The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-05
MAN ABOUT TOWN

Wilkes pals say that S45O,OOU
was spent to beat him in Wisconsin.
They admit WILKES crowd lost IS.
Greta Garbo's most trusted
male pal is now H. Croker Of the
Los Angeles Examiner Damon
Runyon will recuperate at mid
town hotel for three weeks and then
leave for the Coast A well
known society matron (this is the
second free warning, LADY, is begging
for trouble copying Mr.. Dickenson's
soirees for which he went to jail.
Her parties are hitting q new lewd
Baseball circles are breathlessly
whispering the goings-on Of one
of the games best knowns. His
road tours included passage for a
show girl John Payne has agreed
to give Ann Shirley custody of their
image The Stork Club set
insists that Arlene Francis OF
''Doughgirls" will wed an actor af-
ter her much reported divorce. The
actors romance with Frances
Robinson Arlene's best friend Is
strictly to get you mixed up
An entire block Of cells In Sing Sing
Is named after a New York lawyer
because so many of his former
clients now dwell there.
The wife Of Looks executive edi-
Tor Is in Florida but not for the
climate. She Is Mrs. Dan Mich .
josephine Larkin quietly married
I handsome Don Dexter. He's an Of
fetal war photographer, wounded
in action -. A certain night-life
naval offlcer has been warned Of
ficially about doing the joints night
" with the glamour gal crowd
They've threatened him with duty
at sea, by golly >. Moss Hart, he
made fortune writing Lady in the
Dark" thought he could keep the
coin on a capital gains basis. The
revenuers, however, claim $4,000
for his sale Of that hit. Hart is hard
hit, claiming he can't dig up that
kind OF cabbage More than
sixteen million taxpayers are due
for refunds this year . A famous
Republican told war correspon-
dent that r. d. r. would be such
q cinch he may even carry Maine
and Vermont"
Playwright Ferenc MOlnar (who
was one Of the worlds most famous
eaters) has lost fifty pounds. Lives
on biscuits and milk. He has re-
duced his ciggie smoking from tnty
Io.. 81 nnwn TTniparcaI Oin-
lures will build Marion Hutton for
the top flight dept E. Earl Wilson
has been ordered to do a piece on
Gregory Ratoff for Life In
its Official biography of Gypsy Rose
Lee, Int1 Pictures never refers to
strip tease. It aludes to that form
of entertainment in which she was
to become famous Louella Par
sons book, "The Gay Illiterate,
has passed the 100000 mark .
Don Russell Jimmy Byrnes' fav-
orite) is being touted for Navy Sec
rotary Forrestal's recent pos t. .
The headquarters for the N. Y.
black market Is in Harlem.
Thomas J. Watson, chief Of Intl
Business Machine Corp, had a 1943
income Of $427, $40. His current tax
bill exceeds that sum &. Nanette
Kutner, who writes for Good House
keeping, and Lincoln R. Coward
were married at Norwalk, Conn.
two Fridays ago by the Justice
Of the Peace. The only witness was
the Mayor There Is terrific re-
sistance to the plan increasing tax
es on racing, with blue bloods and
gamblers ready to go the limit with
their ready" U. S. interests are
bidding for South American gin
even though the talk is that Her
mann Goering is its new owner
Producer John Murray Ander-
son Is very Ill at New York hos
pital, tranSfusionS, etc. Z. A pretty
girl named Mildred bets over $40, 900
to q race while her millionaire
friend wagers only two bucks. It's
the talk of the track.
Governor Bricker, who was 20 to /
q week ago in Wall street, is now
3 to ! there. Dewey is a to 2 bet
Follow the Girls" a musical
hit, is said to be $1,000 in the red
-. II. I. Phillips, the word magician
has another book due shortly, by
name 1.-THE G. rs Crash the Peace"
Columnist Jimmy Stars chiller-
diller. 1.-THE Corpse Came G. o. D.
is In its third printing Max Lief's
new play, Champagne for Every
body" Is due on Broadway in Sep
TENDER Baseball players seen
at the race tracks are being re-
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