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Friday, January 30, 1953 Las Vegas Review-Journal 5 \Jn themZJc own > with a Ian jarlson- Young Man andlfts Typewriter EXCLUSIVE COPY: The 62 acres of sand and sagebrush between the Last Frontier and El Rancho hotels will be sold for half a million bucks in the next day or two . . . The vast tract will become the site of another glittering gem in the Strip hotel belt. . . . The property, currently owned by a group of the town's big $$$$$ men, will be purchased by a hotel syndicate whose bosses, it is sed, have clean slates to assure them no trouble with the state tax boys'. . . The buyers are not to be confused, tho, with Bill Moore (and associates) who will be the large charge in the operation of the proposed Caribbean . . . I ADD HOTELS: A Strip hotel boss found himself on the spot t'other day when his chef informed him that the kitchen had run out of steaks and would be unable to fill a pile of orders . . . The excited exec dashed out of the joint in search of a new supply of -jgifljL**. "Quick," he barked at a cab fcriv- ''Hotel StoreJrtn^l^wSilSjrhe driver, startled by the sud- awoken him from a cat nap, hey've up and built anudder den command^which^ returned: 'P^nat ?╟÷ J hotel? liEZ VO?·$FRAjg?·Mii9P?╜* little gal trots into the spotlite ojfthe San^^^gmg^pten buck dress and kicks a million dollar btsHMiUSiidP: into the,h|ps of "show me keed" firstniters Edifi Piaf unjlased a Mrrage (during last nite's opener) of unijue dittiesjstraight JjF>m the sidewalks of gay Paree to chalk up another tjfumph ig^Ser tour of the nation's niteries . . . Ringside! found jurist Ep<hk McNamee recalling his frequent trips to Pwance J. . AnjrCoach Pat Diskin celebrated his appointment to to\marf'of tlrtrlocal high, school's athletic program with a nip of Frei^h^gaaC . . . Incidentally the bouncing bundle of joy who lifts thecfortain with a jazzy interpretation of the blues is screen hopeful Sally McCloskey, MIDNITER'S SCRAPBOOK: Top heavyweights of the fight world in comment about offers to step into the ring here: "Dose promoters in Las Vegas wanna give you a contract that has a clause stating you aren't allowed tuh.read the other clauses."" Fred Sdley sez the winners of the Monte Carlo Club's presidential gamble will receive their $1000 as soon as the official tabulation is released from Washington . . . * * * A FRONT PAGE story, brewing from the stable area of the local race track, will break Sunday . . . Herb McDonald scoffing rumors that he has been asked to take over top exec job in Reno's Harolds Club . . . Art Rozen moves into the Silver Slipper bingo parlor Sunday. There's a guy that finally got a break . . . Pat Burke, ace Nash car seller, resumes old friendship with Orch leader Bob Miller. Seems the car man and the band, man were old buddies during the war. (don't know which one)' gSS M;%*^$?·ft*z&b * * * ATT'N HOLLYSCRIBES: A new star will be planted in your columns Should Gurney Bell (basso of Sportsmen Quartet) decide to carry out his plans to retire. If the vacancy comes up, Rocky Millard (local nitery deep noter) will take over. . . .. Actorj Richard Erdman and singer Sharon Randall will be at their newj Hollywood home tomorrow. They were hitched here yesterday but diden wanna pose pretty for the cameras.' Maybe you movie: scribes can do better with these hams than did thje local ginmill; reporters ... * * * ONE OF NEVADA'S real oldtimers is dead. He is Benjamin Curler, who presided over a Watahoe county/divorce court for nearJ ly half a century and was. ttifrf ounder of the current six week residence law. The friendly jurist passed away last nite in his Reno home at the age of 86g. .. The Variety Club meets Monday at Hotel Last Frontier to set <|ate for upcoming induction, dinner! I ... The separation of Actor^jJerome Courtland and his prettyl wife Polly Bergen, whichV,was pointed to a Las Vegas divorce ac-{ tion, has been patched v^pi^They were married at the Flamingo in a double ring ceremGapin, 1950.^., AND WHO IS the tm^ho#er^i^o tnflted crapshooter for 15 hours and picked up a sizebal^cMfijpiof piyllftLmoney "from a local table? . 11A round of appl^seMtfce sfe^lgeops on the Strip who are working hand in hand With sher^^^lpailfes in cutting off the sudden influx Of vthe underworld Jjmmffi/Qlfe town Today's quizzer: Why*o^|g* thfustgr of rth^pcw always shake hands with the emcee when nerpfcks" up. Btfti&tfj^c&cvLe? You'd think they'd "?╟÷" ^et 'er somethin' . Vjire*MfeJP' Bill WillardV Talk of our Town Mtft THE OPBN ROAD: With perfect weather nudging people to take to highways, note increased business over the past weekend in all our gambling spas . . . Automobile manufacturers look for 1953 to become a "boom" year in sales of new cars. Recent Motorama show presented by General Motors at the Waldorf in New York, current Auto Show in L. A.'s Pan Pacific Auditorium, stepped-up competition among all manufacturers point toward increase in publicJs consciousness of our glittering, streamlined buggies . . . Although companies are vieing hotly for sales, a new advertising approach is being pushed by Willys. Yesterday's radio audience of the New York Philharmonic broadcast over CBS was surprised to hear a commercial giving a big pat on the hood to Cadillac. Willys has placed full- page ads in 39 leading newspapers headed, "Hats off to Cadillac." Based upon tests by Motor Trend Magazine, Caddy came out first as nation's best car ?╟÷ with Willys a close second . . . This week's Life fanfares the new trend in design leading toward the sportscar ideas whipped up by Italian, French, English and West German designers. . . .Life's sister (or brother?) publication, Time, devotes more space to the ! influx of foreign ideas upon U. S. design, chiefly in the new Stude- | baker. Time's cover pictures i Studebaker's prexy Harold Sines j Vance and profile drawings of the new '53 model, captioned; "For a RTHE ORIGINAL _ omeikF PpSS CLIPPINGS ?Σ≤ 220 W. 19th St., NEW YORK 11, N.Y. Tel. CHelsea 3-8860 Cirjjg 51,851) '{^5 M)T9) This Clipping From sioux* FAiisr;!^. ARGlte-ilADER sports-car era, a long, low whistle- stopper" ... Only within a matter of months, most U. S. automobile firms will be tooling up for 1954 output ?╟÷ and our prediction is that the new babies will follow through with adoption of foreign design and safety principles, for better and more efficient motoring ... Next problem ?╟÷ to design new drivers who will use more brain-power instead of horse** power when cannonading their sporty dreamboats. ... * ?╟≤CRUSADE BEGINS: B e 1 d o n Katleman guested local Crusade For Freedom biggies last night in a special kickoff dinner which forwarded a unique program to Admiral Harold Miller, Crusade's prez in New York City. From El Rancho Vegas by direct phone line to national HQ, the new anthem "Let's Crusade For Freedom," composed by Jimmy McHugh, was performed for official okay. Miss Dorothy Coulter sang the stirring words, Ted Fio Rito's orchestra accompanied, with Matty Malneck conducting ?╟÷ music a contribution to the Crusade by members of the orchestra in cooperation with AFM Local 369. A great public relations boost for Las Vegas, this program was covered by wire services, press photogs, both here and in New York.'..-. . Mrs. Harold Morse invites U-Wah-Un Study club into, her parlor this aft for meeting. . . . Rabbi Michael Kurz reviews "Invisible Man" tonight for another in series of book reviews in community room of city library. . .. Hit to local real estaters: Quick mag blurbs an item about a Clinton, Conn, builder selling his house to bidder with the most children. Sign tacked up read ?╟÷ "This house for sale. The more children the cheaper the house." ?╟≤ HELPMATE: Mrs. Marjorie Dickinson, vocal music dept. head of Las Vegas high school, has OPENING TONIGHT: Plenty of splash attends the return of Dorothy Lamdur into the Ra- mona Room of Hotel Last Frontier. Star of over 50 pix, Miss Lamour has recently been applauded by movie goers in "Greatest Show on Earth," arid "Road to Bali." Her revue will have the Hawaiineers backgrounding all her sarongings and melodies. Billy Wells & the Four Fays jf?·- sent a novel aero act; Ballarnrhe displays a hokum magico act in a comedy of errors; Bert Pegram is featured with the Devlyn Dancers, assisted by lovelies Candy King and Dolores Frazzini, and Bob Millar's orch gets into the swing of things with musical verve. Emile Buzaid intermission^ at the organ. . . . Matt Howard enthused about a letter received from George Barton, pres of Ni ttenal Boxing Association. CjJ tents inform Howard, local and State biggie offeNBA, tEH Iheentabbedexec assistant of Sun-exec board meets in Chicago on day Youth Concert Hour presented by El CoriN^ JioteL over KRAM's kilocycles. Sirs. Dickinson assists producer Les Seiffer in programming, auditioning, and securing af young stars for the program. . . . Premiere broadcast yesterday from 1 - 2 p. m., received much okay comment from listeners. . . . For more unusual listening, KENO carries something different tonight at 8:30 p. m. over ABC network ?╟÷ "Messa di Gloria," a Mass for chorus and orchestra by Giacomo Puccini. Discovered only two years ago among thf composer's ("La Bo- henae," "Madame Btrgerfly^ effects, pe^prmance -wS3UJhavef the Coro^j&arlOtti jwith orchestra Scarlgft^olT Naples, conducted by Ugo Rapalo. Ipuccini wrote "Missa di Jgjjgjria" at the age of 17, in 1875, andHLt was laid aside and forgotten before a public performance was ever accomplished. In 1950, Father Dante del Florentine, whose family were friends of the composer, discovered the score among stored belongings in Puccini's Lucca, Italy home. Father Dante is now a parish priest of St. Lucy, one of the oldest Roman Catholic churches in Brooklyn.... BIG HUG -^^^TPig^the famous French chanteuse, who stars in thjpfw SanjpfHShow, is pictured as she was embraced by Frantep%aluMp^Ststage in her recent Hollywood engagement Jprore conlino to Las Vegas. Laine was her first Adj- ericaj#1bopj?·ir, having seen her perform in Paris several yea^ag^'and paved the way for her to star in America. night of Gavelin-Davey botit to discuss type of championship fight to be held in Las Vegas during NBA convention Sept. 13 -16. NBA sponsors this entire works, and^gwill bring leading sport- scr/jjiijs to town for^the event j which, according to officials, will top last year's Havana, Cuba convention. . . . Al Goodman, th e^.^gsi maestro of "Railroad Hour"agfa*r * topflight radio shows^|iiiaway productions, in town0mso browsing^ around ?╟÷^pfflfence Brow; the beeg pitej^rdirector.. . bajra^Lo^^iod, Copaja??teiW5uty at tha^pfes,; p yjji^'lffg^H^tudies o|jip^ojP'Decmg^|Rrat USpLA Ifosfaon-ffliWtedical secy to a i lull iJtiMWl'ii wheat >Tack En- trattejg^udT "Copafteptth me to P**f\; Mrs. John .ytJ^Tfas the Opti-Mrs. club in for meeting- tpisght.... And now, CECIL "BE MILLE GETS D.W. GRIFFITH AWARDI I Hollywood?╟÷Sam Goldwyn had his day in Beverly Hills; Jesse Lasky was honored last year, and Adolph Zukor was given a dinner a few weeks ago. Now Cecil De ^lille comes into his own. He was the first director to receive the D. W. Griffith award at the Screen Directors Guild dinner last night. Many believe "The Greatest Show on Earth" will receive the Academy Award. . . . De Mille's pictures, not including "Samson and Delilah" and "Greatest Show," have been attended domestically by 1,766,000,000 persons. Foreign attendance was 1,448,000,000, making a total of 3,214,000,000 paid admissions. . . .When I talked with De Mille, he said, "I'm proud of something else too, Hedda. I received a refund check from the New York Citizens for Ike Committee for 16 per cent of my contribution. Now if that's a preview of what's going - to happen to the country, it's good news indeed." . . . Greg Peck is at I Lancaster Hotel in Paris, with Robert Parrish, discussing "The Purple Plain," for which he's wanted. J||s"t??l?be hoped his wife, : Greta, m|arit it when she said she'll j Moin biip- abroad. If she doesn't, she'll bejBjiurnmg him over to all the 'hungry females in Europe. ?╟≤ ?╟≤ ?╟≤ Amazing Business Betty Hutton is doing amazing the plane to Jacqueline Cochran . . . Doris Day got a bruised nose- in "Calamity Jane." Howard Kee: and she were supposed to ride toward each other on horseback and kiss for a scene. Howard missed hei lips and banged Doris in the schnozzle with his forehead. The heat's on our stars who are ducking income taxes by running abroad 18 months.. In a sense you can't blame them. Their profes- sional career is usually short. After all, the law was made up for oil workers abroad. Why shouldn't actors get in on it too? ?╟≤ ?╟≤ ?╟≤ Return to Screen Alfalfa Sweetzer?╟÷remember him in "Our Gang" comedies?╟÷is a pro- fessional guide and bear hunter. He took Bill Wellman on a hunt. Results: He returns to pictures as a Canadian bush pilot in "Island in the Sky," which WellmeefTairects. . ^.j^fceefe Brasselle^/fs motoring with his-Jtonily to JleWgYork Efter finishing ftThe Edd#igSS$|$r Story." ... Jacl$K Goomt_f}pjGQf&_mm up a TV show titled^he Kid_jfi^._w Kiddies," a talent vghqi., young fry. . . /Tfie^nMjaoj Las Vegas is ^tpt^'&lf'm&h its floor shof. Edm^^PiMJ followed by Manette ?╤*ab^T comes_^alluIahi| Bankhtpr