The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-16
Walter WinchelI
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MAN ABOUT TOWN
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MAN ABOUT TOWN
Charles Shipman Payson, one OF
the richest men In the U. s., is
next on the list of the Federal Grand
jury probing propaganda. Payson is
a principal hacker of the Commenta-
TOR mag and others sympathetic to
the Axis >. Was the blonde who bit
Dorothy Thompson's fingers in that
downtown brawl. initiated 81. L.?
II that rumor is true about
Abbott & Costello dividing-then
then they need alienists It's a
2 3-4 himage over at the Mack
C"Chattanooga Choo-Choo'D Cor
dons. Good Samaritan Hosp, l.. A.
They say 1t. Jimmy Stewart
proposed to Olivia De Havilland last
weekend William Buckner is
reported getting custody of the baby
from Adelaide Moffett The
President will appoint a Colored
member to the war board. Theree
names are considered Author I.
Elinson Of Banjo Eyes" hears that
the Army rejected George Raft be-
cause he was too short, but they
indicted his pants!
The Count Tolstoys are parting
but only to serve his adopted coun-
try :. The hatcheck gal at the
Penguin mentioned as kin to Mrs.
John D. M. Hamilton amt X. It's
q addition for the John Moores
(Shirley Dale) now touring with
Cornelia Otis Skinner :. Attn Con-
gress! The U. S. Marines in Ice
land walked dozen miles just to
see a Donald Duck short The
reason boatload of actors (sched-
uled to sail for there-the only en-
tertainment for them was cancelled
was over publication of the sailing
In Midwest colyum. The Govt.
feared that leak would tip off a
sub commander :. Kyra the ex-
otto South American dancer" is a
Chicago gal. She's returning be-
cause passports are being called in
=. Those Variety & Hollywood Re-
porter page ads (thanking the Gin
ema industry and Hollywood Victory
Committed for the Navy Relief So
ciety were paid for by Brian Don
levy.
Twentieth Century-Fox got rs Gs
from the Lets Face It." producers
in the dispute over the Cradle
Snatchers" theme :. Walter Longo,
a socko in Broadway musical
Nothing Happens. A socko at Copa-
cabana-many offers Marion
Holmes, the lovely looking thrush,
was married on Saturday to actor
Don before In H'wood John
Huston, director of Maltese Falcon"
Is at the Cedars of Lebanon Hosp,
Beverly Hills. Operated on after
falling from horse Tom Hitch
cock, the polo star, becomes an Army
Air Corps major next week
Natalie P. Keeney and Walter Chrys-
Ter, Jr., are on the verge OF mer-
ger. Perhaps in two wks. She
was recently Renotarized A group
of Washingtonians are forming a
club called '"The Parasites" They
are the Massachusetts Avenue elite.
Why not call it: 1.-The Parasights"?
They tell you to watch for IAN
other resignation from the U. s.
Supreme Court soon" It's a
blessed she-vent for the Frank Halls.
He Is stage mgr. of the Eddie Cam
tor hit The Jesse Longs (he's
box officer there) have unhappy
news to report The City News
Assn died scooping the city again
beating every gazette to the Nor
mandie fire >. Irv Berlin has writ
ten his first non-patriotic song in
more than year. "Me and Melinda"
and they say its a lovely thing :.
Betty Avery, who was supposed to
elope with Orrin Lehman, the Gov
ernor's nevview, eloped with Joe
Drowen, a California hotel exec
The flop Of Billy Roses "Clash by
Night" show proved that Mrs. Rose
eleanor Holm) isn't the only one in
the family who can take dive &.
Is Knudsen going to London as Don
Nelson's emissary?
Tyrone Power will be among the
Hollywood stars to appear at the
Navy's Madison Square Garden show
on March 10th. They say he's a
terrific emcee, too Amazing how
much talent the movie industry is
sending every day to all the Army
camps and Naval bases. And some
congressman libel them by saying,
What do actors ever do in any war
effort?" Governor Olson is be-
ing handcuffed by some OF his Sacra-
mento solons. They cut down his
State Guardsmen from $4,000 to
1000. And California is a front
trench in this war 1t. Comdr.
John r. Tuthill, Jr., public rela-
lions chief, bound for Hollywood on
assignment returned by plane few
minutes after the Super-Chief got