The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-10
MAN ABOUT TOWN

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 Freeman Gosden (of Amos and
 Andyl, often reported as the next groom of Gall Patrick (the movie l0vely), will marry her one-time best
 friend. Jane Stoneham, part owner Of the N. Y. Giants tea m.
 Charles Chaplin has purchased 270 acres in Mexico. It is at the foot of the popocatepetl extinct volcano, a wheat belt Reno hears that L..
 B. Mayer, the MGMagnate, is due
 there any day flor a vacation" .. Rufnor now has captured Nazi Gen. eral Won Arnheim at a camp in Mississippi, where he came with 20 trunks. Said to be a sufferer of epilepsy. On him it looks good :. Dulininger'S estrenged spouse ! (Chrystal Dunninger) plans appear ing in Q night club featuring his < mind-reading act Vic McLag- 2 lan's daughter, Sheila, will become
 Mrs. Sandy Smith l. Roger Touhy < doink life, is seriously i'll in the Pen. Reports say he may not recover ;.
 Hero Major Richard Bong, upon leaving Warmers Studio, found a parking ticket in his carl
 Both Col. Elliott Roosevelt and WACaptain Ruth Briggs are report cd now as denying plans to wed. The report, originated in Newsweek, said: "One story picked Mary Churchill as his next wife, another the Duchess of Kent. Actually El- I 1fnfk aa anOaOaH "a on AVoariooy1 Wac"
 ' From this col'm of March 2Oth: z s'Roosevelt intimates still insist the < rumors about Elliotts next being z winston Churchill's daughter Mary 5. are tinfounded. That he never even 2 met her. The fact is that Elliott's ! favorite person abroad is Wac Captain"
 Our version is still correct.
 August Bennett, who lost in the primaries against Hamilton Fish, wired Dewey to take stand against Fish in the elections. Dewey once publicly spanked Fish's fins .. The Stanley Adamses Che auth'd eSThere Are Such Things") are imag- ing Biggest howl on Broad ' way: Elmore White, the music pulp ,, fisher, gave a gal his g ticket on 2 the horse named Goo-Goo. It came in paying $l58. His enemise $ are definitely moving to unseat Tnmmany Chief Loughlin A uueerola, and well-known in the saloon set, is the prey of MT. Whis- lzers because he is suspected of be- ing linked to an international nar- cotics mob Newspaper talk says that the town will soon have one 3 i. colyumist
 ! Fed authorities and Selective Serv- Zee execs will probe into recent ap- pointments by an eastern Congress- man. He is suspected of arranging transfers of GIs to the Naval Aca- Gieny T. Dorsey,s band this year will probably attract over one mill Hon dollars, a new high for mu- 4 Bickers .. 7. Major Ed Byron's once was, Maxine Jennings (and the eeirf of one of the richest tribes), , may marry in the Fall The Paul DupontS (Rachel Strawbridge of tho Philly dept store clam are editing their own "obit" .. Ezaliam Keep Williams and Josi Dohnson of the Stork Club set want eheir confused friends to know they will be sealed shortly . Zero ' ndostel's divorce cost him $30,000 I. The State Dept is mixing all lkadio deals for Alice-Leon Meats l I(the YoveliSt-war correSpondenD aintil she explains how she got into ih plane that brought her to Miami from Yurrop.
 WLB will soon ease upon wage in- creases for people getting less than 92,O0O per a1num 49 million people get less than that. Only 1,- { zoo, 900 get more than Gs per year l. FDR's confidential Girl Friday E<lovely Grace Tully) gets less salary Ehan most private secys working for kycoons <. Walters in the swankier z New York places are averaging I.about $150 weekly To avoid post war squabbles Gin the recon 1IWC10AOtl OA duVV PAd41VCJ OAAC WIFE may ask one Detroit factory to make 2M million cars without brand names or ballyhoo. Autos will be ra- kioned, anyway Rommel, they esay, was one of the German of- Ricers assigned to Fort Benning, Ga, an 1925 One reader will bet $5,- poo that Wallace will not be on the kicket.
 z The Love Letter Dept: Federal Communications Comm. 0. J. Durr xaccording to Frauds and Answers eor Augusta declared that radio to- day is almost completely commer- Cialized. Winchell and Pearson last Winter charged that pressure gorups or advertisers regulated the com mentatorS. Cecil Brown agreed with both men. A noted commentator <deleted by w. W) denied the charges, but liberals have accused him of repeatedly following his sponsors political viewpoints. Such charges have never bene made against Brown, Pearson or Win- shell"
 N There win be no more classified &Ion as 4-F. Future 4-Fs will be but in 2-A (essentiaD by the draft boards. Meaning they must Bake a war job or go into the Army.
 Beth Leary's companion the other evening was General Juan