The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-08
Walter Wi1cIaeIl
 M Neze, York

LINT FROM A BLUE SERGE SUIT
 Sgt Joe Louis, heavyweight cham plon of the world, will engage in several fights during his brief fur- lough-to help pay his income tax .s. Mary Chase, author of New Xorks new big laugh click, liar vey", returned to Denver the day after the exciting premiere. She's a mother and housewife and simply refused to remain in the East /. John Mason Brown (the drama cri- tic) is on the Navyis inactive list. He resumes on the aisles shortly. MidtownerS hear that Henry Luce, the Time-Life publisher, made the biggest offer for Churchill,s memoirs. The fee (they say with a straight face) is million smackers Gypsy Rose Lee and Don Loper Cwho were reported marrytng) haven't even seen each other since both arrived in town Clloo-C Choo Johnson and Candy Jones of The ,tGlamaedchen Set have settled their feud an1icably. The gent in both their lives has returned to his wife. 7. MT. PetrilIO's musicians union re- ~ fused to abide by the Presidents request (to settle the recording dis pute with Columbia and Victor) be- cause refunds to the firms (that signed with the union) would run into millions. The tooters prefer to fight it out :. A Washington pub- liShre spanked the critic for her pa- per for banning Ethel Barrymore's "Embezzled Heaven" by sending the star a big bokay of posies plus a note of apology :. 2. Vernon Duke outdoes his April in Paris" click with a new walloping song called Sailing at Midnight" which stops the Sadie Thompson" show q. . Selective Services payroll has al- ready been shaved from $500 to l. 300 and more heads will roll After turning out such hit films as f''Sgt. York" Mark Twain" and Rhapsody in Blue producer Jesse Lasky has been dropped by Warn CTS.
 7 Add Horrors of War: The paper shortage is so acute theater tickets may soon be made smaller =. The FBI has uncovered a new racket. Three or four women go into a de- partment store. One starts trying on fur coats. The others gather about her admiring or criticizing it, while she HoudiniS it :. The G-Whiz- gers are also checking unlicensed sellers of military insignia in the local area. Violators can be sent to the hoosegow Joan Fon- taine walked off the set at "Af- fairs of Susan" because she didn't like the dialogue given by the char acter she portrayed, Joan of Arc. The lines were historically correct Several staffers at her hus- bands magazines contributed to a collection to support Cong. Luce's opponent, Margaret ConnoIs.
 .. Doctor of Music degrees will be conferred on Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (their big mint is "Oklahoma'O by Columbia Univ. For the score in the delight full show ... Postwar air travel will be so advanced that 200 of the leading insurance firms (of the h. Institute of Life Insurance) will abolish all air travel waiver clauses in their policies {. D. Donald M. Nell ~son's new job will be to sell U. s. goods to foreign nations and to dis pose of much of our surplus war material in European markets Irene Dunne, who always taped her wedding ring in films, will display it for the first time in Columbia's s Together Again" She plays a widow in it HuntZ Halls ex,