The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
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augh's. Hmfl You'd think a com mon s2O hat would be good enough for leaders of commoners, wouldn't cha?. One reason the Chi troupe of Angel Street" folded so quickly is that Victor Jory, the male lead. attacked Colonel lMcCosnic before a Chi drama group. The Great, Mans newspaper thereupon boyeot- ted the show. Its a girl for the Allan Meltzers at French Hosp. The Russell Wrights weren't that lucky. Al Jolson cleaned up an- other mint on Alsab.
 1t happened in Chicago where the Hollywood Victory Caravan ale star show appeared. Bert Lahr, one of the pets on the program, went up to the first policeman he encountered and said: I'm travel ing with the Hollywood show. In Boston had 8 lot of good luck picking pockets, and was wonder ing if you had any objection to me trying my luck here in Chicago. Every pocket I pick I will keep you In mind. Will that be all right with your" And the cop thought it would be all right!
 Washington Big-shOtS have been told to be very discreet when mak- ing social calls on a certain Em- bassy. Ben Hecht is writing a novel about dramatic critics in which he will even matters for the treatment accorded his last piece, Lilly of the Valley. .Messmore Kendall, the bus tycoon and owner of the Capitol Theatre, is seriously i'll. Every bell in town will ding dong at the same moment on Gen. eral MacArthur's day, June 14th. Overwork is the reason for the ill- ness of Federal Judge Knox, one of the finer Americans. The Brit sh-American Ambulance Corps ex- poets to retire soon. Can't buy am- balances. Jim Farley, mentioned a lot as a candidate for Governor, tells pals he definitely will not run.
 From the New Republics Wash ingtOn Notes: C. The inference should not be drawn from all this that the armed forces are chOked at the top or even in the lower com missiOned grades with subversive characters. There are relatively few of them. The alarming thing about it is that nothing is done to get rid of those already there. When Walter Winchell mentioned that Lieut.. Uzzell (wh0se mother was a Bund leader according to Dies hearing) was in military inteSM- gence, the Army's spokesman in Baltimore issued a blistering state- ment accusing Winchell of doing a disservice" Oh, that's all right, Mister. One day you get blistered, another day you don't. The Honor able James Mead, Senator from N. Y., recorded this i'm the May II Con- gressional Record: "I want to put 1t in the Record that WinchelI is dO- ing fine job for the country with fidelity and devotion"
 The Count VOnsiatslky case will be bigge than predicted. The Gov ernment will charge that he worked for two foreign powers at the same time. When ex-Ambassador J Davies made his speech in N. Y. a trained nurse was in attendance. . Jimmy Dorsey smashed the Strand Theatre record with 60 grand the first week. .Claudette Colbert shelv- ed ten pounds on the Caravan tour .. Helene Apt, a chlorine in "Pri- orities," quit that show to take a Govt job in Washington. Huhp. y. George Jean Nathan's explanation of his bachelor state: T simply never take yes for an arswerl". :. Colleagues of a certain actress (who is a tightwad as well as disagree able) claim she could make a for tune by selling her private life to Warner Brothers as 8 movie for Bette Davis. Out in San Fran cisco at the Press Club (and what a great group of guys they areD we heard that Life has invited Milton (SEP) Meyer to join the staff Add Literary Lace: Norman (ThiS Is War) Corwin's: Everyone ir America Is doing something about the war. Some people are giving their lives-and some people are I