The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20
NEw YORK HEARTBEAT

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 The Big Parade: Admiral Halsey and his wife in the Stork Club where the capacity crowd stood and eheered Irving Berlin and If. Bayafo 6wope clowning along Sixth near 3iEt just noneniities Bing Crosby passing the Music Hall and almost mobbcd Lois wll- son tthe cx-s.lent ocMen starr, who recently pouted. Nobody knows me getting her name ln the ~Mer- maids Singing ma1dAS Irene Manning. the star oi '~The Day Be- fore Spring" 4 year ago the Movie town knockers said she was through. etc. Constance Bennett lifting her ekirt to avoid the Vth Ave- nue EpTayed-slush. Beautiful eyes |. Annette SoTe.l, the '-rherese' tngenue. who leaves for Glamour City Jan. 18th. via Selznick films Rated "find "--She came here with the late Paderew6ki, her god -par- ent ... Novelist John Stelnbeck and word-juggler Nunnally John- son tiffing over the Ciro's check. ~Oh,' said Johnson. let me take it. You haven't written a book for a yeari"
 Sailies in Our Alley: Blanche ("Follow the Girls'D Faye oyer- heard two rival torch singers dis eussing their respective colds
 Everything centers in my throat said the first. because use 1; % much no doubt" You poor dear" meowed the other. every thing centers in my head!" Jackie Elinson heard two wiseguys embalming a new show Well, said one. 'whaja think of it?" "Aiter they play The Star Spanglec Banner" was the retort. there's c helluva let-down!" Overheard -"Hollywood is where an original wit is a guy who hears the gag just before you do."
 Midtown Vignette: He went tc Paris with a USO show Ir Paris he had quite an affaire de occur with a lovely mamsell The overseas tour completed, hC dropped everything, including tho Parisian pretty-face. He discarded her like an old toothpick and has, tened home to the U. s. and hi wife In the meantime, the depressed French doll got his ad- dress from a major She wrote several sad letters to him about their suden division, etc, and much tell-tale data He was de- lsyed en route, and the letters beat him home When he finally ar rived he greeted his Mrs. with Well, honeychile, what have YOU been doing while I've been away?' Handing him the letters, she sizzled: Studying French
 Memos of 2 Midnighter: Lorraine Rognan's chums hear she may wee again. He's an agent. Her hus- band was killed in the Lisbon plane crash Oracle Barrie and Jerry Brooks Ciro's clicked in Miam Beach, handicapped by the Havana disqualification of star Miguelite Valdez The Roney-Plaza re- ports ~there are more people ir the hotel this December than any 9E04 AO4 NRC0A AAO0VAA( IA AVaO AAAo tory" Add reasons for so many wrecks on those Florida railroads No got automatic signals! Imagine Elvira Rios is the new at- traction at the Blue Angel. Oofly good Howard Lang, who is sponsoring Marjorie Rambeau's re- turn to Broadway, will merge with Pasadena heiress Eleanor Boysan. :. Gloria Storey became bride last Sunday Jack Wyatt, the a6 agency exec, and Florence Gale will be welded New Years Day :. Ar. lene Kay, ex-Zanzibar hatchecker will wed an heir to the Parker Per mint.
 Ex-vaudevillian: (By Don Wahn) He stands outside "two-a-day' he knew-when "vawd-vill' held the public in it's hand His clothe: