The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-31
Walter Winchell
 M Neze, York
MAN ABOUT TOWN

MAN ABOUT TOWN
 HOnyWOOd Is buxxing about Cary 0rant shopping for a new home in Bel Air and wonders if the rumors (about . rift in the Barbara Hut ton lute) are founded They say Leatrice Joy Gilbert'S next groom may be war hero Cal Brewster. He fought with the Chinese Army Arthur Hammerstein is gravely ill at the St. Francis hospital, West Palm Beach Ernest Weir, the steel man, is said to be responsible for some of the distribution of the book attacking Willkie Did the State Dept censor out all disrespect- ful references to the Sneakanese in Secretary Morgenthau's bond speeches? Where's the manu- script of the murdered Mrs. P. Starr Williams planned book: "An Amer ican Diplomats Wife in Tokyo"?. Someone at the State Dept alleged ly prevented its publication Opera star Rise Stevens and her groom will be cooing lullabies in the Spring One slogan in No- vember will be Stop Roosevelt" The Roosevelt party's slogan will be: "Stop Hitlerl'
 Judge Crater (mysteriouSly miss ing all these years) last visited a show girl named June Bryce, also known as June Covel Alter & long search she was located Con a tip here) at the Pilgrim State hos pital When Mrs. Crater's at torney went to interview her, he found her in state of hopeless mental illness, unable to give CO., herent answers Her death (which we have never seen recorded III print) sealed the avenue of inquiry about CraterS disappearance. We now learn she died at that place i'll l940
 The Jack Topping gambling case indirectly broke up the marriages o1 two men, who left town when the story broke. Their wives are divorc- ing them Choo-Choo JohnSons $3,OOO mink coat (not insuredD was stolen from her rooms Racing this year will net Florida almost seven million. Last year 1t got about 4 1-2 Syndicate exec Colin Miller and his charming wife (di- vorced several yearS) are so in love they probably will rewed when he returns from Argentina. Shes the Powers model agency registrar. One of the 30 indicted will summon Father Coughlin and some ot ot those who'ye been let go' as de- fense witnesses. He'll claim deals
 When Cong. Rankin attacked this columnist on the House floor the other day Claiming our name was Lipshitz, which it isn'D, Cong. J. K. Sheridan of Penn, asked Rankin if that made Winchell less Ameri- can than one named Rankin. And if Rankin had any facts to back 1t up, how about them? Rankin changed the subject, said he wasn't interested, etc. Incidentally Lindberghs grandfather wasn't Ild411GQ AIl4IApCA6A AneSAp AAA ~AN House cloakroom, Rankin glared at Sheridan. Others heard Rankin humble that Sheridan's ancestors were foreigners, etc. T was born in the U. s." said Sheridan, my folks were foreigners. They came from County Mayo. Ireland"
 His kinsman was General Sheridan who merely helped save the Union
 The unnamed U. s. Senator itemed here as marrying a prom inent person in the State Dept shortly was described erroneously as a Roosevelter. He is liberal Re pub Senator Wheeler requested Leo Crowley to appoint Mccarthy to the P. E. A. Mccarthy got the S3,8O0 per annum post |. Anony- nous medico fact. An untreaetd cold IA days. A treated cold can be cured in two weeks" Bill T1l- den is quietly coaching Gertrude Moran, 20. He predicts she'll be- come one of the most famous of all tennistars. Lou Costello alleg- edly won $5o,0o0 playing poker Two former Deweyites (down at the District Attorneys office) are hav- ing their own silly war In Leary's (the oldest bookstore in Philly and the nation) there's an odds-and- lends table of fine books On it is this delightful sign: "These prices are ridiculous"
 Winchel-Is-A-C Communist-D Dept: In the Jan. 26th Daily Worker Mike Gold scolds Walter Winchell for recent broadcast attacking scummiSts |. Calls Wincheu a red-baiter Con all and every occa- sion'D; calls Wincheu "a gents room Homer" and adds: "In Eng : land there are plenty of Mosleys and in America plenty of Win chells" am also a Broadway butterfly" .. Gold glitters: T wish to say to the anti-Nazis like Win chell: For Gods sake, do not hurt