The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-24
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sixty British Secret Service agents
are working on the mystery dis
appearance Of that young Indian
Princess from New York's Interna-
tlonal House over month ago
sylvia Sidney, the star and Fletcher
Martin, the painter, are thicker
than tapioca . RepubligwigS Of
fcred Willkie q cabinet post for his
support Of Dewey. Pretty safe wager
he won't Hoover and Landon,
engineers Of Dewey's campaign, are
concerned over a possible repeat Of
the Bull Moose split, which wrecked
| the 1912 campaign and elected VIII
Isorl :. ANY pair Of So theater tick
cts (plus q brokers rs cent CHARGE
/ now costs you 50 In American
Mercury editor Eugene Lyons the
Ghost for Eric Johnson's speeches
1nsiders'n betcha The Capt.
ITed Lawsons are 4ing Red Skel-
ton is dating his ex-wife ;. Ex-
champ Kid Chocolate Is back IN
Philly from overseas minus his legs
Sally Rand and her groom have
parted.
Charles MichelsOn's new book,
1.-THE Ghost Talks" (Putnam), al
aeges that the Henry wallace letters
weren't used by the newspapers in
the 1910 campaign because no pa
| per would publish them The
fact: The matter was put up to w.
Willkie, who vetoed the plan to
embarrass the vice-prez.
The Winter Book on the Kentucky
Derby is the heaviest in racing his
tory A leading shoe store chain
twill be embarrassed by Uncle Sam
or allegedly peddling retail shoes
without coupons So many B'way
plays are doing business despite
bad reviews, one wag hoped his new
show would be able ito overcome the
good notices" Add comebacks:
Jimmy Durante idle too long, re-
turned to New York and was riot.
Got a radio program, juicy movie
contract and went from zero to the
Ie500,O00 per annurn division M.
MARROW, who just met Joe E. Lewis
On H'wood, may take him to the
Ialtar CARLOS next role will be
THAT Of a gal radio operator on a
Norwegian ship. In pants every reel.
| Helen Hayes, who sWore she'd
never again appear in films, may
star In the screen version of 'To-
Emorrow the World" Ring Lardner,
RJr., adapted Songwriter Frank
Loesser and his wife are infanti-
Icipating. He's written most war hits
Pass the Ammunition" 'In My
Farms" "Jingle Jangle," what Do
iYou Do in the Infantry?" etc.
Paul Haakon's dart dance has been
eliminated from Mexican Hayride''
IBince front row spectator was
16trllck and hurt by one of them
RAnita de Palma (the thrush at FL
Chico and Del Campo, Cugat vo-
calist, are sho-nuff! Renee Rus
sen o. Follow the Girls" will mid
ldle-aisle with Capt. VIM. O'Connor
nny edition Coasters say there
rs nothing to the rumor of a ro-
enance between Bette Davis and Don
kJohnSon, whom she has never met
b june Havoc and Wilbur Evans
Rre Olowning when they duet 81
Love You" Such a feud!
4 Lovely Marion Harris, who starred
ut the Palace land all. over the big
eime), returned from England and
rs very III at Neurological Hospital
5 The Wingy Manones will tell
Do to a judge Fred Allen just
Riggered out why Wallace threw out
Che first baseball in Washington
INSTEAD of FDR doing it. Because
tEDR1 arm has a charley-horse
From waving goodbye to Eleanor"
/. One rnidtowner whose car has
PA, "B", and &c" stickers Is irked
because some critic scrubbed ky.
e." on 1t :. The city probe into
the night clubs Ito learn names of
real backers) is 4 months old a
Iaong time to learn anything
IOrk leader Phil Brestoff and his
bride, Del Parker, stifle rumors of
h split. Distance is the only division
he in Detroit-she is with the
Vaughn crew :. . Betty Stuart, the
SHOW lovely has been the bride of
Inillionaire dress mfr Robert Strong
ESix months.
/ Overheard In Washington: Why
IVORY about a 4th term? Elect the
fright Congress-and he'll be the
.prisoner Of the White House"
CLARK Lee will be the next top
Tight war reporter to come back to
Ernie Pyle's film Have some
@5rony: A wine firm formerly con-
IErolled by Won Ribbentrop (and
seized by Uncle Sam has new
group Of officers named Weldon
berg, Lewis, Blum, Albert and Karp
4, Frank Sinatra pays the line
charges $4,000 from the coast on
his Hit Parade show Raymond
Largay, vet player, was rushed into
the role of the stricken Harry
Carey and clicked Frank Ger
EFasi and Golfers have phffft
hemingway inheriting the invasion
assignment he hoped for i. Ginny
|EimmS' secret heart Is a famed
movie executive.
Pat O'Brien's two children both
nave q chunk of his first indepen-
Ident movie. by Secret Command
3 The Navy is thinking of can
Ieelling all study classes. All to be
assigned general sea duty !. Anita
Colby Of "Cover Girl" is doing a
book called: II Paid for 1t Myself"
Johnny Green, the 5 #. 2 song
plugger, shellacked a six-footer by
popping off +. Pat Parrish. the
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