The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
HAN ABOUT TOWN

Roosevelt intlmates still insist the FilmorB about Col. Elliott Roose- veltis next being winston Churchill's Mary are unfounded. hat Elliott's never even met her" ... The fact is Elliott's favorite person abroad is Q WAC Captain Capt, Clark Oable won't be inactivated, af- ter al, His next assignment will be an important mission" John Roy Carlson Cauthor of "Under Cover'O will enlist any day, if he hasn't already A famed Sand Street host may be involved deeply in the Lonergan murder case. Took the alleged slayer's wife out lot. The murderer of Tresca is known, butt he crime cannot be proved, they say because of police fumbliflg. The alleged guilty man was nabbed too soon and he won't blab A well known public re- lations man is being given the look see by MT. Whiskers for suspected subversive connections Stories will soon prove that familiar tar- get of this colin was payoff man for refueling of Nazis subs.
 Free Advt.: Rep. Martin Dies. as announced, will be given radio time next Sunday eveig (March 26th) to reply to statements by this reporter, which Mr. Dies claims he can refute, etc. MT. Dies. not long ago, got careless with his remarks (while not enjoying House immunity and was sued in libel action for $75,- OOO-the costs of which the taxpay- CTS had to pay for him .. His big humiliation is this: We recently re- ported that the Dies Committee (which was formed to uncover sub- versive activities) had nothing to uo with the indictments of the 30 persons now waiting trail for al- legedly conspiring against tn ecoun- try. The FBI, the Dept. of Justice and newspapers did the job the Dies Committee was supposed to do.
 D. o. Selznuick will release "Since You Went Away" It is as long as his "Gone With the Wind" which had an intermission. This one hasn't Hedy Lamar tells pals her husband, John Loder, falls asleep everywhere they go" George Hurrell, the famed photographer of movie celebs, always wanted to be an actor. He will be in Eugene o. Neill's film version of 'The Hairy Ape"--as Q photographer Eu- . gene Lyons is quitting The Ameri- kan Mercury to start new mag for the Hillman Publications . 1nconsistentcy Dept: Many legisla- tors who've been yapping about a simplified tax return were the ones who voted for the very complicated soldiers ballot Chums of the Luther Adler's Sylvia Sidney, the star) are striving to keep them happy Add Labels: The Amer ica PacifirStS.
 The name of the socialite being s'urged to run for Gov. of Mass" should have been Natalie Hammond, not Mrs. The June Book of the Month will be Flair Stood the Wind for France" by H. E. Bates (Atlantitc-Little, Brown) Gypsy Markoff will go under the surgeons blade for the 18th time since the Lisbon plane crash ,. Barney Ger ard. one of the funnier comics, has written 8 satire with Chas. Wast- burn) on critics The tag is Pub lie Genius No. l" The next time any mag wishes to attack Miami Beach spending some other mag should assign a reporter to Palm Beach, which is restricted for "the best people" .. Postal and Western Union, worried that the telegram (more than ever before) Is becom. ing a symbol of bad news, are ready ing q vast good will program to off set it.
 We promised a lovely Power model we wouldn't publish the news of her secret marriage to an officer now stationed in Trinidad (she;s already suing for annulmenD, butt he mer- ger news has already been hinted at elsewhere, and besides all her pals tell it Blind pianist Art Tatum will get "G" per week at the Yacht Club starting May 20th. .. The Humphrey Bogarts are gum ming for alleged friends who are trying to divide them .. The Sam Maceos of Galveston again expect twinfants The James Crowleys are blessed-eventualling. Her pop is the popular Charles Hughes. prexy of the famed Detroit Athletic club
 Lyle Talbot is getting used to clv- ilian life with Judy Cook |. Vaughn Paul, the ex of Deanna Dprbin, is trying to make Joy Bar low his next Billy Grey and Sylvia FToos are froosing at the mouth But so are Allan Wen- ward (author of "Cry HayocD and Phyllis Baxter, the starlet Draft boards will homer Maritime Service ratings for only six months. In short, they will induct men already An uniform Here's a switch: Mitchell Ayres, the band leader, is mR inductee. All his men are 4-FS. !. |. They are asking $5O0,OO0 from in- { Verested studios just for the "Un- Ger Cover" title Frankie Carle's ~-------------