The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-23
vValter Wir1cIaeII
 Coast to Coast
I'M AnnuT TnWN

MAN ABOUT TOWN
 nEoEo aramatlo than any Of the Broadway shows waa that moment At the Colony when the Duke and Duchess ot Windsor bumped into Lady ThelmA Elrness. the puket fAvorita companion until Wally came along Wll Rogers' daugh- ter, Mary, is expected Co heoonae Mrs. Victor Cutler next month oI sooner LNlse Rainer, the star according Co her pals, will wed Eail- lionAire Vincent Hendlx Vera 1orlnA and George Balanchine whose careers keep them divided anyhow. arc tepeelng apart again That laud argument you heard all the way from Westport (Conn.l was between Richard Nancy, the legik show puhliolsk and Ruehen Maury, the editorial writer on the News. Nancy is pro-Roosevelt The Andy Russells (heS Sinatra's closest rivaO are melting, Ills wife ! won on interlocutory deere con the coast mtlmates, who are trying hard to keep Sonia Henie from bee ing hasty, fear she has made up her mind.
 The boy who threw eggs ct sin- atra during . performance at the Paramount hes allegedly confessed to SinatraS manager that c re- porter paid him $l0 to do 1t, The paper is said to have disclaimed oil responsibility, claiming that the re- porter had done SO on his own, !. Tho wife Of Q congressman will name e famous sepian star as co- respondent More than 70 For Ida hotels have been taken by the by the army for rehabilitation pur- poses MGM has more than 100 urand in "Hloomer Girl" H. linois, which was conceded Repub- lioan Q week ago, Is now "even money" Judy Garland is haV- ing the Time of her Life with Dwight whitney, movie historian at the Luce offices T, hat gal with the alouch hat, specs. etc., Is 0reta Ciarho trying to be conspicuous.
 Most people wonder why gamb. IeEs are invariably 50 accurate especially in elections In every locality in the country there are gamblers, and they know Che situ. ation In their own territory better than any poll prober could possibly know .. These gamblers are linked with each other from coast Co coast They clear findings through Q few commission houses The price on FDR to win-ls now to 1.
 Beatrice Llllle . delayed arrival arrival Is not only because she can't get Q priority to fly -- but she won't 60 on any boat Billy Rose,s ads inviting playgoers to come for tickets themselves-has at. tracted about Sl6000 in sales, al- ready Ken Kling, the horse picker, laid Sl2,000 to S4,000 on Roosevelt last week Paul Ft2- patrick will make sensational statement on the handling of the press tonight over CDS Fred Winkle, brother of the late Wendell hawNed out Gregory Ratoff for wearing an FDR button the other day John Jacob Astor gives his bride an allowance Of @S,000 . month Douglas Leigh, now In the Navy, says that Broadway's eye- catching signs will be in Srd di- menBion after the war. It's been on one plane for 30 years Ross Mitchell is Jane Withers' new roc ulanee.
 There will be public auction at sAO Fifth avenue starting Decem- Der Uth The last Vanderbilt mansion will be torn down on Jan. and. The art gallery, tapestries, etc. (appFalaed at over five nailllOn) will be sold for whatever they can bring .. The Dowager will soon move Co another mansion on Fifth ave. nue - which . dummy recently purchased. I ls in the s0s.
 Peggy Fears may finally unravol rom A, Q, Blumenthal now thAt millionaire Lou Norton, California raneher, has come into her life , Nelson Harrington of Wall street and Mira Stephens, tho ex.Ver. sailleS show gal, will be sealed any day Happy 0rville, the bass with The Ink Spots Che died last week. is survived by ii tots. He was insured two weeks before his sudden death Celeste Holm and her husband may reconcile. which Is fine One Of the famed polls went wrong on It's prediction of registration figures, but nobody mentioned that. They predicted it would he extremely light. They missed 1t by seven million |. All.tlme scenic high is designer Stewart Chaney's Vatican setting for the Ethel Barrymore show, "Em- hezzled Heaven" Norman Bel deddeS Is introducing c lovely lady as his soon.to.be bride, Her last name iS Hayes.