The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15


Boa ghelton's, divorce makes things
simpler With lovely model Muriel
Morris The steve Hannagans
(9usan Breagster) have depressed al
their pals /. a New York detec-
tive e Ia hollywood TO bring back
considerable "l1Ot Ice" innOcenetly
brought By o famous sexy femme
star Cabs cousin, rich and
pretty) Stil1 aches Erorn Enrol Hymns
ordeal. The real heart 1nti-
mates say Thurman Arnold win
eventually become D. 3. Senator
terson Is said to be winding up
his RKO affairs TO clear the way
IA case he gets thine Canadian Min
lister post Elisssa Landi and q
Navy It. ct dat sea" Were Philip
Anidown and Betty Stewart stitched
IA washington? FDR Is giving
his Ga enigmatlc smile to the
friends who tell hi n1he must run
again q. Friends Of Maxim Kpf,
the Czechoslovakian painter, insist
that he will shodtly marry Dorothy
Thompson.
From the Feb. 10 San Francisco
Chronicle editorial page: Journals
ically. speaking, Walter Winchell,
the columnist, Is not on our side Of
the fence But there are values
transcending journalistic rivalry and
viewpoint. one Of them Is loyalty
to America, and an understanding
Of Americas. plight and the live
or-die Job necessary to defeat the
evil forces loose In the world. On
this point Winchell's record Is
clear. His methods may be open to
question, but he sees the target.
Consistently, Winchell has been sail
Ing into divisionists, confusionists
ana stealty syrnpathzers with the
foe, Winchell Is q naval officer,
recently on active duty.
CONGRESSMAN Hoffman, whom he
has attacked, has erdeavored to
force 'scandalous conduct charges
against him, as part Of q naealy-
n1outhed attempt OF certain con.
gfessmeYl to choke free criticism OF
political attitudes in the Congress
Secretary Knox informed the House
Naval Committee that WinchelTs
statements were not considered
'scandalous conduct tending to the
destruction Of good morals This Is
\ fitting rejection by Secretary Knox
Of an charges arising from con-
gressmen Of the POLITICAL character
Of Hoffman"
Evelyn Love Cooper shelved her
N. Y. Times job to wed her college
valentine, B. Goodwin :. CLAIRE
Trevor Of the Magic Lanterns and
p. Silver, ditto, are steadying -. .
Renee. DeMarco's riveting to j..
Hutchinson Of her act has given
the miseries to her devoted mother
-. stork cashier F. w. Maguire's
twin sons died for the nation. AL
vim went down with the Reuben
James and Edward, O bombardier,
died Mt Guadalcanal Mr.. Mcguire
raised them from birth when
their mother died The real
import Of Ciano's appointment to
Vatican City has been overlooked.
Cian0 Is there to beg the good Of
fees Of His Holiness, whose many
pleas for peace he so arrogantly
ignored.
MisQuOte Of the Week: A week
ago In this space the opening par
agranh dealt with counter.espion-
age efforts Of Federal authorities
on the whereabouts Of the Pregi.
dent. A washington correspondent
wired O statement that the story
"was repudiated by the r. B. l." :. {.
question Of grammar and O ques-
ton Of fact for his New York edi-
tor: How can someone repudiate
that which was neved attributed
to them? Our paragraph never
mentioned the F. 3. I. It didn't
say the r. B. I. took anybody into
custody nor did 1t mention Gas be-
fits newspaper ethics) any specific