The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
Walter WincheIl
 On RyO0dw0y
MAN ABOUT TOWN

MAN ABOUT TOWN
 Kathleen c'Forever Amber') Win eor and her Naval Lieut.. groom oebunked the divorce items by Shov- ing off Friday for long, long holi- day in South America Gloria Swanson may next land ia the head lines over a "cache Of coin claimed by eN-kln -, Gloria Vanderbilt .Sto- kowski now features Slinky clothes that Stoly designs for her Why .Stokyl Music critic Grena Ben- nett Is desperately ill at Mt Sinai .. Edward Manville of old Lyme tConn) soon joints the Renotables. His sister is Countess Folke Berna- dotte Rear Admiral Dallas C.. sutton and Violet Gum were tele- Scoped ln New England The Pearl Harbor probers will soon in- vite a high ranking military man Co put rope around his neck. He's the one who supplied Gov Dewey with the dope on the nations top secret war plans. Kindly omit flowers One of the speakers at a recent rally" is a mental case. To an interviewer he said among other screwy things: "A capitalist s money is backing communism" .. Six indicted men Gin a Brooklyn murder easel will surrender in a few hours Underworlaope ex- poets another mobster- assassination a la Vincent Coll. who also shook down" gang chieftainS,
 That mag paid Mir. Churchill s5O,- 900 for his secret war speech (and other items), which it will publish. He is broke, needs the money, Is quite sick. will probably go to Mayo Clinic before returning home . He got cold feet and tried Co get Luce to hold up the secret speech, but the presses were rolling.
 Pres. Truman's next report to the people will make his last one sound like a peep. He will name names tying up Southern DemmyS with Repubs) despite warnings from Bob Hannegan that it's bad (politics' Labor Sec. Scnwellenbach now advertises himself to friends aS the uphappiest man in Washing tom Jan Valtin (author of Out of the Night") is one of the three men denied citizenship while serving in the U. s. Army. He planes "reds" in the State Dept Newsmen are going nuuts over the name Charles E. Wilson One is boss of Gen. Electric-the other is boss at Gen. Motors. Gen Con- fusion, etc.
 Today is . Big Day for Ameri- cans who have fought the Hitler helpers lover here) since 1883 . Today Is when three trouble -mak- CTS (whO served Fritz Kuhn and his late Bund, the billings, Gerald smiths, ct all come up for sem tcnce. For participating in one of those rallies" and melting. etc Their names are Ernest Elmhurst lhe was among the 26 indicted by fhe IT. $. alleged SeditiOn); Kurt Mertig and Homer Maerz. tho lat ter a colleague of Rev. Gerald l.. K. smith Open the garbage cans, Warden, here they come!
 The Glass Menagerie's" Tony Ross will surprise his crunrs with a merger flash Bea Lillie who came here to seek sketches CShe'S at the Madison), is sporting about m that sequin toque she wore in = Lively Arts A B'way flop producer" is in hotter water this time. Rubber checks. The Dis trict Attorneys office is hep to sev- eral producers" who use show biz as a front" Joel Berglund in 1888 tore up his opera contract and threw it in Met boss Johnson's kiSser. He's back at the Met!
 The new CrOsSley tCAB) ratings iaccOrding to the H'wOOd Reporter put Radio Theater on top of the hour programs; Bob Hope leads the half-hOur shows, and this Sunday Nighter again paces the l5-minute field The rating is 15.7 Il. No. 2 Washington news) is S.6 and No : Atwood stuff is 7.6.
 Mary Wards book, ''The Snake Pit" according to book circles, will be "The Lost Weekend Of the Spring. It arrives April lsr. but is already the April (duaD Book of
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