The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-07


 ana Mary Hatcher, once in the
 show land now with Paramount
 flickers), were stitched Aug. 18th
 in Seattle D. RunwOn's liter
 ature is now a big hit in Russia,
 too. (Hi, COmradeD
 Pittsburgh police arrested man
 who said his name is H. Lee Rat
 ner) on Saturoay, charging him
 with stealing a pistol from a Pitts
 burgh Store-and with carrying
 the weapon sans license He
 is in the Pittsburgh clink now ..
 We checked by l. d. phone-he is
 the same H Lee Rather, who
 (earlier in the week. started a mess
 in 59th Street hotel cafe by in-
 sulting patrons and hurling a glass
 which struck a girl in the face
 He told' New Workers he is a big shot in the C.I.O., which we doubt
 His epIthets got him four stitches under the right eye, three fractured ribs and as many broken fingers He should be kept in captivity for his own safety Il Some one is sure to kill him with their bare hands. You can positively get delivery | on a Dodge or Plymouth, within | weeks, at about $2,2OO. In Swe-
 den! All show windows there dis play U. S. 1946 cars Espionage
 land cOunter-spy) is terrific there,
 more so than during the war .I Russia allegedly has 125 intelli- gence agents working out of the | Stockholm Embassy almost twice the number of British have ditto ing. We none, huh? Howard Hughes, the millionaire, says he wish es his biOgrapherS would get things right for once. One mag piece said he inherited seventeen million from his pop. II inherited $30O,0OO" he eXclamation- marked They tell you that the biggest spender in the world today is Robert Arida, a Syrian. He allegedly maintains an 11roOm apt. at the Ambass; bought" Hitler's yatcht from the Bwiddish Govt for only 400 Gs. It has a crew of over 100 He has pleasure planes and spends S25O,00O monthly. What British Govt gave it to him?
 Henry Wallace Dept: He will definitely not launch or support any 3rd Poddy movement He will work for his peace principles as Progressive Democrat within the Denny Poddy :. He feels no bit terness towards HIST He be- lieves that his blunt speech Cat Mad. Sq. Garden) forced Bevin and Stalin to come out with their mo immediate war" talks which eased the int'l tension. (And all the time |, I thaWt a commentators Behind ] the Scenes of the 3rd World War" on Sunday nights did the trick) Wallace says he will not do colm (thank hevvens) and not be quilted by taking any am- baSSador jobs anywhere. He is in ( top health and will take on all com- ( CTS. In short, he says poo!
 The History Book Club is the name of another group 8 la Booka- the-MOnth Club .. The prizes will go to authors of best in American History" Three of the five judges are Bernard DeVOtO, J. Frank Do- bic (Of Texas) and Stewart HoI- brook. He auth'd Lost Men in American History" Randolph Churchill is boosting LondOn's cur rent best seller, Our Threatened Values" It is by Victor GOIlancz, a British publisher, too. Not re- leased here yet Churchill de- scrlbes Gollancz as "Once of the f extreme left" Drew PearsOn's r prize boar (by name "Stettinius") $ won blue ribbons (including Grand ( Champion of all hogs) at Fred f erick, Maryland Fannie Hurst . may give Norma Shearer her first screen story, "She Walks in Beauty" for NOrma'S return to the films. 7 She'd play woman her own age. ' A Hollywood novelty! C
 Insiders hear that Serge Ruben f stein, the international moneypu- lator (under indictment for alleged 1; draft evasion), went to Washington z with certified check for $1OO,- f poo He is said to have offered F It as a retainer to former FDR r adviser to handle his case The {, New Dealer Spurned it, saying he i wouldn't take the case for any z RubenStein is quoted :, by locals as now saying he isn't -' worried, as he will surely beat the rap . We dunno why he should oe worried, anyhow. Worst that can s happen to him is an acquittal Ca ? la Nurembrg) or get the same !, S ate that befell AXel Wenner- Gren or Constance Drexel, the latter having microphoned for Hitler a The only time to worry, mister, is .' when you fight and expose Nazis ' md Communists Boy, oh boy! o Those Colin Kellys and all the e other Americans, now dead sure a bought they were fighting for :" eh, Serge?
 Sudden Thawt: The same jeruues vho took with-Russia with a 4 rain of salt recently-are now talk ng it with pound of aspirin cussia is romancing Argentina by A fitting Mrs. Peron with a diamond u 'auble (tlara or necklace)-and E,' lSo en route from Moscow (to her) u u 5 sable coat Some months | go wild rumor was that V. Astor tt 7ould peddle the St. Regis to a sym It icate which planned enlarging the . otel along 55th." So several chumps e uickly bought up bldgs. Con the III |, lock- at inflated fees, figuring IL IL heyd get 1t back and more from lo he syndicate. Now they're stuck oi he Astors never planned any sale A A Nighttime guys will best ap- v reciate E. Ray Goetz's swelegant A ma. t.HHEn 1r.lan 1r,orun l.ox.. o.. 4La