The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-15
MAN ABOUT TOWN

MAN ABOUT TOWN
 Claudette Colbert and her physi cian-groom are rumored on tht verge of confirming the long-tim' ruInors The H. Richman (Hazel 'FollieS" Forbes) are pish tushing the same talk, but that! what Martha Rave and her matt did in February! The Louie (trumpeter) Armstrongs have di. vided Mrs. Russell Patterson probably will wed Roland Young .. Hitler'S just-arrived envoy Westricl told the reporters he is here tC reconcile business with German trade, etc. Isn't the real reason Herr Westrick is here to reorganize tht disrupted Bund? No? Yah?
 Albert Lasker, recently RenotarizeC by actress Doris Kenyon, is said tC be secretly stitched to Mary Rein hardt, eX-wife of the Reinhardt Galleries owner .. Princess Mural is a bride again. The new groom is a Swiss radio exec of N. Y... The mother of an alleged goody is bargaining with respected coast to-coaster. He faces a morals charge but mama says she will drop the whole thing in return for a field oi lettuce" .. Babe Ruth's daugh- ter, Julia, becomes Mrs. R. w. Elan ders on May .1st.
 Nice GOings- On- i'm Bklyn Dep't:: Detectives cOnfide to mutual inti- mates that spectator at the Un- Christian Front trial was frisked and caught with a loaded gun on him-but no story about it was re- leased =. Was an arrest made, Commissioner? <. The 16 alleged Benedict Arn0Ids (whO are on bail between sessions) almost every night are treated like celebrities in vari- Ous Brooklyn homes, where they are guests of honor (huh?) at Bingo parties These are held to raise defense funds for them-as lawyers no matter how innocent or pa triotic they think clients are) gotta get theirs.
 Attn editorial page of Editor & Publisher: Thank you Mary Howard (she's Ann Rutledge in the Lincoln show) and Nino Martini are holding paws although she holds hearts with Stock Exchanger Bob Raymond The Red and Blue chains of the NEG network may be divorced. That report is an annual one but this time it seems that it'll happen A newspaper dis charged three of its best reporters the other morning all three being pathetic drunks .. The editor had no alternative Neat crack by lawyer Leibowitz about Dewey: Years ago, man would malk a mile for a Camel-now he grabs 8 Lucky (Charie Lucky and runs for PreSidentl" Incidentally, every time Dewey starts to say something, ore of his encourage says: rom, don't forget you're a detective!" /. The latest toast in the night spots: Here's to Hitlers' deathw
 Nancy du POnt will wed Glascoe Reynolds of the du Pont legal staff ils May :. The A. B. Ashforths, JEs., of the Horsey-set of here and Millbrook are imaging :. |. Financial circles will be startled when the SEC summons Gen. Wood, head of Sears-Roebuck to testigy against in- vestment trusts this week. He will advocate curbing them The drink "zombie" is a sissy compared to The Owls Breakfast" which can only be blended at The Owl Tavern on w. 54th. The show folk at- mosphere is another refreshing in- toxicant A once-famous news paper man, now without portfolio, sold all his autographed books last week to a 42nd Street shop, so he could pay his rent and eat :. Did anyone make note of the suicide of Jean, the Beachcosnber ciggie girl?. We hear the news services (two, allyhow) have altered their scheds in anticipation of things breaking loos earound April 1st, and they don't mean peace."-From here February 18th.
 All the large stockholders who put up $1,7OO,O00 to back 'sP. M." signed away rights to editorial control. The only one who wanted a concession was John Hay Whitney. He asked and the request was granted-that he never be called Jock in the '.P. M." columns Oh, subsidized already, eh? Some of the stock holders started fearing that if any, thing happened to editor Ralph In- gers0ll, their coin would be lost since the newspaper. is. fashioned around his ideas As protection they wanted life insurance on him. A couple of $1OO,00O policies had been placed when the recent art gallery murder case (for insurance) broke. And so the other insurance firms backed out. They feared some P. M. stOckholder might take a shot at Ralph in case P. M. Topped!
 H. Luce publisher of Time, Life, Fortune, etc., is amused over the numerous staffers who have re-
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