The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-12

AN ABOUT TOWN
brian AheFmes Joan FoB-
flash. according 20 Hollywood
u only editions away .
6aFIana's next husband will
@pular he-man movie star,
c wife win gracefully step aside
Betty Cradles operation was a
kt1noval -. Gypsy Rose Lee
purchased the Barbara VAN
lf mansion On East 6Srd street
fs cash. Kt originally cost 300 Gs
Xony DeA1arco's intimates be-
eHe that he and Sally Cravein will
Ee On the movie coat =. Joan
Bennett (nlece Of r. Bennett, the
canadian Officially and Lee Sikorski
|erphew Of Poland's Premier ST.
HoEskil will be married in The
Little Church Around the Corner
81 the 18th Chums think re-
Hamliv divorced Karen Morley lex
Fa Chas. VidOr) and actor Lloyd
Cough were quietly blended weeks
R8D Major z. v. Heyn, former
liberty ed, and one Of Charles But
sexwogth's ..ex-wives were sealed
Monfhs ago Clark Gable and
Virginia Bruce are finding great
e1ns0laslOn together.
Postmaster General Frank Walk
er. upon his return from the Mid
west and Far West jauntS, disclosed
many things to newspapermen in
Washington and elsewhere. But what
he told only to a few choice pals Is
this. That the only sentiment he
found for the Democratic nominee
Was for Roosevelt Mr.. Walker
ran into lots Of trouble and protest
On patronage problems, but the
opinion was that Roosevelt is the
only man who can win-that the
Demos haven't another so formid-
able. Otherwise give it to the COP
by default.
TaIlulah Bankhead's pals expect
20 hear she elOped any day now
These Gary Cooper rumOrs per-
alst :. A. TroyanOvsI1y, former
81 The SOyiet's current best-selleT
which eounseIs friendship with ia
pan Nancy Booth Craig, the
com1nentator, and her groom are
iznaging. Expected in July II
you're going to Mexico take LOT
Of 81 bills (but not more than $50
Locals back from there warn that
sur 81 bills are the only ones Mex
icanazis have not yet been able to
zsranmnaA..mHAeA TA.~.w.asna ne
shifting their May Day to May 3nd
with blowout in the Yankee Sta
dium -. The American war front
casualty list for press correspondents
Is rising. Up TO February-12 were
dead, missing, 80 injured Will
kie has not yet requested q pass
port for his Australian trip, but he
definitely will get it.
George Price again played on the
Fred Allen program last night
He was affectionately welcomed by
many in the Studio-for this rea-
son When Price appeared on
Il last year he told the audience:
buy some WBs" =. After thel pro-
gram he said: IT forgot to say WBS
are War Bonds!" But many in
the audience thought he was hand
ling them q stock tip and really
meant Warner Brothers, and so he
still receives letters Of thanks. War
ner Brothers, which many pur-
chased, was then selling at "a. Now
11M -. We hope you stock mar
ket suckers didn't ignore our warm
Ing early In the week-that the mar
ket was due for "a technical re-
action" The N. Y. Times Satdee
said It dived from to 3 points
first dive in months.
The Treasury Dept is reported as
deeply interested in q Connecticut
realty corporation which enabled
prominent citizens, including a syn
aicated writer, to laugh at the in
come tax the way love laughs at
Eocksmiths The James Rogers
Margaret Kemlin) are imagina
again. James Is Of the Will Rogers
clan June AIlysOn, former Broad
way starlet now In films, has re-
placed Judy Garland in ID. Roses
heart Chic JOhnsOn's holiday
from the show will be hunting grizzly
bear in British Columbia Marion
Murray debuts at Town Hall tOmOr-
row Before the curtain falls on
the Zanuck affair, the politics be-
hind d win be revealed. Washing
Son hears that the war against Fan
mex was inspired by q rival
Business in the parking lots L
thriving again The New Workers.
piece by Gypsy Rose Lee, a cOrker
vas held mp for a whole year.
Madcap Merry Fahrney, the
leiress, who is quoted by the news.
papers as stating that she will never
return here "and nobody can make
me do So" was written up by Time
IN March last year. The piece sale
IN part: "She is nothing to be con-
cerne about" From this col
unn Of July 10, 1910: merry Fair
ney's real heart Is one of the Ger