The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-21
NEW YORK HEARTBEAT

The Big Parade: Betsy Cushing Roosevelt (Jimmie's ex) and Joan Whitney Payson tJock's sis) at the Copacabana - looking just like sis- ters-in-law The Girl from Stockholm going into the Stanley Theater to see '"The Girl from Lem ingrad"-Greta Garbo Mrs FDR, who originated the slogan, Let's Grind Down the Axis'-but is too modest to accept credit for 1t Richards Vidmer, the Trip une sports colymer, now 8 Major in the Air Corps Andre Kos telanetz in the Stork cub, agreeing to be the first recruited (plus sym phony of 60 mem for the Navy Re- lief Show at the Garden March 10 !. Merle Oberon, being intro- duced by that monicker and cor recting: Don't you mean Mrs Alex ander Korda?" The D. Top pings (S. Henie) at all the sinful places = hoping to run into the colyumers who had them dividing !. <. Margie Hart: Queen of the Undie- World.
 Sallies in Our Alley: The strict new parking regulations inspired this one Jimmy Dorsey's drummer came late for rehearsals-with the excuse that he got summons for passing a traffic light Well" said Dorsey, that's a poor excuse. Why didn't you stop for it?" :. ttyIy1oftD nvr1o {,,ooI fhn dy-Iry,o ,o,. "and take chance on getting parking ticket?" The other night several scribes were wondering about a green-with-envy colyumists war record "He was with Herbert Hoover's Food Commission" ex- plained a vet "Yeh," said an- other, as the crowd rocked with laughter, The was the only casualty when chocolate cream puff ex- ploded in his face"
 Memos of a Midnighter: Detective Johnny Broderick was home sleep ing during that conk-busting at Lindy's the other a. m. Nobody was arrested or booked and nobody fled the scene = as carelessly itemed by the columnist who once fled from a girl playwright and hid him in the Stork Club base ment for an hour. The Lindys free for-all was started by a chump who now has six stitches in his head to remember it by .. It. Marty Owens isn't very ill at the Vets hosp, he wants his pals to know. Says it's merely sciatica. Merely? Alex Kings play, Portrait of a Lady" is allegedly a rap at Clare Boothe Luce. Suburban critics say it is so bad 1t may not open here. Nobody can figure his reason for knocking her so hard, considering she was always so nice to him .. Al White, Royal Palm Club (MiamD dance produceps and Eunice Healey, the dancer, were married there on the 18th Benny Goodman's crew will entertain the Fort Schuyler Reserve Officers Jan. 23 .. The Al BloomingdaleS Barbara BreWster) are imaging Chums report that Fred Perry and Frankie Ko- vacs, the pro tennistars, slugged it out the other night after match play !. :. The Gypsy Mark off-Yvonle Bouvier feudings at the Riviera have reached the ketchup- bottle-flinging stage.
 Manhattan Mel0drama: She is a we'll known actress on Broadway and very much in love with her hus- band, now in tuberculosis resort in Arizona They write each other regularly, and his letters are always packed with endearments and promises of mad devotion But this the true story: He fell in love with nurse many months ago-and they cooked up tale that he had t. band had to go far away '. :. The nurse went with him The actress-wife sends check each week to pay for his healing" Her intimates, who wanted to let her