The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-20
MAN ABOUT TOWN

H-ih. doll It's q himage over at
the NBCorrespondent w. w. Chgp-
Inns DARKNESS Paviiion) Major
Horace Dodge (recently on the front
pages via frau.trouble) Is at Gen.
. eral Hospital, Indianapolis, where o
Z medical charge Is expected any edi-
hon Sumner Welles has accept
!. IA q new and important offer over
sSseas, according to his chums :.
\ Getrcperas Helen Jeyson and her
! groom are parenticipating at Fitch
!. Sanitarium The makers OF q
famous war weapon are being
probed and their Navy "E' may be
taken away :. Peggy Sykes, ultra
social (she's the ex-Mrs. w. Chry-
eler, Jr., has renounced us all TO give
the next 7 years TO the study Of
medicine at Columbia It Au-
relic stays on the ticket and wins,
impeachment proceedings will fol-
low.
The American Federation Of La
Dor has made q formal protest to
NBC regarding KaltenbOrn's broad
cast Of the 9th, in which he said
in effect: "NOn.union plants show
better production record than
union plants" A retractiOn Is
sought on the basis Of WPB rec
Ords for Vultee and BOelng, the two
leaders in aircraft efficiency. Both
are closed shops =. The CLIO has
lolned the ALL in demanding full
retraction, claiming the statement
Is not even debatable, with the CLIO
planning q picket line around NBC.
Beginning Of the End Dept: Ac-
tor Fred MacMurray has invested q
tidy bundle in music publishing
firm The Jan BartS have Z
ID. girl Soprano Colette D'Arville
Is seriously Ill after several opera
tilons Ben Hecht's excellent
short In Golfers C"The Pink Hus-
sar') may become play and film
Stephens College says the
Maude Adams rumors started when
she resigned as head Of the drama
dept. She continues as special adj
wiser The disappearance Of $3.50
600 in cash is said to be an item In
the Tresca murder mystery . Z.
Madeleine Carroll Is waiting for her
passport 10 go abroad for the U. s.
Seamen's Service "Naked
Genius" starring Joan Blondell
Blondell, closes its Boston run on
the 25th for O rewrite The Moss
Hart Air Force show may be de-
ferred. General Arnold, due here,
win make the decision.
The Washington Wire: II almost
causes fist fights whe nyOu mention
IL, but they are saying we'll have a
new Chief Justice Of the Highest
Court in 1945 =. The big corpora
tiOns which want to put up reserves
for post war conversion will soon
be cuSSln' the TreaSury'S Randolph
Paul, who wants them paid out in
taxes now The u. s. II getting
no mach coin that the Democratic
Natl Committee amt getting any
-. Otto Hapsburg was rejected by
are aErny because he claims Hun
garlan citizenship His sponsor
Is D Cabinet members wife! :. The
inner circles hear that Stain thinks
Germany will be out Of the war by
March.
n - e9
q. r. DuttOn. publisher OF the SEN
sational No. best seller ("Under
Cover") has enough paper to sell
other 10000 copies. They indem-
Nifty book sellers against libel &C.
tions (none to rate) as a result Of
selling It In Detroit Asst FBI
Chief Bugas said: 1.-THE FBT, In It's
anti-spy work, hasn't had two cents
worth Of help from Mr.. Dies!" .
How come the Dept Of Justice
doesn't go after Joe Ramp for put
ting out pamphlets titled: Dept OF
Justice-From the Secret Files OF
the FBI"2 Isn't the use of the
Dept Of Justice name illegal? There
Is Q Presidential order saying that
the FBI reports are so secret not
even Congressional committees may
ee ethem Before this Congress
Is over 1t will consider iva OF
the Air - as q result of the CHS
restriction on independent news
commentators. Mr.. White OF CHS
thinks he's discussing freedom OF
speech, but will end up discussing
Ais SO341poAly ACeIlSSI
War Correspondent Robert Casey
This last book was Torpedo juno
tion'C was invited by the Navy Ia
do . book about submarine warfare
49,. After three months with our
undersea fighters, Casey submitted
the manuscript The Navy GEN.
s0rB deIeted nearly 40 per cent Of Il
s.. Casey was so Infatuated he
refused to permit the expurgated
document to b epublished ). Short
" after the U. S. asked the star
reporter to do another job
"On one condition." he said, that
] am assigned where there are no
American cens0rs!" Casey Is
NOW abroad getting the facts with.
out editing.
Ex-MayOr J. ]. Walker, snapped
BY Q news photogger at Shor's,
quipped: "It1l take more than one
bulb to bring me backl" Jane
Pickens' next job is starring on a
national hookup =. Mrs. Jock Nc
Lean, who will say Renutz to mar
riase shortly, will next blend with
Richcard Andrade, wealthy Texan.
Arturo do Cordova and Lupe
Velez have Tossed 1t Into the Bas-
ket Jason Bernie, Ben'S boy,
viii telescope with Eyleen Sugar
man Of Beverly Hills =. The j. E.
Phillips Of Atlanta, she was Frances
Burns of here, are zig-zaggy >. The
first Pentagon wedding (Satdee) was
that Of 1t. Col. S. Avery Psyllis
Avery's pop) and 1t. Marian Bald
win Of the WACs >. Their pals sus-
pect that Rudy Vallee and Betty
Jane Greer win wed this week, in
stead Of after the armistice :.
Azzif we diden know: The phone
number Of the Internal Revenue