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Show Man About Town: Broadway Doubletalk: Sec'y of State Marshall has great affection and respect for General Wede-meyer Wede-meyer and. if the apoointment of military men (to diplomatic posts) continues, insiders wouldn't be surprised sur-prised if Marshall handed Wede-meyer Wede-meyer one of the big jobs. . . . Several Sev-eral of those lads peddling chestnuts chest-nuts (on street corners) are vets of World War II. . . . There is a vacant I apartment for rent at 1107 5th ave-J ave-J nue. It has 54 rooms, of which 25 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-offlce 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 correspond-' correspond-' ents: If you want the tipoff on the I chaD who reallv 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. Mldtown Vignette: The Astor hotel headwaiter (In the dining room) might be interested to know this. . . . That the young 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 "ThA Rest Vnra nf ftnr I.I VPs" 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 Pamela Carey, a real deb socialite. . . . Easy come, easy go dept.: The Philly Phello at the "115 club" who won 90 Gs the other night lost 115 the following sunup. . . . NBCaesars had a big meeting 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," we would have lost hundreds of thousands more men than we did In the Pacific. ... Dr. Reed was elected to the Hall of Fame (at New York U.) 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 yes got tlx Gs layin' around loose? The Late Watch: A divorce action filed in Dade county (Fla.) was listed this way: "Argue vt. Argue." The grounds constant bickering. . . . The Madison Avenue Linen shop is on the corner of 45th and 5th. . . . Gregg Sherwood (a showgirl) got a court order to stop one of the nation's na-tion's leading playboys from being tuch a bore. . . . Laraine Day and Leo Durocher are one married couple who already have lived apart lortger than most Hollywood couples live together. . . . Add items you can skip: Those French autot (in that new Park Ave. and 59th showroom), which were $15,000 two weeks ago, now are down to 12 Gs. . . . Cugat't 55-plece crew will ploy at the White House when President Aleman of Mexico payt a return visit to Mr. Truman. Cugie will rate $38,000 for the four-day celebration. . . . That Negro panhandler near Howie's and Hanson't asks for handoutt In 17 different lingot. . . . Irving Berlin Is fighting hard to ttay well. His ticker. . . . Pattl Clayton groant: "It't a wonder Herman Talmadge hasn't tried to change the name of that tong to 'Sweet Georgia White.' " Quotation Marksmanship: Virginia Vir-ginia Faulkner: She hat a tremendous tremen-dous capacity for bleeding when othen are wounded. . . . K. L. Krlchbaum: An opportunist it one who doet what you alwayt Intended to do. . . . Austin O'Malley: After 35 a man begint to have thoughts about women; before that age. he hat feellngt. . . . D. McCowan: Hit conscience wat more hit accom-pllce accom-pllce than hit guide. . . . W. Ho. brook: She held up her end of the convenation urMil it wat perpendicular. |