The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-02

ana the Government mas decided to
prosecute instead of accepting
settlement The Navy has Or
dered every officer under IS to sea
duty; most of them will be replaced
by Waves =. Major General Surles,
head of Public Relations for the
United States Army, will be sent on
another assignment, replaced by
Col. Dupuy Owners of motion
picture houses throughout the coun-
try are organizing to protest film
ing of Wendell WILKES book, "One
World" They say it reeks with
campaign propaganda - and If
that is eliminated 1t leaves trav-
elogue Donald F1amm, who
sold WMCA to the interests who
have now bought the Blue Network,
will probably get first chance to
buy back the station.
Charlie Chaplin invited his ex-
bride, Paulette Goddard, to visit and
meet his new bride, Coma O'Neill.
All was harmony . If neighbors
think they see a skunk on a mid
Manhattan terrace, they may be
cover after all. Thyra Sampler
Winslow, the novelist, has one ris-
armed as pet. It's name is Flow
er! c. P. Greneker, Shubert
publicity head, hired a pretty little
redhead, Lillian Mcbride, as an Of
flee boy. Hefired her in a week
for being dumb. On her way out,
she saw a lot of girls. They were
answering call for 1.-THE Student
Prince" chorus. Lillian got in line
and got the job and sent Greneker
the following note: Now you're
working for me" 1t. Bill CraW-
ford, Jr., bomber pilot hero of the
South Pacific I'll decorations), flew
to Ohio, but will return to sign a
contract for his book, 1.-THE Battle
of the Bismarck Sea-
Shirley Temple and her ma are
having bitter words for the first
time. Mrs. Temple wants to keep
her baby in kiddy- klothes. Shirley,
past IS, wants to (and wild do
bathing-suit stuff in her next film
Min Lynne strip-teased in
burlesque for years and took dra-
matte lessons, determined she would
yet crash Broadway in the legit.
And made it. She joined a road
company of 1.-THE Eve of st. Mark,
booked for whole week on Broad
way - at 165th Street, in the
Audubon! This desk receives
hundreds of protests against
profiteering on tickets for the hit
shows. Victims curse the man
ayers, the treasurers and the u
licensed ticket-brokers when they
art soaked SIS each for $3.50 and
$40 tickets. The real culprlts
are respected regular customers OF
theh ticket agencies, who can buy
copiously without suspicion at the
legal 75-cent premium charge.
They turn them over to the gyps
and split the gravy. Agencies that
have kept track of seats sold have
been amazed to find Wall Street
and Social Register figures are mid
dlemen in this racket.
On a farm near Nachitochez, La,
with his mother and stepfather,
lives a boy. II, whose name Is Greg
DRY Hesselburg. He Is the son OF
Captain Melvin Douglas and his
wife, who was Rosalind HightoWer,
model dancer and artist, now the
wife of James Aswell, magazine
author, until recently Public Rela-
lions Executive for his native State,
Louisiana. Douglas married Helen
Gahagan, heiress to Brooklyn ship
building millions, after the divorce
and before he began to act IN the
films. Few know he was ever
married before and had this son.
When Douglas was quizzed on a
broadcast, he said he had two chill
dren; he and his present wife have
two children.
This reporter last Decmeber an
nounced first to the world that the
soldiers in Africa were singing
Dirty Gertie from Bizerte." AT
least 1000 requests for the lyrics,
by mail, telephone and telegraph,
came in. We can now announce
the successor, popular with the boys
in Sicily: "Venal Vera from Gil
ziera." And don't ask for it-cant