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Show t 1 timM Man About Toiin: Docs The Washington Times-Herald Times-Herald know that 24 members of j congress are mixed up (in various degrees) in the current Federal Grand Jury's probe into the activities activi-ties of foreign agents using our mails for propaganda purposes? Nut all 24 are involved in guilt. Some were merely innocent bystanders by-standers . . . How can Petain offer of-fer himself as a hostage? How can he give what he doesn't own? What two hrain-trusters of a certain cer-tain Washington probe are suspected suspect-ed of receiving checks from former Nazi espionage chief Von Bohle in S. A.? . . .Is there anything to the Capital buzz that Odium may inherit Knudsen's OPM headache? . . . Can you guess which one of the highest paid radio stars quit his cig sponsor because he wouldn't allow al-low him to get a divorce to wed another? an-other? Isn't Doris Duke going to get her divorce in Honolulu in May and marry a Naval flier now here? . . . Is it possible that Princess Stefanie Hohenlohe has taken a house in suburban sub-urban Beverly Hills, Alexandria, Va., under the nom de plume she has often used in hotels? And why does she prefer being that near to Washington, D. C? . . . Table conversationalists con-versationalists quote Rauschning, the historian, as saying that, according ac-cording to his deductions, the war should end in 16 months. Lt. Comdr. Gene Markey sure Has It Bad (and that ain't good!) over Olivia De Havilland. Spends all his Navy coin on postage stamps to write her . . . Sad, isn't it, the torch Jeff Jones of Princeton is carrying for Gloria Vanderbilt? His pals fear it'll make him ill . . . That's gonna be quite a story when the Screen Publicists' Guild explodes over the commy element . . . Heavens! Heav-ens! Have you heard the dreadful news? Because of metal priorities beauty shops will feel a shortage of bobby-pins! So you want to be an actress, eh? Life recently revealed that 3,500 professional people haunt producers' produc-ers' offices. Of these, 1,000 get jobs. The average yearly employment is 4 to 5 weeks and the average annual an-nual income (excluding stars) is $200 to $500 ... Be a stenographer, sister. You meet a better class of people in the subway, anyway. i - Somerset Maugham spurned an invite to an affair for Their Highnesses, High-nesses, and didn't send any regrets . . . Peggy Joyce's current is Jimmy Jim-my Wilson, a handsome six-footer. Must be love he's poor ... If the Japs get sassier FDR will call out the Boy Scouts. A'etu York Heartbeat: The Big Parade: C. Aubrey Smith as British as a monocle . . . Rita Hayworth the reason eyes were invented . . . Herbert Marshall Marsh-all and Arthur Treacher ringsiding at the Riviera, giving each other the "reallehs" and "y'don't-says!" . . . Louis Bromfield at Fefe's Beach. His latest book, "Wild Is the River," is a candidate for the Best-Seller lists . . . Eddy Duchin, curling up with a good bookie in the Waldorf foyer . . . Rosemary Lane signing autographs outside the Barrymore Theater. One of them asked her to get Priscilla's, too. The crumbs have crust . . . The 3 Andrew Sisters Sis-ters wearing spangled skirts, spangled span-gled gloves and spangled hats. Looked like a Christmas Tree-o . . . Owwwwwch! Who threw that? . . . Wendy Barrie in the Roosevelt Grill with a 10-penny nail dangling from her bracelet. "They say I look like one I might as well wear one," is the explanation . . . Swifty Morgan greeting a sucker at the House of Chan with: "Sit down, pal, and have a check." Sallies in Our Alley: In "Back Street" Margaret Sullavan played The Other Woman opposite Charles Boyer. In their latest, "App't for Love," she plays his wife, who has to contend with two other gals. An interviewer asked Boyer if he or Margaret had given it a thought. "Oh. yes." he said. "Miss Sullavan thought of it. She said that this time for her the shoe was on the other foot, but I was still the heel!" . . . A hefty sort of lady floated across the Club 18 floor and dared clown Jack White to make fun of her. "Gwan," she dared him, "make a wisecrack and see what happens!" . . . Vince Curran deflated her with: "Say, didn't you used to have 'Goodyear' 'Good-year' printed on you?" ... It left her b-limp. Memos of a Midnighter: Did the Duke purchase a S50.000 bauble from Paul Flato for Wally? Didn't pay cash . . . FPA's writing book notices now and then for his old boss, the Tribune . The flop, "Good Neighbor," has a good line about a nice lady whose goodness went unrepaid: "She puts her foot in it every time she opens her heart" . . . Senator Guffey was talked out of kissing Diana Barrymore on the ground that it wasn't dignified . . . And he's the guy who's supposed to express the will of the people! |