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?√ß"?√ßg" (Jn theMZJt . with olon jarlson oa/n 6 LAS VEGAS SUN Friday, January 38,1953 ?╟≤ ?╟≤ * BUI WUlard Nevada Lawmakers *Thumb&own> Reds ITS WONDERFUL to know that in between th| "legislative scuffles at Carson City somebody has deviated* from state affairs and-is tossing a poke at the commies . . . Hawthor?╜#Assemblyman Charles Handel is to be commended for presenting a proposal to* the governing body a bill that will be' addressed to President Eisenhower, demanding that no clemency be shown to con- msst Tilling n.nd Ethel Rosenberg . . ., The quiet legis- CRUSADE ADVANCES: Crugeration because of its aid to \M?·LSorM^S^^-7^^i&ta Associa-I sade for Freedom drive to receive thousands of polio sufferers, the j tion opens^ostaib&it^^for eon- terrif nation-wide^*8&S???╜this March should be snowed with tributions and pledges to build up \ . This reporter sez: "Well done idem. xLiiseiixiuwcj., ?╜w... victed red spies Julius" and Ethel Rosenberg . . ., -g^?Σ≤?Σ≤ lator stanchly bombarded the Rosenbergs and was immediately! bathed in bravos by assemblymen of both groups . . . The bill will be passed next week, and the Nevada move will mark the first time that a state legislature has to enter the fight against possible reprieve of the two traitors who sold us out to the Kremlin gremlin stooges of Uncle Joe "in~i ?╟÷~*a" *??** "w?╜??n doni Mr. Handel!" -,?╜??__^^_^^__ * * * DEY TOUR OUR BURG WITH A GAT: Speculation by th*A local long arm of the law that hoods have been convening in our town is no idle chatter ... As Chicago badboy Tony Ac- cardo (and two other mugs) was hustling bis hoop out of town, another trio of punk bimbos conducted a pow-wow on the Strip. . . . Jack Dragna, and his two pot faced relatives Tom and Frank ?╟÷ and these bums are brothers, yet . . . Plain clothes cops (who diden letum louse up our scenery) espied the Dragna brothers (all big wheels in Crime Inc.) making cheap big talk with three Las Vegas gents ?╟÷ Dah, wots up fellers? OUR GREAT WHITE WAY: Mufi credit-inust be given tc Hal Braudis for being the first Strip booker to take a chance or long hair talent in the local footlites. Braudis brought charming Mimi Benzell to the Thunderbird jstage in May of 1951, andi the highly successful Met soprano was an immediate hit. Berj return to the Thunderbird last nite was warmly received, rtpinM ing out to skeptics*that "La Traviata" will be as much ^-^--a1 "Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar" And encha] Harold Stern's 30 singing, zinging violins provided zas to the soeko Arthur Lee Simkins opening at tl last nite . . . Reports from Ciro's has it that Edith P3 i little trouble in keeping up the crowd draw of cr spotliter Lena Horne. The colorful French warbli >po; jette." But the amusing ^j.u ?╜ ?╟÷ -*--*.-^.<.. -Benny's weekly paycheck to us was the inspiration CHANCES FOR A PATCH UP betweeiijlita Hi s?╜m ?Σ≤,+ The gflamink red-hs Saturday night wjjiffll JTmmy Hugh's new syamem, "Let's sade For Fj?╜Hom" is premiered over CBSCawithin the regu] weekly JMjadcast of "Satujfey Night MX Jfoe,^Sarids,'' from#:30 to 8Jp. ^.,g^cripter-prod^er Al Frednian* has given tyinsong a spepal nicjfe Dorcgj^y Coulter, Jjof Mcltughjy^ifihging Stars of.1'53" n o v&|$^>pearihg at El ! Rancho 3_?·05, will trill the mel- odj^NiiJifl l||^utifully, too?╟÷with Jimmy -at the piano and backgrounded by Ray Sinatra's orchestra. Matty Malneck arranged the song'for Sinatra's musicrew. P'fl * &y?· ANOTHER CRUSADE: With the Crusade for Freedom's aim to raise $4,000,000 for continuation of the great programs over Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia, advanced until Feb. lst,^the present and vitally important March of Dimes occupies top spot for attention. Always of primg^eojgsiilr spotliter Jbena nunw. j.*** . 28th 2 . . And fitting in perfectly to the local gree: the Sportsmen's (at Last Frontier) rendljton of " ?╜++a ?╜ Rnt the amusing bit is the quartef s^quip in Prince Aiy is definitely out., The ^flaminllared-hafreu w^?╜^^ who quit a movie mint to marry the prince, will arrive in Reno on Sunday, and will be awarded %a quick decree by a Washoe county jurist Monday afternoon . . . While movie critics around j the country are heaping orchids on Gary Cooper and "High Noon" as the best of the year, Belgium scribes toss their two cents into the pot and elect flicker bojogyman Humphrey Bogart J as the "best in the world." Whatzabnat boys, don't you deeg the grand ole west? . . . Hollywood glamour gal Ginger Rogers !will rendezvous in Las Vegas next week end with a new beau. 'First name is Jack . . . Insurance agents are sniffing. charred remains of Reno's ole (and now kilt) vaud house, the Granada. * * * I TAKING CURTAIN CALLS is no new stuff'ipf one of Jimmy McHugh's (El Rancho) revue stars, Darla Hood, who mjulejalen-l ty-a-curtsies while doing the female lead in Ken Mi^^^sripg Hollywood run "Blackouts" . . . Local drumbeater, ^^?Σ≤*--?╜^- ain't tellin' no one. .how old he'll be when hegcu1-* cake tomorrow. Sez Alan: "All T,caif-?√ß tell yoii ii - a --'-when-'Serutah comes in might .. -r, ?╟?+ mad ing near the; age'WheKs*i5erui*ui buU><.?? And gracing the latest cover of Pageant mai Trudy Wfoe ... The word is out thajt local L rise early for breakfast meetings sted'of wahd< $$%. Add Sheriff's Posse Trip to Ike's Big Farai ing contributions to pay for the idfkptfoliSillejau' the horsebackers received a lightmonation from aHRjeai barris-i ter. Their thanx was: "Well at least it will buy one of our nags a bale of hay." MwEiraSHasal dimes and dollars. Big show on J a healthy bank account for pre- Monday night at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn promises to be the best and most interesting of all in history of such annual events. For a ten spot, Las Vegans will be treated and thrilled by an outstanding showbill ?╟÷ stars from "Calendar Capers on Ice," Adele Ingo, Eric Waite, Diana Grafton; vdloe of Arthur Lee Simj|kins, the singing strings of Harold Stern's aggregation from the Flamingo; comedy both in words and music from George Gobel and the Sportsmen from the Last Frontier; the lovely sopranoing of Mimi Benzell, and the amusing pianistics of Joe "Fingers" Carr from the Thunderbird; breezy melodies advanced by the Sahara's Bob Crosby and Modern- aires; inimitable fashions in song by Lena Horne of the cd^nt Sands show, and composer Jimmy McHugh's collection of tunes sung by Darla Hood, Eve Marlee, Dorothy Coulter, Beverly Richards and Judy Clark.... * HOBBY LOBBY: Something different in line of programming sentation of first opera. . . . So-1 roptomists fanfaring their Mardi Gras early for annual ball in Sil- i. ver Slipper hall Friday, Feb. 13 ?╟÷ ' a lucky day say they, s^ ' BIG APPLE: Kalantan, the sex- citing daneer at the Silver Slipper, spend^mer time offstage in painting. Present problem is a still life with an apple the center of composition. She's having trouble with her red pigment, however. The apple insists on coming put purple. . . . Sooo ?╟÷j what's wrong with; a purple ap-j pie? . . , No communiques about! Sheriff's Posse and Inaugural! canter, but N. Y. Post reported! Murray Kempton poked a jibe at! another posse: "The palm for soft! touches was taken by a strange! organization called the Contra Costa Sheriffs Posse, which ofj fered a free duck dinner to the visiting press. Contra Costa, is near San Francisco; its sheriff's posse is an honorary organization! of fat-cats playing Hopalong Cas4 sidy ... Last night one of its! members, turned out in chaps, aril for Mesquite club's weekly meetj6111?^ six-shooter, a hand-wovenl j.,_-._ _?·??_ _. , _, ._ j vest and rimless glasses,' ex-j plained that you couldn't join the! posse unless you could afford! $3000 for a silver saddle." . . .1 Add Walter Lippmann's terse 1 comment upon Eisenhower's cab-j inet choice of Wilson, terming itj a "tragic blunder" to inaugurate! a special legislation to coddle! General Motor's top man.. .. Or, J the N. Y. Daily News "Inaugura-J tion Ode" beginning with these! lines: "Whang them cymbals,! bang them drums ?╟÷ Ike hit thel jackpot, and here Ike comes." . ..! this aft ?╟÷ members show various hobbies. . . . YMCA's prexy R. Norrison Beatty clearing decks for big celebration for nataojffcl "Y" week beginning Saturday. ... Jack Benny caromes into town nejet Monday for a Flamingo stay, but will drop in to see his Sportsmen at the Last Frontier . . . Bgnny's longtime commercial jinglers and enhancers of his weekly radio opus, are grabbing ovations for a ditty entitled "No, No, Roulette." The special was dreamed up by Stan Keyawa, wt$i?· recentlyAexited town with Al Gayle's orch. Keyawa earns his daily bread as pianist with Gayle, but wiE one day make Broadway with his smart cleffing and writing of musicals; ... Rena Pul- liam and other officers of Rainbow Order to be installed during colorful ceremony Sat. night at OF AUTOS": Mr. Charles Wil-I son's firm of General Motors wquld like to snag dollars'"invested in the foreign cars invading the U. S. market. Cadillac has a sporty, though cumbersome job called the'"Eldorado"; Buick is produgp|r*ln moderate quantity its "Skylark,"* adapted from a| I speciaBanid expensive experimen- j Ital mo^gf^and Chewie now pre-; mieres^iSorvette,"" at GM's Motoral|aSit the Waldorf in New York Cit|?║ This 160-horsepower spcrtscar i% only 33 inches from; groun^jimS-liood. . * . Lloyd Luh-I man, ::fer^Apeter with George Refmatjte ^Sombo at the Silver Slipper;^|t^omewhat of an au-! tha0tyrs'cirf sportscars ?╟÷ or at ileast has made quite a study of j iforeign'vs., domestic runabouts.: His top ^|oice for. continental] speedsterslmd ultra-performance jjpbs goes sft. -Mercedes-Benz and j the Porschfr both prodtict^^dfi^ West Germpifac$j9ries. The Luh- nan nod for XI; "s/fcars goes to Lincoln, Hudson, Nash, and Plymouth. ... ?╟≤ (FORECAST: Still on the car tick, note that highway ^experts redict that by the year 2034,1 pre will be more automobiles pan people. . . . Phil Shukin Ifeling with Lenny Kent to frite completely new act for the pmedian now disporting on ES Rancho's stage. Shukin has esj kblished a rep in showbiz as one of its very best scripters. . . New \m Eddy has approved a Sahara} I 6 LAS TOGAS SUN Thursday, January 22, 1953 j Bill WUlard ?╟≤ ?╟≤ HOLDOUTS: Most merchants impressed with chamber of commerce plafe^for '53 and go for upped budget, but even the stubborn ones will fall in line. Other "business" places are gru uncertain about fu!fi]l?║aj| ?╟??╟? tions, yet receive .tiuri^Rst benefit from overall-schjrae...'.. Whitey Shugart sa_??0wsfge Knipp setting up 6tkf?Θ╝nJH Mid-winter Trap- shootin&^upament events from Jan. JT wough Feb. 1. Sands Hot# is Mving a snecnl jjjiwuir ishig^ward to tBp trapshoot- Sahara, El Cortez, El Vegas, Last Frontier, lugget donate cash plus to Las Vegas Gun Club .meet ... Art iLeaguers ?╟≤awing boards apd ea " their weekly L^Kanch i; Colder trophii for thi take to tonight in high _m|u ^mammm Paolo Monelli, author and correspondent from La Stampo of Turin, Italy, driven to Boulder Dam by P. O. and Mike Silvagni and luncheon later at the Desert Inn. Among his observations about -the American scene, he analyzed the Nevada senior senator as "clever," but not too intelligent" ... Monelli's latest book to reach the U. S. in about three months will be story of Mussolini* ?√ß penned in an historically objec- I tive style and containing the I author's liberal viewpoints on I Italian political scene before and I after the dictator... OUTSIDE WORLD: Want some good buys? Go to Hong Kong, the bargain basement of Asia. The colony has 500,000 tons of surplus goods, originally marked for China, stacked up in over 200 warehouses ... And, if you find yourself over that way and drop into Korea, don't be surprised at the strange expression used by GI's. F'instance, there are the words I "toxon," and "skosh," both de- I rived from the Japanese. Toxon | means "a great deal," or "plenty I of"; and the expression skosh means just the opposite, "a little." | The lads resort to a.racket of numbers?╟÷but not the numbers ; racket ?╟÷-y^fw^i talking about "okay" oi^^o good." For "okay'r it's No. $?√ß;/-*jio sgood" is No. 10. I The Koreans gave the solders a new temfe^aning "walk." Adapted from fete Koreau??^$d|ggj3y', board, a ss8l|,of pack strapped to I backs of n^untain troops,sthe word becomefea ?╟≤ verb as^^HC'?║ might "say, ~N||e got a toxon chdgejf^pfthis So. $Q mountain." However;:as always, and in no matterjjjhlit strange land the GI's find themselves in, there are numerous P|r|ls concocted, but hardly fit for a family newspaper. They have universal meaning despite borders, oceans or hemispheres ,. | ?╟≤ ?╟≤ OPENING TONIGl^A couple of Strip spots bring qn 'io&gr shows tonight. Hotel Thu^f r b i r d breaks^ the news withv^metopera stlaL3pmi Benzell holding prin- ^c^5aanH?·rest?╜ Miss Benzell has prepjil^iV new- nitery routine, which \wifl show her soprano voice in ballads, operetta selections, andjaterhaps a well-chosen aria from ?· popular opera. Con-, frasting viih the Benzell mood j will bftlLatt Busch?╟÷or Joe "Fin- -a gentleman who is known mt his honky-tonk piano stylejoJ^Capitol recordings. He pla^^^e"6ldtjmers of melody in the^ir-room manner of yester- d%8jjm sa#dust and ^gingham sains. Kathryn Duffy Dansations %iU be en the go with several dance productions with Christina Carson as ballerina, and Johnny, O'Brien, singihg-emcee, making with the introductory chatter and various warblings. Al Jahns orch has the musical backgrounds ... Flamingo fanfares Arthur Lee Simpkins as its headhner for the pext two-weeks. The singer has a great followi^gt^mong Las Vegas, and makest ejfgry note count during his moments center stage. Harold Stern and his plethora of Singing Strings, with special vocalists will add to the distinctive array of music. M. C. Herb FJemington charts the course of the show's progress and sings with the Flamingo Starlets. Tor- ris Brand is on the podium waving-baton-'over his dozen-minus- two musicians. "RUN" IS FUN: From advance reports emanating from rehearsal HQ for Little Theatre's "See How They Run," play should be loaded wtthpaughs, ^olney Hopkins is atJme directorial tiller, shaping thwiarce for* next Mon day's opehfiig at city hall audi torium . I Mr all future billings, Eve Marlee, the torchy thrush with JimnfflrajMeHugh's "Singing Stars of '5Jr at El Rancho Vegas, will be called the '^Mo^nin' Low" girl . . *jgBPy> meanwhile, is rehearsingfilpbther songstar in his act, blf-qde, soprano Dorothy Coulter, msffig his "Crusade for Freedom"ipulse-riger over a national radio hookup soon... High school ipythmettes aren't just another $|0vey of pretty teenagers vJ|bj~ march around stadiums ariudo acrobats on basket- rB?║Jl floo*; These gals aje cur- 'rem^y i^ptearsing an Afro-Cuban ritjSpi dauce, and jungle number, pffll ^Aa^riban in Paris" ballet They'll all* upset precedent within their s^-girl rames by presenting a gusK teaming with three jeljSielcs in Wfe&itz. adagio for their aanftsJ revue i W cofflfedian J. C. FlippeulfeglsteraNwith Mrs. Flip- pen for some nice Nevada vaca-; tioning at the Flamingo ... Jo ^ Stafford with mate Paul Weston I