The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27
MIDNIGHT IN MANHATTAN

MIDNIGHT IN MANHATI
 The Big Parade: Fanny Briccs a son. Biiiy. an accomplished ariisi When be finishes g canyascs he wlil hold a one-man exhibition. Hcs done a oozfu to date Prince Ifancis -Windlsch of Austria and a one-iimc sccy to FTanz Jo- frf the Austrian emperor. who. arc partners in a firm in the sos. which pccdlcs novelties and notions Alfred Drake, who introduced 'Oh. What a Beautiful Morning. when -Oklahoma" prcmicred with his lovely wife tHarvey Brown os the original bailciJ wheeling their im- age along Lexington near s7;h ln the blizzard Arthur Garfield Hays. the Great Constitut ionallsi ahC is rcadying @ slzzler for a neR digest mag. It's a job" on the Rankin ~Un-Amcrican- Comm Joe EverRlades Lewis silencing "a pust ai the Copa rtngsiCe with: "T dunno what I'd do without you but I'd rah-thahi"
 SaIlies in Our Alley: Jackie Gleason and Vince CuTran were swapping quippies at the 66 Club in fhe Village T see" said Gleason where Mayor-elect ODwyer is making some alterations in the Mayors official home Match p said Vince, Ines replacing the brass iire~pole with a stairwayi". At the 400 they were banning we'll known drunk, who was reported suffering from a brain conclusion. Wonder how that happened?' someone asked T think" said Fred Allen, "he was hit on the head by a falling napkin"
 Midtown Vignette: It was at "2l' the veddy swanky delicatessen on West Sand Street .. Milton Berle says it happened to him, and you know how reliable he is {. Tenny- rate. after he dined the waiter amazed Berle by whispering: T lost your check and I can't remember everything you had. Can you re- call?" "Of course" obliged Mill ton. q had & shrimp cocktail vichy- :swaI. roast beef, cherry tart, demi- tasse and two glasses Of water" .. Thanks" said the waiter, but you didn't have to mention the water we don't charge for it any more" 1"
 MemOS of Midnighter: A social ite poddy in the 70s the other night ended in 8 brawl and may lead to a divorce between a couple of young blue-bloodS. The blood (to the amazement of common folks)-was Ted-like theirs! Mary Ellin Berlin, 19-year old deb daughter of the Irving Berlins, has lots of beaux, but the most ardent appears to be socialite Murray Mcdonald, kin to H. Ford, II George Ross. Jr., the insurance exec, and Eileen Staf- aord have resumed their duetcetera Radio announcer Thomas Hud- son and lovely thrush Margaret Nhiting are "woof-woof.' which peo- bIe in radio will understand best .. Jeanne Harrison, gal director of ra- Aio chillerdramas, and organist H. $ylvern will have it knotted Febree And Irene Manning's new heart attack Is Capt. Jack Luedeke, Rang or hero. Tall, Dark & Stuff.
 Newspaperman Novelette,: He was once Broadway colyumiSt for many rags in Germany. His name is Harry Sperber .. .. In New York his radio program served as The German Voice of Experience He fea- tured anti-Nazi chatter when Hit Ter became boss Joe Goebbels made no impression on the net works here when he demanded that Sperber be kept from broadcasting the Schmeling-Louis fight beamed to Germany via short-wave 3. Goebbels said Harry was unfit to talk for Germans. Sperber replied with cable so insulting the cable firm turned it down until he con- vinced them it is code" =. To- Gay he Is Capt. H. Sperber, U. S. Army, and is the (Oh, this is won- derfulD chief German interpreter at the trials of the Nuremburglars