The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27
Walter WiHAcIAeu
 n Neze, York
MAN ABOUT TOWN

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 MAN ABOUT TOWN
 Ths Alfred Drahes Che'S the @ading man in "Okla."D have part ed. Mrs. Drake SO revealed to antimates. She will post the Re- notice after the New Year. She hlames Q lass in the hit A favorite movie clown (mine, any way) will soon be answering queries of G-Men. Because of a doll whose "civil liberties" he will be charged with stopping A young pet will be accused of arranging" his draft status via a Los Angeles psychiatrist! A Broadway band leader is in a similar jam So is 8 famed leader whose CroSsley is high Beginning of the End Dept: Al Dexter (unheard of few months ago), now making $3,- 500 weekly with his Pistol Packin' Mama" song, has split with his mgr Leaders in punches mo- ticed that we called him Cong. Butler instead of Senator Butler, and ha-had A form of criti- cism. We simply denoted him.
 One of the better known top rankers talks too much in private and public places, especially cabs. Invariably drunk. Offers his opinions and secret stuff to cab bies in various cities Not an admirer of Roosevelt, and makes no bones about it to strangers He has been suspected of reveal ing some highly confidential mat ters to certain newspaper pals his most recent blabbing probably will cost him promotion. When in night spots drunk he can be heard clear across the room-a bad ad for the service His big head and big mouth make him a bigger bum The proper superior officer has been informed of this mans indiscretions.
 Brenda Frazier Kelly was a re- cent guest of Wm. K. Vanderbilt in Florida While fishing she dropped a $25,oOO sapphire ring. .. It fell into fairly shallow aqua and could be seen glimmering How ever, the current was so rapid it was impossible to retrieve the ring and for four days it lay on the bot tom A diver was finally hired to recover it The Big Burg is forfeiting its claim as Worlds Fashion Center. Chicagoans have shown keen interest to the tune of $20O,O0O. San Fran is another ... New Workers think they can't lose out as New York lis so logical But the Fashion Bureau got only few hundred in it's campaign to keep N. Y. "the fashion hub."
 One of the first things to greet Billy Rose Gas new owner of the ziegfeld Theater) will be 8 sum- mons. In connection with a wo- man who allegedly fell and broke her hip (and leg) while leaving that theater recently =. Fine Tim ing! They picked the week before Christmas to rip up the street at 45th and 5th American experts in South America report heavy flow of "hot" refugee coin from Yurrop. This goes into gems or any, thing 1ayin aground loose-thatll not dry up or wear out. When a ship starts leaking, the rats always scram III! A famous Wall Street family is almost on the FOX. They are liquidating as much of their holdings as possible in haste to pay creditors and avoid front page unpleasantneSS .. Name for the Ohio Governor: Bricker-brac New name for certain tSola- tionists: The Fashions Circle.
 Don't overlook Carl Mydans' story in Life - on life in a Manila prison camp. Men responsible for unwed mothers are sentenced to ninety days in jail. In contrast, hundreds of 3rd and 4th generation Japs are being born in our relocation centers Judo and Kendo (jiutjitSu and fencing) are tolerated in relocation centers like Manzanar. Both are military projects of Jap militarism over here. Why's that? What about the ship loaded with U. s. medicines, food and clothing Sponsored by the San Francisco Press Club for imprisoned Tanks in the Philippines? Why did it never sail? The ship was the Kanangoora Can anyone at the Red Cross or State Dept explain?
 You figger this out: The rail- road firms advertise-requesting civilians to stay off trains around Yuletide time-so furlough troops can ride. One Army pal says a War Dept order "bans all travel by soldiers between Dec. "A and 26" For whom are they keeping the trains empty? =. Herlands is 1uri- ous of Comm. Valentines white wash" of Policeman Drew (exon- erated of melting to riot charges, etc) and is planning a bombshell Has Drew a relative in the Police Dept? Allegedly a very high official Congress gave the Dies Committee more coin to ferret out subversives over here. Now the Sen- ate is going to waste coin probing Under Cover"-which does the job the Dies Committee should have done!
 That Staunch defender of the Monroe Doctrine in the letters-to- the-editor colyum of a Gotham gazette was once registered Jap agent. Name is John Cole McKim rated a very active propagandist for a nation now our enemy :. {. Dr. Theodore Schmidt, who recently pleaded guilty as Jap agent in Washington, belongs to Archduke Otto,s inner circle Mario Ga belline, held as material witness in the Lonergan murder case, was