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|0 DAILY NEWS, Los Angeles ?╟≤ FRIDAY. JAN. U. 195^ Yl TOWN CRIER ] By RAY HEWITT "Red Hot Mama" SOPHIE TUCKER (UL) info CIRO'S tonight with her oW songs and many new ones, in her own bouncy, inimitable style . .'?╟≤.''*'Old Black Magic" BILLY DANIELS (UR) returns to the MOCAMBO opening next Tuesday. Jan. 20th ... The . new show "Night in a Turkish Harem" at the COLONY CLUB, features dancer LISA RENEE ILL) . . . DAVE DAGGETT (LR) is a tremendous draw with his organ melodies at the HOUSE of IVY in Hollywood. MARGARET WHITING Is Meat novelty numbers featuring making a sensational stand at the dancer ELLIE JOHNSON and vo< ih o ka \ealist SHANNON CROCKETT COCOANUT GROVE with a &> minute song stint that keeps the customers beating their palms at every performance. Backed by the tremendous dance team, MARGARET SISTERS and BRUNO, plus the music of HARRY JAMES, this is a show that's really paying off. Next Wednesday, Jan. 21st, RUSS MORGAN will bring his band into the GROVE with the BLACKBURN TWINS and MARIAN COLBY in the starring spot on the show. MIDNIGHT MEMO Joe Woods, after a three months run of the Four Jokers, has booked in mimic AR- ?√ß'?√ß?╟≤?√ß-'^?√ßraHSBHBj THUR WALSH and song and dance man AR- ,THUR DUN- | CAN to keep the registers ringing at" his HAT & CANE SUPPER CLUB in the Valley ... Out at iCHARLIE jFOY'S on Ven- ^jej-**-?╟÷-^ t U r a Blvd., Bobby Troup MARSHALL & NOONAN are batting 100% on the laugh barometer and are packing the house with show-biz celebs every night . BILLIE HOLLIDAY moves into the TIFFANY CLUB,tonight. This little girl who rose fi*im a choir singer to one of America's top song stylists has a number ot new songs she is doing on her go- round of the nitery circuit . . , BOBBY TROUP, just back from a successful tour, returns to the CAPTAIN'S TABLE f. tomorrow night with bassist BOB ENE- VOLDSEN backing his piano melodies. calist SHANNON CROCKETT* Ijp' Comedy team of MITCHELL, and PETRILLO spark the laugh portion of the show. fPsesP^PNk- SOUTH BY SO' WEST WITH BOB The CLOVER CLUB on W. Manchester is now featuring dancing to the music of JOE LEDESMA and his Trio on Fri., Sat. and Sun. hitegfeJoe has played'many of the top* spots on the West Coast and is well worth hearing . . . LOTUS WING, the Oriental stripper, is packing 'em in at |3TRIP CITY. STACY FARRELL, DORIS DE LAYE, PAULA i&ENCH and Comics SHORTY ROGERS and SY SOMMERS also appear nitely . . . The BEL-AIRES, have just recorded "Don't Be Afraid" and "Apple Blossom" for ^Capitol. They are. curre^fciy appearing at the beautiful HIDEAWAY SUPPER CLUB on W. Adams . . . DANNY BOONE, comic -l|l|ficee at the? YORK CLUB as^ps us he di<l not steal his jokes from his name- . sake. Hip s w-i U|$e r s CANDY I PAIGE and MARY BLAIR are 1 also on the shgw ... BENNY J STRONG Iand |?╜pi| Orchestra are | setting recordg^^!%|e TRIANOJJ BALLRO0M??lsM^ate. LES BROWN an4^hj^"Band of Re- now^'-wil^blajf^^p; dicing Fri- < day and Saturdf^t^Srd and 24th Only. toM-JSMBlRm e^Sill NELLIE LVTCHER, that "real- gone-gal" winds up her engagement at the OASIS this week to be followed by JOE LIGGINS and his HONEY DRIPPERS band on Monday, Jan. 19th. JACKSON BROTHERS "rock the joint" combo will be held over as will shake j ^v.^^ ??_&*>?╟÷ dancer Linda Merrill, vocalist Mil- R aj&??^S"*atra's I ton Trenier, tap artist Gene Be$s#*8rchestra . I and canary Baby Davis. I .???╜.,.. The Statler is^J$v|ng us a taste of how it's done flit the east with VICTOR BORG^Tpfoying in the TERRACE RdOMra| the highlight of * at'-great floor <?╜how. When BORGE tries to lose EDDIE O'NEAL in a pianologue, during which' he, ., B^e, constantly changes - k%]sfrF it brings gsSPl|| house dowju ..?·-.. 1 -Oyer in - Jdj&M STANDS fflb& TEL is headlining the exeit- i ng LE N A HORNE jftj^heg* COPA ROOM with the lovely Copa girlgu*?╜ifu^ Lena Horne ?╟≤ ?╟≤ Bill Wfflard** j'% POSTPONED: Red Cross blood drawing project nixed for next week because of virus going around, states Mrs. Harry Allen, chairman of the drive. . .Bow and arrows, targets and bullseyes will be talked about this eve at the Shamrock when Las Vegas Archers, Inc., hie there for meeting.. . Jimmy McHugh. composed a stirring anthem for Crusade for Freedom. A special "Freedom- gram" will be delivered % the new President tomorrow for his Inaugural, with words of the new song.. .Eisenhower, with his very close associate, Gen. Lucius Clay, js vitally interested in the Crusade which sets up powerful radio stations J$rgbeam^rxjadeasts behind the Iron Curtain^ Si%$\ League has ^^date for annual Art Roundup March 22 through the 29th at cit?║[;:hall auditorium . . . Amusing observation by*the aft'ernoon paper's Inaugural scribe who chattered about a luncheon tossed in the Senate dining room by Molly Maione. Thrilled was she, but pulled because of Adolf J^enjkni's presence. "It was quite a surprise to .me," she wrote, "tq\1see Menjou, because I thought he was dead." No indeed, Miss Gibson. His I studio killed the famous mus- I tache for a picture, but the rest of him went right on livin||l ?╓¬ MORE WRITING: Helen Ham scripts saga of Polly Wac^ifor Army Platter Parade with Sfarge Kilmartin at the helm every 1 Tues. on KLAS. . .LaVeed* be- 1 minked at the Sanrisgarith ,|?║Mdy I Sheridan, an^fl^flmsto see Kal- | antan's new voodoo dance e||the . Silver Slipper. . .Woody N^son leaves off pounding a type^^ter for the Sun, to pound a beat for Chief Al Kennedy. . .Gil Rodin, the guy behind success offgSob Crosby's great Dixieland i&usi* crew of a few years backr now sojourning at the Sahara, anl^piU personal manager of der Single's brother. . ^Boulder City little Theatre thesps tried out for;|||he Late Christopher Bean" yesterday aft. . .Up in Reno, the ambitious Little Theatre with Ed mm* ?√ß_ enza directing, is currently eniot- ing John Van Druten's "Bell, Book, and Candle". . .ArigiHe round out theatrical itemism,"our local group is hitting everything hard this week, with Volney Hopkins' guidance, to have "See How They Run" ready for run Jan. 26* Feb. 1 at city hjfi auditorium . . . SHOW MARCHES ON: March of Dimes galaxy of showstars making next Monday's fifth annual dinner a standout will bill incumbent ieegcjabers. from "Calendar Caperift^pLdele Inge, Eric Waite, Dian|gGrafton, and more resort hotel headliners and supporting acts. Sands loans Lena Horne; Last Frontie^, George Gobel; Sahara, Bob Crosby, Mod- ernaires, Gisele MacKenzie; El Rancho Vegas, Jimmy , McHugh ' and his songstars; Flamingo, Arthur Lee Simpkins plus Harold Stern's Singing Strings, and Thunderbird sends over Mimi Benzell and Joe "Fingers" Carr . . . Paula Marhold now clacking keys of manager Bob Miller's R o y a 1 at the Sahara as his private secy. . .Mrs. C. P. Squires puts her front parlor in order for this afternoon's gathering of U- Wah-Un Study club, with Mrs. Leonard Fayle and Mrs. E. J. Gildner holding forth with book reviews ... * TRIVIA FOR O B LIVIA: Thrush Connie Haines bougjjjf , Lana Turner's Jaguar because M matches her new,mink.. ?╓¬ " * I :o*f|?║ SOUTHERN GENTS: New or. ganization at the high school called the Mint Juleps, for no par- ticular reason, is hard at work on a big project. Young gentlemen of the elub are selling tickets to raise money for furnishings and equipment to be placed in the new Wildcat Lair?╟÷When and if. Salesmen, headed by Mike Soskin, want to raise enough moola for their Valentine'* J>ay <?·anee at city hall auditojrium to impress the city fathers, who, they hope, will put out some cash to build a new Lair edifice. . .The Jerry Kayes head south on the 25th for N'Orleans, yachting at St. Petersburg, Fla., and touring Miami spots to be gone when all's done and done, about three weeks . . . Our deepest wishes for get-well- quick for Bernie Gross, who will be aided by fellow workers at the Sands with enough cash for her treatment at City of Hope hospital. . .Matt Howard bar manager of the Sand^rfWifhted to have his fOrffJBrr^itrf-^eJia Howard's, San Diego, Mr, Harry Rock, as Garden Room host, also the expert assistants ^| Jim Otto in guiding destmies^Sfethe bar ^W^ OPENJ|^-:;?Σ≤^W|H': Hotel Last Frontier .changes its opening;^f^ntfi'^^m^ry from now on^Mi^tD^nf s" fflsplajj the ex- |bei^'pj^^Ee Spfl'tsmen. i^m^:l^^^eeb?╜^ quite*iamous ?√ßMt& singing J^^ Mr., -JaclrBenny, j$jis Jhlttin^big on Capitol Reeords. Acce^S is on comedy as the 4ads rouriS out a, brace of action-packed ippfcdodies. This pillar's jpeartiest Recommendation i goes to the Mmedy- monology of George GobeW This guy brings on funriy stifff from left field, in his "homespun'^s.tyie, j; Watch out for him?╟÷he'll Rouble you tt# with yocks! Bud & Cece Robinson establish a dizzy pace with their dancingj holding forth with "Charleston^" and jitterbug fandangoes. Deviyn -Girls head oaisttge with a couple of production numbers, featuring Jerry An%m $&d Dolores Fra^ii. Bob Miliar, the genial and popular maestro, returns for another long termer beginning With this show in the Ramoria..Room. Em- ile Buzaid gives o|ft with dansapa- tion tunes durin^show interims. ;: S| HUPg TWO, THREE: Drill ' team of Eagles' Auxiliary improves precision marches tonight in their hall on Fremont. . .Ross Corbett, prez of Hiram Walker Distilleries having his preem view of Las Vegas, in company with West Coast Walker execs Paul SANDS HOTEL . Las Vegas. ?╟÷ Exciting Lena Horne, exquisitely gowned, opened Friday G night to a packed crowd in the Copa I Room of the Sands Hotel. From the | minute she stepped On the stage, she j held the audience for a 36-minute 1 stretch including five encores. The B singer dazzled the jampacked Copa | Room with a fold strapless gown?╟÷ I she knows how to show off her figure | in delivering a song. The Chanteuse I playS to everyone in the roomAduring I a number. Show opens with the sparkling Copa girls, beautifully gowned. Ralph Strane is the production singer and tile bari- I tone was roundly applauded on opening I night. Sally McCloskey and Joy Healey, I eye-appealing dancers, are featured in specialty numbers. Consola and Melba, ballroom dancers, grab their share of | the spotlight. Ray Sinatra's Band backs [ the show in top fashion.