The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-28

LINT FROM A BLUE SERGE SUIT
Biggest runner last night was that
Cen. Patton was to be honored with
Heading the invasion" Until
be made that speech in London.
McNaught Syndicate will get John
Gunther's thrice weekly colyum
INSIDE Out" II the bookwriter can
be signatured. Gunther says doing
q column must be like going to
work Ginny Simms has the
best plan for entertaining soldiers
lover here) for the next two dec
AIDES. WIN announce 1t soon. No
body puts up any money Frank
LoeSser, ace Songsmith (now in
yniform), has another sure hit In
First Class Private Mary Brown"
A lovely lit that will soon serve as
the best recruiter for WACS yet.
The punchline Of it should inspire
every available woman If A
A. Knopf, the publisher, can find
Mencken's I'm Defense Of Women"
and Mencken's "SchimpfeXicon" Ca
book Of insults, this corner will
be very happy :. Some OF his
admirers are ending letter this way;
''Yours till Martin Dies" They
say Mrs. VIII Rogers is very Ill
at DrS. Hosp.
Gov. Dewey has flock OF State
Troopers in plain clothes Gan I'M
precedented novel stationed at
tracks to keep undesirables out :.
David o. Selznick has finally fin
ished "Since You Went Away" tn
run 2 hours and so minutes instead
Of 31s hours as planned. He be-
NeveS it will equal the biz Of Gone
With the Wind" which has done IS
million to date Russell Swann's
magic Is hit at the Wedgewood
Room-especially when he gets the
stiff shirts on stage to serve as
stooges Gypsy Rose Lee writes
that she wants to stay in Hollywood
Give there) and won't return to
the stage Even my typewriter
and l." she adds, mo longer see
thigh to thigh" Arthur Will
liam Brown Is the new president
Of the Society of Illustrators :.
Phil Baker and Irmgaard Erik will
marry May 9Th in Beverly Hills with
Constance Moore and Paul Lukas
"besting".
Doubleday -Doran will publish H.
Allen Smiths new book, Lost in
the Horse Latitudes' (not an ami
may story, in October They
turned down two other titles be-
cause they made sense. Horse Lati-
tudeS makes sense IN Webster's-
but not to many people t.. King
Features will syndicate Capt. VIM.
Crawford's thrilling book, Gore and
Glory" It's the bomber pilots ex-
PLOTS in the Southwest Pacific. 80.
Gypsy .Markoff, who cannot
play the accordion anymore (Since
that Lisbon plane crash), has
started at the Greenwich Village
Inn Is a thrush Marva Louis,
the champs WIFE,, starts there May
Srd. Her touring unit did $780,
900 in six weeks of one-nighters
recently The night clubs are
being visited by official persons
checking on the business since the
new 80 per cent tax arrived. They
won't be able to judge by visiting
some swank spots or the Stawk.
Imagine Grace MOOre's embar-
faSsrnent when she scheduled an
aria nom Madame Butterfly (for
her April 29th RCA-Victor program)
only to have 1t yanked by the net
work. Which won'trisk anything
connected with the Japs, even opera
Talk about manpower shortage:
Over at La Conga two dolls dance
with one man :. Simon and Schu-
ster. will offer Peter Amos new
book in the Fall Ralph Ober
ASSOCIATED Press-Wide World photo
editor) is trying to book Carnegie
Hall for 1955-for his daughters
piano recital. She's S now . The
evening Of May 18th, at Carnegie
Hall, will mark the third major pi-
ano recital in New York city dn
IA months) for prodigy Richard
Korhel, 10 years young. The teacher
is Hedy Spielter Jean Paddock
sings at Kelly'S Stable.
In Worcester, Mass, there is
corset firm which Is said to supply
foundations for women everywhere.
Queens, actresses and housewives
depend on this firm to keep their
shapes attractive The chief
model Of the company (chosen after
a long and tedious campaign Of
examinations Of hundreds Of wo-
mem Is the wife of Worcester
hotel man The foundations
worn by nearly all the women Of
and built upon this American wo-
the world, in short, were designed
mans figure She is Corporal
Wilma Galbraith McGady OF the
Air-WAC, now In Hollywood
She Is As.
George o. WeIIes and Dick Him
Der may put on their magic-musical