The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-12
Walter WinchelI
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MAN ABOUT NEW YORK
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MAN ABOUT NEW YORK
 Another short but sweet encounter was that one over at Club IS be- tween Gertrude Niesen and Marie Austin. Both pretty hot .. FDR's 65th Street tepee has been bought by an insurance man. He'll turn it into small apts. Park Avenue is the first New York street to get the blackout markings a la Lon don =. The St. Regis hotel has $50,- 900 in hooch stored away, but what's this about two smart Rooms lowing out2 One of Ex-AmbasSador Kennedy's eligible sons is the target of Washington gal colyumist's af- tections. So much so - she's con- suited her barrister about divorcing her explorer-groom ,. Pa Kennedy no like The Gene Krupas, the very social T. Balfe's, the Lou Novas, the T. Dorsey vocalist (and his oride) and the Louie (Old Satch) Armstrongs (his 3rd squaw) are in The Melting Pot .. British news papers are riding 8 star. One photo layout showed him in various screen battle scenes, captioned: "A hero ill every War-eXcept this one!
 CBS caused a furOre via Phil Bakers program when a contestant said Menzies was Prime Minister of Australia and Bakers prepared an- swer gave the name of Curtin. Three staffers had to sit at phones pla- eating irate listeners waO insisted Menzies was correct .. As a result Baker had to give the contestant $64 Listeners were wrong, though, because Menzies is no longer Prime Minister-so some very lucky guy got S64 for being inaccurate.
 Jack Warner and Hal Wallis, his right h. man, are on the verge of declaring their own war .. The U. s. is figuring an early shortage of cork, but one supposes it won't bother the gents who drink only one bottle at a time .. . Lorraine Man. ners (the ex-Mrs. George Price), prefers Sgt, of the Irish Canadian Guards NEG has forbidden their sound effects men the right to &C., cept bonuses from adv. agencies |. Bette Davis will donate her talent fee from her Jan. 19 radio appear ance to the Red x Stewart Inglehart, the popular polo player, didn't refuse Life mag a pix layout as reported. It was mutually agreed that the layout could be safely shelved until after the present emer- gency Did Life assign a crew ot pnotogs to San Francisco be- cause it expects action there soon?
 According to Jimmy Young, the Intl News correspondent (he was jailed in Japan) the Japs still con- trol Seattle's two railroad stations, as we'll as 80 per cent of Seattle's hotels (middle class), and that Seattle's hotels (middle class), and that Seattle's Jap newspaper is still publishing This, he points out, could make it nice to use as sig nals in their thousands of hierOg- lyphlcs" Washington, however, insists "citizens' of Jap ancestry mustn't be touched.
 Archduke Franz Josef and his wife will apply for U. s. citizenship. He says he wants to fight Americas enemies Biggest laff in town is the newsreel showing the Nazi troops doing 'The Lambeth Walk" amazing trick stuff the British cooked up. Don't miss it .. Arturo Ramos, the Argentine mint (and that ain't ArgentinD is showing Imogin Carpenter the Pierre thrush, the Latins Aren't L. I. Town CTS insist that Orrin Lehman and Babs BeckWith are more serious than pals suspect. Gave her beautiful sparkler <. Evelyn Wyckoff (she inherited Jessie Matthews role in Lady Comes Across") and Paul Hancock, 8 chemist in the defense set-up, will marry |. Capsule Cri- tique of the new Versailles show: Delicious, Delightful and DeWolfe.
 The boss of an afternoon news paper called in seven of his staff the other day and intoned: "I'm not firing you - but don't want you tO WTltc 1OT IHC dIiy AHOIc. ! don't want you around here, so get out and find yourselves other jobs. You're still on the payroll, but your stuff will not appear in it, even if you continue writing for it." They have taken their story to the Guild but they know they have a diff ficult fight on their hands, because they weren't actually fired. They will claim being squeezed out, etc.
 Alan Gordon, p. a. at Hollywood $ Mocambo Cafe, (scene of several fists fights) and H. Stein, Hollywood Reporter colyumist, clashed the other day Gordon later apologized but Stein refused to accept the apology. Readers Digest put two issues on the stands this month, replacing five articles that caught the editors with their plans down. One was Power Politics vs World Conquest" by Stuart Chase; another was by stanley HigA-a Jap piece .. They
 are saying oaae of the finest maga-
 zines of them all is on the verge of d.rge. May fold in two months 1 or sooner |. Lionel Stander, the