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PRESS CyPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - New'*York NEW YORK, N^K World-Telegram & The Sun Circ. D. 555,017 DEC|?║t952 -New York?╟÷Day by Day- Capsule Commen| ?╟÷L-?╟÷JBy Frank Farrell?╟÷itjP|| ' LAS VEGAS, Dec. 18.?╟÷If the space-world capsules^ifQed h re ^yesterday with souvenirs of our times is ever actualt^pturied on the grounds of The Sands, Nevada's newest multitnlflon dol ar hotel and casino?╟÷and if it's ever really dug up| for-study 100. years hence?╟÷our heirs will get a powerfully low reading of their ancestors ,hair- lines. Jane Powell carefully deposited .hi it, amidj frantic cameramen's yells of "hold it" and "lean forward a, little more," a copy of a movie magazine with her kisser on the cover. . > . Tallulah Bankhead's autographed book was inserted by| former Copa beauty June Bachler, who happened to';be passing by in a sweater. . . Jimmy Durante had a wax impressipnl taken of his nose by, Hollywood's Pat Hardy that) t Frank Farrell ?╟≤?√ß?╟≤ was tenderly < added to the priceless collection. .U-.1 . ... Terry Moore tossed in aj handful of silver dollars supplied by| i the management. -"Jf^^y Frankie Laine just happened to have a recording of "Jezebel" in his topcoat pocket for the event, wh'ch he chose to be newsreeled with, instead of absent Bing ^rosby's pipe, natch. ... Spike Jones was unprepared with one of his records, i \ so he was1 stuck with dropping into the cylinder one of missing Bob \ Hope's wacky neckties. . . .Denise Darcel willed to Americana a gueen-sized hangover that followed the premiere party. She wasn't wearing enough to give away any apparel without ^censorship. Ursula Theiss won't be able to tell Robert Taylor what was on the tape-recording someone handed her to pass along to civilization 100 years hence, because nobody seemed to know. handed down a copy of the wedding license on which a Las Vegas tadio announcer married a Ne- j vada girl amid plenty of hoopla donated by The Sands; which just 1 happened to be the scene of their ceremony. Un-hun. This should prove a typical document of the times here; Because listed on the j certificate was the cause of each's grounds for previous divorce?╟÷ I nated a paper-cover volume of their oldest "confidential" triv a. Backed down on allowing their, latest book to be inserted because ,they figured there's no use, having their estate sued a century after current lawsuits are settled. . . . 'At this point lensmen asked the management to dump out all the junk and repeat the performance so they might be sure of film record of the historical event. Then* it had to be dumped again because Jimmy Durante's new fedorq| went into the capsule by mistake. .; . . Throughout these proce d togs the three Ritz brothers climbed all over everybody, mugg ngl to their hearts' content. Then came the climax. The Ritzes ed ) the parade of celebs through the portals into the gambling casinoj from which they soon emerged in gaudy underwear shorts havng I lost their pants. When Harry Ritz challenged the crowd to submit i an idea that could top this nonsense for a sock ending to the film- j Ing, Hy Gardner suggested their act .could be repeated with the I Andrews sisters substituting. ~rai*l * * ^vses** The battle is on among the seven gigantic hotel-casinos re- 1 gently erected like so many Army barracks on M-day. Each is trying to outsmart and outmaneuver the, other via show talent presentations, verbal sabotage andsilfiehdiess variety of gimmicks. But, accidentally, or otherwise, ThaJ5ands has taken over this capi- h_fcal's -bonanza for the past two days* : (JjJSfting night extravaganza naturally magnetized all the attention for states around, But last night the newest joint outdid itself after its cpmie star panny Thomas suddenly announced he' couldn't perform due to I acute laryngitis. This illness was not apparent during the afternoon as he piled up chips at the dice table fike a man bent on taking over the place. His winnings mounted so high that boss Friedman relieved his inferior dice dealers and took on Danny in a labor-management war that gave bystanders laryngitis from howling at what was happening. Just as suddenly as comic Thomas confessed he was unable to perform, host. Jack Entratter'announced that stars in our midst would sub for Danny?╟÷and up popped a j show that probably will never be equaled unless by. a Madison Square Garden benefit. . . . Because it's a rare bill on Which you can see and hear Schnozzola, Jane Powell, ,|ipikeh Jones, Denise Darcel, Frankie Laine, Lou Wills Jr., Co'n^e'\|{!'ussell andiotlagr headliners going all-out in such impmmptujagi^ssion. . .^pas; Vegas is without doubt the New World's c^ii^of fakery. Toffiest, one of its-know-it-alls, I asked the idel^tQp^j^M who was discing with Bert Lahr, and he blandly ihfor^aipihe it wag a., new] blond sensation 'from Ho^ywood with" whom?ff|g&. would ?╜pt his tour in the Thunderbirdfhere tomorrow nl^^^fipe evenj^pwe me; a name for the lassie, some of the films she had'appeared in andj offered to introduce me. He had no idea this "leading lady" was Mary Frazer of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, who had flo1 out from New York with our junket group. Not the shlhtest idi ?╟÷until a few minutes later when I introduced him to her. FRIDAY i x^--?╟÷'?╟÷m f cAlleni s PRESS CUPPING BUREAU Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle New York, N. Y. Journal American (Cir. 700.722) f$\?#22^ AP Wirephoto WHArp HAPPENING IN HOLLYWOOD ?╟÷ Lorraine Carol, 21, of Kansas City, musters a yawn for the photographer on the sidewalk outside; a dance studio where she says she spent the night on a rented army cot.. It seems, and you have the word of a breathless press agent for all this, that she wanted to be fiijst in line to be interviewed for a chorus girl's job in the newJ3ptel Sands at Las, ivVegas, Nev. the S*md*-Hote\ in l*s_ *y- I he&rfmount picture and m I SSHook riow for her marriaM, ?√ß ?o Jacques Bergerac anytime^ Tony Curtis, who^has become Amu _ ?╜.TTrt,iriVni" mai h wno uw ww"'" w adept*with his "Houdini magic S, assisted hy JanethLeigh, w 11 out on a Thanksgiving Day Sow Sr the Le Ro3rBoyslkoj^. j ESTABLISHED 1888 BArcla||-537l PRESS CLIPPING MREAU 165 Church Street - ^w York VALLEJO, C?·|F. NEWS-CHRONlfcE Circ. D. 22,515 o DECr'J 1952^| Friends Sub For ill Star LAS VEGAS, Nev.?╟÷(INS)-~s Literally' a millon dollars wortr. I of talent tcokoger for Danny Thomas lJtet^'iipij^it when the ; famed copi^^ was unable tc | perform hfs^fght ck|b stmt due J to an attack; of laryngitis. Thomas, ^iSfi*-'is' headliner at,'; the , mammoro|i|^|ree day grand p opening of the^'.new Sa:.nud| Ho^L| in the Neva|JS;'^^p^5na^aln1j bling spa, \va$-^x4h}e' to tall last night becaus^^me ailmenr The following headliners py on an hour show the likes kf which blase Las Vegas admittM it never had seen: Jimmy Durante, Frankie ?·$j|?║. Jane Powell, Ray Anthony, im Ritz brothers, ' Denise Danll and Eddie Jackson. ||||