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Show Man About Town: j Broadway Doubletalk: Sec'y 0f i State Marshall has great affection and respect for General Wede-meyer Wede-meyer and, 11 the appointment of military men (to diplomatic posts) continues, insiders wouldn't be sur-prised sur-prised if Marshall handed Wede-meyer Wede-meyer one of the big jobs. . . . Sev-eral Sev-eral of those lads peddling chestnuts chest-nuts (on street corners) are vets of World War II. . . . There is a vacant apartment for rent at 1107 5th avenue. ave-nue. It has 54 rooms, of which 2J are for servants. Rental is only $75,000 per year the OPA ceiling. The little boys' powder room at' radio station WNEW Includes an inter-office telephone. Egad! How busy can a man get? . . ..Detective Johnny Brennan, who probed a $10 larceny (pawnshop) charge, recovered recov-ered $28,000 in loot to date. . . . Memo to Washington correspondents: correspond-ents: If you want the tipoff on the chap who really has the mortgage on Margaret Truman's heart, watch the one who brings her to the wedding wed-ding of Senator Langer's daughtei Lydia. Midtown Vignette: The Astor hotel headwaiter (in the dining room) might be interested t know this. . . . That the yoniif man he refused to seat the other day (because he wasn't wearing; a necktie) was Harold Russell. ' . . . Russell is the handless war Vetera n nominated for an Academy award on the strength of his grand performance in "The Best Tears of Our Lives" i movie. . . . The reason Russell was not wearing a cravat, Mr. Headwaiter, Is simply that tying ty-ing a necktie is one of the very few things he can't manage with his artificial hooks. Times Square Confetti: Art galleries gal-leries are loaning "masterpieces" for as little as $3 weekly rental. . . . Veronica Lake's one-orb hairdo will be back in the news soon. . . . The Repubs are plotting a personal attack at-tack against Mr. Truman starting: on his war investigating record. . . . MGM dropped 9.000 staffers all over the ,U. S. More to go. ... A local eve' gazette just dropped nine sportstaffers. . . . Personal, item for local debutramps: Don't get too snooty making a big impression on the salesgirls at Saks 5th. One of .them is.Pamel.a..Carey, a real deb socialite, . . . Easy come, easy go-dept.: go-dept.: The Philly Phello at the "Hi club" who won 90 Gs the other night lost 115 the following sunup. . . . NBCaesars had a big mee.ting to discuss "banning all give-away programs" including "Honeymoon in New York," their own show. . . . Variety Editor Abel Green's wife, Grace, has more perfume than the Paris black market. ... Sid Spinrad is selling his barber shop, a Broadway Broad-way landmark for 20 years. New York Is Like This: Dr. Walter Reed admittedly was one of the greatest medical pioneers. pio-neers. ... If he hadn't figured out how to fight "Yellow Jack," p we would have lost hundreds of thousands more men than we did in the Pacific. ... Dr. Reed was elected to the Hall ot fame (at New York V.) some time ago. . . . But the niche is empty because the directors have not been able to find anyone to pay for the cost of a statue of Dr. , Reed. . . . Only $6,000. ... Any of yez got six Gs layin' around loose? The Late Watch: A divorce tction filed in Dade county (Fla.) was I listed this way: "Argue vs. Argue." I The grounds constant bickering. ' . . . The Madison Avenue Linen shop is on the corner of 45th and 5th. .. . ! Gregg Sherwood (a showgirl) got t I court order to stop one of the nation's na-tion's leading playboys from being I such a bore. . . . Laraine Day and j Leo Durocher are one married J couple who already have lived apart longer than most Hollywood ! couples live together. . . . Add items (you can skip: Those French autos ' (in that new Park Ave. and 59tb .showroom), which were $15,000 two I weeks ago, now are down to 12 Gi j . . . Cugat's 55-piece crew will play j at the White House when President ; Aleman of Mexico pays a return 1 visit to Mr. Truman. Cugie will rate $38,000 for the four-day celebration. ' , . . That Negro panhandler near j Howie's and Hanson's asks f" handouts in 17 different lingos. . . ' ! Irving Berlin is fighting hard to star well. His ticker. . . . Patti Clayton i, groans: "It's a wonder Herman jTalmadge hasn't tried to changt the name of that song to 'Sweel Georgia White.' " |