The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23
Broadway and Elsewhere
SALvOS OF A SUBSTITOOTER-
By Jack Lait

SALvOS OF A SUBSTITOOTER-
 Meet the Average AI-Americar Drunk: He is married and has slightly over one child; he is gen. erally a professional man, most of- ten salesman; he began drinking heavily after 25 and is now around 35; he has had three years of higf school; he drinks whiskey cares little for beer wine or gin; he is native-born and 84 per cent of hin comes from cities. whereas only 524 per cent of Americans live in towns of over 5000: he earns S4, 900 a year; :. 34 times as many physicians become dypsomaniacs as do bartenders; architects, advertis- ing men, brokers, bankers and ex- ecutiveS are heavily represented farmers and cattlemen are not far behind; there are as many college graduates as there are grade gradu- ates (the latter does not include those who had any high school tuition); only IA per cent are single per cent widowers, per cent di- vorced men; since 1889, the dan ger point" has moved down from the 40s into the 30s These are the latest findings of the Keeley Institute, Americas most famous institution ministering to alcoholics.
 When Suprmeme Court Justice Robert Jackson turns in his resig- nation, as insiders feel certain he will. President Truman will ap- point his old friend, Warren Aus tin, Senator from Vermont, to suc- ceed him -. Sen. Burton Wheeler, beaten in the Montana primaries, will become a member of the Fed eral Communications Commission, at S10,000, same salary he is now drawing Attorney General Tom Clark has superseded his assistant, J. Matthew Woll Jr. as prosecutor in the James C, Petrillo test case. Vol is the son of the vice-presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor. with which Petrillo's union is affiliated. At the request of Rep. Clarence Lea, author Of the anti Petrillo bill. Vol was relieved and Robert Pratt. trial specialist in the criminal division of the Depart ment of Justice, has taken over.
 The Russell Crouses are expecting their first baby in January. Grouse is 53 Steve Ellis, who broad casts the Giants ball games. is try ing to get to first base with Louise Carlyle, who sings on ABC . Dick Stabile and Mary Kirk Brown don't even try to hide it any more ... Mozelle Britton, beautiful widow of Alan Dinehart, will go under the knife to remove the scares from that auto accident Kathryn Grayson and Tony Martin harmon izing on and off.
 Billy Roses sister, Polly, under ed by 10th Century-Fox =. Vic Natures latest enamorata-Tancy Guild An East Coast governor has written four tunes and brings parties to the Ambassador Hotel supper room, whereupon Jules Lande's band has to play them all. They're pretty awful Crooner Jerry Wayne. who a few years ago was on the Hit Parade. is on the comeback tral, playing vaudeville and aiming at a network in the Fall :. James Barry, who is a singer (not 8 sports prophet by profession, has dedicated his new arrangement of Dark Eyes to Tami Mauriello -. The manager of a high-elass East Side hotel is out, and so is one of his pretty employees; the old, old stuff Kathryn Duffy, who stages the shows at the Belmont Plaza Glass Hat, has a certified check for Sl0O,- 900 from an old hometown friend in Oklahoma City, to start a bank roll for Broadway show.
 Never in American History has there been such an over-enroilnlent in the journalism courses Of Ameri- can colleges. This is due in a meas ure to the great number of tyro newspapernen who got a whiff of ink on the hundreds of service SliCCAcs 4i1OSG Ol bAlCIil Dy young men who had comparatively limited experience, themselves !. It was nice, preferential assign nlent in uniform, and many of the boys who would have looked for ward to working in the corner gro- cery or getting job in the filling station, came out embryo editors. .. Most professionals are inclined to sheer at college e-trained begin ners .. This old-timer never had the advantage of studying his call ing from textbooks He came to work at 4:30 A. M. one morning in Chicago, and at 7:30 that morn ing he climed over two corpses to snatch photograph off bureau in a gas-filled room But he Is still not convinced that journal ism courses are futile. He has worked with a number of crackeriacks who cubbed on campuses; also, of course, a great many more who didn't In any event, course in journalism is far more practical, even if 1t never leads to a means of livelihood. than the straight aca-