Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-11-20 | Page 6 | Eleanor Hits Rose with Suit Papers

Eleanor Hits Rose With Suit Papers ers II New York News Service I NEW YORK Nov Nox 20 Shapely 20 Eleanor Holm Rose Hose has served her hr showman husband Billy Dilly with I s j n a summons ons and o fF rr 3 complaint in in a supreme court I suit stilt t for sep separation i lion tion it was disclosed disclosed dis dis- Iy r closed Tuesday Papers in the I i i. i suit were handed out over the thc i week end t m r N Ne News c w s thata t that hat f a t Eleanor had formally for for- Billy Hill Rose mall mally b begun e c g gun u n leg legal l action in the war of the Roses leaked out despite great secrecy on all sides Neither Arthur Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur Garfield G Hays Billys Billy's counsellor counsellor coun coun- nor nOLO Louis Nizer attorney for fOl Eleanor would comment Next step it was sas understood will be filing of a motion by Ele Eleanor Elenor nor for Cor temporary alimony and counsel fees There was no indication how much of a dent Ele Eleanor Elenor nor will twill try to put in Billys Billy's bankroll but supreme court in- in siders ciders expect it to be one of the lie biggest heart balm requests in inthe inthe inthe the last 20 years Possible Among Anong one of the questions which Hays wouldn't discuss was 5 whether Billy might file a possible possible possible pos pos- sible However Howe under New York law he has 20 days in which to enter an answer Nizer was S e equally q qua u a 11 y close closemouthed closemouthed closemouthed mouthed when a ask asked s k e d what grounds Eleanor Elean r based her suit New ew York law lists three three three-aban- aban abandonment nonsupport and cruelty cruelly The cruelty section also includes a notorious association with another another an n nother other woman clause Disclosure that Eleanor has finally entered the court lists surprised practically no one on Broadway which has been buzzing buzz buzz- ing mg about the couple since last July Threatened Suicide Incident That was when blond ash-blond Joyce Matthews wife ex-wife of comic cornie Milton Berle slashed her wrists and threatened to hurl herself out of Billys Billy's luxurious seventh seventh- floor flat at the theater Things had barely quieted down when in October Eleanor reportedly surprised Billy with another woman one Sunday afternoon aft alt afternoon in his apartment The year old producer and the former swimming champ now 3 37 37 were married in 1939