The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
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NEW WORKERS ARE TALKING
 ABOUT ...
 Inc ea,ooo Lana Turner lost to a pal of Howard Hughes with Q pair of gift dice from a, night club host --and ahe paid pronto The fast click of the newest revusical in town. sCall Me Mister" The exciting Toscanini short ct the Little Carnegie Playhouse The darling among floral novelties--baby orchids--in the shop at PAT Park The fortune Carmen Miranda
 might have made if she ever bothered to patent those platform shoes she introduced. A mfr. has prospered cerfing the idea {. The buzz among insiders about two Senators lone from the South, the other from the North) who alleg- edly received hefty sums of coin in the Serge Rubenstein matter The terrific ShakeupS that will con- tinue over at that group of mags. .. The rumor that O'Dwyer wants tO resign!
 The girl who spells her first name differently-Tauni (TonD de Les- seps, Q talented lass, who models for Powers and is expert at drawing The numerous cases of belly ache blamed on frankfurters, the ingredients of which contain ques- tion marks The new ball. bearing pen, due soon, which writes for six years" not two like those other new ones .. The new novel, Count Me Among the Living" by Ethol Sexton, with the accent on the first syll-obble of her last name The new song, "In Love in Vain," from the film Centennial Summer" which Jerome Kern conn- posed to Leo Robins wordage. Milton Berle becoming director of comedy at WOR.
 Tho sum a very famous digest mag paid ($1O,OOO) for it's conden- Nsation of the novel, "The Snake Pit" It's about girl in an insane asylum. A neN high in mag-story money How any major studio can acquire Ingrid Bergman-if they star her in Joan of Arc" which David O. Selznick is doing for Jennifer Jones The teen- ager's slang: "Oh, that's sklonkish!" meaning anything "awful'' |. The talk that Abbott & Costello will stump for ex-Governor Edison of New Jersey. And that they may inherit @ big chunk of the new racetrack in that State The 6chenley exec who was made well via penicillin. As Q result that firm will market the magic drug soon. Lady Furness at the Singapore wearing the only string of black pearls in the U. 8. Valued at $000,- OOO.
 The Army short which shows what Hiroshima looks like. It won't be released because in one scene you see the imprints of bodies that were blown right into the pavement. .. . The talk that Mike Jacobs will re- tire after the Louis-Con fight. .. The two mid-western mfrs who were bilked out of $64,0O0 by tout out fit. They haven't hollered because they fear the publicity will make them national jokes The glama- Eon named Gloria Camera (she's 6-3) and she hasn't fiddle-feet either The talk that Lucille Simmons of the shows may wed a coffee millionaire Sandra Ram beau ditching the British mint" she was reported engaged to .... The all-C Chinese gal show at the beautifully appointed China Doll on 6lst Street The way some American militarists are beating Atom toms Helen Gahagan,s | sister, Lillian, quietly marrying so- cialite Paul Webster. iI
 The Philly reviews on the play, ''Laura," reported very good Il Cliff Edwards new high radio | rating, considering his Sabbath time {. Pat Lance, the Detroit beauty | losing no time making Macoco's lable at Fl Morocco. His big com- petish, however, Is Bob Hutton | The Chicago theater biz being so tricky = that State of the Union" >pened there to half a house. Got | lave motives and then played to lne-third capacity next night The way Radio Row is still tch- Ehing about the boner pulled by 1adv Q1IeSt m a bride nd -crooyo |