The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-16
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MEMOS OF A GIRL FRIDAY
 Dear MT. w.: Lots of things hap pening, mucho excitement and so forth, particularly over the quick potion by the War Dept. following bunday'S broadcast about Pvt. Henry Weber. Your observation parallel ing the life term handed Weber by the Army and the Swear term giv- en to Janick, the inductee who re- RufuSed to bear arms for the Navy) was heard by top men in govt and that did it Congressman Har- less of Arizona was also listening and phoned for more data on pam pe9ing of Nazi prisoners of war. He is going to demand probe, etc. How come you didn't use the one about the Nad prisoners flying the Naz flag at their prison camp? It broke Monday, you old silly. youl
 Tom Carlisle, Lifes lanky movie ed, is leaving the staff to start his own picture agency in H'wood to service nationals mags Joe Louis, the champ, and his wife, Marva, are trying q am told) to make a go of things, even tho parted by their careers. The so- called romances are the dreams of press agents trying to get their clients into colyums t. . Billy Rose socked a rich bore for bother ing Mrs. Rose (Eleanor Holm) at party Mrs. w. answered an ad placed by a maid. The agency said: Its too late. She's already been suited" Heheheh!
 Remember that novelette you ran about the pilot who got an unauthorized ride back to the States and arrived at his village home in the middle of the night? He left before the villagers awoke. The ending is that his wife is now the victim of village scandal because they know her husbands been at war two years and she is having 8 baby, etc. American Mag ran it as storiette and it's made the rounds ot the front So wot? So RKO announces "an original story called For Love Only" by John H. Auer Based on that theme! .. Original??
 Gypsy Rose Lees constant con- panion is Chas. Hoover, an officer in the Merchant Marine |. George Brents recent "romances" remind me that coasters believe the bride- to-be may be Janet Michael John Carroll, the movie feller, and Virginia Hill are dueting .. Madam Frances Perkins of FDR's Cabinet is much better looking in public than via lens when viewed at Alma Clayburgh's tea Sunday The Coronet people deny that editor Mary Dick was fired. Also said no plates were actually made on the Amber" thing when they learned Pageant was doing it Henry Lustig, the owner of, Longchamps, has purchased the Sands Point
 L. ID mansion Of George Wander bilt for $175,000.
 Had quite a time with MT. H. Singer who mailed 5000 copies of perm" to as many editors. colyumists, ct al. The envelopes were rubber stamped from Win. chell'S column" That's what comes from quoting two of his lines. Any how. complained to the Post Of- Newark people called all day to say flee about it Several pained your piece on the flop" of the re- cent Newark drive (for war work ,ers) wasn't the full story. They claim 4,0OO recruits resulted, not Eour, as you stated. They appar- eptly didn't get the point. Four new rboruits is correct. The others shifted from one war job to an- other, which isn't what the govt wanted. I told all concerned to check it with the War Dept, which will corroborate us.