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I JUt J^ks ouMP *na?╜ it $S?? $$yQ0O a i$mU wli ?╜*?╜???? to ?·||g|| ?╟≤ **tt *mmmm t it tha vmM ?·$#$ tap g??^ .taut*** s^ *rgu??6?╜ ms?? Masdris tte *l*tt gp|| ?╜t?╜p mte #fmr ovm up iris tilwtsian *?╟≤ i^ftei to tint NetMpcaitn ipwt Mt tte htm m ?║m%m to stay to tha long Hn teaeifl&t# &m mwU Warn Mm. t??╤tim S 3rV I Phoenix, ^ Gazett, I Cir. 43 .fe rn (Many ^^??^S Puf On Sfiow Fo^omecf/an ^:^I^ EGAS, NevT, I)ec. 18 SpapW?╜-iJJ?╜EaJUl3t^ raiilllon worth ?√ßS^ ".talent to<^^e^^N^^^apy ^feomas last night when, the famed ||a?║feiedian was unable to perform wRJik' night club stint due to an attack of laryngitis. llllp v: .Thomas, who is headliner at the mammoth three-day grand opening of the new Sands Hotel in the Nevada resort an'd" gambling spa was Unable to talk last night because of the ailment. "liter ^temissibiUfer|i,om both! James ^efliUo of :^|^:merican FederafroPP&bor atfflfre "Amer- ic^ Guild of Variety Artists was granted, the following/ heSglliners put dn an hbur sho^.-^^pake^^of which blase Las Veg;i;;j|flmitted' it never had seen, 4 J &*4^p|I* Jimmy^^cariti^^pi^ie Laine, Jane Pdwreli; Rayl Anthony, the Ritz Brothe^plni^Barcell, and Eddie Jacksorcis^^--. %rinkled ihfdtci^SJt' the audience, were hunrarilds of "celebrities who were in Las Vegas for the gala opening of the "strip's" newi-,. est hotel. '^w^f I $111 ?╟≤ >m | 1 -?√ß-"=' - ~-^- I &m$ Mbai?╜* saucing %m *SW Louis %&mk$sm SmF in ||| tuft Mm ffe|M| nt$%?½* LEHIGHTON, PA. LEADER Circ. D. 2,685 Las Vegas HighC Clubm Owners Go-To Europe For Beautiful Chorus Girls By AL.E6IP qti&BY If Hollywood, Juvpsm 0JP) ?╟÷ The tyfiitaed States hall&iptaout of beautiful chorus girls, ?√ß^?√ßfi'&e gambling capdbal'hof Las Ve^^'^Sm been forced to go next door ^Europe to borrow a dozen, ?╜! Jack Entratter^boss man of the beauties at the .mndl j^el. Stakes off for Europe to Wo w|e^ onthe toto'fe first internatiana& chorus girl search. Entratter |^^ Frank Siiwtra, one of the hotels* owners went to Spain for a movie,' %iB. have the nice job of looking over Epropete lovelies. The winners get to paamde on "a stage dtia^fcg -Sinatra's sihow at the Sands beginning Sept. 12. It's" tel$vM6n, sighs Entratter, that used up all the pretty girls. "On my last audition in Hollywood I looked over 1,000 girls and orly'found two I could use," he explained. "I've run ads in ev>ery big city in the country. \\mt&* i "TV is eating them up, The real pretty or^kquit to dioTcomimercials on television. Those who can dance ^_QUld gather da^^oo^?J*V ?╟÷ only one night a week to work?-y*fa&& many become a^t&s'ses or models." } TM$^djp?adful state of affairs has j Entra$^-and Sinatra dOpi to their |ias^s^?╜ivorus girls, and their con- . (tr^e^^wa In a few months. Most leave to get married or work in other jobs. But by then Entratter and Sinatra will have run ads in th?║ news^g&rs in Paris, Madrid, ^l^te, Bnjs^tls and London to read: <lMl yo^^P^e to do is look beautiful. You don't have to dance or have-any experience to work at the Sands Hi&fasi in Las Vegas." "At the audition we'll, explain we pay their transportation to Vegas ,and guarantee six months' work," added Entratter. "They must promise to stay nice young ladies." Entratter got the idea of raiding Europe when he worked for showman Cliff Fisher who imported French girls for his show at the Chicago World's Fair ih the 30s. Jaclfc became a producer himself at the Copacabana in New York, which beasts: such alumna as June Allyson and Olga San Juan, and the Sands, where actress Felicia FaW and cover girl Kim Smith started as chorines. IL This Clipwkg From INDIANAfHrLlS, IND TIMES Joumb Like a Fox,Hoosler Chorine [Has More Furs Than a Movi^Sta, "?√ßitf FBANKFORT,ILL. few"''" AMERICAN Oft. D. 4289 JUL 3 the .j ARE HARD TO KEEP INLASVEGAS Will Search Europe *o Replace Lovelies in famed Sands Hotel ChoruTDnF^ *f U<YWOOD (UP)-The United ?╟≤ 2,atea has run out of beau iftd capital of Las Vegas has boon J^ f?? K?? next door {?╜ KurSS ' to borrow a dozen. j via?·LEntra^r. boss, man of the |i ironic Sinatra, one of the hotel's owners ^fco's in-Spain-tor-a movie will teve-tthe nice job of ffing ?╜^er Europe'* lovelies. a ^LWHnerS let to Para<*e <?? a stage during Sinatra's show at tne Sands beginning Sept 12 #K:VVelevisi<?' sighs Entratter g?╜ has used up ail the jwetty Lost 12 Girls . *5T>r?y }ast audition in Holly- ||ifne BaIf Proudly,^HK^et "this job wood I looked over 1,000 girls and F U ,.0nly have.'%i|iow Thow to only found two T could usp ?╟≤?╟≤ E |count to three." ' . By ALINE MOSBY I t . t* Stt Hollyw??od Correspondent ?√ßu L^glirVEGASf Nev., Apr. 4-A ?√ß^autllttftNriaBde^^a^ea^^ In_ ?√ßdiana chorus girl wn^ dances at ?√ßthis swanky gamming mecca ?√ßsays she s dumb, but has more ?√ßmink cogfts than a movie star ?√ß Joyce-Niven says she has nine ?√ßminks -and sables which were ?√ßgiven to' her because "I brine ?√ßluck tojmy gentlemen escorts at ?√ßthe ga&bling tables." lt^AS{kWay of Sayin& thanks ?√ßthey ^ me a mia^" she said. ?√ß une man won $22,000 when he gwas w^thine." - ?√ßof JcyCSWSs rearedh%:;a convent ?√ßat South Bend, Ind., a'nd started ?√ßout to.be a histprMtlacner. She ?√ßswitched to making history, in a ?√ßmink sort of way, instead. She S'teal||>Show 1 Every night Joyce steals ?√ßshow at*the plUshy Sands Kcd*\ ?√ßin this gambling mecca," al'tfiough ?√ßshe doesn't know it, or does she?' ?√ß She is required, along with nine ?√ßother beauties, to turn around a ?√ßfewtimes on the stagn and prance ?√ßoff again.' | This maneuver sound ele- ?√ßmeMary. However, the customers ?√ßin|ariably watch Joyce silently ?√ßcounting, moving her lips, 1*2-3, |a#3he swings around the stage. I ?╜After the show, Joyce settled Idown at our table and toyed with I a double ginger ale. [ tPm dumb," she beamed. I $But I have nine minks and a ?√ß sable. * I *'You can't count three of thems Ithough, they're just stoles," shL* ?√ßsaid. 1 Had Them Appraised I "They're worth- $32,800. Oh, ?√ßhad them appraised. I have I ?√ßroyal pastel mink coat, a dar}* ?√ßranch mink coat, a silver bluf Imink coat, a breath - of - spring jmink coat, a sable coat, a black ?√ßmmk coat, a ranch mink stole a' I silver blue mink stole and a white fmink stole," she recited. As I have never been offered J even one lousy mink skin I in-: Iqulred^ in fascination who gavel [Joyce these little momentos. C .0h'frtends,??"B}ie said with a baby-like shrug. i "Five of the nine furs have !,been given to me since I came to |Las Vegas, last falK I'd just asi^ jsoon like poor men, but I seem I to have an affinity for wealthy men." p| Joyce counts out her routines in J?6*?0??: Sh0w beca?╜se, she said " the only way she can do bsJ^Si ar^-#^' dancers in i jour chorus ?╜netAgg(fbeauties/Mi ishe said proudly,|p^et this job! VOU fin v Vio-.^ .fr^t. . \ J u ?√ß|tne t !|jthat'?· ?√ß them, only found two T could use," he 1 explained. .Ive run ads {n > "- b:g crty in the country. "'TV is eating them up. The real pretty ones quit to do commercials on telev1Sion. Those who can dance I would rather dance on TV - onlv I one night a week to work. And many become actresses or mod- /"Pfiis dreadful state of affairs! in\hbnt^nfr^nd Simfra *>wn tL, lr last 12 chorus g^ls and their contracts end in a few- months Most leave to get married I or work in other jobs' By then Entratter and Sina- Tm*f a!ded' "X d??n't know what I'll do when I'm pld, like d_^ t boasts surh alumnae as June Allv |vSands, where actress Felecia Farr and cover girj Kim Smith *t*ri/\ as chorines. Other hotels in I.-is Ver-m ??r?╟? scramhling for cho'rus triris t A Sahara spokesman spJl" r3 chorine has been gradual singer so auditions arr be ?√ß<l to I- ??~ wrmj^ni-i nrp i>oing held i- ^.r J-,eplar*em(vm- A- man at the fraiw.ll have ron ads in the ne^- &{?? ?Σ≤y*: '"*** ????'** <?╜?· aon t last more tha gapers in Paris, Madrid, Rome Brussels and London to read- "All you have to do is look beautiful. You don t have to dance or have any experience to work at the bands hotel in Las Vegas." Other Hotels, Too At the auditions we'll explain we pay their transportation to vegas and guarantee six months' work, added Entratter. "They ladies -r??rpise 1 stay ?Σ≤ce young i Entratter got tbe idea of raiding W*?Σ≤^^" he worke<i for showman Cliff Fisher, who imported French girls for his show at the Chicago World's Fair in 1939. Jack became a producer himseff at the Copacabana in New York* vrtUch I ..they^uit'for'V^eVX"0^ t?╜ .fli**1*^' toutf*'r nrxl tougher to keep a good-look^ iin, ^Tj 1 AKfcgi! \TdStoPMe h??M>?to"fsl<ir father I might* the **mne-with at?,n^ ebrate a-l^py-Wa* t. Sfu*rd. , "Cut it ?·$, *mired