The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-19
By DOROTHY KILGALLEN


Flash Van Johnson is really
and truly coming to New York as
soon as he finishes mo Leave, No
Love Henry Adrian. producer
OF THE Girl from Nantucket. will
waltz dowr the aisle with one of
the shows chorines e. Rosalind
Russell is writing a biographical
novel. My Sister. about her elder
sister. Clara. The Coast Guard,
which was transferred to the Navy
for the duration. will soon be re-
turned to the Treasury Department.
its real papa. Danny Kaye turned
down a $4,000 a week offer from a
Miami night club. Chick Farm
er's date on his birthday was Melo-
dy Thompson. his ex-wife... A
servi"eman who claims to be the
secret groom Of dancer Dixie
Roberts now appearing in a Chica.
go night club-has been making
the rounds OF her friends here. try
ing 10 cash checks. e. Decca sold 4
million copies OF Gertrude N'esen's
81 Wanna Get Married" record,
can't ge' material for any more.
Guest OF the hotel shortage
stories is a true one. II happened
Just the other night. A youthful
corporal and his love came to New
York. were married, and set out TO
find place to spend the night
but encountered. the usual obstac-
les. Every hotel was filed. Every
roomlng house had taken in its
Rooms TO Let" sign. None OF the
servicemen's agencies could help
them Finally they wound up tired
and discouraged at the desk OF
very cid. staid and elegant hotel
on Park Ave. 81 have nothing" the
clerk said, except the bridal suite
at s35 a day" The young bride
groom was downcast-obvio"sly
S35 was close TO being all he had
in the world-but the girl wouldn't
give up without a struggle. She
called for the manager. smiled win
ningly and talked him into letting
them have the bridal suite for the
night TO- only SIS. But on one
condition" the harassed fellow
said. You'll have TO take the
silk sheets and pillowcases of the
bed"
Slarsy Make Rosenbloom Is shop
ming for New York night club
by way OF silent partner. He
has sold the last OF his interest IN
his Hollywood place TO Ben Blue.
Cinema actress Nancy Kelly Is
seeking church permission to wed
Freddie Bachman, a movie camera
man. She was formerly the wife
OF Edmund O'Brien. The Herb
Moses (he's Hildegarde's directory
are knitting tiny garments. Jane
Kendall Hamilton, eX-wife OF the
former Republican national chair
man, shoves off-for Lisbon soon On
a reportorial assignment. .. On the
day that starlet Patricia Clarke
landed the ingenue lead IN Dave
Wolper's forthcoming "By Appoint
ment Only. she also inherited
$4,000 from an uncle. frankie
earle. who opened a band engage
ment at the Pennsylvania Hotel.
got turned away from that inn when
he tried TO get a room. He has 10
bunk with his publisher until the
NAVY swarm Is over.
Direct quote from Lou Costello:
81 neve. bet more than two bucks
on a horse in my life-and I only
bet the two bucks when one OF my
horses Is running. When one OF
my horses does win, turn the
money over to the Lou Costello
Youth Foundation. as every kid IN
America owns those horses ana
the money goes to them" Thana
Barclay. titian-haired Latin Quar-.
ter beauty. is expected TO be chosen
"the most beautiful girl on Broad
wav" by a national magazine. =.
Though They Go Wandering. the
first novel by Mona Coxhead. Is be-
ing eyed by the movie compan'es
as a flicker ret. The author Is the
daughter OF Herbert Mundin, the
English comedian.
The box office draw OF one OF the
bigger musicals is threatening to
hand in her notice. 49,. Jane Cowl
is bordering scripts in hand. =.
The hallucination OF the bat-and-
mouse in the DTS sequence which
forms the climax OF film version
OF Charles Jackson's novel. THE
Lost Weekend, was told to Jack.
son exactly as 1t appears in the
movie by w. w. Wister, protogon-
list of Jim Bishow's forthcoming
book, 1.-THE Glass Crutch". The
bat-and.m mouse Incident hammered