The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12
YOUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT
Waller WincheII
LINT FROM A BLUE SERGE SUIT

are nh-nh, .RKO purchased the rights (and
lefts, one presumes) to the Louis-Conn fight
films. June Haver's mater dis1ikes one Of
June's beaux so intensely she may try to
have him deported. Measures being readied
at City Hall (by O'Dwyer's bluenose SvengalD
will 90 into effect after Decoration Day. In
siders hear the rulings will MAKE LaGuardia
seem like a play boy in comparison. VIM.
Saroyan, whose book about the Army has
been delayed by the Drass hats, has decided
to have it published, regardless of the threat
ened punitive reprisals, etc. . The Alcatraz
story was certainly unusual. The first big
prison yarn that wasn't produced by the War
ner Bros.
One OF the neWsmags reports: Norman An
thony editing the old Life) once fired Win
chell and replaced him with o. o. Mcintyre"
And then, shortly after. they all went outta
business.
The Ritz freres planned a stunt for their
Boston engagement but the City Fathers mix
ed it-"Not dignified enuf.' The trio were to
dress up like Paul Revere and ride a brewery
horse along the same route, waking up citi-
zens to the Nations No. l ~Enemy-Cancer
Brian Donlevy, VINO makes only $4,000 a
week (when he works., told pals he hopes to
save $25, 900 this season. That Hotel Taft
m1Xup you We Deen TedQlnS ABOUT OIIy pdlt
in the gaZettes-is really a lulu. . Wallace
Beery's chums report he has dropped % lbs.
in three weeks-that's how i'll he is. .Scripps-
Howard employees expect another series OF
important executive alterations in the editorial
dept. The isolationist press keeps heckling
the United Nations. That's like a sick man
sneering at his DOCTOR!
The Dinah Shore radio show disappearance
is only the first of several to go. Three big
Thursday night programs will be canned. .
People back from the Old Country report things
are so tough at Monte Carlo that it has be-
come strictly a srnall-time gambling joint with
nickel slot machines lining the walls. "A
resident of Fire Island is writing a play. The
first act scene is Fire Island, a peaceful
place. AS the asbestos lifts, a kerrickter (seat-
ed on the porch overlooking the Atlantic Ocean
says: "Gahd! Volta beautiful night-no peo-
pie between here and Portugal!'. . The Fed
eral parole board is getting a flash ready on
a former movie union official now attempt
ing to muscle back to his top union job.
Anne Nichols, author of "Abie's Irish Rose"
is seriously ailing, again. . Bonita Granvllles
newest is an oil man.
Broadway bookies will lay the odds that
that Benjamin person enlarged with sWind-
ling suckers out of $500, 0OO) was strictly a s.
and-1O bettor, known to the trade as "a big
mouth WIN a small pet .SOluIIlOId ) lllil,
'Gilda," Is turning in a greater gross than
Rita Hayworth's other click, Cover GirI'.
Macoco tells friends he wont quit his cam
paign'' against his ex-wife, Kay Williams, till
he is down to his last peso. . .Conover lovely
Cathy Dugan is modelling again after a year
USOldiering from the Aleutians to South
America. Models Candy Jones, Edith Luce,
Gayle Mellott Get alb arrived in Rio 3 days
100 tardy to stage their fashion show. Engine
trouble over the Brazilian jungles. OWWW!.
Danny O'Neil's fan club is named The Sham
rocks. Presided over by Henrietta Goldsteinl
Guy Lombardo, fed up with the ribbing,
has changed the name of his Speedooat from
My Sin to Tempo. The local wolves prob1y
will be interested to know that Alix Treneu,
a Russian songstress, is due here soon from
the Steppes. She is said to be man-proot.
Lizabeth Scott is due here on the 25th. Isn't
her favorite physician last-initiaPd 'P'?. .
Jan Sterling of This, Too, Shall Pass is
quoted as saying she will melt from young
Merivale, Philips son. On its own soil the
United States has the biggest diplomatic staff
and that's the West 57th Street branch of
the United Nations. They employ more than
200. About 100 screwballs visit there daily.
They include little old people fearful o. having
their homes blown up by atomic bombs. Other
visitors are usually mad-looking people who
demand to see the payroll list, as taxpayers,
Irving Berlin's famous song hit, Blue
Skies,'' will be a click all over again this year
when it is revived in Paramounts film OF
the same handle. Count Basic waxed the first
recording of it, due next week. Both Louis
and Conn tell listeners they expect to win by
kayos-on the ground both are now Older
than they were. The John ErsklneS Helen
Worden) are studying Greek for their visit to
Greece, Erskine plans a book comparing an
Gent Greece with today's version. 10th Cen
tury-Fox bought Foxes of Harrow" the best
seller. for $50 Gs, outbidding Paramount and
several Independents. The Rocketellers and
the broadcasting firms have Neen having a
quiet feud for years as to wi cher that part
of the city should be called Rockefeller Center
or Radio City.
Street Scene: The little old lady, an institu-
ton on 50th Street Gas she is the only peddler
allowed to squat in the Saks' foyer) arriving
there by keb. They say an American Riviera
may spring up at Westport, Conn, the home
of several cultural leaders. Via the Longshor
Club property into which mucho mazuma will
be chucked Memo from Jed Kiley at the
St. Francis Hospital, Miami Beach: Two
years ago I was married in this town. One
year ago l was divorced here. This year l
vas only run over. The Govt order to dis
tillers to cut their production 4o p. c. means
they will distill only three days a month.
There nav be another slice next month, too.
All of which we indicated over a month ago,