The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-22


"Under Cover" author John Roy
Carlson is invading Frank Gannetts
own burg, Rochester ito lecture, on
the 22nd. The American Legion
sponsoring Notwithstanding the
fact that his show dropped a mint,
producer l.. Walters c'Artists and
Models'D lost $1,000 to Mike Todd
in a gin game :. Queen County
IN. " will lie the springboard for
the America Firsters 1914 campaign
There's a $4,000 city job open
director of the Bureau Of Real Es-
tate) which Lee Thompson Smith
resigned two weeks ago. He's wait
ing to find replacement The
talk of settlement out of court be-
tween Doris Duke and James Crom-
we'll is premature. Both have been
feinting to date. If the real news
comes out, 1t will be sensational.
|. =. The Govt will soon ask for your
old coat and suit hangers. 1t used
to take about 10000 ton of steel
a year for the nations supply.
Simon & Schuster's next big book
(due in Dec.) will be ''Target-Ger-
many"-tO be given the Willkie
treatment paper cover. It's the
written on assignment from Maj.
Gen. Ira Eaker by two nationally
known mag writers. Though anOny-
moust in the book, they are Major
Richard Thruelsen, ex-ass0ciate edi-
tor of the SEP, and Capt. Arthur
GordOn-former managing editor
Of Good Housekeeping.
The first Powers model to be lost
in action is 1t. Mickey Mahoney
Shot down in a Fortress raid over
Germany . 1t. Comdr. j. Mickler
(ex-Journal EDITOR is undergoing a
major surgery at the B'klyn Naval
Hosp. He's the Navy press cable
censor Everybody Is happy for
Julia Sanderson, who stars her first
air show (since the passing Of her
Frank Crumit) for Mutual Dec. 2.
. Upstate Repubiggies are urging
Gov Dewey to call off the stalled
O'Connell probe. They fear some of
their own men will be caught in be-
tween The Navy ditty so popu-
lar in the last war is due for re-
vival 1.-THE Navy Took En- Over and
the Navy'll Bring En- Back!"
A neWspaperman flattened a Wal
dorf man who tried to Keep him
from interviewing a broken down
king.
1t could happen only in show
business Rose Franken's new
hit, Outrageous Fortune" got sour
notices in Boston. They discouraged
the producers, Gilbert Miller and
w. B. Meloney, who decided to close
it. They didn't know then that G.
J. Nathan would call it "the best
new play of the season." or that the
Christian Science Monitor critic
would like it =. But those reports
decided the author and her husband
to bring it to town, where it is a
click But now the Monitor re-
fuses to accept the ads for the show
business because "the subject matter
is Objectionable to our policy
The Sinatra- Reisman feud at the
| Wedgewood Room is blazing 80.
In case you wondered what became
of Marion Cooley (the swank sets
Texas Guinan), she's a saleswomar
in a Park avenue dress shoppe 20.
Alan Hynd's Betrayal from the
East" is now second only to "Unde,
Cover" in some cities George
White is chucking a suit at mid
town spot alleging the theft of zen
tire scenes from Scandals" :. Reu-
ben's is thinking of barring celebri"
ties. Claims they take up too much
room in the lobby bowling Add
town-talk: That the George O.
Welles (Rita Hayworth) are mag
ing The AP has prepared six
full page mats titled: "Victory Pre-
paredness." They are crowded with
stories of the war from start to
end To be used when and if
Germany quits -. Johnny Green
and Bunny Waters, who were mar
ried Saturday, telegraphed this COL
ulnn week ago following the
flash): "Your item is bit pre-
mature!" The Bahamas wants
de Marigny to get out -. Nassau
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