The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-02
BY Dorothy klIaaIIsn

! Raymond c. SCHNEIDER, famous
private detective, who was recent
ly front-paged in the Cakes case
OF Nassau. is a modern Sherlock
| Holmes. A member of the "Stork
Club set, he is admirably qualified
' to pick up items. as well as clues
-DK)
Raymond c. SCHNEIDER says:
A few coast-to-coast items pick.
ed up en- route from Manhattan to
Hollywood
New York: Saw Bess Farley at
the Stork Club. truly a busy and
remarkable lady. I.peeked into the
Kiss Room and there was Peggy
Joyce at her usual table, with an
internationally known Texan. Had
line from Melody Thompson
whom | sponsored with Harry Con-
over. She is making her first pic
ture with Metro. Watch this new
rising star
Remember William p. (Pat) Hit
ler the Fuehrer's nephew. who hit
the headlines when brought TO this
country for a lecture tour by the
Morris Agency a few years ago!
Pat Is now in the L. S, Navy at
Camp Endicott and Is doing a swell
JOB. A line from him just received
tells me that every $500 war bond
sold at his naval base entities the
seller TO a short leave. hope the
IAf Of
En- route to Chicago: Played gin
rummy with Anna Mae Wong, who
just returned from a USO tour
through the Aleutians and Alaska.
She is reporting to the Coast for
new assignment. Was ] observ-
ing: First evening out of New
York she wore American dress with
Chinese influence. The next morn
ing at breakfast. Chinese dress
with American influence and was
influenced!
Chicago: | dashed madly In all
directions to get inspiration for
this column. land you know my
running an imitation OF young
man walking slowly. Following
columnists simply meant my visit
ing more and more bistros. Ru-
pert Hughes doing a swell job.
Missed Ernie Byfield, Chicagos
most genial host, now doing great
reporting job in England and
France, telling Chicagoans what
their fathers and sons are doing
overseas making many families
happy. Irving (Kup) Qupisentand
Nat Gross, taking advantage of the
many notable visitors to the Windy
City, were the two busiest local
columnists.
Lunched with Westbrook Pegler.
You guessed tive discussed un-
ions Watch for a real blast soon
on an important new union guy.
| used a Chinese press badge to
gain access to ms rooms. Bob
Considine, Americas most versa
tile columnist, has turned momen-
tarily from sports, biography and
war news to the political field. II
I ever hire press agent, he's my
man.
ole Olsen. assistant sergeant-at-
arms at the Republican convention
:. doing a Hellzapoppin style OF re-
porting, hit front page Chicago
papers. This dynamo OF activity,
in Chicago's torrid heat. called 1t
a vaction. his first in 30 years. =. =.
He tells me Olsen and Johnson :
new show for the Winter Garden,
going into rehearsal in Septem-
Der. will be called LAFFING ROOM
ONLY.
Spent rather a sad hour with
mother of convicted murderer. Be-
lieving her son innocent, she i'm
ployed me TO assist her in obtain
ing necessary evidence.
find most OF the old gangsters
have lined up behind some legiti'
mate business as a cloak to cover
their tremendous activities in the
black market. Proof watch the
numerous fifty and one hundred
dollar windows at the race track.
Where do the longest lines in his
tory get that kind Of dough?
I'm frequently asked in Chicago
about the unsolved Williams
Drake HoteD murder case. Chalk
that one up to official bungling.
Luncheon with Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Murray and their beautiful