The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-22
What They're Whispering in Gotham

Mae West has voluntarily reduC-
ed her own salary in Catherine
Was Great" to $3.50 a week. the
Equity minimum for principals. She
hopes to save the show by the ges-
ture. The Jay c. Flippens (he's
the comedian. she was Claire Car.
ter. one OF Ziefifeld's most famous
pretties) have called 1t day. She's
now in Reno. III. Sandra Rambeau,
the international glamour girl, is
about to be married. The prospec.
tive groom is a wealthy Mexican.
The ceremony will take place In or
near Mexico City. Frank Costello
is quietly supporting Edward Cha
fey, former house detective al the
Hotel New Yorker who was fired on
Mayor LaGuardia's orders. Lois
Andrews is en- route to New York
from the Coast with her baby, Jer.
rilyn is coming TO meet her step
father-to-be, Jack Topping, Lois 20
rehearse in a fall play. AL Jolson
and Jinx Falkenberg are warming
up that old romance. The gov
eminent is investigating the sale OF
Brooklyns Manhattan and Oriental
beaches by Joseph p. Day, Inc. The
Navy wants some of the money
back which 1t paid for beachfront
property.
The Sonny Tufts are considering
a divorce. Maggi McNellis, who
was planning TO attend June
Havoc's party for her liberated
leg, didn't, because she was reluct-
ant to steal June's thunder. For,
the day before the celebration,
'Maggi fell down a flight OF stairs
and now her leg Is encased in band
ages from hip to ankle!... Dell
Parker, the showgirl in Follow
the Girls, will sue Dell Parker,
the singer. for using that name.
ecause (from the picture How
Confused Can You Get?) the show
girl Dell Parker wants to embark
on a singing career but can't while
the singing Dell Parker also calls
herself Dell Parker. The payoff,
naturally. is that neither Dell Park
er is really named Parker.
Mary Kirk Brown is In Port Ches.
ter at the bedside Of her mother,
who is seriously H.. Mayor La.
Guardia's campaign against the
night clubs has united those arch
enemies, Sherman Billingsley, Of
the Stork, and Monte Proser, of the
Copacabana. They now visit each
others clubs in friendly fash
ion -. Martha O'Driscol. whose
wedding hit the rocks, is being con-
soled by Eddie Norris. David
Niven, now an officer on Eisenhow-
er's staff sends his friends post
card pictures of Hitler taken from
German soldiers in Normandy. His
message on them is: Wish he
were here. Creighton Miller,
Notre Dame football star of last
JtdIs Will Slbh a COiiNl dIl Ahio VNVh
to play with Dan Topping's profess
sional football team. the Dodgers.
Tops In Town: The Burns and
Allen network hi-jinks... Johnny
Longs music at the New Yorker
and over CHS .. Jane Pickens at
Loew's State. e.. Gary Cooper's per-
forming in Casanova Brown" $50.
The repartee on the Blind Date"
program Monday nights via the
Blue. That delightful film, THE
Canterville Ghost.
You'd be amazed II you knew the
identity OF famous and very
wealthy socialite whose checks
(signed with his right name. tool
are presented by a burlesque strip
teaser to her landlord -. Benny
Goodman will resume with a new
band sooner than Tin Pan Alley
suspects. There will be a negotiat-
ed peace with his agency MICA. -.
Tragedy has struck Hollace Shaw,
the lovely soprano. Her brother,
Capt. James r. Shaw, 26. youngest
CHAPLAIN in the Air Force, was kill