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JUL ens PRESS CLIPPER? BUREAU Estah^^l888 ^;^^^ipp.vSeattle \, .. T^Picl2rH|^alif. (CJtTTCK 191,597 - S. 199,496) cJilL ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle EARLY BIRD COAST TO COAST Las Yeaas Baby Sitters W6fFArou#tRe Clock By HY OJARDNER LA^m^a, Nev., TVIay 30. IsTh^^fcidfubtedly is the only! t comi|ll|p^ in America whe^^i - the l^p|classified columns carry* . ads o'J^^ing baby-sitting service on arfpfelty-four-hour basis, lfa\ problidsf^here trying to win tlpf new plaSr of shoes baby ne#s| ;the bigr headache 1^ haying enough rf^ft to buy yourself"-jj | pair of 'J$bic. . . . Sydney Smith, ipJool|p?║^|ie teevee chariner, here Ffqr^ihe usual reason, while her *?√ß soon -ej^-ta-be, Lee Cooley (he proMice^ne Perry Como show vaqpions inrCentral America.., Another New Yorkf? making Vejgas^ her temporary residence is ^pa Kriendler, wife of the 21 Chip impresario, Mac Kriendler. Iromc that after be^jg wed for twenty years the number twenty- one proved to be the stopper .; Bill Willard, ywhS|plits his time between columning and playing straight man fisfe former buries' que comic Hank .Henry in tlje saucy but funny*.. Silver Slipper revue, is -visiting' a book about^ Las Vega?║; characters -titled "Snake Ey?·&" He claims it'sjp|BK tion but |dmits thak^'ahjCre-, semblance^ anybody ^jieiiiiv- ing or dead is better offlp?·j Joe E. Lewii^p:'six-alarn^ire at ^1 Rancho Vegas, bOuifp; a piece of Las Vegas Park "with what he would have lost ft he hadn't sworn off gambling temporarily. The track opens on September 4 under the reins pf - Loujpmith, the Bostonian prexy Of llbckingham. Somebody ran into Tallulah Bankheac' and asked what she was doing in Las Vegas. "I'm | gainfully employed," she John ?√ß Barrymore'd, "shilling for a ?√ß gambling joint.'' ... In honor of [Tallulah Blnkhead's personal ^appearance yhen you phone the erators answer: ____^ Dahling!" ... A oily wood flub called StBp City [es this jflogan: "Our bartend- are q^vered by Blue Cross?╟÷ ^^^ pgirls are covered by less!" 0 0 0 , ^__m Maurice Zolotow camping at the Beverly Hills Hotel between interviewing Geof ge Jessel, Martin and Lewis and Elaine Stewart for three showbusiness articles. JNewl^ named chairman of the foint Chiefs of Staff, Ad> miral Arthur W. Radford, turned down an offer several months ago to become civilian, public relations head of an important cement firm. There's a possibility that the $75,000 per year assignment will be offered^o General Omar Bradley upon\his retirement in August . . . Swifty M|w?gan gets a picture post card* ?√ßaiifcy.. week from' Virginia Hill calling him 'Ta" and signing it "Me." The key female figure.in t|jj| Kefauver probe is now in litem. 0 0 0 When you hear a blood-curdling scream in an R K O picture the chances are you're hearing the scream let out by Fay Wray in the recently revived horror film, "King Kong." The studio dubs in a recording of the shriek whenever a new star can't pass a scream test. . . . Dan Dailey always greets you like he just became the father of a set of boy twins?╟÷big grin from ear to there.. .. Van Heflin, who looks less like an actor than youjjdjg* celebrated his eleventh wedding anniversary by buying his wife a lace dress designed-: Exactly the same as h^ wedding gown r.. Joan CrawfogjfUs living :& back of the store ?√ßwiring the ilmpting of "Tor||y|sJ>ng." Rea- somshe's camping^aPtew hundred yarra from Stage 5, she tells me, is flat it gives her a chance to sleep until 5:30 7 a.m. , daily instead of having'to wake up at j4:4Sa.m. 00 o I ^ll|j Wow that Bom DiMaggio. has followed Joe's footsteps into re- jtfremerit, a restaurant angel js interested in backing ,9'''DiMaggio Bros, chain of "restaurants, in iNew York, Boston, Hollywp^i 'etc. Dom DiMaggiO's Cafe On jthe Beach in San Francisco $$M jlong been in operatioh. ... Mary McCarty tagged for Jane Rus- iseU's next movie . . . Charles JLaughton will complete six read- Sing engagements in the West ?√ßIndies, then sail to England to ?√ßmake "Hobson's Choice." . . . ?√ß\nd Marlene Dietrich leaves for Hew York, N. Y. Wprkl/Telegram^& The Sun ft iCir. 369?·2f) frDJ5?╜N, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1953. In Hollywood/ Sti^a to Sm&\ Into '$/^^Lap. if&t? 3-IM^ilm ' fey ERSKINE JOHNSON; HOU^mm^m^^?╟÷Sonja Henie skating -Tighif'Jj^Jijto the audience in 3-D? Producer Harry Joe Brown has Sonja's word that she will make her movie comeback under his banner in a big 3-D musical extravaganza. "It's a matter of timing," Harry told me on the set of "I Ride Alone," a new 3-D film for Columbia. "If Sonja . can get through with her London ice show and dates in Prance onetime, we'll start the picture thilffall. We've been talking, about it for several months. She's very enthusiastic about the idea. The long-expected blowup ofl the Arlene Dahl-Pernando Lamas! ?╜poman<& is near. Arlene's been seeing Raymond Hakis, whom she da^d long before Lex Barker camej into her life, Cara Williams, wife of John) Barrymore Jr., is admitting she backed up the son of the Great (Profile wheu he refused to sign] another contract with RKO. "He was earning half of what I am] and he wasn't being given, any) pictures. He's too fine an actor to be kept in the deep freeze.' The youngest Mrs. Barrymore qn being a memhej^Gtyv^ Royal F&isily: "I don't thii reminds nie?? tl through a scenf at home [and/said, 'I Johmny looket "Yea have toi BAlfRYMOR] Johnson song 'femd dan< Entrafter of Las VeVas left We'd f%gotten studio executive sheepishly con fessed to Jack. fm., "I'm sold on movie names,"! Entratter said after two weeks | of jam packed business with Van's hoofing, warbling and] breezy chatter. - "But they must be movie stars with talent. They can't just stand up there with a] take-a-look-I'm-a-movie-star attl tude." '"^pf^ li^was Entratter, now produc-! ing the lavish shows at The Sands, who lured the first. Hollywood star, Jane Powell, to play the Copacabana Club in New York two years ago. Now he's ready to sign more movie names for The Sands, with negotiations already on for Marie ?╟≤ Wilson, Marlene Dietrich, Bill Bendix Peter Lawford and others. Entratter's always on the prowl for super-gorgeous dolls to decor-1 ate his shows but even in Holly-! wood' it isn't easy to find them, he admitted. Thirty girls with! movie chorus experience' turned] out for his last audition. He hired only two of the dazzlers. ^fe. France to make a movie in 3L?╟÷ meaning she'll perform her .role Injhree languages?╟÷French, Gev: man and English. DietricJjpi "Time for Love" CXKOotR^ series will resume injth^'fifij. Leo Guild's ney^fejc^4?s55ie1 Bachelor's Joke Bojpspf w$? ptjb' lished just as he ^as3,getting a divorce. Seems tg?½^":ihat's carrying a joke too*^^; So much building going nhlln Las Vegas that when ,:!?·nv4$brray. got to town to play a da^e at the Sahara he told the cpjrae to return to the airport-r-'%aJ he'd come back when the ^wn".wks finished. Ppj^iz^Miiilie little Yankee Clip^^ph^^^rorsake the pizza pie - meat^gpf^ spaghetti .routine awhile because, of his ulcer. At Toots Shor's, Phil's dish of the momeni, is boiled chicken with an undressed mixed green salad. Joe DiMaggio prefers roast beef, medium rare, a baked .potato plashed in butter and a salad dabbed with Toots' own special sauce. (You mean it's got Scotch $p it|fc) . . . When forme:- Veep Alben Barkley orders room serv ice-at the Carlyle he orders his beef stew a la Flamande cooked with-sliced onions and beer. Prince Peter of Greece orders beef Strogonoff in the Regency Rbom, strips of sirloin beef stowed with wine and cream- s^ute potatoes on the side. , . The other Peter, ex-king of Jugoslavia, is a more spectacular diner; he orders a whole small roast suckling pig with a rose in tljie nose and an apple in the rriouth. . .. Almost sounds like a description of another ex-king we could but won't mention! o 00 [Paulette Goddard's slickest dish at Theodore's, Tony Mele- tells us, is veal cutlet a la Mele. JKhen she's in town Paulette i^SCticaily lunches there every Hl?·:';v?·V>i. Anna^Magnani orders ^iCken.Romana at the same res- tafk^nti"> ^^:ed in. saute style; while both Tyrone^ Power . and Henry Fonda enjoy The sliced beef tenderloin pizzaiola?╟÷with a dash of garlic. . . . The minute Gene Leone sees Tom Dewey stroll in he knows the Governor is on a spaghetti with meat sauce kick. Dewey's sparring partner, Mayor ViiBce Impellitteri, prefers *fLeone's Manicotti ?╟÷ an Italigtt rolled pfesta with three varieties of cheese dowsed with tomato sauce. . . . Leone's also remembers that Oreggonato; Victor Herbert used to love Gnocchi and Enrico Caru?o, Ravioli, studded with meat or cheese. ... o o o June Allyson's favorite beyf! age is a mixture of tomato juice and buttermilk?╟÷but since she's allergic to shades of pink she always asks that it be served in a green glass. ... At the Stage Delicatessen, mine host Max Asnis reports Yvonne DeCarlo' favorite snack is a tartar sandwich a la mode^?╟÷with a raw egg. Kathryn Grayson's midnight snack at Dave Chasen's is always* washed down with a bottle of ginger beer. illlip o 0 o 'fiTi^ Robert Newton swabs hot mustard on practically everything he orders at Romanoff-; or the Stork; an old Engli|h custom, it's also an Arthur Treacher ritual. . . . Lex Barker, now touring Europe, has been known to sit down and eat two full dinners at the Fireside Inn. And Yul Brynner, who doesn't look it, frequently polishes off three desserts, at Sardi's after a session of being the King of Siam for a night. . . . Hash at Dinty Moore's, is practically standard fare 'mongst the sports crowd, particularly the managers and seconds. The fighters themselves go for the thick steaks with a side order of hash thrown in. 000 Among the hamburger lovers are Pier Angeli and Lucille Ball. According to Leo Lindy, Miss Angeli likes them without a bun while Lucy orders on a roll with a huge slice of raw onion. This proves that Desi can really take it. . . . Place any order of seafood before Glenn Ford and the actor breaks out into broad grins. William Holden is another marine-life fancier, particularly the shell variety. And James Melton' claims it helps *his voice to swal- j low raw oysters. ... He-man Alan Ladd is strictly_ a meat and potato man, reports the maitre d' of Cavanagh's?╟÷but I've seen Alan go in for far daintier dishes I dining at Gene Cavallaro's Col-j ony. JUUn\ Established lasT*0 SAN *fcANcrsco Portland - Seattle ] Lpas .^5, Nev. <C,r- ",043j 2 7 1953 \Jn the ^Jown .with atan jarlson- The Late Watch Approximately 25 applications are on the desk of Robins Ca- hi'll, Nevada tax commission c^ah^tnan, for the vacated post of local investigator. The mid-June nieeting of the commish is expected to; result in naming the successor to Ray Warren,'Jr., who resigned for a job at a Strip hotel. .. Word from London that John-. ny Matson, the mad trumpeteer who appeared recently on 91, has just wed thrush Mona McCall. Mona was chirping at Hotel El Cortez when this woosome got underway. They are honeymooning in? Paris.... .Three beautiful dancing doHs, well remembered by Las Vegans, will appear together in the RKO 3-D advefiture "Son ofj Sinbad." They are Lili St; Cyr, Kalantan and Najla Ates. Rumors are to the effect that someone has purchased land on, Boulder Hiway to erect a dirt track for sto^^ar fafes ?╟≤ .. Seems strange, with the Southern Nevacfa Stock Car Racing Jps,'n, the onl^ such official group hereabouts, exclusively aligned y/ith the n Sportsdrome . . .Appears to me a dirt track will present thyl of being unable to see the cars for the dust. f. theme p featuring^ both cases; shows withl blot out the? ?√ßoyle, Sands th the same; never met Las Vegas never does things by halves. The JHelfi in reverse is current at two major hotels on tne| western singers. Seems the New .York backdropl hay&zjbeen carried over from previous sophisticfeti kthe result that the cowboy hats of the singers fail r 'Gotham skyline...A hot romance item: Johnnjil; food checker, and Hi-Ho Club, hostess Rhoda Can from Greenwich Village... Raised a block apart age-.v'l* Attended the same grammar school. . .But;fl each |ijher until just recently right here in Vegas. A high spot in current entertainment on the sL [Sinful .For Broadway'V led by. the Hank Henry . players group, which has attained new highs seemingly withe^eHii^new edition, - keeps pace by currently presenting its greatest show yet... In fact, on opening nite, the show sizzled to su$i|an extent the lights themselves Vere blown out. |Mg Having been in pain for several months, Milton Berle enters a New York hospital next week. Uncle Mlltie's illness has caused much consternation to Sands show stager Jack Entratter who has the comedian booked fot a^ two week stand this summer . .. Robert Q. Lewis, who shattered attendance records during his recent stint at Hotel Thunderbird, starts his tmijpteenth weekly *%iio show June 7. Entitled "WaxworkSr^fT Returning to the Stri|PJ?║i July as a full-fledged entertainer ur his own right will be Sy llelano, the waiter who was suddenly interjected on a stage here ajid sang his way to fame*?╜and fortune. The young tifetor is currentljwtoiding up film chores at a Hollywood /studio.. .The Louis Armstrong show will mark theTintroduction in the Copa room of th#^fe|hds of five permanent chorus boys to?augment the ten Copacutj^fePioreogra-' pher Bob Gilbert is bringing the hoofers* in tfO^'W$0^(i'o6\ ... 110 youngsters from three to"twenty-one will tr^|^(^i^wM^|ntastic at the Williams Dancing Academy show?╟÷"Ju^^'^I^P&Ve''?╟÷to be staged at the War Memorial auditorium Friday i^&s^jjj^Leon Chau-' veau is resigning as chief chef at the Sands. Notes from flickerville: 'the weak theatrical season sought a comeback with the opening of the Actor's Equity P^'eet vehicle "Ned McCobb's Daughter" at the Las Palmas th^^S^, '^'Itho the? professionals were provided with a good show <i!^i^r0^d has it Ithat the play fell far short of injecting life in the'i^le^c^legit sit-' uation. . . Bob Brook's Seven Sea$>#s doing a land^fBraee business* catering to the tourists making their advent on H'woo^^iphe entertainment is sparked by the fopi(piem Hawaiian combo!|p| by Sam Koki, a deft musician and smooth *emcee. Bing Crisbwf will not; record Hawaiian numbers wj^ho^t^Sam to do the arranging and! playing for him. In fact, just frjbr^to Der Bingle's trip overseas he: and Sam ;went vthru a long r||prding session. ?╟≤ . Also featured at the Seven Seas is Manu wh<fff$irls madly with two long sharp knives, in a Hawaiian war cppnt^jiManu is the stage name for a; southern California youth?╟÷ri'i|k a Hawaiian?╟÷who has never been: to the Islkndfein his life, but Koki told this reporter that Manu has the finest?|$pling for the Hawaiian dance he has ever seen in any artist today interpreting #ie dances from the Islands. An example: The North Hollywood youth wlfi was slapped with a prislpt: term of ten years to life for a narcotip offense is reportedly th&ictim of the stifffst sentence in Mprory for such al charge.. .His.name is Richard A. G^vi^Mi'mmself the victim; of a heroin habit that cost him $'80$Nlfeonw!r.. He was convicted1 by a jury for steering a 15-year old North Hollywood high school girl into dope addiction, personally administering her heroin iniec-1 tions.