The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-06
Walter Winchell
On BrOady,av =,

was. as YOU krew. derricked from
the air bees use of something he
aasti from Singapore. British COM
planned. CHS is trying to reinstate
MIN, bat the publishers want him
back here so he can write a book
about 1t.
Washington Mural: Evalyn Walsh
Mclean came into the Troika last
week with Cong. Fish. She gave
the headwaiter 500 for better
table, sent Two qts. of champagne
to the orchestra and paid the bill
when the night ended Next
night she came in with Congress
man and Mrs. Dies. No heavy tips,
no wine and Mr.. Dies paid the bill
Victor's biggest sellers are
Glenn Miller's Chattanooga Choo-
Choo" and F.. Martins Piano Con-
certo" Selling way over a million
each :. Waiter Florell, the milliner,
is selling blackout bonnets with
phosphorescent edges = so you
can find your girl in the dark 4.
Jimmy Young, the IntI News ace,
just finished $4,000 words on his
two-bit pulp-stand thesis: Our
Enemy"
Betty Bruce has okayed the Navy
show Garden appearance for March
10th Ditto Abbuott and Co.'S
tello . Neysa McMein had an ac-
cident the other night-broke her
back. Will have to remain in a
cast without moving for a year!
Glynis Johns IS a 17-year old &C
tress in THE Invaders" who will
amount to something considerable
one day -. Howard Dietz adv. and
publicity director for MGM, was
elected vice president of the firm
this week. An official embraced him
and said, well, Howard, did a
lot of reporters call you about the
neWs?" NO" was the reply,
they thought I was PRESIDENT"
Hal Conrad of the Eagle is
sizzling. He authored script
with local newspapermen fighting
local Gestapo agents and is con-
sulting his attorneys over the Strand
flick. Claims it's too close to his.
Says you ran an item with his idea
and that POSSIBLY the others got
the idea that way II. Soldiers at
Fort Hamilton will betcha Private
Marty Clark can lick any heavy
weight - including Pvt. Joseph l..
Barrow of Camp Upton Betty
Apple of the La Martinique en-
semble is a Nashville eyeful. Has
the midtown dandies doing Bert
Lahr's GAZING GAZING Gazing.
Hitler in speech said Churchill
would have remained a gray man,
unimportant and without fame, If
war had not come. So what?
Gangsters always win notoriety-
and then come the G-Men
Bob Durham is now in the air
corps, cadet at Craig Field, Selma,
Ala. His girl friend, Adrienne
Ames, is carrying on here with her
radio revieWs-and big-time, too
bud" Policy is fingerprinting at
you again, but this time you share
the scolding with Mr.. Pegler
I hear every important player in
H'wood turned down the heavy
role, the Nazi agent, in Alfred
Hitchcock's "Saboteur" picture
Didn't want to be typed as SUCH
etc. British seamen here are
unhappy over the iced lager. Back
home they drink 1t warm.
About ten days ago, Connie Tai
madge complained of abdominal
pains. Her pal, Mrs. Sam H. Har-
ris, rushed her to a hospital in
Palm Beach. Examination revealed
it was indigestion, but Mrs. Harris
collapsed and was operated on for
acute appendicitis ;. Lenore Lem
mon said nix on doing a modified
strip tease over at the Beachcomber
for fear it would react unfavorably
in her annulment action Dinah
Shore is giving all royalties on her
recording of Everything I Love"
to the Infantile Fund i. The Mrs.
H. v. Moody of Richmond, Va, who
won $64 on Phil Bakers take 1t or
Leave 1t" is Bernard Baruch's niece
and Leon Henderson's cousin, ac-
cording to a phone call Eddie
Cantor passed Tiffany's the other
day and saw priceless lavaliere
in the window made of sugar
4. The seat sale for the Navy Re-
lief show March 10th at the Garden