The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-05

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etts court fighting furiOusly /.
kA 8aephans. show glrl (who was
&tn4 for Reno Friday, b giving
lAa matter some thawt,. instead.
Renee DeAaarco, who married
AcE dancing partner last year (they
efU now nc Ciro's, Hollywood, viii
retire IN . few months-to await an
heir Sally Benson, whose ar
5loIes and book became the stage
nlA Junior Miss" n % DFs. Hosp
Mt serious i. Most blazing Of the
Eomnmees In the new "Follles" ls
ne enc between stage manager Fred
10 Cordeva and lovely Marianne
0'HFien Of the chorus "Wlse-
guys" are plunging on Canadian Pa
oific.
n y. r. recently appeared at q
war council looking rested and re-
freshed While the others wore
obvious signs Of strain ~. How do
you manage TO stay ut with all your
work and worry2" someone
asked the President oh" he
ohd, with me q change OF trou-
bic Is as good as q vacation"
senator Claude Pepper Of Fla,
and Congressman J. Baldwin Of New
York city win lift the morale Of
servieemen this week with q sensa-
ti0llal bin II there Is an cleo
Sion In town for Mayor In Novem-
Der, Comptroller J. McGOldrick will
be = candidate A. Benjamin,
70, enc Of the sweller Americans, was
killed In action In Africa on March
8th. His commission as n lieutenant
g on the way therefor bravery In
she field -. Hard.to-believe item:
The Ole Olsen, who split $4,000
weekly al those years (''E1ellzapop-
PIN" cleared over five milllOn), Is
said 70 be the victim Of unsOund In
veetments. Intimates fear he's
broke War-c0nscious Republi.
cans are forming n committee TO
support Roosevelt for the 9Th Term
49,. LaGuardla has refused 70 take
Roletti g. associate on his army
mission.
Last week the cables blazed with
the thrilling news that Major Cy
Bartlett, former Hollywood figure,
pressed the button which released
the first bombs dropped by an
Anerican) over Germany :. Bart
lett declared war on the Naxi long
before Pearl Harbor, however, when
he flattened Nazi agent In Beverly
Hills out Of Fritz Wiedemann's Of
flee. In 1910.
Sealed indictments have been
handed down and q lot Of locals are
going 70 prison as q result Of the
Nkorelnnd probe ordered by Gov.
Dewey Former Ambassador TO
Japan Grew was urged 70 be q
Presidential candidate in 1914. He
npuFned IL claiming he is too old.
. Labor leaders are now talking
about fighting for q six hour day
Discount the revived reports Of
George Raft divorce. She just won't
80 Betty CRADLES real heart lac
e0raing to insiders on the COast) h
Harry James, not sailor named
Starr A few hours before the
crash Of the Clipper near Lisbon.
the Maxi short waivers announced
Nine. Chang was ON II Nancy
Douglas, the actress, Is free again
via the melting route A rumOr
says Bubbles Schinasi Is secretly
scaled to Arthur HOrnblOw, Jr. =.
Gary CoOper's paycheck in "FOr
Whem the Bell Tolls" Is the biggest
IN film history.
The headline: Gloria Baker Top
ping Sues for Divorce" reminded a
fellow passenger ON the s. S. Reso-
lutte (when Gloria was world tour
1st) Of this overheard: Someone
pointed to happy couple on board
and said: isn't that wonderful?
And they've been married seventeen
yeargi" To which LaBaker
ahrieked: my heavens! To one
man???"
The Ford Harrison Countess ven
Rasenholt idyI has been chilled by
enc draft He's at Fort Dix
Approximately one out Of three ply
sicIann land dentists) are In uniform
now The record fur sales In a
resent month tOtaled flfty-nine mill
lion dollars Oscar Serlin's flop,
ssThe Family Is the third play by
that title which got bad reviews.
BidOu Sayau, Brazilian prima
donna, Is suing . radio company
here because she alleges Its press
staff sent out q release defaming
her Charles LeMaire, the de-
algner, will be released from tho
Army this week and will work In a
defense plant MRS. Lou Gehrig
Is . hostess at the Merchant Sea-
nmen's Canteen ON 43rd street i
Mike RomanOff has decided against
suIng the SEP over Alva JOhnstOn's
mfrthful article. "NO," Mike said,
''they might prove III"
The recent adverts Of the Copa-
eahana showed Jimmy Durante look |
ING at a quote from this column
which described the place as Dur
ante's Inferno .. Jimmy was shown
wondering: "Is that a knock or a
hoost2" It might interestd him |
10 learn that the real name OF the |
the famed Italian poet, Dante, was
purante For confirmation (says |
q. s. williams of Indianapolis see
Iippincott's Pronouncing Biographi-
cal Dictionary, 1915. where you
win find footnote TO the article
on Dante, bottom Of page 773, which
anys: Durante. his original name.
was contracted In popular parlance
70 Dante"
A Detroit critic reviewing "Harem-
geaFem" said the dialogue began
below the belt and stayed there" :.
The new "Follles' reports an adj
vance nale Of over 100000 luke
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