The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-13
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WIth CHARLFg MANN

This happened at one Of your local theaters: A woman approached the cashier, saying she wished to pur- chase Q ol0O war bond. As she pulled out her mony for the bond, she be- came very talkative. ."Ycu know" she told the girl behind the ticket window. "I was saving this money to got Q divorce. But I've decided ! hate Hitler more than I do my husband"
 Dear MT. Mann: An I want to know is this. Is the reason for your dislike of Frank slnatra strictly per- sOnal or can VIC get in on it too? | Would you want to answer this in your cOlumn2 signed: 'BObby" and ! "SOClB".
 Dear Bobby and dear Socks: My views on Sinatra are strictly imper- sonal, I'm sure. Slnatra hes invaded Q realm he can never hope to con- quer simply because his inadequate talents win eventually restrain him from maintaining the height of ''pOpularity' he seems now to pOs- sess. ,Sfnatra's only forte 10 CrOOn- ing-behind q radio mike where his dead-pan expression doesn't disil- fusion rOmanticists. He iS neither 6 comedian nor an actor. Simply because he has become so giddyishly pOpuIar with teen-Age girls, his press agents have assumed that he can compete with one of our most suave crooners and wits, GrOaner Crosby. Crooner Dick Haynes, and a very able one too, has been called to the coast to start work oct. 4 for 20th Century on Camp Show" in which hell have male lead opposite Carole Iandis. Film will also include Kay Francis, Mitxl Mayfair, Martha Rave, and Phil silvers. He gets S25, 900 for this film. the same for the next. and $76.0O0 for each to follow after that.
 Jack Benny won't return to the air until Oct. 10, although che new seasons program was scheduled to tee off on October 3. Benny wants to stay with the Tanks aiiOther week Is the reason given. Good boy, Benny
 Bob Hope, just back from an H. week tour of British Isles, North Africa and Sicily where he, Fran ces Langford, Tony Romano and Sgt. Jack Pepper entertained Tank troops on the fighting fronts for USO-Camp shows, had this to say to the boys when he landed in New York: T never realized how badly they need us until I got into North Africa and into Sicily. It does something to you, when bunch of boys step out of Q bomber which they had just brought back safely from successful raid. You're never seen happier faces. And what are they thinking about. Only the show that we're ready to put on for them. And the fact that they're getting Bob Hopes and Frances Longford's autographs. Actually, we're the ones who should be get- ting the boys autographs. What Q job they're doingl If had my way about 1t, every Hollywood name" that could possibly be cor- raled would be channelled into the USO overseas route"
 '"The Aldrich Family" came back with its original family except the one Dickle Jones who has replaced the star role originated by Ezra Stone. The Jones kid has the voice and the spirit - but not quite enough confidence. Guess Q couple of more shows will put him straight. The rest of the program is the typl- cal Clifford G0ldsmithicaI show, and and unless he changes some of the keys on his typewriter, some of us are going to lose interest How about . change in plotting tech- nique, eff?
 A note from Hollywood: Joel (QuiS Kid) Kupperman, asked if he'd like any particular autograph, puts in his request for one he wants badly for his collection-"Benjamin Franklin"
 Agnes Moosehead's current job of I