The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-15
Walter WincheII
In Ne7O York

hliIVceS W eTdSe tne S0O,UO debt,
which the locals owe the Nationals
The Mayor slapped Tammany
Leader Kennedy and the New Deal
when he appointed Dean Wilkinson
corporation counsel. 1t comforted
the Curry and old Dunn groups.
= Stimson is against burdening
the Army with voting machinery
for army personnel and has told
Congressman he is against legis-
lation along those lines Some
officials are chagrined upon dis
covering that some of the attacks
on the WAAC's originated with Of
ficers disgruntled at being replaced
by the gal soldiers.
Ill-wishers are trying to irk Will
kie by saying his best seller, Zone
World" was auth'd by Owls
Barnes, who merely edited and
read proof for his favorite .
Jean Rognan, whose husband was
lost in that Lisbon crash, has
spurned all commercial offers. She
refuses to capitalize on 1t .
Helen Traubel the Nets Wag-
merriam white hope from st. Louis,
hears Maxine Sullivan's hep rem
dition of Curly Headed Baby" on
the air and signs: Gee. I wish /
could do that!" . Thank the
phone directory for simplifying the
hundreds of listings for Federal,
State and City bureaus. In its
latest edition D.. :. Each gal marine
Cat Paris Island has been noti-
fled that upon completion of her
trainin gshe will be given the name
of the Marine she releases for ac-
tice duty :. The Diamond Horse
shoe averages over $35,000 weekly.
Tin Pan Alley is COMPOUNDED by
this: The biggest sales have always
been Waltzes, but none of the
waltzes written in ten years. they
say. has clicked big The champs
are: Missouri Waltz" Char
maine, diane, Three O'clock in
the Morning and When I Grow
Too Old to Dream Intimates
claim Peggy Joyce keeps going via
a huge hunk of the N. Y. Central
stock as well as some unmortgaged
real estate Bookies at the
tracks are worried because the new
brand of Pinkertons do not look
like cops at all. Too many have
been trapped recently and were
barred as result . The widow
of a prohibition millionaire is now
working behind the counter of a
department store . Drug store
owners are squawking. Ninety per
cent of the articles they peddle
have remained at the same price
levels as pre-Pearl Harbor and
their expenses have climbed
The cops had to break up a fierce
braWl at Armandos.
The trial over millionaire Philip
Plants will, due to start soon, will
redden the faces of people who
don't even suspect it One of
the screens finds may have his
career stifled in the bud-because
former flames rendezvous was
raided Night spot props are 60
ing nutz because of the silverWare
being sWiped - which is difficult
to replace A cab driver, whose
stand is in front of Reuben's, passed
his bar exam a few weeks ago-and
won his first case Friday :. Mid
toWnerS hear that Musician Union
Gear Petrillo is losing his grip with
the recording firms. The music
union is complaining, too, because
of the great loss In revenue. Some
disc makers are cleverly getting
around the ban on music by using
choir backgrounds . Richard
Rodgers says he'd give his right
wing if he could get Lena Horne for
a musical show. Max Gordon prob
ably will be the producer who gets
that break Priscilla Lane is
supposed to have told chums she
won't return to the films =. Despite
the rumors, Evelyn Keys and Di-
rector Charles Vidor will wed in
March, when his final decree is due
=. The story of the housewife who
advertised that she'd let her maid
wear her mink on Thursday nights
has its sequel in the woman who
seriously offers any cook the use
of her husband!