The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
Walter WiHlcTae11
In NezV York

fred Allen OF the British Ministry
OF Labor Christine Cromwell
(of the Stotegbury tribe) and Fred
die White are dividing. II she wins
the decree she'll merge with 1t
Edward williams, o paratrooper :.
We promised to omit his name up-
I'll he is freed. Watch for the name
OF Mrs. Paul Strashon's next groom
(she's a widow, he Is one OF Amer
icas most famed leaders.
From a letter from a Marine Of.
ficer In Guadalcanal, an ex-New
Yrk editor: II have another hero.
He's a swell PIT skipper, Walter.
First 3 times out here Ton night pa
trOls) he destroyed Jap barges.
He has lost about 20 pounds Like the
rest Of us. He Is jaundiced from
atabrine. He has an anemic little
beard, but the courage of a lion.
He's cool, daring and deadly. His
superiOrS respect him an dhiS men
love him. He has no less than IS
pictures Of his darling TX. T. Stew
ens) pinned up In the cabin Of his
PIT boat. Tell her to write him at
least twice q day. That's all ALI
Vanderbilt cares about - her let
tiers. His twenty million bucks
don't mean q thing to him here"
Ella Logan had all her personal
belongings thefted in No. Africa,
where she's entertaining our men.
Carmen Cavallaro's band is
getting &c" more per week at
the Frolics (MiamD than he gets
at the swanky waldorf. The Frolics
caters to servicemen and their
hOneys The rumors that FDR
may not run again are echoed by
the second closest man to him :.
Model Carmel Fitzgerald "a Powers
gal picked by this colyum as the
coming cover girl of the year a
year ago. made good cur threat
She's on the front and rear covers
Of the current Red Book. First time
any gal has done it, we hear {.
If Wayne Lonergan, accused WIFE
killer, "sings" it will be terrible
for most of Cafe Society, including
refugee producer now in uniform
Are the veddy social Brock
enridge Armstrong; (linoleum COIN
making 1t final? Signs-of- the
Times Dept: San FRANCHISES Deut-
Sches Turn-Verin on Suffer street
Is now called Russian Center!"
Love Letter Dep't: "San Francisco,
Dec. 18th, 1913: Dear Walter: If
in an I-tOld-yOu-sO mood you could
certainly remind Elmer Davis land
the President) that you personally
brought the danger of the enemy
radio reports to their attention over
two months ago - right after your
speech before the Overseas Press
Club. You will recall that It was
suggested to Davis that the time
was NOW to get the Allies together
for an overall policy on the dis
tributiOn Of enemy reports by the
Allied press associations and radio.
Nothing was done about 1t. The re-
suit was the peace offensive and
and fiasc0 of the Cairo Teheran
conferences. Once again You were
way ahead Of them In realizing the
whole picture. No one, SO far, has
bothered to pOitn out that Reuters
Is part Of tho Associated Press
set-up. There will be other peace
again beat ubgkq ETAOIN IN
defensive by the enemy - both
Nad and Jap. The enemy will
beat MS 70 the punch I'm the news
war. Someone ought to speak up and
explain the whole thing, and that
someone could be yOu.-J. r."
King Carol (RuaSelf Birdwell'
press AGENT gets royal ribbing
in Mr.. Todd's next musical, 'Mexi-
can Hayride" Jean Dalrymple
Is at Doctors hoSp-flu" :. IN
less you have reservations in Miami
Beach. don't go there. Even serv-
icemen's wives can't find rooms.
Many landlords even bar children
Of fathers, fighting in the war. More
on this later Aside to Milton
Berle and Joyce Mathews: Stop be-
ing fools, you fools! IL. Time omits
the name of Manhattan colyumtst
1t takes to task. When Time scolds
Drew Pearson 1t always spells his
name correctly. So why doesn't
Time name Dantan Walker-whom
1t meant?
Be Glad You Live In Our Coun-
try Where the President Goes to the
War-Instead Of Waiting For the
War to Come to Our Country.