The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-25
NOTES 0F A NEW YORKER

NOTES OF A NEW YORKER
 Madeleine Webb, the girl in the Sutton Murder Case, was once the wife of a prominent Oklahoma law yer Eli Shonbrun, her sweet heart, accused Of the murder, put up such, Q fight when arrested, one detective still has a bandaged fin- ger which Shonbrln tried to chew off .. clifford Odets is Madeleine Carroll's new Male Animal {. Rou- ben Mamoulian, the artfu1 director, and Mary Anita Loos are blended intellectually and -thet-sorta- theeng Diosa Costello and. her husband, "Poopy," are, back in the U. s. after clean bill from the Immigration Dept. When the Jack Cole Dancers (the Kraft gals) make a mistake during the act, Cole fines them @. If he makes an error --he pays them Q flyer.
 The Benny GoOdman-Lady Duck worth marriage plans, claimed by others three months ago, first ran here. After the s. s. west Point brought her with others on its last voyage from abroad. Look up how long ago that was q. Bill Watson of McAIen, Texas, wires:--" Blues in the Night oofly good, but think w. O. Handy deserves some credit for the theme from Aunt Hagar's Blues. Check similarity" : Izzy Elinson reports that gal walked into the Storque Club last night wearing the gaudiest jewelry you ever saw i. .. "Hmmmn," said Izzy, "now I know what happened to the Wrigley signl" .. Jack Arthur calls them "Imbecelebrities".
 One Radio City shop still adver- tises this in its windows: "Our Goods Are Made in Japan" :. The gals working in the Douglas plant on the Coast are not allowed to wear low-slung blouses. Distract ing, etc. Belle Baker, regretful about not being able to appear in the Navy show at the Garden, just sent $10 check Denk you .. That Martha Triton thrush on the Ransom Sherman radio menu is ans ear-hugger Don't count all the Navy Relief Show coin yeti It's greater by many G's than suspected. Just getting 1t totaled :, Bert Acosta, who flew the Atlantic when it was risky, is in Bellevue under an oxygen tent. Acosta, who had his ups and downs, is now down and out Sir Beerbohm Trees logic: There are TO small roleS-only small actors"
 The cOlyum again thanks Theater Authority, the Musicians and Stage Hands Unions, ct al, for cooperat- ing in the Navy show at Bayfront Park, Miami, Saturday night I The beeg surprise of the Leu Gehrig film is the performance of Bill Dickey. He has offers to, stay in H'wood c. Vanderbilt, Jr., major in the War Department, was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross in appreciation of meritorious service performed for Uncle Sam about Pearl Harbor time." Neil has a good article in Coronet, too, ''The Last Time I Saw Goebbels" .. Attn Congress: That unsigned let ter about me to you all-came from a Chicago publishing tribe who call me names because I call their bluffs. 
 Warning to uniformed men in N. Y: Don't pay money to those side- walk photogs who snap your pix. Many complaints have come in that the photos are never delivered Dolly Gray, the Iceland pretty, will middle-aisle' 1t with Wm. Menoli of the Air Corps. He commutes from Floyd Bonnet Field just to adore her The lady walking with Myrna Loy all through Central Park Friday was her secretary, Pat Neb- lett Burgess Meredith is in a Meredither over Pumpkins Parker,