The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-10
MEMOS OF A COMMUNISTS
 GIRL FRIDAY

Dear MT. w.: Have a letter from Mrs. Wm. K. Byle, of The Glades, Miami Beach, Fla. She is the for mer Alyce Jane McHenry, the little girl who became front-page famous Swears that when she read the col yum saying she was blessed-event- ing, she was amazed, because it was news to her, and also lone for Rip ley!" as friends called up and she told them it was not true .. ''The thing that makes it interesting for Ripley" says her letter, "is this: went yesterday for a routine checkup and was informed I was to become a mother!" She adds that since you Scooped her so definitely, would you now tell her whether it is to be a boy, girl or twins? Didn't the same thing happen to Lois Long when she was Mrs. Peter Arno? .,. And the wags think they're funny when they joke about it.
 Ann StauntOn just got a $7,500 diamond and sapphire brooch resem- bling the headlight on streamliner. Can't mention his name. Still med died The Wm. St. Johns. have reconciled {. . {. The Stork Club won the Federal Court decision in Philly which stopped the use of its name over a cafe. This is an im- portant legal decision. And should stop such pirates from now on :. |. Neil Vanderbilt sent ten cheap um- brellas to as many well-known U. s. appeasers. Clever, huh?
 At Monte Carlo last night two dancers waddled up to Ted Straeter and said: That's beautiful song, but we're from England and there's as much chance of nightingales singing in Berkeley Square as there is of them warbling in Times Square" Jean Harrington's and Mary Kirk Browns much gabhed about illnesses have been in most colyums and wrong Mary has gone to Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore suffering from an enlarged heart-her condition is serious. La Harrington went to the hosp after starving for three days trying to shelve some tonnage. Now she is in danger of pneumonia .. The Stork Cub" is really "the" spot, a lovely room.
 J. Fellerd, widower of New Bruns- wick, N. J., was quietly wed to the mother of the "21" clan recently. Oddity in the setup is that Bob Kriendler is married to MT. Feller's daughter, Florence Did you know that the Andrews Sisters, who thrush on the radio and platters, are Greeks? Anyway, they have Il cousins fighting there and have sent special recording in Greek to enter tain them /. Gypsy Rose Lee has a new uh-honey, Wall Streeter. Sudden Thought: W. R. Davis, the oil man you unveiled as back ing Verne Marshall's No Foreign War (anti-British) bunch, has re- quested that he be investigated by Sen. Wheeler, who is also anti British!
 Not long ago Con. Shafer of Wis consin had some things to say about you in Congress. He helped Pal Joey" Thorkelson give Congress a sour odor Well, the Wisconsin voters have given him the heave- ho. Related congratulations to Wis consin voters The papers say General Von Blomberg has been jailed by Hitler in Germany =. If the uditors check Buenos Aires, per- haps they will find him in the Ar genuine where Won B.omberg was sent over a year ago-lmder a nom de plume which dunno :. :. Christine Fisher, who was Bob Hague's flame, is now Fade Styka's. He's the painter of beauties. They eyelash-flutter at each other these midnights.
 Ex-SenatOr Rush Holt is getting funnier. Made speech the other day claiming that he tells the truth, but the big radio networks, among others, are not allowing what he calls the facts about the war to be made public That speech was made on one of the big networksi Air will continue to remain free, so long as the R. A. F. is in . it H. Craig of the Chicago Herald American offers this line to fit in with the higher taxes we all must pay to protect what we have: T would rather work for nothing than live for nothing!" Hem ingway's going to China soon as correspondent for syndicate and to gather material for new book. He will meet his wife in Singapore I wickered Carol Landis' de- nial. It was she who told pals that Tone proposed to her.