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Show While Walter WinchelTiT "ma cation, Jack Lait, wri(et )', charm' "Broadway and Elsewhere' : - 'r ""if" umn, will appear In u,ls ''t h0' as guest columnist. Wu I'1 there art column will be resumed I kfthl-v l3U return in September When I ' ;i "e i tdacen Follies of 1946 ' Vied si The dogdays are here. secret shouldn't happen to a d'acV- "" piece . . . Winchell is on vacation iJ ,sible Ing he can get up at 7 p. A par stead of 6. . . . But the sho tab'1 go on. . . . So Lait will match dots and juggle the dashes."'' croche fun. . . . Let's get started:''' ' starcht " , they're Unreported incidents in 5 .nov wood, eye-witnessed by myk,; u sneets, of information, which never 5V ' and od never drinks, seldom eats: I made Grable said she would not Jt ' '., break pany Harry James east on hi." ' cut to fi week tour. Almost as soon as tt .'u!cd as off the train, she got on a j- cuttin for New York. . . . Before ; j-ese pie Perona flew to Paris, Mary ? .'..jg real ford gave him a solid gold S' thony's medal. ... Bill cj- .-, suitabl begged Howard Hughes to take- "or table up on that test flight and was rj . je fabri down. ... A movie compa;, , ive lik( paying $2,000 to advertise its', '.ee in I ture-to-be, "The Egg and I," c: 'iS and ostrich egg which is being hay at a farm which raises the big v 1 if at in Pasadena. Thousands visit tt ' h 1 ha daily. The deal is that as , '..f anish party goes through, the mother :'je.. wo-trich wo-trich is to be shooed off her fa r?e ,jnens offspring, so that gawkers can n " 6 the copy. There are seven wj fy painted on the egg, which Jgt out at a rate of $275.75 per word jj, J . The following acknotrlei . 5 ment is being received by thos ; who order from a large Man . hattan auto agency: "We ui'ri enclosing herewith accepltt''? copy of your order, subject i jv further delays due to conditio- beyond our control. DehverjivO should be expected from 11 11 T-25 T-25 months." Department of internal revti f. has had an agent in Holljwi checking into the extraordim :iltcU)ths number of refunds claimed i gotten by high-salaried movie p md a pie. By virtue of an ancient 1 it diifici the government pays 6 per cent ."Jilormal terest on sums paid and held, 0 j are goo refunded. There is virtually no si pen thing .these days as a 6 per e ri muslii Investment, but anyone who m sine of to miscount or forget to enter a j ::t steer a and probable claim for allowa aw will r can draw 6 per cent pn such a si plus retrieving it in full. Dm 'w ,or 1945, the United States paid Cutting $17,000,000 of such interest. In 111 secret oi the amount was $23,000,000. Ita i00k year, the interest will be only all at them $4,000,000, as the government : thread "hep" and rushing the kickbad ;Ie the Most of this, of course, is legj ;j and t mate. But some big moneymali-pijjj f0 have s deliberately used it ai .,eej racket. smootl -3e to Howard Hughes, the incredu rugged individualist, despite his 1 ".-J cruciating physical agony and ."Jjjj j multifarious mental misgivings, kj refused to take one sedative. . i ;ei7 at Even the mildest sleeping-aids aF1 en pain-relievers, given patients l'11 may stub a toe, he has stubbornly turn a seam down. ... In fact, he refused to i ' os' or drink, fearing some palliahl S stit may have been slipped in. . . , Jtd on has lived entirely on orange jtairmal since his injuries, and demands tli-; to use It be squeezed in his presence, W :sd thr the fruit, uncut until he tees': Remi halved. . . . Physicians say tm: easily c never heard of such a case. . . $ and who ever heard of a Hori i, care: Hughes before? j very h'iebes Father Andrew CenM Kei Jesuit missionary, who lost h;! new left foot while a prisoner in I Jap camp, has Just finished 'book of his experiences. . ! The publishers weighed several titles. . . . Then Jim Harki" came up with, "How about 'One Foot in Heaven?'" Q Jane Churchill, the gW-ta-O middle of the Tommy Dorsey-J' N Hall imbroglio, dyed her bait t; V and Is in New York, trying to V A a show job. . . . John Gart, 1 -J VT musical director, tells of a J0".! male bit-player In Holly woood, J- vjj signed to escort a famous beaut to a premiere. Next day J grumbled because it was suci j terrible picture, he could h . 1 naj, I concentrate on it, . . . j Your BI," official air progrtt mc 1 reveals: "America's annual c"! ton m bill is 17 billion dollars; its W:i(Cor education bill from kindergarj w , through colleges is less than :se 1(Ji billion dollars." Lt. Col. Gregory ("Pappy") & lngton has written his own " of his life and adventures, militaK matrimonial and mlscellaiie01 k( and the script probably will be f n to a wealthy Californian who W to dabble and gamble. - Sti L deal calls for book publication, , be followed by a film based fl;. ' on. . . . BiU Cagney is Intere in that, and his brother, J"" 5 may play the happy-go-luck 6 . . . Pappy isn't temperament tells all, ducks nothing, personal -professional. |