The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-19
nEAN AROuT TOWN

MAN ABOUT TOWN 1
 ns Den Nelson quitting his PreSi- Genital post in a fortnight? l Nloria Vanderbilt's next marriage. | N the Renovation Is granted, may De to Q famed Philharmonic con- lIs1ctor, thrice-plus her years &x-oov. Lehman's boy, Orrin, was badly wounded in action. His con- < diiion is grave in a British hospital Soprano Licia Albanese of the ! nfetopera House (she often sings ! Marguerite in "Faust') becomes the { bride of broker J. Gimma next \ month Forever Amber" author | K. Winsor is on the verge of Tell 7 fne All in a national mag Henry i Luce is being sued for $500O00 by one of the Broadway characters be- ! cause of a nickname used in a re- cent layout of kerrickters /. Benny ! Davis, songwriter of many hits (his l best known being "Margie') mar xied Gilda Cooper at Miami Beach, | Wednesday =. Tallulah Bankhead' 1 who pledged not to drink until the l war wNs won, has conceded victory. l 9zicl
 They say FDR's Steve Early stayed ln Yurrop to personally write the 1 VIE Day flash FDR VIII snlit the FEAdministration into the fold of Wallace. Also to be shifted (to the Commerce Dep) are the EPIC, the SEC, ETC and 1CC .. When Gen. Eisenhower took Paris Cre- turned reporters declare) he enter tained correspondents with huge bowl of caviar - gift flown di- xectly from Stalin It. Col Da- vid Brooks (chief of staff to Orig. Gen. Elliott RoosevelD proposed marriage to Powers model Robin Chandler via Lorelle Hearst, just back from overseas. Miss Chano- X Ter will answer in person when she goes over with the Copacabana- Powers model unit In Wash fngton they hear that Gen. Roatta (Mussolinis chief of StafD escaped bv walking out of his cell via the oldest trick-he wore his wite'S clothes.
 Sec'y of Commerce H. Wallace IS burning up the phones to the UnlV. of Chicago to persuade Bill Benton to come to Washington as his asst.
 One of the biggest contractors of radio-controlled target planes IS the ex-film star, Reginald Denny Paws better than layoffs June Aliyson's new hideout (from those H'wood busy -bodies) is the Verdes Ranch. Victorville, Cal, once Gar bo,s retreat Radios Bill Good win (signed by Buddy DeSylva to ulay the role of s. Billingsley in the Paramount film, "Stork Clubo couldn't get into the Stork Club the other night! Until he explained matters Nino Matrini's solos are for Eleanor Lebrot Phil Baker collapsed. Overwork.
 Mrs. H. BOgart tripled her martial settlement money. 1ntlmateS near he has given her every cent Columnist Henry McLemore was seriously wounded in the Philip pines, pals learn =. Attn Gelsna Girls and Tokyo Rose! Ty Power is at Guam! Capt Jeffry Lynn is unofficially reported missing ln action. He was a H'wood favorite
 "School for Brides" won that plagiarism suit. Five marriages ln that cast since the premiere Locals hear that one of the Mdivan lads is waiting for visa to go to Portugal. Has he wed or is he gonna marry H. Sinclair'S heireSs? Edward Klauber of owl (former exec at CBS) will marry lass hall his years. He's about 55 IS Matt Vim here to promote the Derby in New York;?
 Raymond Massey is in the hosp. Toots Shor says he spurned an o1- fer of a million for his lease
 George Rothschild, erstWhile half of the brokerage firm of Duryea & co, was scheduled to merge with lrlna Michaeioff, the model, Satdee. He is yice-prez of Continental Factors . Corp. The lady is modelling at Saks Vth A new Ambassador from Greece is to be named soon. Hes here now. Name is either Mltrlo- polls or Dimitriopolis The Hart mans open at the Persian Room wed The Stawk Club starts
 rhumba sessions with cash prlzes) at cocktail time this week :, .. Hilda Knight, one of the lovener show girls, soon blends with Wall Street biggie The T. Dorsey's splitting? Don't be ridic!
 William Church Osborn, top man at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, IS finally having his own portrait painted by Michael Werboff, who paints Men Who Matter why is Billy Rose searching for o1tlce space on 5th Avenue? Is he going to sell the Ziegfeld Theater? Calling him on a phone would cost nickel Returning soldiers say the Trin1- dad native who sold the hit song, Rum and Etc" received only buck and a half .. A neWSWeekly, frantic for paper, paid $2,50O,OO0 for a small Michigan paper firm, Barbara Hutton may make her per- manent home in Egypt. To get away from what?
 Beware of the latest trick: A couple recently received two seats to oklahoma, the hits how. ill the mail. Sent by some anonymous per- son. They checked all their friends and the Guild boX-office without result. They used the tickets to enjoy the hit. When they re- turned home their apartment had been burgled thoroughly. The gen. darmes know about it.
 Paul Flato, society jeweler, will be released from the clink any edition. The people he was charged with doing" helped secure his free dom One of the local rich chaps starves his dates. Gives them all the Wyoming ketchup they can