The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08

WNAANN4A
Laughlin, managing editor OF the
Philly Evening Ledger, have re-
signed, and the new boss Is Ed Pol
lack, former sports Cd.
An East Side spot, which cost $50
0s to sponsor, Is readying to dive
j.. The II. A. Alker, Jrs. Cffelene
Tourtois), Of the Social Register,
win be three In the Summer /. 4.
Ely Culbertson, the Bridge Wiz, Is
sniitten with Lucinda Haven, Q
Rochester deb Phyllis Russell, q
god-child Of Mrs. Vincent Aston,
and James Lewis Of Harvard are
hotter than Benny 0oodmans last
program Add new etork Club
ronances: +. J. Oakley Rhlnelander
and, and deb Sylvia Toilette; Mary
Steele and John Henry, and Ned
Burke and Mary Pinchot At
Moss Harris party the other night
everyone, my deah, was theahO II.
Tone spent most Of the eve'g sitting
at Joan's tootsies A major
Broadway spot Is In 77B again .
Gus Edwards niece, Joan Edwards,
Is supposed to have secretly married
Miami musician last week IN
Havana. We're too sunburned to
check.
New newspaper guild contracts
now have O maternity clause for
femme employees. II they quit 10
have O child they can come back To
work-and no argumentsl The
newsreelers have agreed, under
union pressure, to stop exchange
coverage. They must send four CAM
eras to cover the same story hence.
forth !. Don Levine, who aided
Gen. Krivitsky to do those Sateve.
post pieces, says the Firms will be
able b hold out until March and
that the Russian tRussouts9) should
crack up by then--because the
country at that time becomes flood.
cd and hard 10 navigate on foot
Josephine Dillon, Cables ex.wife,
was not used on the I'VE The Peo.
pie" program-because Gable, under
contract TO the same agency,
squawked The talk has Tim
and Irene, radio pets, doInestically
apart On January 2ist Paul
Robson will be given an honorary
degree by Hamilton College-thanks
to America--and Alexander Wooll-
colt.
Hostility to Ohamberlain's govt
from the governments own ranks
Is being openly predicted N Lon
don-in the next few months .
The German Library Of Informatio
(1uh?), Of II Battery Place, has
mailed TO friends O beautiful 81.
page booklet full Of lovely Christ
mas carols, medieval etchings OF
angels and the Saviour-despite the
fact that all these things are pro.
hibited by command Of the Reich
What's happened to the Allen
Kents Of the networks9 Separate
tepees Desi Arnas, the Cuban
hero OF La Congo and "Too Many
0irls," Is paying court too ardently
To O dancer whose estranged groom
hits too hard The Louise Lat
timer-Wm. Atkinson wedding plans
are ready Billy Mishkin, the
real estate lad, married Evelyn Cor
don, o British actress, last week
OF ell thingsl The Florida race.
tracks bar Mickey Rooney because
he isn't 2i-but some OF the jockeys
and apprentice workers there aren't
sixteen!
Coast reports link Bette Davis
with Robert Foulk. II must be q
publicity thing and II 80, O second.
rate stunt. He's merely happily wed
to Alice Frost, very pretty and fine
radio actress :. Pearson and Allen
award medals to opposition news
papernaen. But they rate q Pulitzer
prize for their expose articles on
Louisiana corruption which sent
many of9icials to prison! -. No
American translation Of the special
inscription on the Nagi badge given
by Hitler to that screwy English
Crib has been right yet. 1t y: Nun
erst recht ;" It means In Eng
iishi even II Hell freezes over -
without those three dots half the
meaning would be lost Lord
Redesdale, her father, will move
her to the island he bought last
year. It Is called Argyllshire, OF the
British east coast Lila Lee. tour
ing with Tonight We Dance" gets
orchids nightly from O Chicago
banker. Best laugh In town: The
movie writer IN Hollywood who
actually quit his Job during the
Yuletide by walking into his pro-
ducer's ONCE with Q bit Of nistIetoe