The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-31

tn FIJI to the Teddy Powell draft
evasion case. f. Henry ]. Taylor Is
the favorite TO succeed Westbrook
Pegler when the latter moves to
King Features.
Cliff (Ukelele Ike) Edwards still
rates the big money after all these
years. He drew $1,000 and a case
OF beer for his weeks stint at
Loews State. >. One OF the wealth
lest and allegedly most extravagant
playboys in town actually "stiffed"
the walters at big night club the
other evening. He'll learn here
that they no longer love him. E. Jon
Hall has been making ten-minute
visits to all the Hollywood spots to
take bows-Just to demonstrate
he's okay again. .. The Riobamba
is definitely set to open again this
fall. Choo Choo Johnson and
Frank Rothschild are a Windy City
tornado. D.. Goodness! Charlie Bar.
net left a standing order with a
Coast flower shop 10 send Georgi-
ana Young one daisy every day
while he's In New York. The pet
ais OF each daisy are counted so
that when plucked they always
come out "he loves me-. Ed
Flynn. the Bronx boss, will be re-
warded by FDR with a dignified
political job requiring no sena-
torial approval.
The Hall Roach Jrs. will tell 1t to
a judge. Glenn Ford. now in
the Marines, is due for a medical
discharge. =. II Greta Carlo fails
10 star In the Aim that Lester
Cowan prepared on her sayso, he'll
sue her for the cost of readying the
script-which was plenty. The
Borah Minnevitches. who have
been separated for IS months. will
try it again. D. Paul White, the CHS
exec, is recouping from an arm in
fection... Much talk along the
Stem limiting that Billy Rose and
Fred Astaire may get together for
The Seven Lively Arts. But
topic No. (neyt to the war; is
GYPSY Rose Lees coming bambi-
no.
Sophie fuckers new hook, tag
ged Some Of These Days" will
cause a sensation on Broadway
when II hits stands in January. It's
twice as frank as the George Jes-
sci biography. cat least it is in the
proofsD 80. Artie Shaw's new love
Is Ava Gardner Rooney. Inti-
mates claim that Mrs. Abe Relies,
widow OF the one-time Murder, Inc,
leader, has shelved 40 lbs. and &C
CURED a new husband. =. Washing
ton insiders expect F.D.R. to make
a broadcast from Paris before No
vember... Herman Hyde. the
trouper, is gravely i'll at st. Vim
cents Hospital. May never be
able to work again. E. That band
leaders convention, scheduled for
the 2sth. has been mixed by Petril-
10. He just ordered the bandlead-
ers not to attend. e.. When Jack
Topping failed to show up for his
date with Lois Andrews at FL Mo-
rocco the other night, Arturo de
Cordova. stepped into the breach,
and he and Lois have been seeing
each other ever since.
Harold Buchalter. adopted son OF
the late gangster, s.epke, Waited
down the aisle with Marion Powers,
a singer. last Sunday afternoon ".
Dee Turuell. the pretty Copacabana
ballerina. is clutching an RKO con-
tract. She reports for work Sept.
4th... An American tobacco firm
has already packaged a new ciga-
rette, "Cherie". which will be mark
eted exclusively in liberated France
-. Another model Hollywood
marriage Is In the verge of sink
ing And II has heartbreak
switch: the wife. who used to hate
to see her husband take drink,
is so unhappy over his wander
ings, that shes become an alcohol