The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-10
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by DOROTHY KlLGALLEN
The O'Dwyer administration al
ready has said no TO the return
OF burlesque In New York..
George Raft and Betty Ann Doss
have parted after a battle In Chi
cago. lntimates say she'll forsake
him and Hollywood TO return TO
virginia Wallace Beery Is 'flu
victim Broadway producer Her
man Shumlin is secretly betrothed
10 a West Coast diyorcee... Cmdr.
Harold Stassen has informed his
political advisers that II he does
not get the as COP nomination he
will run as an independent with a
hand picked ticket. The police
department has ordered a recheck
OF all pistol permits because OF the
current crime wave. .. Hollywoods
most ogled bachelor these days is
Jack Dempsey. But the girls have
got to fight their way past Lima
Romay to get TO him. e.. Mai Jen
Jones, the hero. and Pat Clark,
who'll be in the Dave Wolper show,
are heart toddy.
Giggle OF the season IN Wash
ington: Wilson Wyatt, exmayor OF
Louisville and new national hous-
ing czar, spent all OF last week
looking for a house!.. The kirk
Woods (Marilyn Hightower, the
dancer) have their intimates wond-
ering.. Mickey Rooney is due out
OF the Army and back in the flick
ers in March. Jackie Gleason, the
comic, has lost 80 pounds in a
month. His diet: Don't eat until
you. fall down" Friends say King
Carol Is seeking Russian help In
getting him back on the Romanian
throne. His Cuban valet wears
hammer and sickle insignia on his
coat. Tennessee Williams plans
to snub Hollywood for at least four
more years. Wants to get several
more plays out OF his typewriter be-
fore he succumbs to the lure OF the
celluloid.
Patsy Kelly. the Coincidence, Is
hobbling on a broken ankle. Add
combination in the dating spots
Nancy Walker and Hurd Hatfield.
War correspondent Lee Carson will
institute Reno proceedings In the
near future. Admirers OF Lor-
raine Rognan. the Clipper crash
widow, will be able to see her in
the Latin Quarter revue after Jan.
a., Make Rosenbloom isn't so
slspsy. He's managed to latch
onto Lillian Sherlock, one OF the
Coasts prettier bellies. Washing
ton scuttlebutt has II that this
month will see the lifting OF re-
striction on officers wives Joining
them in the Pacific. Not so In Ger
many, however. Plucky Ann
Blythe Is recovering more rapidly
from that injured back because
Eddie Ryan is so attentive.
Lillian Roth is flashing her dim
pies these nights at Judge Ben
Shalleck, who happens TO have been
her husband No. g.. Most spell
binding item Of the week: The A.
p. news wires licked with the In
formation that Joan Blondell lost
$500 worth OF mems clothing In tho
recent robbery at her home. How's
that aEain?... The police depart
ment has been busy for days with
calls from citizens who we're VIC
tins OF pickpockets II night clubs
and hotels on New Years Eve.
Many OF them didn't report their
cases until almC Il a wee later.
Robert Walker seems to be mild
ly serious about Harold Lloyd's
daughter. Gloria. Allen CDay
Before SPRING. Lerner"s father is
seriously H.. Cole Porter now is
/ working on the book OF the pro-
| jected Mike Todd musical, 10000
Leagues Under the Sea-.
Bernie Hart and Joe Hyman may
reconcile and do another show to-
gether, after all o.. Don Lopez Will
return from FINLAND to do another
stint in the Manhattan night clubs
-. Herbert Harris and his CO.
hacker dropped close to $4,000 in
The French Touch. An, well.
He'll make It back In perfoom.
Bill Hawkins is keeping singer
Margaret whiting occupied In New
York while Bill Blythe moons for
her on the Coast. Television eK-
perts say Russia and England are
far ahead OF our best efforts IN that
field. Dean Jaeger Is swooning
over Rita Hayworth.
The darling OF one OF the ma
TONS biggest bankers has nicked
him for 3250,o00 so far-which
she's spent on a third-rate come
dian!... Spencer Martin, after
years spent on-and-off squirting
Martha Wemp Mature, has switch
ed to her younger sister, Susan
Schrafft.. e. Louis Prima's orches-
ira lads bought him a new race