The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
MAN ABOUT NEW YORK

NAV Adult NEW IOhA
The Dolores Del Roo. .Welles
marriage Is scheduled within the
fortnight Ethel Merman's in
Inmates say the Robert IN. Y. Jour-
fundamentally Levitts are infantici-
pating another American Were
Lois DeFee and Captain l.. Marissa
Of the Peruvian Air Force secretly
sealed two wks ago? Eddy
Duchin was In motor crash re-
turning from benefit at Fort
Hamilton-but Is okay . Tallulah
Bankhead says she neevr said "Clash
by Night" should close, as one news
paper "misquoted me- Elmer
Rice, the playwright, and Betty
Field, the actress, were married at
lowered the age limit for Glass VS.
{Naval Aviation Cadets) from 20
years OF age to 10 Honeychile
Wilder allegedly won over 5000 on
RolAnson's win over Civic They
say Hugh johnson Is slated for a
big deefnse post >. Howard Dietz's
smile: Busy as a one-armed La
Guardia.
Kin reveal that the Victor Ma
lures martha Stephenson Kemp
have parted and that she has seen
her lawyer about 1t The city
room Of an eve'g paper was the
scene for slugging match between
two reporters Jack Alexander
becomes a Satevepee editor soon, re-
placing Martin Sommers who has
Joined the MacLeish staff in Wash
The telegram Joe E. Lewis
sent Sophie Tucker on her BIRTH
day: "How does 1t feel to be as old
as Belle Baker?" ;. Soph died from
laughing Nancy Walker (the
one in ''Best Foot Forward') is now
a photograph star, too Jessels
swelegant line: Remember these
dates: The morning of December
the It'll - and then buy tickets for
the Navy Relief Show for the night
Of March the 10th"
Overheard in the Storkub: Have
you seen the Louis-Baer fight pic
tureS?" =. "You mean the snap
shot?" !. Shades of Madame Du-
Barryi Perfume will dodge priorities
by going back to porcelain contain
ers Just as in her day When
Carmen Miranda leaves "Sons o.
Fun" June LIST her sister Aurora will
get her role. No truth to the
rumor that Sidney Skolsky will be
drafted as a carrier pigeon :. Life's
current issue legalizes its full page
'cheese-cake" photo of Donna Drake
page 6N by captioning 1t Violin
Costume" Huh? ). Trumpeter
Harry James James and Alicia
Melga are carrying on the Good
Nelghbor" policy n. Greta and
her friend Hauser luncheoned Sat-
dee on the second floor of the Olney
Inn, and he whacked her paw when
she reached for one of his SausageS.
Lana Turner may have lot of
fomantic interludes but the Number
Dner Is Bob Stack, the cinema Ro-
meo. (You should see the wires
and stuff -. That report two
Sundays ago (credited to Boston
paper about a famed citizen visiting
FDR Cat the latter,s invitation) was
erroneous Mary Bland Rey-
nolds, daughter of the Senator from
N. Carolina, was wed to publisher
Tom Farrell at Swampscott, Mass,
on December 31st :. Insiders hear
that ex-King Carol will be refused a
visa to visit here The late
Fred Fishers last song was II Wish
I Were II" It's a addition at
the producer John Krimskys j..
The Bill Buckners (Addie MoffetD
have made up their minds :. Cong.
Fish defends his convicted secre-
tary Geo. HilD by saying "he's of
Englis hancestry" -. Sos Lord Haw
Haw! -. You can send fish to
Congress but you cannot stop the
smell.
Hileah's opening day gate was
it's biggest = 1886 admissions
1900 more than last year and 300
more than 1910 This despite
tile no-pass rule and the Is per cent
"take" on mutuels +. The N. Y.
Auxiliary Of the Navy Relief society
requests donations of used clothing
for women and children depend
ents) of service men. The need Is
urgenti Please mark your
bundles "Navy Relief" and send
them to the Chaplain;s office, Room
GIT at 80 Church street, NYC-or to
his office at Navy Receiving Bar
racks, Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y.
:. Thanques -. This applies
to residents in the 3rd Naval district
which includes all Of New York
State, Conn.,, and the northern part
of N. j. >. The man who fought
for and put through the recent
reinstatement of Billy Mitchell as
Major General, was Bill Ziff, pub
Usher Of Popular Flying and Avia-
ton.
The Book of the Month selections
for April: John Steinbeck's 1.-THE
Moon Is Down" and Gross Creek)