The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-29
MAN ABOUT TOWN

MAN fADVV4 AOWN
Senator Thomas Of utah and Lu.
Gle Petrey head Of the Army Nurs-
es' Cadet Corps) are expected 10
merge In the near future Ru-
binoff and his wife expect their
fiddle any day w. Willlde shoves
off for Indiana soon to map his
plans for the campaign The
George Montgomerys (Dinah
Shore)- are rehearsing luliabies :.
Isabel Jewell Of the -picchers
and Paul Marion have melted :.
Postmaster w. Walker or Leo Crow
ley Of the Inner Circle will be FDRs
choice to visit His Holiness in Rome
to discuss postwar plans as soon
as the Allies march into 1t :.
Damon Runyon resumes his colyuIn
shortly In the Journal-Arnerican.
-. Tommye Adams Is the reason
Jose Iturbi hits so many clinkers
these days Gus Sonnenbergh,
one?-time wrestler ace, Is at the
Great Lakes Naval hosp desperately
III from mysterious nalady which
9elled him over o year ago IN the
NSOuVAAWeoV GbCAAAC 80 MSuACO0 CaAA v
solve 1t Sonnenberg has willed
his body to science to find out.
While Senator Wheoler's bin TO
ban sponsored newscasters De- direct
edat that darn old Drew Pearson,
the effect Of such law would cause
tremendous loss Of revenu etO small
radio stations everywhere. The aver
age n0n.network station docs little
local production. It's prOgramming
consists largely Of recordings and
news. The sale Of news Is the main
revenue source tot hem Wheeler
has always maintained he IL for
protecting the small stations, but
about $50 Of them would lose rs to
40 D. Q. Of their income The
big stations would suffer little, you
dope.
In the first month Of the 80 per
cent tax The Stawk Club turned
over Sl3,600 In taxes to Uncle Sam
:. This Is thrice the former tax
return for the same period No
tax ct the bar or Cub Room-just
the dancing section Freon,
the chemical necessary for air-con-
ditioning. costs 40 cents per ID (ceil-
ing price,, but the black market fee
Is 90 Tommy German, who Is
being sought by the gandarmes,
made 100000 In hooch and never
touched q drop Of any nkker i
Polly Rose (Billy's sister, has her
first H'wood contract. For q role IN
. Bette Davis file k. Jacqueline
Cachran, who organized the femme
flyers for the Army, will be reward
ed with q Colonelcy soon Talk
about the h. c. of living: The first
SThin Man" picture cost about $780,
900 The newest will cost the
studio more than million.
Harry James filed suit against his
ex.wafe last week in Los Angeles for
q comrt Interpretation Of his con-
tract with her :. i. They split up
In July, 1910. He paid her sub
stantial alimOny. In Jan. 1912, he
signed q new agreement which gave
her 36 p. m. interest In his band.
This was all met" because he also
paid all her taxes. He claims she
mad6 more than he did In the past
2is years. The new argument start
ed when the govt refunded him an
OveFpayment and she now wants
$1,000 3. Good thing Betty Cradle
Is working.
.MidtownerS hear that q society
woman presented Roy Sedley Of
Club IS with a string Of five horses
q yr. oldS) for his holiday last week
Norma Amigo Of Follow the
Girls" has Vic Mature (whoever he
Isl going around with that panied
expression The Johnny Green
huts Eileen West) are threeing
The blonde copy girl for the Daily |
News here may merge with the ga
gettes Washington man Sergt. |
Webb Tilton, former F. Waring |
thrush, and Marie Bastrum, model, |
were blended over the wk-end i
They nominated Charles Coburn.
the star, as The Screen Father Of |
the Year" Cholly's never had |
any children The Sgt. j. Nc
Carthys Che edits Yank) infantici-
in July . It's a girl for the Capt. |
Dick Hylands. The mother is Ann |
Staunton, ex-show girl Lincoln |
Schuster,s version: "Never change |
barrels going over Niagara Falls!"
George Lait tells IL Lait Is |
the newspaperman who covered the
war in Europe for several years and
is now in New Guinea In Tu-
nisia he witnessed the ceremony
where Eisenhower decorated for
mer New York sinner with the Sill !