The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-15
MAN ABOUT TOWN

According to their chums, show girl Betty Price will become Mrs. J. DiMaggio about Oct. 1 Ely Culbertson's little girl, Joyce, will marry a Naval officer next month The Mcclure Syndicate has been purchased by James Lenahan (Yale '2S). wealthy Wilkes-Barre oil man Washingtongue-Wag- gers hear Senator Taft squandered $150,0O0 of his own coin to fight Stassen's man (the winner) in Min nesota Wm. c. Osborn, presi- dent of the Metropolitan Musem of Art, Is ailing at St. Luke's . . Washington broker George Garrett may succeed David Gray as U. s. Ambassador (thev are tipping the post from Minister to Fire <. Wasn't that Fritz Mandl CHedy's ex-husband and formerly eXiled to Argentina) we glmpsed in the mid town sector? Scotch is now being distributed at one-tWelfth the 1889 ration We hear F LaGuar- dia will part from UNRRA next next month, If he gets White House nod to run for Senator 30 days hath September, April, June and November But MAY has twice as many sleepless nights.
 The year sentence given Lus- tig tconvicted of tax evasion etc.) Is said to have depressed the entire department of revenue agents.
 They are reported "5isgusted' and argue that the short term leSsens the incentive of men to go after smaller fry :. One said if Lustig got only years, guy who cheated for S10,000 weekly should get only week in the cIink =. The col'm also hears that Comm. ]. Nunan (chief of the tax collectors1 will re- sign to inherit Robert Hannegan's post and that George Sch0nnemann tnow contact man between the White House and Treasury will get Nunan's Job Paul Kelly, the ad man, thinks Henry Lustig's parting shot to Us all will be: "Longchamps no See!"
 It's ID. himage for the T Car hsles of the Luce staff :. Purse snatching is so rampant in cinema cathedrals that they may screen a trailer to help combat it =. Janice Gimbel and editor (of the Police Gazette) N. K. Perl0W have set the date for Sept. =. Marie MeDonald of the films has shifted her melt ing action from Las Vegas to Los Angeles =. Note for H'Wood cynieS Fay Bainter, former stage star, and Reginald Venable are celebrating 25 years of matrimony =. The Book of the Month for October will be Mistress Mashams Repose" by T. H. White fPutnam) -. The show, Maid in the OZarks.s due tonight at the Belasco, will go the limit so it will lift critics eyebrows and then will be laundered after the notices It's a lad for the Paul Ramseys, he's the Chicago editor .. J. Reiehman says every thing is going up; even the Phillies are out of the cellar!
 No man ever had so many people fincluding strangersl roofing for him to recover as Howard Hughes <. From the President of the country down to the man in the street :. He's done so much for progress, " they agree .. One of his chums tells us that Hughes dined with champ Malcolm Campbell not long ago -. They started gabbing about Campbell's racing feats, and Hugh es, whose breakneck antics are well known gasped: 'Well, you couldn't get me in a racing car for any thing. It's too damn dangerous."
 Mussolini's daughter, Edda, who has been "amnestiedn by Italy, has applied for entry into Argentina because there's no spot in Italy where she would be welcame. But the passport hasn't been okayed yet <. Belgian monarchists are per turbed over the l6 year old Grown Prince of Belgium, who would pre- fer entering 8 monastery to assum- ing the throne, if the King Gas ex- pected) abdicates The moSt quoted gag Gin the foreign bars 1T ShanghaD goes this way: "Tht Russians will probably obtain the atomic bomb In the Shanghai black