The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-25

Gen. Batista OF Cuba, currently
anticipating a divorce from his
wife, is swooning over Manhat
tan Latin. o.. Nancy CAROLS new
romance is Jerry Baker. the
Brooklyn crooner. The wife Of
band singer Billy Usher narrowly
escaped with her life last week
when a crazed veteran tried to kill
her.. Col. William Wyler. the pic
ture director, checks into Johns
Hopkins tomorrow. Kathleen
Winsor Is CONFUSING Hollywood
dinner parties with the tale OF how
she outwitted the burglar she found
in her bedroom closet. =. Jerry Les
ter and his brother Buddy, both
comics OF the same type. have
patched up their long feud over gag.
lifting Capt John Mckeon, an
attractive gent, is trying hard to
lasso Olivia de Havilland.. The
Tommy Dorseys are causing chit
chat again in the midnight gossip
factories. CAV, they're just both
characters, that's ALL A popu-
lar Gotham debutante is being
treated by a psychiatrist and watch
ed by private detectives. Her par
ents fear she's heading for Starr
Faithful ending.
Martha Rae and bridegroom Nick
Condos had a lovers tiff in one Of
the local night spots the other
evening. She exited without him
60. Antoine, the so-chic hairdresser.
is doing his darnedest to popular
ize gay-colored trousers for men,.
City desks will get great human
interest material from the story
of the new Transcon Project OF the
Air Transport Commands Ferrying
Division. AS OF today their magic
carpet service" is dropping about
o-be-discharged overseas veterans
virtually on their own doorsteps at
the rate OF $4,000 a month. Some
OF their khaki.clad customers have
made it from Okinawa to New Jer-
sey in five days.. Claire James
(the ex-Mrs. Busby Berkeley and
Ray Dorsey have parted again
this time for good. she says.
A society playboy just back from
the wars is passing rubber checks
In all the more popular cafes. AL
most wound up doing dishes at a
Broadway place the other night.
A recording firm is planning
big buildup to make Marlene Diet
rich one of the fash disc names.
She waxed some sldes-great, &C.
cording to the grapevine-last week
... Servicemen in the Pacific write
home that what they miss mosr,
now that the war is over. are To-
kyo Roses strictly-for-laughs broad
casts. The Freeman (Amos)
Gosdons are rockin' the cradle. >.
Laurette Taylor's son. Dwight, will
waltz down the aisle with Ruth
Ford when her divorce from Peter
Van Eyck is final Roger Stearns,
who also does night club hosting
and keyboard embroider1ng, is ar
chitecting a new country house for
| Libby Holman. One OF the better
known torch singers really means
II these evenings when she means
the blues. She's desperately IN
love with a married man whose
wife won't hear of divorce.
Tenor Dennis Day is due for his
Navy discharge soon.., Rose Ing
ram, who was taken out of up In
Central Park" just before the n. Y.
opening (athough Broadwayites
who saw her on the road said she
was fine) has been nursing a brok-
en- heart ever since. Harry Bloom
field, producer OF "Polonaise', re-
membered her disappointment and
gave her a chance to replace the
ailing Jane Farrar in his show.
Rose was a great success 80. Venita
Warden and lawyer Freddy Kaplan
cracked their beautiful friendship
right down the middle in drinking
place Thursday .. m. All over a
remark she made to one Of his pet
clients. Tin Pan Alley is buzzing
about a music publishers daughter
who has become an Objectionable
character since she made her sue