The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
MAN ABOUT TOWN

marry hopklnS told N. Y. Demo-
 cratic leaders that Gen. Wm. O.
 Dwyer is the candidate for May or,
 notwithstanding LaGuardia: and
 that FDR will straighten out Brook
 lyn Leader F. Kelly, who prefers
 Oashmore Coasters stopped a
 near fight between pals Hope and
 Crosby, allegedly over Bing,s claim
 oi too rough ribbing The Duke
 Ellington profile in the H. Ross
 mag brought a $100,00O lawsuit
 from a man mentioned in it .. . The Cab Calowalys have parted. Lord Halifax'S entrance" at Lady Mendl's may cause repercussions in London |. He denied it once, bdt they keep saying Eric Johnston will head the Hays office about Labor Day Peggy Joyce's 3 new boy friends are Ut each others throat ... F. Sinatra, who earned $1,450,- 900 in 1944, borrowed $62,50O to help pay his taxes.
 Herbert Hoover is inviting a feud with Gov. Dewey. They say he's been blasting him in private con- versations for the past ten months -. Dewey is chafing at the bit .n Albany. Wants to hang his lid on something to keep on the front pages a. Mayor LaGuardia has definitely decided to run again, unleS some important face-saving job in postwar Yurrop is offered. Samuel Seabury and other big-shot Repubs decided same at Hizzoners Gtacie Mansion last week
 Insiders still expect that Jack War ners division announcement any day Pola Negri came to town quietly to edit her memwahs :. Rumors of a merger for Peter Lorre and Kaaren Verne are pre- mature, considering her groom :n England won't consent to a melting Add Swelegant book titles: Frank Pays How to Be Poor.
 This Is Worth Money Dept: New- est device, they say, perfected by MT. Whiskers to make gasoline black marketing of coupons impos- Slble, is corker. The govt will inl- pregnate the coupons with a pow der that stays on for six weeks. It Is invisible except under light whichll make 1t easy to detect coun- terfeits Medicos report that phenobarital is the cause of more ac1dental deaths than any single reason. Authorities are being urged to restrict the number of pills to any one prescription.
 Rudy Vallee's ex-wife, Bettyia.le Greer, is being adored by Mervyn LeRoy One hits cast keeps its fingers crossed every performance hoping the star comes in sober. Everybody. except draft board ;, seeUs to think V-Day is near. They are drafting nearly every one m sight Jack Zero, an actor who has had it tough for 20 years, CO., auth'd song with Louis Prima, which may clean up a mint. It is titled: Please Don't Squeeze Da Banana" ... Another shakeup is due In the State Dept. any day | Earl Wilson and his announcer Paul Douglas have parted The Carlos Lamirez abrogation will hit the courts this week . Eric Hatch is Renotable Nobody knows why, but an army of underworld CTS hit the burg last week.
 Director J. Kennedy of "Up in Central Park" and actress Mary Stevenson will blend this month The Capt. Robert Peters (Prince- tons All-American halfback. four years ago) are blessed eventing. Three of Les Browns tooters eloped | With non-pros in Chicago in the past fortnight One was a Schoolmarm |. James Dobson of | "F1rebrand" and Lucille Day., the 1ngenue, have Shubert Alley agog The Bruce M'Connells made | L. J. Barbano granddad. He's vice prez of Columbia Pictures Duoinsky is pushing McGoldrick for Mayor =. The AP's Jack O'Brien Che reviews Broadway shows) is IA =. A date with Atwater Kent in H'wood gets the gal a feed at Ro- manoff's and hat at John Fred cries.
 Georgia Sothern, the ex-stripper, ana her groom are expected co reconcile with the arrival of their Image .. The NEG Jack Costel;os Will be five in July Shelia Guys. the new Colored singer click (she was picking cotton in Mississippi elgnt weeks ago), spurned an offer TOT $I,OO0 on a guest shot with the M. Berle program last week. .. War news is being released 48 hours Iate py the censor There isn't