The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-13

of the anti-Petrillo bill That was a pretty brawl the other night at the China Doll. Plenty of laun- dry was serled Treasury agents are about to start that long overdue walters income tax check-up = 1t will start migraine headaches for many sinners Referee Arthur Donovan is due to appear before the Grand Jury today. Legalists say that after the jury hears his story they cant" LIdict Insiders believe that after Lex Thompson, the mil- lionaire, is melted, his next wife will be Jean Sinclair Producer Lang and model Cecile Neil- son (sex feet two of loveliness) may have already eloped. He hopes to beat his brothers merger with so- cialite Barbara Ann Knott .. The Jan Murrays are trying 1t apart =. Bill Brooks, the NEG news chief, is mending after mugging.
 A headline due any edition from the Treasury Dept. will deal with this story: That every $1OO, S1,OO0 and SlO,OOO bill of U. s. currency (which was passed in every gam ing jOynt and night club in Florida this season. was positively reported to the U. s. Treasury Dept. Plus the Identification of the person who passed 1t The Miami places, par ticularIy, worked with the Govt agents .. The absence of any cau- ton on the 10 grand notes was due to the gambling rage Happy nightmares, felIers.
 Valenina's dress at the St. Regis Roof premiere had allegedly the low est neckline in town. The reporter. apparently never saw lovely Hilda Ferguson,s new white frock A Darien socialite was arrested the other day for having pistol in her illegally parked car. Nuttin' in the papers about it Florence DeS- mond of the Blue Angel has film scouts looking her over. Reginald Denham is one Remember the fanfare when 9th Avenue became the Ave. of Americas? And the swank future predicted for 1t? Well the corner of 46th now has bargain fruit stand! IzZy Elinson over- heard someone ask Truman: What state is the government in?" and the Prez absent-mindedly replied: Missouri.
 This Is super-spesh for news-pho- tOggers: Bill Schiller, the president of the Polka Dot Fashion Guild, is offering a $500 cash prize to the news cameraman who submits the picture of the girl the phOtOgs think should replace Chilli Williams :. Chilli made Hollywood after the polka dot swim suit she wore landed in almost every mag and pa- per The gal who inherits the title Miss Polka Dot of 1946 gets a H'woOd, stage and radio buildup, etc.
 The packers of a show, said to be grosser, are urging probe because they allege they haven't received a penny back in profits A movie stars wife may chuck a court action at him for allowing . well known pin-up to follow him back to the Coast Florence Ramon, once on the HIT here, has quit the San Diego tunnel to ready a Renobitu- ary His set will betcha that The Magnificent Yankee, Louis Calhern will (when the Yucatan courts free Natalie Schaefer) marry Marianne Stewart of the Hecht- MacArthur play, Swan Song" :. Jose Ferrer and Uta Hagen have reconciled. Dotz nize Mary Brian has her most serious romance-John Haskell Lionel Barrymore, said to be anti Roosevelt, will star in MGM's Beginning of the End" as FDR!
 The Alcat.az guards who were killed and wounded earn the heroic sum of $40 a month |. In 1941 Sing Sing guard was shot and killed during an escape attempt. He was declared dead at 2:1O a. m. /. He was officially taken off the payroll at 2:1O 8. m. One of the swankiest midtown hotel bars is beside itself since local whoopsys made it their rendezvous They plan taking news photos of some Queen Bees ''in drag" and fright en them off that way Why not invite the c0lumnists-that'll do it.. It always has. Hasn't it, Ella? |. EmOtress Jewel Curtis wife of the ad man) may get . chance at the role in "The Egg and I" '. CapitOlians who talk freely i'm night spots nominate Secy. Byrnes as the top reactiOnary in the U. s. A. !. The President Is supposed to have told pals that the trouble with the Cabinet is this: With the ex- ceptiOn of one, everybody is prim- ing himself for the Top Job instead of running his own job for the na- tiOn's good. The exception he named was not Wallace - but Schwellenbach HIST is so hon. est he is flat broke and in hook.
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