The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
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Secretary of State Cordell Hull has recovered sufficiently from a threatened collapse. He will resume the burden Of his office and the world soon Mrs. FDR's new ra- dio sponsor may be Brazil at 5000 Q broadcast !, Hitler's squawk that an American ship is arriving daily in Alexandria is a lie. It's two ships Insiders argue that coluTnnist Joe Alsop was sent to Bombay, India, presumably because there is no greater distance from Washington. Alsop embarrassed the White House and the Navy by stat ing in print that his kin, the Presi- dent, was waiting for an incident to get us into 'war-just before he got his Naval commission. .. {. Swing band leader John Kirby (ex- groom of Maxine Sullivan) eloped to Elkton, Md, with Margaret Cloud Gloria Vanderbilt and Russell Hurd are competing with the weather But so are Al Van- derbilt and Margo ~. Those wires land things from Washington, D. O., to Dixie Roberts the Famous Door hoofer, are from Bert Wheeler-the actor, not the ham.
 Washington Is buzzing about the wrist-slashing of a girl employe in the Department of Justice. Sup posed to have happened in an of- ficial's office on July 10th. Her lnitials--B. D. ... The Riviera is having a blitzkrleg-over 10000 cus- tomers last week .. Columbia Pic- lures proxy Harry Cohn (whose ui- yorce becomes final today) will marry actress Joan Perry tomorrow .. Memo to 14th St.: .Litvinov says England Is fighting for liberty and democracy. As of two weeks ago, we presume .. A twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize lost his job last week
 The Great Falls tMont.) News s circulating petitions, urging the removal of Senator Burton K. Wheeler from office /. A sec- bnd petition asks renovation of the oroadcasting licenses O. radio sta- lions in Butte, Helena and Boze- nan for banning this broadcaster. 100000 signatures are expected with n a few days, according to the Mon- ana editor.
 Carol and Lupescu are concerned lbout their reception here. Why2 They got a most cordial press on heir arrival to this hemisphere !. :. less is supposed to have said that 1e fled because the stars by which Hitler lives deserted him after May Eth" <. Our submarine detectors nave been perfected to the point where surface craft can now signal. Come up for Identification or be |unkp There are models of iargo vessels being tried out in Long sland Sound, which are MT. Hitler's newest headache. For practical pur- poses these ships are as far out of he water as the subs are under 1t
 Here's a break for the kids: Castor oil is being requisitioned as a lubricant for airplanes Sally searD, Back Bay Boston sub deb has hired Count Basie's orchestra to play or her debut on october IS. Basic vill get 3 G's for the job .. The Ted Bakers will be three in the Win- Ter 1. She's the former Irma Wil- on of the onligoddess division.
 Gloria Blake of the Scandals en- emble and Bob Davis, the book publisher, did 1t last Friday and are low honeymooning~in Miami darty May, the comic, put his wife, Alice Wallace, on the Reno-bound rain Friday night. Such sociability .. The Bob Maxwell's' Gertrude ,TcDonald) image arrives in Sept. The love of Babs Beckwith's fe, intimates insist, is J. Thomas, unior member of Lehman Bros, he bankers. He is now Q Navyator
 .. Lila Lee Is reserving herself ex- lusive!y for Jay Carlisle. Coasters