The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01
MAN ABOUT TOWN


Jackie Cooper and Bonita Gran
vile viii wed any day Helen
Ford, Of the motor car tribe, Is
betrothed (sotto voce) to Clifford
Stillman, kin Of the late banker.
He's at Fort Bragg :. Ethel Barry
more's boy, Private Sammy Colt, and
Angels White are allies Tai
lulah Banlkhead Is suing her ex-
ploiters for $4,000 over q release
she alleges was q fraud :. vi Brad
ley and Happy FELTON, Of the "Hellza-
poppin" show will unite today at
Baltimore Robert II. Best, who
elected to remain in Germany
(rather than return with other U. s.
rep0rters) has gone to work there
for the Nad shotwavers He's
the one who explained: I'm stay
Ing for history" According to
kinfolk, Norma Shearer married her
ski instructor at Sun Valley, Idaho,
on February 18th.
Graham McNamee's voice Is still
heard introducing newsreels i. i.
A Ziegfeld beauty IN her day is
chainhermaid at tho President hotel
-. songwriter ]. Van Huesen's
inspiration in Etheline Polly, a
Hollywoodolly It's q girl over
at the willard Keefes. He's the
"Bltihe Spirit" Boswell Lepke's
appeal from the chair Is to be ar
gued on June 4th Jane With
ers (who with her mother came to
Hollywood with only $12 and Is now
a property owner there) has been
dropped by Fox. They paid her ST.
800 weekly, but she wanted $3.50
raise George Tapps and Joan
Merrill have deferred their wedding
six months What's become Of
Burlesque? Dozens Of New York
shippers are featured in as many
Chicago ginmills and bar-and-grills
Peggy Joyce's new heart sends
her white orchids daily and $65 hats
weekly.
Barbara Hull, SONS o. Fun" Choir
Inc, was taken" by a phony who
claimed being an Associated Press
staffer. He disappeared after taking
her wrist.watch for repairs i. The
finale Of Try Berlin's army show will
be 800 soldiers in blacl1face singing
MANDY" Recently Pic, the mag,
ran q piece called Don't Have q
Baby Nowl" The wives Of 8 Pic
editors are irnaging \. Public SYM
pathy was heavy for convicted Ma
define webb. Whenever a story ran
banning her, editors got flocks Of
complaints Various branches
of women volunteer Sevices have
reached the dirty-look stage :.
Those two no-goods (who swirdled
Norma Taylor were finally collared
in Boston for allegedly passing
ersatE checks Brooklyn's Leo
Durucher has vowed to flatten a
spoetswriter over q piece in a mag
>. George M. Cohan's condition is
the real reason Broadway Is dark.
tn TO night club Orchestras: Get
acquainted with the songs Of the
Latin Americas. Presidents Of sew
eral will soon be visitors Most
eyeseilling gal In years Is Rica Mar
tineR, Brazilian thrush at the Ha-
vana-Madrid. .Agual Agual -. The
j. LAMaires peggy Newton) have
recenciled for the sake Of the tots
90. Hildegarde is'on the mend again
and out Of the hosp AL
Schacht, the baseball clown, and
Betty Green Of the Queen Mary en-
semble are batting them out to-
gether +. Convicted Eli Shonbrun
may plead insanity. Intimates claim
when his father died he mailed him
letters--to the cemetery The fees
for beer and straight hooch (sold
via bars) will be frozen by the OPA
--mebee by this week. Cocktails,
highballs, mixed drinks won't be
be Add melody twins: Don't
sit Under the Apple Tree" and
"Long, Long Ago."
Ruth ChattertOn and ex-husband,
Ralph Forbes, keep confusing the
mid-towners by taking along third
party :. One manufacturer Is PLAN
ming gas masks for kiddies,-which
will be masks Of Mickey Mouse, DON
aid Duck and other favorites Of chill
dren :. That gag about Australian
gals and American gals (here the
other day. was cabled to Australian
newspapers by the wire services. You
should see the toppers the censors
allowed to be cabled back Dan
Savage, the All-American (of Brown
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