The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-01
broadway
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missars over here didn't like it, at all. One
Hoover fan doubted that Mr.. H. would get the
nomination, since the first thing he probably
would do is lock up haE Of Washington. .
Mr.. Runyon is confined to his quarters, again,
which explains the dearth Of good copy IN the
papers lately. The General Motors story
about Alfred Sloan resigning in January will
be confirmed soon. I hear that the Big Bust
(due after Yuletide) won't be more severe
than the one in 1928. This is'based on a poll OF
seventy-two leading economists.
Have some breathless news from Acapulco
where Enrol Flynn Ged up with an American
hotel-cafe mans insults to LADIES' whipped
out a big machete and brandished it under
the ~latter's nose, threatening to cut OF his
formal dances, as H. Allen Smith would say.
Flynn was simply livid. Witnesses say he
would have actually murdered the chap. /. .
One of the highly imaginative sent us this
item: keenan, Wynn is in NY carrying the
torch for his spouse on the coast. That
(as the Old Proverb goes) I gotta see!. In
the same mail was this: Add Coast Two
somes: Eve Wynn and Van Johnson. All of
which reminds me of that gag that ends: Isn't
there anything the three Of US can do?"
Pat o'Brien (who just returned from Eu
rope) has lived a full lie as an Irishman.
In Dublin he got an autographed portrait OF
President De Valera and in Rome he had an
audience with His Holiness . .FDR, Jr-,
wishes you'd mention his piece in a digest
monthly mag. It's on the disgraceful housing
for vets scandal. Told him we can't mention
certain mags. Joe E.. Lewis ordered a
drink at the Stork last night, and the waiter
put a glass of aqua alongside it. please"
said Joseph, remove this fngerboWl!"
Herbert Marshall's lovely ex-Wife, Lee, IS
out of the hospital, fully healed. . Since she
had her beebee, Celeste Holm's waist is down
to 26 inches. Two less than before the image
was even thought Of. . Nathalie Draper Gin
the cast of Forever Amber") wishes newsps-
pers would spell her first nsme that way.
Oh, tell Nathalie to stop stripping her gears!
The press and radio chapter OF the Amerl-
can Veterans Committee send thanks for max
ing it known they want no communists or
fascist in their ranks. . Many cancellations
for Florida reservations due to unsettled con-
dish around town. But Florida hotels have
such a huge backlog they don't feel it.
You inquired about a man named Guy Loom
is passing on. Not the Guy who was the big
SDGIuGI III 11OIllOlIlOu QdVSs Ato"
erts phoned-said no sinner. I am tracing
source to give him one in print. Say, how
about that? Every time anybody gives us a
bad one print it out loud-to give him an
idea how it teels. They won't give us any
more stuff, then? That's fine-rhatn mean less
balderdash. . Reminds me Of Ashton Stevens
paragraph: anybody can be a column writer.
All you need is a smart sec'y, a byline, and
an editor who seldom reads your section OF the
paper"
Recession note: The wefe Of a Natl Assn
Mfr. vice. president closed her acct. at a 5n
Ave. store when she found a dinner dress
priced at $3.50. The sequins were 14-karat
gold land won't tarnish," added the sales
girl. . Ogden Reid, the newspaper publisher,
is seriously i'll. Names do not impress
Mr.. Cartwright at the Beverly Hills hotel.
When their time was up Van johnson and La
Dietrich were asked to leave. 1 was reading
where Eugene O'Neil took IL years to write
'Ice Man Cometh'' Hmf. Moss Hart wrote
a halt-dozen clean, stimulating American plays
during that time. .Mucho goodo mailo on
the Jimmy Walker adieulogy. Comm. Null
rooney. frinstance. What made it so good was
the lack of sugar and honey in it, which all
dead nqen get when they can't taste it. Most
letter writer's said it was. 80 honest" and
they loved the line about the halo at a jaunty
angle and "For once you're too early!"
Remember Bob Crawford? He composed the
famous song, loft We Go - Into the Wild
Blue Yonder, dunn : de = dunn -dedle-de-
dummmmm!" Well, he's opened a spot called
The Blue Yonder in Miami. He told me the
brass hats never gave him any recognition
for it or the 80 months he flew with the All
Corps! And some guys got Army diplomas for
week-ending over there! Fine thing. . The
s-xiest fashion show in history is due at the
Waldorf (via the Town and Travel shop on
Dec. II. Titled For Mep Only'-when they'll!
show latest styles in black indies and stuff.
Barbara Adams and Harvey Stephens, alum
nus from "Voice Of the Cradle" will soon
be hearing one. One thing is certain, Bill
Mauldin, the CT cartoonist, doesn't intend re-
enlisting. Just bawt 7 civilian suits.
Tip the feature editors that Howard Hughes
has a good story about the people he is re-
warding for helping him live after his plane
crash. A fire chief out there is among them
Didn't see anything here yet about Rank
Of London taking over Park Avenues new
theatre. For ten years, with Walter Reade
getting it back then Insiders say, cts the
beginning of the end Cor Times Square" o..
sure!. Gregory Ratofe will have to take =
$50, 900 loss on his thefted gems. He had them
listed as antiques. not 'jewelry, so the insur-
ance firm doesn't pay of. MANY AP war
correspondents detected Gas are other lads At
ms and UP) because they weren't even con.
sidered cor Certifs of Merit from the War