The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-02
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 Tho Blg Rarades General Hal Arnold in the Stork ~Cub" sectioi .lols sklnnier than his familia Ectos. Thanks for getting that wa uvEr withl" said Q handshaker A4Aj. " Rockefeller. who also wen snWnr The Hard Way, is back 8 An4 heftier. He is one of The Lifte, Rinky Sets best advertisements Re8gy Joyce (her bridegroom is de tained on the Coast) escorted b, snillioneires who failed to win he ne-Jewelled hand Esteile Tay, lcr inspecting a Jap war bond which Q CT purchased in ToSy, for one stale Q. s. ciggie Brig Gen. Carlos P. Romulo CThe Las
 Man Off Bataan) and his wife anC four boys entering the Waldorf Mrs Romulo was @ Jap captive un. eil rescued by one of her sons 70. Runyon, the Broadway Bard and his 2nd favorite writer greet. kng le46- and solemnly studying Che celebrants as they are carried or thrown out.
 8Allies in Our Alley: Dwight FiskC ct the Versailles tells about the par. ents' meeting at a village school. proud and patriotic parent got UT and announced: T am the father of IS children and I never left the United StateS!" Tt seems to r1e," tee-heed a wit, "that MT Laubermacher never left homew. M. Nevins 6 Suns) claims too many comedians are writing books instead of writing to their mothers O. Nelson relays the Quickie about the chlorine who, reading how expensive the Miami Beach hotels are started saving her money for a Roney day .. Buddy Lester saw Kelcey AL len, the drama critic, at a pre- n1iere tncognito. He was awake!
 MemOs of . Midnighter: Terrific fEsticuffs at q the other day when qne of T. Manville's School for Brides" tried to flirt with a re- howTed crooner while dining with Jher naval officer escort. The two men slugged it out and, she was fin- aIlY thrown through the door. The cropner was minding his own busi- ness -. Mildred Bailey, the swing tar. and Mime. Claude Alphand of
 Ie French diplomatic corps will be Jew additions to the Blue Angel show Jan. IA Helen George Uhe Havana-Madrid hatcheck gel) received new mink coat as a holi- day gift from 8 Cuban fan The news that an Army captain shot his wife's lover dead in her apartment on SSth St. started the phone ringing from apartment hunters inquiring if it would be available Lew Ayres' favorite table companion is Jan Wiley.
 Show Business Vignette: Eddie Cantor was in Boston supervising Nellie Bly," 8 new show. Having Q few hours to spare he phoned nearby Chelsea Naval hospital and volunteered to give the boys and 1fnpromptu song-and-dance '. The hospital was tickled-so many of the 1r1yalids were well enough to visit their kin or friends-that the ones who stayed behind were lonely and depressed Cantor brought along Thelma Carpenter, Leonard Sues and Bea Walker After entertain ing the vets they went to the mental ward There one weary soldier called to Eddie, You're swell, All" .,. The star realized the i'll veteran thought Cantor was JolSon.. Eddie did not correct him even when the lad requested: "'April Showers, AT Cantor rendered April Showers" Jolson's theme song, and tho Jolson fan was the last to stop spplauding.
 Sounds in the Night: Tn the St. MoritZ Cafe Continental: If you write a hit song, Broadway says you're great. If you write two hits, they call you a genius. If you write three-you're Stealing!" Tn the Taft lobby: One stewed gob to another: "Hi, sailor! You in the Navy, too?" Tn Lindy's: 'One thing I like about the WAVES They're all females" At Pel- ham Heath Inn: Whats Winchell get that Bennett Cerf hasn't-yet? q. At Cerutti's: He's Broad way lightweight. Never makes enough coin to arouse Tax Dept. suspicion .. At the Golden Fiddle: ''First he talked her into buying that dress and then he talked her out of it."
 Fatty Cakes: Nicky Blair's Carni- val at 5lst and Sth -. Art Mooney at the Lincoln Hotel Betty Field and the big-tiine cast in Dream Girl" the delightful new hit at the Coronet Renee De Marcos lovely terpsicree at the Pierre Cotillion Room The Wes- sons at the Embassy Club on 57th .. The book Focus" by Arthur Miller Barry (Variety) Gray's phone-eall sass at his WOR heck lers from 3 a. m. to 5:45. Frin- stance: Look, lady, why don't you crawl back into the mattress and become a microbe again?"
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