The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07
NAN ABOUT TOWN

U. 8. Senator Styles Bridges Is
helping his State Dept heart trous-
seau shop Al Jolson Is Jix Falk-
enberg's most constant visitor at her
st. Luke's hospital bedside :.
Dorothy Fox, the dance director, got
q quiet melting (from her Naval
Intelligence groom) in Florida last
week Barbara Booth, who un-
derstudied Hepburn in without
Love-" was secretly married last
week In San Francisco to an Army
Lieut.. New Workers suspect that
Wayne (wife-killer) Lonergan's sud-
den coin (to hire lawyer came
from men named in her diary
There were several designations at
a newspaper editorial dept. Pro-
tests over the papers policy. Many
final passwords that rocked the
place A movie stars lawyer
has counseled him to stay in the
house-"or she might also take the
floorI" VIII B. tombstone,
World Telly crayonist, is seriously
i'll in q Florida hosp Betty Hut
ton Is Capt. C. Cables morale
builder this week q. Under Cover"
author Carlson is LA and rarin' to
go.
Herr Rankin'S disparagement Of
certain war heroes is the consequent
result of a defense mechanism. He
is chairman of the House Veterans
Affairs Committee. Rankin IS a
World War I war vet by virtue
Of II days service The AP
reports that the first American
ashore on the Anzio beaches (south
Of Romeo was Pvt. Walter P. Krysz-
.sofiak, a father, of Illinois. Won
Ter what Rankin would say about
this American whose name can
hardly be pronounced? And
then there's the New York Times
report of Feb. 4 (about New York
srs making imp the crew of bomb
sr-one crew man being Staff Sgt.
David Lifscutz You can tell
Rep. Hoffman from the others in
Congress. While he talked
OH Washington-his constituents
were more interested in a March
of Dimes Ralph Pearl says
Hoffman is so unimpreSsive (hawD
he goes in one eye-and out the
other.
Hazel Scott, coming out Of Cafe
/. Society Uptown Cbetween shows for
"a walk around the block, bumped
into the owner of a nearby joynt,
uwhose dog was wearing beaver
coat How come no mink"
kidded Hazel.
Mink" was the reply, 'is so COM
mon"
George Jean Nathan, the critic,
and Vinton Freddy, the producer,
are on the verge of an explosion.
Might happen att he Stork or FL
Morocco A weu-known model
is trying to untangle the mess she's
in. Married two officers-army and
navy Rumor says more than
fifty bars and grills in town may be
refused their license renewals by
March LIST. Because Of trading in
the sepia market -. Chuck Walters
of the MGM staff Is carrying the
torchiest look because of Judy Gar
land Sgt. Jack Sterling's re-
ported marriage to Texas heiress
didn't happen. Cancelled for the
stiuration Washington had his
arnold. Lincoln had his Booth and
Roosevelt his You Know Who.
Variety founder Slime SiIverman'S
electric career to be filmed by War
ner's has no contract merely a
handshake. The title: Mister
Broadway"-a show business cava1-
cade. Editor Abel Green will auth.
Most Of the Follies dolls refuse
to tlr with it. Meaning new
headache for the rehearsers Luz
ellie Bremen, the lovely Copaca-
bana dancer, has screened so flaw
lessly MGM predicts stardom ...
Hollywoodites are depressed over
where to move to now because
sof rumorS that the air force will
take over score Of coast hotels, in
scluding the two top ones in Beverly
Hills The Christian Science