Show I Romance Here I I 1 y r-y When Jack Oakie of ot the films sailed from Los Angeles for Honolulu Hone Hon lulu he be received farewell greetings greetings greet greet- ings logs from Hazel Forbes heiress to toothpaste millions Singers Singer's Slap May Echo in Battery Case LOS ANGELES Dee Dec 8 In JP-In In addition ad to defending herself In a n 1 civil suit Mary McCormic opera singer must face lace trial on a charge of battery as ac the aftermath of the slap she gave Miss Grace Williams Wil Wit tiaras limns biographer of ot the singers singer's former former former for for- mer husband nd Prince Serge Miss McCormic was formally charged with battery in a n complaint issued yesterday by Deputy City Attorney At At- torney tomey C. C Y G. G Higgins Miss Williams Wil ViI liams hams signed the complaint The charge against the singer resulted re suIted from a slap l p given by Miss McCormic McCormic Mc Mc- Cormic to Miss Williams in m a newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper office orfIce as the latter sought to sell to the newspaper the secrets of the property settlement between the sin singer er and her former husband Miss Williams previously filed a damage suit as the result o of the slapping face-slapping incident Michael Luddy attorney for the singer who protested issuance of the battery complaint said the charge would probably hasten Miss McCormic's McCormic's mic's return from New York The complaint cannot be prosecuted until she Is here |