The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-14
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MEMOs OF A GIRL FRIDAY
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MEMOS OF, A GIRL FRIDAY
 Dear MT. w.: Madame Chiang Kai-shek is in the U. s. Her lar- rival was kept very sotto voce, as she was ill and in no mood to see anyone Sally Rand invari- ably denies anything newspapers write about her = which gets her name in the papers at least twice. Tennyrate, she denied she would wed her dancing partner, Valen- tinoff, when we said so last sum- mer. MT. ", however, confided at the Beachcomber the other even ing that he and Sally were fit to be tied-p'rapS by next month |. This leaves the varree reech Mexi- can Manola Fernandez out in the cold-with only his millions The London Daily Express will pulp fish a colyum every Monday edited from the weeks batch, which its NY man will cable Friday nights.
 I understand Barbara Bennett, in order to get her c>yorce, signed a legal document signing away all five children to Downey. She now regrets it and may bat tie legally to regain custody Her heart Gin case you don't know) is Addison Randall. She thought shed be able to mary him, but now it doesn't look as though she has a chance.
 Tommy ManvilIe is selling his New Rochelle home. AS I tod you, the burglary he reported the other day was the second = the one previously occurring just af- ter New Years. Police are con- vinced it's an inside job and are questioning all of Manyille's guards, former employees and his list of lady friends.
 Mervyn LeRoy and Jack Benny had bet. Both swore to stop smoking cigars, the first one to light up to forfeit $500. Jack prom ised to do benefit, and he always smokes a cigar on the stage. Ab- nt-mindedly, he lit one and had to forfeit the $500. Mervyn do- mating it to charity You can be sure that Tobacco Road" is a hit picture. Daryl Zanuck, who has been reticent about attaching his name to every production at 20th Century, is prominently cred ited on this.
 The H'wOod Reporter reports that s. Hoffenstein has turned in a script called Improper Relations" to producer Fred Kohlmar at 20th Century-Fox :. Remember when he was Hoffy's office boy? In the book called John Barry more - the Legend and the Man" -theTe's an explanation of the be- havicr of the Barrymore children. The revelation IS that MT Barry more used to drink tigers milk .. No wonder!
 The report on the state of Bri- tain, which Harry Hopkins is bear ing to FDR, is written on celluloid as well as on paper. As soon as he reaches the White House, Hopkins will exhibit a film short tagged This Is England" a gift from Her bert Morrison, Home Secretary, via Hopkins, to the President The puristS who yap that Fantasia" isn't "aaaaht" are hiding red faces over the Detroit Symphony or chestra's sponsoring of the Detroit opening of the Disneye-opener |. :. Grace Moore phoned. Her husband is improving rapidly at Saranac Lake.
 Drew Pearson and Robert s. AL len, in an exclusive story in the March issue of Click, administer a a stinging reply to Senator Burton K. Wheeler and reveal new in- eliminating evidence on the late Senator Lundeen's activities They name George Sylvester Vie reck and prove with affidavits that he was the "chief Nazi agent" who collaborated with the late Senator in furthering Nazi propaganda in America. This propaganda was mailed out under Lundeen's frank.