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JUL ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 SAN FRANCISCO Los Angeles Portland - Seattle Sfoclcton, Calif. Record (Cir. 48,500) JUN Z 9 1953 m Coast to Coast "tSL NEW YORK, June 29?╟÷Nelson Eddy had butterflies-a-la-mode be- I fore njs Imafti Cfcpa opening and hung up a fever of 103.8 10 hours I heio^axx^B^tfne. . . . Cyd Charisse returned to Hollywood. . . . I Tony Martin, holt from coast-to-coast, smashing every Riviera record I to smithereens with his showmanship-shape melody magic. The over- I flow alone could ease that lone-f- 1 some feeling plaguing many of the I niteries across the bridge. . . . 1 Thanks to the intervention of I Custom's Judge ^aul Rao, T-Man t Toni DiLucia sailed on the SS I Constitution Saturday to reopen .__,____ a United States r J^M. MfemL customs office in II t a ly after a iiapse of 11 years. fEconomists hail ithis as one of the Imost significant Ig e stures of Ifriendship to jltaly on the part lof the Eisen- |hower adminis- it rat ion. . . . IW a 11 e r JStezak, lyvhose slick 'Tony Martin make - believing far "My 3 Angels" makes, that comedy one of the year's most delightful, sat down at Sardi's the other evening and started figuring about how much weight he's lost and gained during the many years he's gone on and off diets. The total came to around 900 pounds?╟÷or just about enough to make another Farouk. Paris. . . . The cost of giving the Rosenbergs a fair trial, plus the subsequent appeals, etc., could have bought a jet" bomber and paid the salaries of we crew for more than a year. ... A Vegas waitress hjt Sands blackjack and, as tipearners generally do, tipped the dealers generously, to the tune of $600. ... In his new nightclub act Robert Merrill is doing an imprecision of Pinza that sounds mdf^Ke Ezio than Pinza himself..:||r. Bill Cullen believes there's only one way to tell if a pirl is in ship-shape; depends upon how her cargo is distributed. ... f "" " " ' " - - ^ Atra Baer's capsule musical, "Brandy Is My True Love's Name," opened in the American Lyric Theater on very West 57th Street. Because of Wally Cox's previous interest in this off-Broadway, off-beat company, Mr. Peepers was invited to attend the opening. "I'd love to," he said shyly, "but do you think it. would be possible for me to have an , extra ticket?╟÷I want to brin a friend." The.friend, it turns ut, is Wally's fellow-scooter playmate, Marlon Brando. . . . Bob Harr son) sent out advance copies of "Confidential" with a pair of asbe tos| gloves enclosed "in case the on- tents are too hot to handle bare-l handed." They are. ... A 1 ttle cbrneee tune you'll be hearing al-l most as often as automobile h rnsl this summer is Hoagy ar-l michael's "Love Will Soon Bef Here"?╟÷catchy as the measles Liz Scott at the Plaza. . . . Asked! why he kept running away fronj reporters for 15 months, Maria Lanzo said: "I didn't want to waslj my dirty linen in public." Then why did he hang it up in public hi the first place? ... Lightweight champ Jimmy Caw ter saved Harlem's condemned St Charles Community Center by donating $1000 to help rebuild the site where he started his boxing career. .T|i^Batista's ordered a dozen Cubai^InK; cadets to.the Sanj Antonio, ^p' Force Base to g< through .the Inter-American de-[ fense co^sfcMs.^,. Edna Ferber, who msCf|j*ssome dirty remarks about the (??tyy^tifened^ddown invitatibtfl^visit City Halt Thurs' day to _ receive a centjpi&te oi. Civic J^eMj^f^ihi the "Nw York Citizens.PP^Si-up, Paint%ip ana Fix-up'*:'; 'Committee" idr*;jmakins those remarks. ... . "Filmilmd's" editors, Veaught with lovey*||jve>n articles about several estrMged Hollywood couples, refer tp^tha issjpe as their "broken jjomes$e8i-| Hon/' W^mMmBi T^||f|(M!/ * * \'ip&wr5 If "At Home -With' Ethel Waters" clicks ^at itfe Sea Clifi) (L. I.) Summer Theater worli premiere today, it will be .expand ed into a Broadway revue in th< Bea Lillie manner. ... Orsoi Welles' first novel, "The Bij Shot," due for publication h BArclay 7-5371 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church .Street - New York MEDORA, N. D. PIONEER Circ. W. 400 jMH 8 m Niven's Livin'! m BY NIGHT Joy Niven dances at a club hi Las Vegas, Nev. By day she basks in sun, minus her nine mink coats. (International) Jlllen s PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Estobli#fye&1888 San sfipiftCisco s^ Portlai%|f Seattle ^ (Florida Clipping Service, Tampa) St. Petersburg Times FLORIDA DATB Chicago, HI. Sun & Times (Cir. 842,547) MAY 2 4 1953 UCUEILA IN HOLLYWOOD Lana In 'Helen Of Troy1? Warners Also Doing It mP'S COLUMN Coast-To-Coast?╟÷ THE D.C. WIEE: PresidenBlKsen- hower's "golf;games apparently areljievoted to more than trying to break 90. White! House sources report Mr. Eisenhower, as a KUPCINET result of confidential talks with Sen. Symington (D-Mo.) on the golf ?·our?║$?· has managed to call Off a bitter attack on Adm. Arthur jj&dford, the President's choice for chairman of the Joint ChieSt of Staff. ? Symington, former Air if&rce secretary, was ready to launch an all-out onslaught against Radford. The two men had clashed bitterly once before?╟÷when Radford led a revolt by a group of admirals who opposed the B-36 program. Symington was one of the B-36 supporters. The outspoken Radford had called thei B-36 program "a billion dollar blunder." In their resent golf matched, the President reportedly persuaded Symington to give Adm. Radford a chance to prove himself. Defense Sec. Wilson's problems in making friends with Congress continue to mount. The other day, for example, Wilson was asked by Congress to "come up to the Hill" to answer more questions about the defense budget. The secretary pleaded that he had an important trip to make. The next day," congressmen read about Wilson's "important trip"?╟÷delivering a speech" "to a group of manufacturers in Williamsburg, Md. This, point e$ft' veteran newsmen, is no way to make friends and influence congressmen. ' THE BOSTON BEAT: The tremendous mail piling up for (Hip! Hip!) Godfrey,had the Massachusetts General Hospital staff puzzled. After conferences with Godfrey's network, CBS, it was decided to route the thousands of letters from the hospital direct to-Godfrey's offices at CBS in New York. Thus, if you're sending him a "get well" message, you will get the same results by sending it direct to New York, where a staff iS" preparing answers and sorting it for the Ol' Redhead's return. THR NEW YORK TICKER: Marianna O'Brien, beautiful ex-wife of Richard Reynolds, the tobacco heir, is flying to Paris this weekend for a rendezvous with Doris Duke's former hubby, Porfirio Rubirosa. She's excitedly telling intimates wedding bells will ARTHUR GODFREY ring over there. . . . CBS-TV is citing figures to show it is pulling away from its closest competitor, NBC-TV. According to the former's statistics, a huge gap has been opened between the two in their race for commercial shows. CBS-TV is booking 28 per cent more sponsored time. Margaret Truman gradually is easing into the political picture by making herself available to the Democratic National Committee for speaking dates. By the next campaign, in 1954, Miss Truman may take- on a full schedule of political appearances. ... A Broadway character who dropped a bundle on Jersey Joe Walcott was asked if he thought Walcott would fight again. . .* "He sure will," was the reply. "The next time I see him!" THE CHICAGO ROUNDUP: The cigaret bootleggers, at long last in danger of.losing their city licenses, already have made plans to switch their operations to a "highly respectable" tobacco wholesaler. It's a "muscle" deal. . . . The Jewish War Veterans, for their annual conven-f tion in Chicago this fall, are inviting President Eisenhower and the/ j nation's two living ex-presidents, Harry Truman and Herbert HoQverj 1 to appear. . . . Oops!?╟÷Sorry Dept: It was Sprihgfield's Episcopalian^ bishop, not the Roman Catholic bishop as we erroneously reported theM other day, who issued an anti-Broyles bills statement. Van Johnson, the Chicago Theater star, started his stage career in minor roles in the two shows currently playing in town?╟÷"New Faces" in 1937 and "Pal Joey" in 1940. . . . "Pal Juley" Styne, producer of "Pal Joey," is huddling here with songwriter Mack Gordon on a new musical j$pnext fall. .\. . Dorothy Shay, the Park Av. hillbilly, packs a wallop at the^&npire Room box office. It's been ropes-up since she opened Thursday mghtk^ Frank (Cornelijif ^yts^>\ Ra^oski, Northlake's "model citizen" whose past caught up^^l^^ftiThas a date with Gov. Stratton in Springfield on June 1 toTwsuss Califorhia's extradition order. Raboski's attorney, Charles Bello*^^^received an offer from a Hollywood agent to peddle the dramatpf^bry to* a major studio. . . . Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano, dining; in the Pump Room with Willard Rutzen of the Morrison, was introduced to Bob Hope. "Thanks," quipped Hope, "for those two and a half minutes!" . . . Rocky, incidentally, is scheduled to make a surprise appearance on Hope's hour-comedy show Sunday'-evening. iNilfeL THE LAS VEG.AS (NEV.) REPORT: Another A-bomb was exploded here, according to press reviews, in the person of Tallulah Bank- head, who made her night club debut at the ,?║ands HotgU- Talu pulled all the stops?╟÷a shimmy take-off on Gilda Gray, astrip-tease a la Gypsy Rose Lee, plus songs, dances and a dramatic monolog. Ribbing about her bass voice, Dahhhling Talu reported she once auditioned for Rodgers and Hammerstein. "But after listening to me sing," she exclaimed, "they hired Ezio Pinza for the role!" :^_ jn ?╟÷ LANA By fcoi^LLA 0. PARSONS HOI/yWDOD ?╟÷(INS) ?╟÷Listen! to this news> Warner Brothers! Lana Turner may star in "Helen of Troy" for an Italian company. All depends on whether MGM heads approye^'^the script which is being sent to them from Rome. Some of the' Italian pictures are shot on the cuff, with scenes being written as they are filmed. MGM wants to be sure tfteTe?!?^ script in English before permission is given Lana. Warners, who already have announced "Helen of Troy" as s coming picture, had better get busy ?╟÷ but quickly. MAYHEM AND MURDER: Sal ly Forrest is the latest to desert Hollywood for a fling in a Broadway show. After she finishes "Son of Sin- bad" at RKO, Sally heads East to start rehearsals and a short road tour in "Three Stories High," a shocker of mayhem and murder, written by Winifred Wolfe. The role is an exacting one- Sal plays three different women, one a dancer. George Brandt and Jack Gordun are the producers who have slated Oct. 15 for the New York opening. * * * THE MERCURIAL ZSA ZSAAl The explanation Zsa Zsa 'Gaborf gave when she finally arrived in- New York was that^sie didn'tl know she was supposed to bej there a week ago. *f*$jk She told reporters whe??%he fin-] ishes shooting on "Pup^te'Enemy No. 1," she will meet :wj|ffc%eorge Sanders and discuss'.'wfe matrimonial differences. .f^KS Zsa Zsa got herself ?√ß?? a little trouble in Europe w^jg she was asked by a newspaperman what; she thought of Fern$pfel as a lover. Her reply was,p$?ery time I look at him I waht to sajj 'Giddy Up'." This broke in Paris newspapers and when there was a storm Zsa Zsa denied saying itj JANE WYMAN'S DOING: Jani Wyman is the latest to succumj to the lure of Las Vegas golf: Nowhere are salaries comparabl to those paid in the Nevada rj sort, so come November or earl December, Janie will be the star] attraction at the Sands Hotel. My girl will sing ahd have some of| the ex-Copa beauties as a background chorus. . I am sure if you hear Jane on my radio show singing one of her! songs from "Let's Do it Again," her Columbia picture, you know! Jane will be a real attraction, j She made her stage debut when she was one of the young star-j lets on my first personal appear-] ance tour. * * * SNAPSHOTS OF HOLLYWOOD Abigail Adams' escort at Charley Jfee?·f.-?√ß was._Gene Mullica, very wealthy perfumer. Apparently she! is not grieving over George Jes- sel's "beeg" interest in Marion Marlowe of the Arthur Godfrey] Show. Good to hear that Julia Adams and Leonard Stern have worked I out their domestic problems and will not separate. Talked to Piper Laurie, who was having an anniversary din-] ner in La Rue for her father and mother and her sister and her] husband. Piper's date was Leonard Goldstein, again head man in her life. Handsome Ronnie Burns had dinner both with his dad, George Burns, and his mother, Grade | Allen. Pearl Bailey and Lou Bellison] are the first jazz artists ever invited to give a concert at the! Paris Conservatory of Music. They appear in mid - July. That's all today. Wtwmth 2-379TO Press Clipfll|t Service j Inc. 119 Nassau Stre! New York City From% NEWS New York, N. Y. ALLEN*S PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established Portland Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles Spokesman Review Spokanej Washington Bishop Sheeni- WilLVisif LOs Angeles North American Newspaper Alliance -^\ t HOLLYWOOD.~-Bish4^..Fulton J, bh.een'is coming to Los Angeles I in-September. * And I like this item, too: The Eddie Cantor" movie will be big screen. . T-alluIah Bankhead may be get- lmg-^o:noira Week j?╟? Las Vegas, but there's no law tha~t"^safy?╜eshe has to like working in a night club. She hates it. "i|?╜p^ John Payne is flop in Las Vegas, where they'll pay you anything as long as you have a name. John has no business there. He should be: making pictures. ?╟?^Henry Fon<la turns director for CourtmartiaL'^MJJII * # mm _Clark Gable's next at Metro?╟÷ i Green Fire"?╟÷is' about emerald hunting in Colombia. . . . Charles Boyer, currently the big idol in France,, is due back in Hollywood this week. Ricardo Montalban was offered fabulous money to direct pictures m Mexico, but he said: "No, I'm just Hollywood; "'thS?·ST' why I'm staying." I know what he means, but did he say it right? . . . Wish I was like Ricardo's wiife, Georgi- ailaT I can>t Set fat no matter | what I eat." Same for her svelte sister, Loretta i Young. Louis JoUrdan, -discussing Zsa sa Gabor, said: "She attracts publicity like a magnet." -* * 4f Bob Hope ahd Jack Benny have outstripped Danny Kaye's popularity m that tight little isle. . There's more to Judy Garland's hospitalization than a check-up. With four couples on the floor at the Mocambo, one had to be Diana Lynn with Freddie Cordova, _and another John Lindsay dancing with Mona Knox. John and Diana will tilt in the divorce court Friday. Shelley Winters made her TV debut Sunday at CBS telecenter on Ken Murray's show. She has gained four pounds since Vittorio came home?╟÷"Making spaghetti?╟÷j ?║1 "'-siQittZe Q&?· neiju york By ED SULLIVAN The Passing Show _Oov. William B, ,Umstead the N^(tar?╜? STXt Lt??hcal\shA^ ?Σ≤ ?· knew nothing about the case*?√ß \h?· Jw the? hadnt written him, any authorisation . . MwAt SL??Σ≤68 had,b(*n ?Σ≤ed without stars, will follow Mimi bSI5!?· t??5 ^' ??^ of the comelier Met loot. She goes into sSjS^As6^ RalS U? ???T ^ht c?Σ≤> em crops. It hurt Meiiiplus oS CarSv??l ? ^nly XS.hurting south~ otton^ carnival to the extent of $30,000*. "Mo andJnb'et." arrives here with_an.advance.jrf-Jfci.,