The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-26
MAN AnOrIT TowN

yohM Jacob Astor, srds, most
 serious romance, they say is Rosa-
 leen Simpson of the, Versailles cnOr-
 me dept. She Is wearing a new
 brooch from the millionaire 1,
 Clark Gable will not appear in any
 var films |. It. Bruce Cabot, pic-
 tim of vicious, baseless rumors from
 overseas, was actually cited for be-
 Ing good soldier. His New York
 turloaf was mostly with Nancy Lee
 Dodge, the Armando's lark, and
 Mary L. Brown of American Air
 lines =. Litree dopesters will wager
 that John P. Marquand is the next
 Book-of-the-M Month magistrate :.
 Believe-It-Or-Not, Ripley was Lyn
 Logan are making their own humid
 tty One of the famous theatri-
 cal producing firms Is losing more
 on the horses than on the shows. .. Sen. J. Meads boy was wound-
 ed in Italy The reason Jean
 Negulesco looks so beautiful Is his
 right arm decoration, Anita Colby, star Powell model.
 The British Blue Books veddy so- social George Sciater- Booths are being divided in Reno, where the former Jean MacKelvie now is :. The decree is expected within the fortnitt She is well-known in local society as the bocom pal of Lorraine Manville, the asbestos heiress Her husband is one of the Rolls-Royce biggies. He makes the royal kerridges for His Majesty.
 Mark Hellinger has left Brisbane for New Guinea Marjorie Penn berton of the Powers girl factory and sherman Fairchild, the airplane instrument man, are togethering Gen. Pat. Hurley's crowd will try to spot him in the vee-pee slot for the Denmys The Lucky Mill flinders Che's the bandleader) are zig-zaggy Georgia Davis has Rags Ragland going around with that pained look Lois Andrews dancing partner these nights is It. | RobEt Spofford <. Frankie Carle's | 5-month old band Is getting 3ik Gs a night against a percentage. A rec- ord for any crew playing one-night- CTS London't most interesting | woomance is that of War Corres- dent Doris Fleeson and Col. Willy | Coates, whose fortune rivals the U. | s. mint. Churns expect them to re- turn here sealed
 The White House hecklers among the correspondents are limiting that the Finnish Foreign Minister and his aides got their dispossess pa- pers because they were hobnobbing | with officials opposed to FDR This Is not said in disparagement of the pals of the Films (who have warmed up to a foe of our Allies), but of the Administration, whose only lame excuse for ousting the mob Is that they are hampering our war effort Just like the Viv Kellen1s affair. The Washington big mouths are not indignant because she corresponded with a Nazi foe, but because she got caught at 1t. The irony of it.: The iso- tlon8tS aCCacklng our govt (anO ue- fending Finland claim to be for America First.
 The StOrk Club was the scene of .hampagne-ih-the.face throwing by Mrs. Donald Mixsell at R. J. Strass- burger of Pennsylvania's social register .. Pvt. Mickey Rooney goes into the mechanized cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas Beginning of the end dept: One of the top band- leaders had to borrow $50,000 from his film bosses to meet his payroll. And this is said to be his biggest year The OPA is receiving thou sands of squawks about Summer tilting their prices more than dou- ble. Some are getting $35 a week lust for child .. Phil Silvers has t bad. He is going dateless these long nights until Jo-Carroll Denni- Ion (once Miss America) is avail- able. She's in Something for the