The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-03
Walter WincheII
In NezO York

saw - the latter, OF course, being
a Berlin puppet :. Correspondents
are amazed at the State Depart
ment's pampering Of a Spanish cor
respondent in the U. S. HIS press
service" in South America has been
called an Axis Espionage Agency.
BIT at the State Dept,s insistence,
he has access to tank plans, etc. &.
When Charles Lindbergh, who is
making tour of army and navy
sites, recently inspected a Florida
spot, the servicemen greeted him
coldly.
Henry Cassidy, the APPS cores
pendent at Moscow, now visiting
here, tells about Churchilrs visit to
Moscow and his twO-finger v for
Victory sign :. v doesn't mean
anything to the S0viet's since their
word for Victory begins with a p.
:. So when Churchill got off the
plane and held up his two fingers
the Russians cheered like mad
thinking it meant two fronts!
Captain Winthrop Rockefeller is
now head of the Female Personnel
at the Army's Port of Embarkation,
where the gals say he is a strict
disciplinarian. And that it will
make big story some day!" .
We never dreamed that the John
Steinbeck item (about his going
to Europe for the Trib) would be-
come the reason for a brawl be-
tween Variety and D. Walker, who
charges Variety with cribbing it
from his April 23rd scoops
Does anybody mind our pointing out
that it ran here on April 18th?
e. owen D. Young of General Elec-
trio would like to be Senator
from N. Y. in 1914 The next
leader of Tammany Hall will be an
outsider, not district leader, but
an outstanding citizen :. Vice con-
ditlons near an Ark. camp are such
that one soldier says, there are
$4,000 chippies and 2 inhabitants.
Paulette Goddard on her trip to
TascO, Mexico, secretly purchased
the one million dollar mansion of
the Mexican Presidents brother for
100000 Townsend Netcher, the
Chicago stOrekeeper, and Patricia
Donnelly miss America of 1940) are
dizzy . Simone Simon is crying
into her champagne because million
aire George Guinle of Brazil has
gone home Paramount ac-
tres5 Noel Neill and Edward Hall
have parted. His new heart is Mar
tina Raye The John MaSciOs
have recOnciled. She is Connie
Moore, former leading Lady in by
Jupiter" Norman Tokar will be
the second Henry Aldrich' to 60
into uniform. Fifteen kids are being
tested for his part . La Goddard
is seen in public with different men
but Major Litvak is top man at
Malibu when he is on furloaf.
Mickey Rooney and his wife, Ava
Gardner, settled the money ques-
ton out of court, with Mrs. Rooney
getting the very short price
Rosemary Ames is now overseas with
the Red x Claire James and
John Meager, the sportsman, have
it good . Alicia Diaz, 16, daughter
of Uruguay's Sec. of the Treasury
will be seen in Song of Bernadette'
her debut Ruth Markham,
young and lovely widow of Dean
Markham, movie writer, has been
signed by Goth Century Fox for
Pin Up Girl" famed officer will
soon be "cashiered" - the explana-
ton being over age, etc. The fact
Is he exposed a ring of Benedict
Arnolds in high Army places - and
they evened matters Stars
and Stripes will have four dailies
soon in Africa. One at Casablanca,
one at Rabat, one at Oran and a
4th at Algiers. This is separate from
the London edition :. How Tenn
pus Fugits item: One of the younger
set haunting the Hollywood studios
(see\.ing a job as an actor is one
of G. Chaplins children White
House biggies who guessed wrong
on labor matters" will soon be-
come "eXpendables".