The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
Along Broadway
Pv WAITED WINCHETJ
BY WALTER WIZ
THE BROADWAY EXPRESS

Eye is disqualified from winning the Damon
Runyon Memorial Feature race at Tropical
Park. 1t was 4 to l -. Weathercock inherited
the stewards verdict Cen a claimed foul of
al tie jocks, paying $3.50; Runyon would
have loved it Beryl Davis. who delighted
GIs with her tn. ushing Via the British net
works. They encouraged her to try the U. S.:
she arrived on the America Tuesday -. {.
Mrs. FDR shaking hands with a passerty ad-
mirer near the Sherry-Netherland Lovely
Ingrid Bergman hanson = cabbing thru the
park Oracle Fields 'aving 'er 4 p. m.
tea at Rumpelmayer's in the ST. Mo~itz :.
]. E. Ayrhart, millionaire mayor of Campbell
ford, Ontario, getting the chilliest glare from
a subway cashier to whom he offered 500 bill
ito changed. For the jitney ride.
sallies in Our Alley: A starlet just in from
Movictovn was b~elittling Broadwa.s at Leon
and Eodie's There are" she said, more
phonies here than out there 'Of course,
yawred Sherry Britton, you mean now 8.
! Two pretties were introduced at the Latin
Quarter Didn't 1 meet you in Miami with
your husband?' asked the first -. No." said
the other, with yours
Midtown vignette: Norman Gordon is the
6 4 basso of the Met. He is also the top male
singer in the revived Street Scene &.
Norman believes in direct action He was
dining in a midtown spot when a chunk at the
next table slandered D and boosted Hitler
Gordon went over. grabbed the nuisance
in his arms, carried him to the street and
dumped him into tie gutter, saying: You're
spelling my dinner, AdClf!"
Memos of a Midnighter: Local reporters
waiting to see if Pearl Lusk wi bother to in
quire how Mrs. Ruocco is getting alo g since
she shct her with that camera-gun. They say
she never once inquired about her victim
while in Gus ,ody Has Kristen Flagstad
signed with Geo. Engles' new concert office?
Larry Marvin is being touted as a find
by the Embassy where he audltloEed
Midtown reporters tell of an II. 51st st. de-
tecti e who u.es such highfalutin' ia k. He
asked one scribe: rs t a. a certitGde on your
part?" Latest gmmick in the Broadway
photo emporiums is Men of Distinction cut
OTIS. You put yer kisser in the hole and come
cut locking Ike the geezers in the ads
Humans admiration FIR Sec'y of S ate Mar
shall amounts to he o worship. He is said to
rave referred to Marshall as the greatest
living American Alan Ladd doesn't know
when he's we'll off; just bought a coast night
club.
Character Study: He ! derpays his help
but overtips tie waiter T. He takes cabs
to avoid subway crowds but Wrestles through
checked theatre lobb.es fo1 a few puffs on a
|c:eg-e He greets eve}y corny line in a
show with a ccrr.er comment but thinks a
guy is a ce~- ebrity when NE has more wives
than children He thinks hes an inde-
pendent thinker because you can't tell him
anything He's the kind of a guy who
calls Irgrid Bergman "a foreigner"
The Orchid Garden: Jack Smiths Capitol
platter of Too Mary Times The musi-.
cal version of Uncle Toms Cabin by the
D.vid Rroekm,n crew Wynorie Harris
bloczee chants on the Apollo recording, Young
and Wild Eddy Towards (Majestic)
record, For Sentimental Reasons Ezra
Stones big ad Tin the amy issue of Variety
urging other stars to buy pages to exploit
little people wi h big ia ent. so they can be
''discoyered." That's big-time.
New Yo.k Novelette,: Justin Mccarthy, the
young lone-wof stick-up fool (who was col.
Jared last week., is well known to Broad
waysenheimers =. He sold several OF them
plerty Of shares in an electronic and hell
copter firm which Topped Most OF his
suckers are no little mifled with Justin be-
cause ''he didn't at least APOLOGIZE with
some Of the loot he got away wlth-sticking
up night club patrons in their cars-as they
waited for lights to change He almost
talked a famed radio star into starting a
manufacturing company with him One
of his stick victims was ready to tell the
gendarmes about him six months ago (Which
would have ended his career of crime before
it ~started), but Justin talked him out CT
it The irony of it: Had he gone to the
hoosegow then the term would have been
short. Now he may spend his life in jail.
Manhattan Murals: The deserted trolley
tracks on 59th St. with the Columbus Circles
under their eyes The Riverside DR.. Mix
man who does his chores in the frigid wealth
er with no coat. Just undershirt and trous-
ers. Exhibitionist The lad in the NBC
newsrovm named Bonapar,e, who says he
is a descendant of Napoleon The gal
ticket seller at the Pennsy Station, who went
to school with Movietown's Marie Mcdonald,
still hev closest chum. The walls of the
ticket booth are lined with Marie's photos.
Dunhill, famed for making pipes, has
exactly five Of them in lis huge window
space Con With near 5Oth). Everything else
from ladies' pocketbooks on up Sign in
a And St. stat.oner's: "Our fountain pens
just write"
Sounds in the Night: At the Singapore:
She's Renotorious'' At Gilmore's: well,
whadaya know? Merry Fahrney's back.
Hmm, lorg time Na-zi' At Iceland:
"Bilbo went in like a lion and went out on
the LAM At the Penthouse: Amt he
awful? The c~umedian!' At the Stork:
IF Truman keeps it up, he'll have more SOL
diers in the Cabinet than in Germany" !.
At Don Pallini's 'There'd be fewer strikes
if the White House spent as much time bring
ing Capital and Labor together as it does
trying to unity the Army and Navy AT
the China Doll: THAT argument on FDR's
statue in London is silly. 1t shouldn't show
him standing or sitting-but in action!''
TIE Late Watch: Seven contr'bs submit ed
this Con the story about Gov. Dewey's mother
losing he- purse while attending the Republi-
can State Assembly,: Had enough?' :.
The Runyon Cancer Fund hit Sis, 900 Tuesday
Mark Hellinger's new flicker, Swell
Guy (due at the Winter Garden), will turn
over the premiere receipts to that fund