to wed any week, but "we aren't secretly wed now!" Whats become of Gro- yer Whalen-last year this time his picture was in all the papers . .. Telegram from Wm. Buckner: GAS long as story had to break, am de- lighted but not surprised that you were responsible. Always intended to inform you at appropriate time, but as usual you were one or more steps ahead of time" John Ringing North, whose "Best Show on Earth" (The CircusD opens on Friday, will be married at the end of April to Germaine Aussey, the French movie star in New York They met only last Christmas at Maxim's in Parise
 New York Vignette: To collect material for her radio script Gall about society," Ilka Chase arranged to meet three well-known -debs at q smart salon on the East Side. In the middle of their lunch 8 photog from Look mag arrived to shoot a layout on Ilka at work The debbies dropped their knives and forks and fled to another table, shrieking: "Our mothers won't let us be in Look!" Y. A few moments later, however, another photographer arrived, handed each deb a check and a deck of cards Then he began snapping his shutter as the debs played game of cards-their shapely legs prominently displayed Miss Chase might be inter- ested to learn that the lensman who took their likenesses represented the Police Gazette.
 Broadway Smalltalk: In Club IS the other night, Jockey NlcKy wal handed the gang three horses, which he selected to win. They all came in last! .. Because of Monte Pros- CTS introduction of "The zolnbie" (via his Beachcomber), the rum biz is enjoying 500 per cent in- crease in local bars There is now Beachcomber in every large city in the U. S. ... The "Scenc of the Crime" producer telegraphed his apologies for misleading play goers with an ad in which the sour- est of the critical notices was made to appear as a boost for the show