The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-17
MAN AnouT TOWN

A@dy Antof k tfying to arrange a eyisit Co the Q. S mainly Co avoid Being summoned as a Nltness by the Waf criminals at Nuremburg. who Eiil fondiy recall the Cl.yedcn Set. . The state Dept is anxious to learn lusi how Dork fWofldt Rich- ctt 0aD Duke could enter Italy without a v.Ea. which the State Depf didn't give her The rea- son Herbert Hooyer's marriage Co q wealthy wicder is being retarded. tafy say, if family Etatic" BieEest story that ever happened in the Washington Press club didn't make any Of the papers. 4 U. 6. Marine. fed up with a oolumnists poison about FDR etc. picked h.m up bodily and tossed him from the bar into the lobby The White House and the State Dept could stand a Peace Conference Of their 5ynl
 Gertrude Lawrence s burning at the Theater Guild for opening their "DHnnigan's Daughter" the same evening as her revival of "Pygma- lion Gertie threatens to give a premiere-matinee for the critics ia order tO tier them out for the night opening of the Guild opus (. John Spencer, the play censor at Boston, is an undertaken there. Hell concentrate on that after be- ing buried by the new mayor Cur Icy Jan. 2nd Remember that large Negro in Lost Weekend" whose acting Is blgtime in the Bel levue dee-tee ward? He died in H'woOd last wk. D. Niles quits the White House soon after Jan. list .. Many hotels tn town requir- ing guests to put up big deposits to make good "any damage to rooms" on New Years eve.
 Multi-milliOnaire A. G. Wander bilt's lovely bride (Jeanne Murray) wanted to be (of all thingsD a press agent She kept urging sherman Billingsley of hte Staw- kleb to hire her until he did so .. u. |. She knew nothing about publicity work. MT. B. persuaded Dolly De Hllhau (former Stork press agenO to teach Miss Murray some tricks Dolly is a dear friend of Ali Van- derbilt The moment she saw Miss Murray she decided she'd make a good wife for the multi-million- aire--so Dolly wrote the face to him while he was in the Pacific on PIT boat Dolly told him all about Jeanne and in turn told Je- anne all about Ali .. And so they eloped and the only person they took with them was Dolly But this is the most important part of the story, for which parents every where will bless us .. Jeanne Mur- ray won the rich Vanderbilt while she was wearing braces all over her teeth!
 The Zorina- Balanchine idyn Is supposed to have faded when he sent her 8 new scent named "SuS- picion" and Vera retaliated with the perfume called Saint and Sinner" Vedy social S. R. Ogden, 3rd, will soon make public his betrothal to Mary Mclean Shepard of The Oh, You Gwan! Set .. Talk about airs. The Swanly ROney Pleasure of Miami Beach not only has de- manded formal attire" in the dim ing room twice weekly, but no longer permits Pat (the famed newsboy) to yell the headlines on it's property The Frank Hunters are imaging Lillian Roth has her 4th divorce .. Two of New York's oldest restaurants UuchOw's and Cavanaugh's) were offered for sale to the Stork Club .. Isn't that Hollywood's Robert Walker meeting the Stork hatcheck gals around the cOrner???
 Items from Guar Leg-man-Ingrid Bergman's legs are 37 inches long and Lauren Bacall's are only 36 The beautiful 62-acre estate. where Jascha Heifetz and Florence Vidor honeymooned so long was sold to a lawyer last week-indicating no reconciliation . The lyrics of The Day Before Spring" will probably win the annual award from Poetry Anthology Burns Mantle, dean of the drama critics Che retired be- ing 1st string critic months ago), will soon retire from the radio and fight the terrible boredom that comes from saving your money.
 Harvard Is trying to sotto voce the divorce mess of one of it's pro- fessors in philosophy. His Mrs. ob- tained the divorce, then had it null lifted. She auth'd best seller |. A recently discharged police officer is now a society detective. Wears tails and white tie while bodyguard- ing wealthy stinkers -. A foreign (neutraD Consul, who tried to claim diplomatic immunity in midwest court (on a sex rap), was relieved of his duties and ordered out of the country .. They say Jack Haley and Frank Morgan clashed at the Bill Gargan. poddy '. George Raft sends Maggie Casey telegram every A-As~~ sA