The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-30
BY JACK lat

Albany Is not the first county to
seel Governor Dewey's lancet, and
will not be the last. Certain Up
state black spots will get it, too. Tom
Rewey once said to me: 81 don't
like Republican thieves" City
Treasurer Amerindo Portofolio has
offered his resignation to Mayor La
Guardia, who will accept 1t and APP
point City Collector william Reid
to succeed him, unless Portfolio can
clear" himself entirely in the cy-
clone in a demi-tase over whether
or not he drove to the Belmont Park
races in a city car. Portfolio gave
away q s. 100000 commercial en-
terprise to his employees. That would
buy few gills Of gasoline even now.
local appearance since he resumed
civvies, escorted a blonde beauty at
Ell Morocco. Admiral Lord Noun
batten had been his house-guest at
the ancestral mansion the night be-
fore :. Lieut.. Pat diCicco's iden-
tification bracelet reads, From
Private Dumplin'." AS soon as Pat
gets his silver bar. he will give
Gloria bracelet inscribed ITO Cor
poral Dumplin' Faye En-
merson back to the Coast alone. Her
beau, John Myers who represents
the Howard Hughes-Henry Kaiser
interests, had to weekend in Wash
ington with Col. Elliot Roosevelt
:. Eddy Ely, the broker, out three
nights in row with blonde Puk
PARIS .. Betty Cannon and Chick
Farmer lifting because he dated
Ellen French, real estate heiress.
When we exposed the theater
clip racket, Commissioner of Lii
Censes Paul Moss asked us to an
nounce that any victims could come
to him and get their money back.
So Mrs. Charles L. Hines of New
port, complained she had bought six
tickets from SusSman's and was
pvercharged SIS. After a hearing,
Moss suspended the license of Suss-
nan's which happens to belong to
Charles L. and Ray w. Moss f. If
you've forgotten, the system usually
Is this: Reputable men and women,
Aften of high school and financial
seatus, who have regular accounts
With the licensed legitimate ticket
brokers, buy large numbers of seats
and turn them over to the gyp
scalpers splitting the larceny with
them. Strangely Cor not} most of
the "middlemen" are women.
! Donna Drake, who used to like
boxers, now likes an actor - Tom
Neal, of Columbus Susan Hay
wards Look of the Month is on
Capt. Pat McGuiness Marianne
OBrien, who had it so bad over
Charley Martin, now has it worse
over Alan Curtis Jimmy Nc
Hugh, top-drawer songscribe, is ly-
rical over Georgia Carroll, the Kay
Kyser kanary :. Dick Purcell fea-
lures Marie Gorgan :. Follies girl
Irene Christie is playing around with
Kenneth MacSarin, the talent scout
but only while waiting for an out
ol-CoWn lIlduSLrlallSt TO get his d.
vorce. 4
On OF our best hotels elected a
high-priced Hollywood film femme
because Of her alcoholic idiospn--
crasies /. Ted Husing and Betty
Lawford are on again and off again,
so, you see, they're in again {.
Showgirl Pat Hall and Leo Aron-
sohn, who has as much money as
she has looks, nightly Armanduo
=. If Gwen Davis of the Bobby
Sherman band has a far-away look
IN hor big eyes, it's because Berg
strom Field, near Austin Texas, is
q long way from Broadway, and
that's where 1t. Bill Woldt Is sta
toned Patty Dugan, Johnny
Longs lark, and a corporal's stripes
are on the arm Of Milton Karle.