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...York Journal-American, name-dropping Elsa Maxwell threw together a last-minute obituary of that "fabulous countess," the late, madcap Countess Dorothy (Taylor) di Frasso, just to "keep her alive in a funny little way." Although Elsa claims that the countess "never confided in her women friends." friend Maxwell recalled a heap of confidential items on Dorothy's "life and loves." Wrote Elsa: "The two great loves of her life were Gary Cooper and . . . Benjamin ("Bugsy") Siegel of Murder, Inc. . . . who was liquidated in 1947 by ... his organization." When Gary first drawled howdy over a phone to the countess...
Died. Francis Picabia, 75, wealthy, erratic French-born Cuban painter; of arteriosclerosis; in Paris. A bored, respectable success at 35, Picabia joined the madcap Dadaist revolt against tradition during the 20s, in 1950 enraged Paris critics with a deadpan display of canvases, each enlivened only by a colored dot placed just off center...
...steady advances in U.S. dairy methods. On Carnation Milk Farms, a 1,400-acre show place in Washington's Snoqualmie Valley where Carnation has bred more prizewinning Holstein cows than any other U.S. breeder, only purebreds are allowed. Pride of Carnation's Holsteins is Carnation Homestead Daisy Madcap, a prolific champion that last year smashed the North American record for butterfat production by yielding a whopping 1.511.8 Ibs. in 365 days. But Carnation is even prouder of a bull, Governor of Carnation, which has sired more cows capable of producing more than 1,000 Ibs. of butterfat...
DRAWINGS FROM Punch, a collection of 150 cartoons by 50 of the artists who give Britain's venerable funny magazine its polite kick. Punch's jesters like the same simple lines, merrily exaggerated expressions, and hapless characters as their U.S. counterparts: bumbling doctors, madcap crooks, chesty admirals and busty dowagers...
Mink for the Throat. Now that she has become a successful madcap onstage, she is a more serious character when she is off. But she is still passionately fond of fishing and sailing, and runs off to the country whenever she can. Her life in Manhattan is an exacting round of lessons, rehearsals, fittings and photographs. She conscientiously answers her mail, and seldom" fails to get off a cheery quarterly letter to the Princess Patter, a mimeographed magazine published by her teen-age fan club (Bing Crosby, Shirley Temple, Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce are honorary members...