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PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU I 165 'Church Street - New York LAWTON, OKLA. NEWS-REVIEW Circ. W. 1,031 DEC 25 Utt SUNNY THOUGHT FOR WINTER DAYS?╟÷Joyce Johnson didn't do anything special?╟÷didn't win a trophy, isn't "Miss Something- or-Other." She's just a pretty girl, relaxing in the sun at a Las Vegas, Nev^ rg^rt hotel. That seemed reason enough for*"WF ' photographer to take a picture with which to cheer the folks who jare chattering through another rough northern winter. ESTABLISHED 188$ BArclay 7-5371 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 ChurcK Street - New York CINCINNATI, OHIO POST DEC 231952 j WTOPRECORD SELLER: GI I Eadie Fisher. Top of the New i I Crop: Jimmy Boyd, the 11-year- * old boy whose "Saw Mommy < Kissin' Santa Claus" rivals "Cry" as the big r'lcoM dfj a2. Other "biggest'' records: iw$k& I in MyhHeart^ .by Al Martinbf '"?╟÷"Why BM& Ydu Believe Me?* by Jonf pules, "Wish. You Were ?╟≤Here" k3y?║l?·ie Fisher; "Somewhere Alffftg' the Way" by Nat i Cole andjP'You Belong to Me" j by Jo Stafford.^) J^, This was a great party year, too ?╟÷ the foremost being the Sands Hotel's opening in Las money to gamble, the CBS Tele- : vision City opening in Hollywood; and the Pen & Pencil Res^ taurants' parties for Tallulah ! Bankhead and Ethel Merman^ in | New York, --i2ggK&&H?Σ≤?Σ≤ PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 ChurcK Street -- New York | CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX. ; -CALLER lUfcD. 43,746'-JB^ggS;1 ^Efc2 01952 I LITTLE OLD NEW YORK SSfjKf!' By KD SULLIVAN Men and Maids, and Stuff ?╟≤&46SJs?To.bad that President Truman didn't sayg^'Thank God that Ikfc tot back safely from Korea." That would have delighted all Ameri* ^fiiSi-regardless of party. ... I'd suggest that Judge Edward Lum Taard; when he goes before the Board of Education to represent Nat H^lrt^an, point out that City College stars like Moe Spahn, Cliff Anderson, Halsey Josephson, Hick Rubinstein, etc., have become gj^6ifejtnent citizens; that Holrrian has run a magnificent children's ?√ß f,ymmer camp for 33 years. He might add that Holman deliberately &j^?║ed night clubs, racetracks from his life, be a coach shouldn't gff seen in them. Holman's 34 years at CCNY have been singularly ?&<i$tgyears. ^g|f??vy snips touching at Mediterranean ports display posters of ,?Θ╝/tjck^ Luciano, warn U.S. sailors not to accept any hospitality from ?√ß'ISup. One sailor grabbed in Turkey with herion he'd slipped under his blouse. Turkish "pusher'' who sold it to him also acted as government informer. . . . Suspended sentence of Sam Chapman verifies I |-my column tip. But he emerges with a shabby rep. . . . Dorothy] i'Child, daughter of former U. S. Ambassador to Italy, weds gWinston Fleiss Jr., on Jan, 2. . . . Westminster Abbey annex beitlE IpMitto hold Coronation guests. . .. . Roy^ Rogers and Dale Evans Sijoptfed a son, Sandy. . . . Nat King Cole ailing. . . Charles MasAr- r|?║F&^banker brother, John, sole backer of "The Intruder," starring Margaret O'Brien and Eddie Dowling. j 5h Bronx Borough President James Lyons* son, Air Force L^ Biflf rft&Srying NBC eyeful Vivian Ferracci in April. , . .'. The Irving Ber- llins planed to Europe to spend Christmas with the Gls. . . . Dor- I othy Hayden's Irish Steppers airmailed those Irish times to Marine i-sSgt. Thomas Glynn in Korea. . . . Gen. Jimmy Doolittle birthday- I ing. . . . TV bidding for Peter 'Lawf or d. . . .Cesar Romero dating I Betty Furaess. . . . Giants' Bobby Thomson an& Elaine Coley wed- llding, Dec. 27, ;: . . "Dial M for Murder's" auth.org Fi*ed Kn^^^d |;Bill Doll's.ex",e$|na, dialing. . . . Nevada's Gov.'^^H^^^^S^si&1' l'rante and Martin and Lewis will tee off Jack Lmrat^: s (Symds I'Hotel, Las Vegas. . . . Corinna Mura to marry her pWi*f|3| S^fffr. I JtHBWk!""fHBfBWSS' messages decorating N. Y. subway^PSEws in Height languages. ___l___h_h - cJilu ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle Los Angeles, Calif. Herald Express (Cir. 331,078) 952 "ISands Hotel IDanny Thomas Opens New CopaJ^pofli y Danny Thomasg*wlfo Just completed a starring role in "The Jazz Singer," is now headlining the opening show in the new Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. Thomas is considered tp^be the top night club drawinglset in the country. ^5| Besides Comedjiifr*flibmas, thel .show includes Connie Russell,h j Lou Wills Jr., the 12 beautiful J Copa Girls and Ray Sinatra, andjj I his orchestra. ^M*Hm ESfMllSHED PRESS^^^MjREAU l^^hurpjr^Stre:eti3^ev/ York North Iiffipiffi5S Calif CiipSf 31,556 -5K2 0 1952 Gambling doesn't pay. This is the verdict handed down by numerous writers, some of whom have spent many hours of detailed study of games of chance' in Reno and Las Vegas. Judging by the foregoing, there certainly was no need for another elaborate, din- ~?╟÷ ?√ß '?√ß'?√ß' ?√ß-?╟÷?╟÷ ing, dancing and gambling establishment in Las Vegas where there are now seven such places. But when the new and handsome Sands Hotel opened this week Tile1 jJldLe 'Was jammed packed by a premiere crowd, including headline names of the entertainment world and members of the press, the special guests of Jake Freedman and Jack Entratter, co-owners. Everyone who has visited "Las Vegas, seen the luxury provided by The Desert Inn and talked about its beauty, will be raving when they see the Sands with Its spacious accommodations for those who seek the utmost comfort. ?╟≤ $$**& Included in the five and a half million dollar enterprise, occupying 18 acres of ground, are five hotel room buildings, designed in modern Bermuda motif ?╜Bd-each named after a famous American race track. A sparkling swimming .pool, set among tropical plants and trees and facing Paradise Valley, is filled with heated water for year-'round swimming. Lying placidly under a starry sky, the night "sc'eife here is breathtaking, if For posterity Highlight olrthe premiere festivities was the unveiling of a Time Capsule. A nine-foot aluminum 'fcl?║&ig to be filled with a microfilm*;of items of current interest vfn the entertainment world. Other material will be added during 1953 and on Dec. 17 next year the capsule will be dropped 25 feet into the "Sands of Time," under the hotel building, for study by people living 100 years from now. fistful' This time element proves how optimistic the promoters of legal gambling are. By 2052 A.D., and at the rate this special business is expanding, it would not be surprising if the plushy establishments stretched all the way to Lake Mead. And it would not stretch the imagination toohfajlif one expected the governmjift to be' running j an annual lottery on the amount of water passing through the dam at LakfrMead a 100 years from now. g; These Las Vegas hotels are .' sparing no effort I to bring the best entertainment to their patrons. Danny Thomas, starred in Warner Bros. "The Jazz Singer," is heading the Sands floor show in the artistic Copra Room at $15,000 per week for three weeks. He will be followed by Lena Home at $13,000 per week. Danny has traveled a long, way in show business since we first heard him in Detroit's Corktown, a bistro where he didn't have to be too particular with the song lyrics or the chatter. Today he has an immense following. His two jammed packed shows the night we were at the Sands offered proof of his popularity. The customers wanted to keep him on stage all night. He included several of his old- time songs and routines with the new, and a medley of songs from "The Jazz Singer." He also exploded a few myths about the West, contradicting the song pluggers and story tellers. Historical Changes Cleverly he explained: "This is the West, about^as far as you can go, where not so long ago there was nothing but God- made hills and expansive valleys. But where, today, can you see the deer and the antelope play, or the buffalo roam?" He won a flock of new admirers when he refused a request to sing religious songs by saying: "To sing such songs in a place like this would be sacrilegious." His answer just about sums un the fine character of Mr. Danny Thomas, the one-time poor boy from Toledo, Ohio, who found added fortune in the West. The supporting cast on the Sands entertainment bill includes Connie Russell, a vocalist with tremendous lung power* a sensational new dancer from Broadway, Lou Wills Jr., and 12 of the "most beautiful girls of the West;" among them being Mona Stevens of Van Nuys. Ray Sinatra and his orchestra provide the music. This new Sands Hotel, to be followed by several more of its kind on a two-mile stretch of desert highwaM^J^yes that folks from alLMps of-the country cannot res|Pme temptation to place tliete hard-earned cash in the fick|e hands-of chance. Each week end the normal population of Las Vegas is increased by 70,000. The plushy booby traps are. all set to entertain them. . PRES|iPM8fe BUREAU 165 CJ^^:^^^ - New YorlcV NEW YORK, N. Y. JOURNAL AMERICAN Circ. Ip.692,509 - l|f{039,5S0 PiC 2f|l952 * Columbia Si^ns Connie Russell Connie Russell, one of the Hi country's newest singing stars H was today signed for a starring Bf role in Columbia's Technicolor fel musical, "Crsg^Bg Down thel River," whibh co-stars Dick I Haymes, '<M' Bell Sisters .and I Billy Daniels. BP^^^- ?╟≤ Miss Russell, currently shin- I ing at the new JSands Hotel in 1 ^OijgiS* repelL 111 ILli'lU^M lumoia studios in Hollywoodll on January 19. 'Cherry Creek i^ong agof11'^ iMary Delameter; "Store "Window |do11" by Sybil Bruce Leach; 'Choir Boy BaHpc-ns," by Michael Baker; "United Air Line Host- is," by Jan^Graves; "Childs Christmas," by Mrs. Zenith Franklin;: "Country Christmas in Iown^l|?║y Mrs. Beatrix Jones; "Christmas At Church," by Dot Erickson; "Christmas Eve at 13," Mrs. Laura Dodd; "Hanging Stockings,".Mrs- Jonce Clem- ent; "Little F?^nch Girl," by Colette Ketter; fFan^Hill Sub-Station,', by Fraij^?·3ani; "Santa Fe Candies," by LujfiHeBruner. Xylophone solos were played by Mrs. Ericklsdn including "The First Noel," "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem," "Jingle Bells," "White Christmas," and "Silent Night." LDS President In Christmas Broadcast President Stephen L. Richards j of the First Presidency of the II Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints will speak on the CBS "Church of the Air" broadcast tomorrow. The program will origi- nat in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City and will be heard from 7 to 7:30 a. m., PST; 8 to 8:30 a. im. MST;'9 to 9i30 a. m. CST. and