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PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - New York CINCINNATI, OHIO POST Circ. D. 151,439 OEC A952 nH ?√ß 'By EARL WILSON" . ~ ^^^JsLems to h^ . here. And while jfj I LAS VEGAS, NEV., Dec. 21?╟÷Here in what*has become the most]--K1'6 tossing.'itgto "the house," U '?╟≤','.',''"'. ?╟≤-, ., ;.g- ?√ß --.:.:h-;..^ tQK al waitress says, "The house would i I amazing part of America, a new high in hospitality waf!^taiij||l l^L _to b^jT<?·jjfl^ sir." .\{ I when the new Sands hotel, gambling spot, held its magniloquent I ""No, I must have, a clear head U opening. - ?╟≤ % ,,,r; ' gf ,n^'lose;^Jp|y4SS" I ?aid'H I ?╟≤ Us gents of the psess were presented with 25 silver dollars with A"^^^^P(^^f^^^ mex* \\ : , . , \ Lkl T -, ;- , . bencnced; ?╟≤ I was soon losing as , which to go out and make a fortune. ?√ß?╟≤ , h,t a3 the greatest expel,t. . \ Presumably, we would fritter ~~\\I quickly lost my shaf^ti^elA this money away gambling. But Ryan had lost $20,000?╟÷not a $25 that the xnanafeeinenraHH^- U if the management thought the lar?║e sum. to^him. g - Un us. The B. W., withlier usual| ; Earl W^ons would squander ||^ big ^ man>fe\^ S^2^biJcks^t 1 imnnev +>>??+ ^a-g *, g||- jj. ?╟≤ ' I Jakie Freedman of Houston, saidLk-iv-^. ,.?╟?,..,....,u..,a..,uW ?╟?,. J '^mm*mm^^'* vwhile running around in his west-|g^ l.lern outfit that "the house" hadjp^^^^HI I been "$200,000 loser" for a while J ^^^^"?Σ≤ I opening night. -i*^^"^*! ||: "But we overcame it," he said, Las Vegas La1$ Low miLaryMitis money/that way, |. Ithe managementg was right. - l| ?╟≤ "We'll sdivide* Wup 50-50," the I Beautiful Wifei said. "You take i $5 and TH take j xjsarj ^^^^^j^^ A Wild rumor I that there'd be! la slot machine|Baga!k in each hotel Wilson room had reach- ., led us. On your arrival, the bellhoys would say: "Shall .11 show you to your slot machine, ' sir?" ?√ß -'/?√ß'''--" "..?√ß |||W$vt But Jffck Entratter, ex-man- , lager of .'the famous CopacabanaH i. lin New York, now manager here, lhasn't accomplished that yet. He I lalso denied the assertion of| comedian Danny Thomas, star of the opening show,, that a waiter was caught dealing slices of bread! [off the bottom of the loaf. I I Here in the shade.of some 901 [slot machines, .^beheld "gam-1 jbling society."; I saw" Ray Ryan of Texas?╟÷I supposed to be the fastest gam-1 I bier in America; Nick the Greek 1 from Hollywood, Al Levy of San! 1 Francisco?╟÷and such plain folks! 1 as Jimmie Durante, Frankie I j Laine, the Ritz Brothers, Denise Darcel, Lorraine Cugat, Miss iTerry Moore, and Spike Jones. 1 But there was a great difference in these people: j4%|r?t^! Miss Moore said she had lost The report was that Ray BY MARY FRAZER LAS VEGAS: An L-bomb hit Las Vegas this week?╟÷the "L" standing for laryngitis. First, comedian Danny Thomas lost his voieejkThen singer Maxine of the Andrews Sisters, got taken down unspeakably silent. For variety, horn-tooter Louis Prima had a heart attack. Thus three of Las Vegas' famed niteries were blitzed. Thus also were some celebrated visiting firemen treated to entertainment that gave new meanings to the phrase "show of shows." Seldom have so many top stars stepped in to uphold the-show-must-go-on tradition. First, the magnificent new Sands Hotel was hit. The hotel, which opened Wednesday with a fanfare of celebrities, had a $218,000 loss at the lobby's games of chance during the first six hours, but gained back $200,- 000-plus on the black side of the ledger in the next six hours. Danny Thomas as the floor show star brought an SRO situation for the second night in the ^^a^aja^Wrf^hen Danny got laryngitis. So what happened?* Only such pinch hitters asj Jimmy Durante who just hap-j pened to have his old side kick, Eddie Jackson, along . . .tha, Ritz brothers, who .switched!; from natty brown suits'to shorts*' ... Denise Darcel, done up in al? gold gown and one gold glove! . .... Frankie (That's My Desire) I Laine ... Jane Powell, whose 1 blond beauty was offset by a I red velvet jacket and white er- S mine collar, the weather being | what it was?╟÷40 degrees . . . i Ray (Young Man With a Horn) Anthony, Whose hit-recording tune, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" hit a new high even without his band . ... singer Cy Mi- lano. a lad with an angelic voice whom ailing star Thomas met on the Warner Bros, lot: That was only the Sands side of the situation. As if other niteries in fabulous Las Vegas didn't have enough to worry about?╟÷with $6,000,000 worth of new competition and new arri- ,?Yaw Jakie Friedman and Jackr Entratter, Sands bossjife hi theiiM nS&S^Sivo -other shows had to go haywire. Louis Prima, starred at El Rancho Vegas, had what was announced as "a slight heart attach" early Thursday morning, and it vte^repo^ted that he'd dropped lift of the show|gan | doctor'|#orders." It vip'/the famed g.$Jidrews 1 ?╟≤sisters'1 opening night'hat the nihe-week-old wonder ol the desert, the. Sahara. Their hard | luck hit When Maxine Andrews j voice left heJ^fcornpletely. Sis- j Iters Laverne and Patty carried j on after a fashion, but got such attacks of j##rs that they for- I got to jclhWe,' production num- | ber which concludes the show. : f The night was. saved by some interesting knights in armor. 1 First, Spike Jones ?√ß stepped up from the audience, wearing his wife Helen's redraneared-rabbit coat. The Ritz Brothers turned up for'^ie second""ShW andhev- erything including the production finale went off fine and dandy. But as the day dawned over the mountain ridges and the roulette wheels, the big; wheels of Las Vegas were heard i j muttering to themselves. ESTABLISHED 1888 BArclay 7-5371 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - New York CLEVELAND, OHIO NEWS Circ. D. 145,458 DEC 22 1952 URL WILSON: o hoots Works fMR& At Las Vegas p 3S$!$ -assessi fttat way, fhe management was rfgM. W??"W SqMnder ??<?Σ≤y 'You ^mmSS&CrBea,rtm" H m . A wild rumor that there'd be a slot machine in each hotel room had reached us. But Jack Entratter, ex-manager of the Copa- cabana in New York, now manager here, hasn't accomplished that yet, fj 'He also denied thexassertion of comedian Danny Thomas, star of the opening show, that a waiter was caught dealing slices of bread off the bottom of the loaf. M^^^&^^#^ ^ HERE IN THE SHADE of some 90 slot machines, I beheld "Gambling Society." I saw Ray Ryan of Texas?╟÷supposed to be the fastest gambler in . America; Nick the Greek from Hollywood, Al Levy of San Francisco ?╟÷and such plain folks as Jimmie Durante, Frankie Laine, the Ritz Brothers, Denise Darcel, Lorraine Cugat, Miss Terry Moore and Spike Jones. But there was a great difference in these people. Miss Moore said she had lost $20. The report was that Ray Kyan had lost $20,000?╟÷not a large sum to him. AH the loose money in America seems to be here. And while j you're tossing it away, a waitress says, "The House would like to ml a drink, sir." "No, I must have a clear head to lose my money with," I said. / And sure enough, although inexperienced, I was soon losing as fast | as the greatest expert. I QUICKLY LJgT&y.share'Qf the $25 that the management had j given us. The B. W., mm her usual Irish luck, got most of it back. | We wound up^ffl^.lsB- bucks left from the 25 and believe that j may entitle us to<|pveIess0nsf,.-.5B'ecause nobody we know has lost as I little as $2. , In fact, in this "Gambling Society" hereg we're a little ashamed to have been so stingy with our losses. That's earl, brother!