The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
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 speech on the 2Srd. He did it against his better judgment ct the ansistence of his advisers, There was quite Q row before he gave in Many of the staff CTS at Time-Ilfe are said to be ''tlred of anonymity" and are taking side jobs The big musical hit nn town, 'Song of Norway" adver- tises Milton Lazarus as adapting the book. When it was readying on Che coast he had his name omitted from the adsl A film producer will be charged with "swindling the Government" out of almost a mil- lion dollars via tax loopholes .. Mime. Chiang Kai-shek will seek the Presidents permission for personal pew at the Peace Table Have kou noticed that nearly every one on that Hollywood for Dewey Committee makes more money in one picture than the President makes in Q year?
 Elaine Castle, the new thrush with N. Brandwynne's crew at the waldorf, is an ex-beauty contest champion. Her musical cigars, cigarettes" as a ciggie salesman in her home town, Cleveland, first att tracted Brandwynne's attention. The Waldorf owner considers her the best vocalist there yet .. Even the bookmakers at certain Eastern track are disgusted. Rated the worst racing meet in history it was that "curvy" {. A sleeper" song hit in Mexican Hayride' is becoming click in the swank spots 1t's the guitar song - lovely thing The new Miss America hasn't had one date sammy Walsh submits a slogan: "Be blood donor and give your blood to a man who ts saving your skinl"
 Those trick names used by some models are getting sillier One calls herself Kitty Karr, another Hobby Carr George Duryea of the Broadway thittir, Tom Keane, seen in the hoss-operas, and Richard Powers, due soon in Columbia's "Sgt Mike" flicker are the same gink, It always happens this way in H'wood. Until he appeared in 'The Impatient Years no studio had 6 job for Lee Bowman. Now many of them are trying to sign him Irving Berlin may be deco rated for his many fine contribu- tions to the war effort Metro long ago paid fat fee for S. Rom- berg's "Student Prince" and then let 1t collect dust because of its Heidelberg background. They may do 1t soon, however, now that the talk has the war in Europe being in the bag" which 1t Is hardly, Nobody Is happy, except perhaps Fiz2oner, over the prospect that the Coracabana may lose its fight.
 EAtina Paxinou, the Academy Award star, who hasn't worked in a movie since her fine performance in For Whom the Bell Tolls" will be directed In her Broadway play by q former actor. Joseph Caliiea. Freddie Stewart, latest bid for tho bobby-soXers, Is on Andrews sisters find. The girls discovered him looking for Q job on the Coast Radio Row has Its own betting odGs, Not on the Presidency, but on the Grossly Hooper outcome Of the Kate Smith-Jack Benny pro- gram war {. Peggy Joyces current favorite Is Major Hugh Johnson, wounded overseas A lass named Oolan Farley (claims kinship to Jim Farley as second cousin) is 0 Rus sian Mongolian Irish bailerina . .. Thuy say one witness who left town after the Dorsey brawl was actually the chap who kept Jon Hall from losing his life The Stork Club name has been borrowed by several out-of- town night spots without $. BillingSley's permission. It is jin%' apparently, for most of the copy cats have gone Into bankruptcy
 In "Tonight And Every Night Columbia Pictures threatens that Rita Hayworth will be seen blush- ing in Q technicolor closeup -. Insiders hear that the size of the allotment will prevail when 1t comes to discharging servicemen, In short, the largest wage-earners will Dc mustered out first. Ditto married men with families Al Jolson's newest tune is called: Who Said Dreams Don't Come TrueP" Frank Carroll's new ditty is "lt Won't Be Long Now" Federal men suspect that Hitler will try to escape to Argentina where many Germans planted heavy investments and own ranches as big as cities And that Hitler will be hard to find on any of them. .. Col. Carlos Ro- fnulo announced that he will leave soon to rejoin Macarthur. He with drew from e Town Meeting Of the Air program because he was adVer- tised as trusting Japan to keep the peace," when he doesn't at all
 Tho Music Corp. Of America will be among the packers of Dick Him ber,s magic show, "Abracadabra" -, Eddie LeBaron, the band leader, IS |, Eaanding on the Coast from wounds received in action !. One Broad- Way press agent has won SEQ QUO from his maestro-client at gin-run- nny Roxanne, ex-Girlesk queen and former wife of "Kingtish" Levlnsky (orce a heavyweight con" tender), married 0 millionaire col- cngsionaire in the South recently |. Arturo dc Cordova, the new heart- throb, has been itemed nearly everywhere with this and that play ~lri. He only has a wife and two tots 4n Mexico. Rep. Howard w. Smith, -Roosevelter from Vir" glnia, objects to the 4th term for FDR, but seeks an 9th for him- self.
 with so many men overseas, here arc the real figures on the man nhortage: Tn l040 there were S,4O0,-