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I'AGESIX THE CAKOLINlA> SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1946 New York Showfronts UV DON OK LEIGUBOU I. I.AltST BAND i;i. (.UbATLBT ^OHK t.i h.. L "ilie laWsl baud lUcs suy u( Lari iliiiL.-, appcui'lUli . ii. ..iiJ uruu:iU New York. « II UIlL- Uic uuuixmg ■ ■t ii'iw businvas huw Uiiies I pvi'.-’islcii'.ly aiid cuiuusteiil- w. iwp luiiit til swuiif uud ...^K uvi.r lltu yearn uiid sUll > i.ii,, .iiid iiiuueni tdeun ui wij uiii vl whul he duvn. There >:■ Jiiauy baud leaduin whu . : aiK up on all niuet and i.iv^ VNithcicd and died an on, but l-adier Huien Tiicie have be«u many I'.ii.j,] lu perlorm under the ■ llntva ;>ince tiione days in l!Mo wiun he firni came to .. i'.m ihtt.-huiiih aeekuig and lurtuiK* un Chicago's I'.U' ihe bands that Hines • I • :i.d ai Jhica^u‘s Grand Ter- 1.. > li.i\c i-unie and i;onc, liavmg t.. 'i.uii nuii'h oil j-zz and swing ii. . i> ui recent years there was a i... .hill iln.es, alter all these .M.c.. ot leadership, was dropping • •Ii' tid would soon become a mere Cviijuro with. However, l ain. jumped right back with his rvLOidings ol "Bojgie Wuog- le "I. liiL- St. Louis Blues" to sky itK'i.i^t hi:, stuck to new heights and 1.. •iiiii.iice Ins iniaiiclal value at ii. O'-x ulUce. Ii .11 l.M OLT IN AiSLLS riorii that return to uiiQucstioncd i.iji liiiie- bnilt eareluUy an ■ •I ..iii/atii/n that contained the t. Varieties, a girl and three 11.. .'iii;;.i., — all member* ol the •' •a I'xo pi the girl, Madeline •...I-, .ind the highly popular li.il', l-.(-k9tiiie. This was the outfit It iitid them standing in the aisle* I'l' ii, ulu^t to const a couple ol sea- i .u'k but which was broken up when M.idoliiic Greene got married lu . ii..nilH't- 'll tile band and I'etlr- cii iiuia li>e microphone and later v.ixii Billy Kckaiein decided to go h i lu.iisi ll with his own band and to' i; .Sara Vaughn, who replacea .Mu'if’hiii' Greene, with him. jj.iu-.' ihuwnianship came to tht !•.!. ill tlii- I'mergency when he im- ini.i.ituly ^ta^tcd a large hullabaloo ovi r the various versions ol swing ver us .sweet music ar.d with th* .-•iitu luiccinoni that hib band hence- fuMh wuuld be of the sweet variety Hi cored the city lor girl musicianb ai..i iiiidtci eight nf them to his band, inihi.liii'-. u bass player, a drum nu r, a luiriii.'t, violinist, and guiur isi H. fmther built the Idea b.v the Blue Bonnets, lour i who harmonised o-i llu- order of il.e Andrew Sister* but without A.iuiew aisiiis iciUlls. TOOK OFF SU.ME Ol lU-AT This,’ expiatncj li.nes, ■bei\*'d lu lake some of Ihe lieal oil me which came aboul when Bdly Lck- stiiv 1 nad to do someti.ing or drop out of sight You see, the band was covered up by Leksteme. Peo ple cdino only lo heai iJiUy sing and me play Uie pl-uu Hiiwevti. .vilh Ihi gills 1 was able lo gel mlo the public limelight iiisofur as puo- licity was coiiceined and sjo stay tiiere until 1 cuuid rebuild m> band tlie v.'ay } wanted il. The uulfit 1 e now eoiiipdi'-s. 1 Ihink, wu:. of Ihe cunenl b.iiids :.i ihe top uruekei and we intend to leiiiain ir. llic lop bracket.'” Critics, who caught the liine.> out fit during its weekiun al the Apollo Theatre, rein.iikeit on the uiiu.-.ual set-up in whieli Hines pre sented a baiuj tliul lias twelve dis tinct '-oloisls among it line young musicians, rin-ic wcic two tenor sax men, one alto sax, the drummer, bass playei, (romounisi, tlnce trumpet men, Ihe guitar player. Hines and a trombone playei who doubled on the piano, who were observed performing brilliantly in the solo Spots that Hines' music is interspered with. HAS .MANY FINE ACTS In addition, the Hines band also contained u number of fine acts that are easily tops over many now with the variu'K rival bands. There was Essex Scott, a icplica ol Arthui Lee iCeorgia Boyj Simpkuis, an alumnus of Hines', wiiu sang such niimbi-rs us 'Danny Boy" and "I Walk Alone" like nobody's busi ness. Thei*- were lour handsome ,young boys. witi. wfjl conked heads and gay. up-to-date uiiiforins ••vliu Hines calls The Four Mellow Tones, who slainpc-de audiences whenever they apiK-ar, and there was dainty, delicate, good-looking, little Janie Moses from an old Philadelphia so ciety family, who, in a lew months, can be expected lo develop int* w'orthwhile vocalist- Crowning all these singers, Hines has a lit rival of Billy Eckstine, if not one who can surpass him in some respects, in Arthur Walker, an extraordinary trumpet player with a rich baritone voice, singing the numbers th.it Lck- stiiie would nonnally be expected I to sing, plus some low-down blues Walker, I learned, was picked up in Los Angeles begging lor a job from ' any of the big bands that were com- I Ing through theic until Hines heard ! him ui.d snapped him up on a slgn- ‘ed contract at once. Tlu; Four Mel- hOlM gASlE UiCkS, li\ bLKiVlAiMi slaiiit.g Kay Klsci. Ann Millei anu Victor Mouie. !-•. iGitU — I'hey re playing III iJasies "One O'clock Jump Germany wtiure u lew weeKs ago was still heard die Hoist vVes- SL-I .song — the Nazi national an iiieni. But the first sung played on con quered German soil bv an Ameri- Army Band was the Counts Harlem anlhcml Basie's sung tiaU Hiller on the Jump! The Count lu-aiing that news While breaking all record* at the Luite Theaue iii PliiladcTphiu titoughi liiai n was his greatest honor in a month which saw hint. rVin the E.-qiiiie Magazine Bilver aid. Gel a Vr alter Wiuchel 'Of^d lor pioducls "iii-s .ie Caiiiot Is Lssex Scott. ixLK.Mll .M.oll IS AN ACL in 111 eo.ii.a 1.. uc-ii...i dcoli wl>o .I..J .» M...e io..ger 01. the leuoi sax lau .I.,y eonlclupoiaiy musician, toll pl-^ys iiiioi m ine ocsl accept- i ColvlijuJi iia..-K:;- slyje j|i,J i,jjj Uepeiideci upon to uH'K a liouse lie belongs in the iiass ol ciunei ilan;ptolis Atneil Cuob. Count Las- s cislwlnie i,es Tuuiig and olliei cal tenor piayeis. George Scoops' Carey, Ute ulto piayei. Is the straw boss Uie oldest inetnbei Jhicagoi: ol Ihe baud luid of tile uulljl llU. Ml* 'iia plays gicai rills on his iiisU'u- m-nr iliat hcl|i.-; m nuke the Hines' nusic ui lodaj iiow so siuooUily and v\.tii such lerruic jump. Hines, ligiil now, i.s set lo become tile li.s^ Negiw majoi uaiid lo go overseas to i-nlerlaiii the soldiers in L‘ iLUtupeoit Thcaiie ul operaUunj. .Vegotiuiions aie now under way wiiii the USG to bring this about. Aleanwinlc, Hnics is receaied as one I the must race conscious bund lead- IS We imve. Xi left u nim. iluiu; coulu liave Negro nwia.-iship in all phases of tile bund business. He be eves in Negroes' eij.ploying Ne- loc-s and Negroes giving Negroes a i.nice .IS i.e does in ius own way itli the variou.-. memovis ui tiis t gamzation. LAKL lIINh& OWNS lllb CAN'D Hines is one of the two bands we have lod -y — Juinny Lunceford ihe othe. — who can s-jy he owns his II bund. It miglii be remembered that many the big names we sl the headlines and in the neon, salary to while agents and book- and conceivably can be lired a mi.meiils iioUce. This is not Ul the ease of Hmes who has suc- -ded n, .tuiiiiiig a pre-ronlrol ol orgaii.zjii.ju except for bookings which aie handled by the William .Morris ollice. Hines, il i: btlieved, woulil book him.^elf if h had the time to do so. WiiJi all these things, Hines still remain the top jazz piano player ul [hem all and Ihe cieaior ol a distinct ■•lyle in vogue m popular mu-sic. He taught Teddy Wilson, Tommy Dor sey's Je.-^s Stacey, Joe Sullivan, and Whiley Burghead, and influenced coiisidcrabiy liie piayitig ol Art Ta lus Blues by Basic' album* Hi'ceive word timt the only sung pkiyed by 'die cotnbuied Major Glenn Miller Army band and the x-Aiue Shaw Navy bund m u pecial jam session was the Basie One O'clock Jump." Head v^here Dm thy Kilgallen. fa mous B way columnist culled In* Columbia album “frantic ana tups , the town." Have a jilieibug lump from Uiv second balcony to the orchestra'irt New Yorks Apollo Theatre because 'Count's piuymg took me right out I this wcrld!' Thi.' pa.si month was a wonder ful high spot in the Count's career whicli began as a norganist in a Ih'd Bank Now Jerse> ehurch und cuiilinuid thiu hi.i early days as a founder of the Kansa.s City Jazz repulati.i'^ Count wept tears ul juy to think that the Basic trade mark son? — "the Jump" was the begin- niiig of Hitler's funeral inarch - fitting end lor the man who pivuclK-d racial hatred and spilled blood hru out the world. The jwriters are aware ol Uio Basie om " — for the novelty song . of the vear "Tabbv tho Cal” ‘ ■ a line in the lyric leudliij And becanes she calls Count Basio pally-all the kittens throw their mittens downl" The Count who opens at the Lincoln Hotel. New York fpf 0 weeks on uecember 18. was voted Mr. Jiike Box of 1M4 because bis records draw in the most nickels Even the waiters at the Lincoln cheer the Count’s reign — he draws , their best tipping customers. This year the Count secerns to bi* Kiiigl Record News And Reviews RECORD REVIEWS: At Duke side on Phil's initial Victor record | ..uliccii I cU It.a la mat llu: Which w iiegiv Hall vw Voijt tie i.'itrocluc- loui oaiUius by saying aic me tunes upon to slaking eveiyinmg lor iJ4.i. me lout ballaus are jjoii i Vou Miow 1 Care, "i Did- 111 Know Aooiii you, "im Begin ning to See The Light' and "1 All. I Got Nothin But The Blues. ’ li.eae lour tunes, tor our money, .iiaKv up a U-iii good slaKe! Vidor appaixmiy agiees lor they tiuw lelvaseu four Lll.iigton sides since the disc ban was lifted and eitn ol tiioae tunes is represented Oil the discs. Thta liie tunes ate ex- eeili-ni I.s taken tor giaiitvd; that Duke's b.tiid is in tup lurm and solid as a lock can also be taken fur granted. Both arc tiue, ul course, but the- nevt vocal uepurtmeilt of Duke.-, baud deserves added com ment us an cnlirely new element ill Fltingtuiiia. Joyu Sherrill, lovely young De troit girl who was with Duke once before-, singing on both “1 Didn't Know About You," and "I'm Be ginning To .See The Liglit." Juya's vocals are sparking and sincere. They are melodic and meaningful in their presentation. The gal is de- tiiiitely u hit ballad singer. Al Hib- bier sings on "DuiTl You Know 1 Care" and "1 AinT Got Nothin' But rile Blues" in a booming baritone which ihrobs \t'ith expression, ^i* work, too, on the more moeidy bal lads is 'inpressivc. Still a third vo- ielcinenl is Kuy Dayis, ‘.v>h dues the impressive obbligato ove-T Hlbblers voice on "1 Am t Got Nulhm' Bat The Blues," OiU' of ilo* giuaiest tunes on the iLirlem Hit Pirade is a ballad-blues number, "1 Wonupr." Wrilleu by a Negro soldier st.itloncd in Califor nia fur his w ■’? in Chicago, the tune has caught on like mad. Bluebird releases the tunc this month Uy Roosevelt S>ke», a (Jhicuga pianist* Miiger, who plays 0 torrid moody blues piano. A fixture inthe Chicago area and well known as a jazz great, Sykes proves his ability on this disc, working with eleefric •nut rpins. Ti.t plaUerinate is a sub tle rhythm tong composed by Sykes, "Mellow Queen." Both sides of the wux arc excellent work of their kind and both display well the wares of Roosevelt Sykes. Phil Moore, "Shoo Shoo. Baby'' romposer. |s the latest {tddition to ^tCtPi's pep record urtisl list Tlrst is "Together," a pop ballad sung by j Fifty-Second street's sensational Bil-' ly Danieb and arranged by Phil for the instrumental capers of the Four. Plaltermate lor "Togetlier" is Phil's latest hit tune, "I'm Gonna See My Baby," sung by Phil and the boys in the band. Group is com posed of Remo Palmicrie, guitarist who won the 1945 Esquire poll. Ed die Gibbs .also guitar, DoIe.s Dick ens. bass and Wally Bishop, drums. Phil plays piano and sings the solo on thb Jump side. Lovely l-ena Horne proves that her voice is as beautiful as she is on her latest Victor, j coupling of Duke Ellington's "I Didn't Know About You" and "One For My Baby.” Lena is accompanied on this disc by her arranger and accom panist. jazzdom's great Horace Hen derson, brother to Fletcher and a great pianist and arranger in his own right. Striking a good Jazz mood, Hor ace and the band weave an excel lent background lor the torchy chanting of Miss Horne. It is coin cidence that we should review Lena's latest Victor right along with Phil Moore's new record lor that same company. PhU preceded Horace Henderson a* Lena' arrang er and ncoompanist and it was from his experience working with Lena on the MGM Ipls in Hollyw«x4 that Phil wrote "ShdQ Shoo, Baby" the song which skyrocketed him to lame. OTHER GOOD SWING; Artie Shaw has disced "Ac-Cent-Tchu- Ato The Positive" and "Jumpin’ On The Merry Go Round" on a good Victor paltter. Dig also his laatest, "Lady Day' and "Let's Take *^6 Long Way Home." Tommy D.oiiey graved a wax on Sy OUvei'a "Opus No. F >vhivh is a ktller. Bluebird ia justlv proud of the line new Hal Mclntyro band. Hal, a former Glenn Miller saxophonist, has be on his own for about three years now an^ is beginning to hit pay dirt as a topnotcher. Rou'* m's nla original Jump a^Vg, "Peter, Peter. Pumpkin Eater." SWING HEADLINES: Duke El- Inlgton on the coast for that Esquire jazz concert. Jeni LeGon, abo Phil Moore, in Hollywood un a va cation bu^ hua been offered film roje* which may detain her there lor a while. She was the star of the Broadway hit "Early to Bed." MARiEHA CANTY IN “LAKE PLACID SERENADE’^ REPUBLIC’S VERA HRUBA RALSTON STARRER rVE BEEFj AROUND New York By Ted Yates J, „ly (Mror, A Pin-lIp D:,h, Yeah Man!— Hal. Hire Me Anne Cieyi ae And Uoa'l Fence Me la .- f ,1,,. on the T: >-k wer ; iliflcusslnR plii-iM' t iV'iiil'S. K. ..;r;!”‘.;;.!y''rhowRrrl of note • .nc-.ulone.l ".ludy Carol's a mn..,. • to l.aVf u-hfl'-il. r ufaiii.' One aid ono f»llT. He nioai.' It. too. Wh.it *‘i nl home waitin' lov me eveiy niklit. lu ••And what I.n ky .Mllllnder w.mld klve you to flml Judy in your company is aomethliiK ch came the lelori proper. The hoy* .-I'la'd for hours and Grady Cu bartender al • continued to pour dm of the muflo-. aI>o was continiioutly bummi..o a- ettes (and a pooular brand, too!) mentioned some thing .-.bout Jody Carot having gained w^gM so-' the band relumed to sunny California. Well, what ,n the hell has that got to do with her being of not hemn a pin up favorite?" Ralph Oorns horned in. Now this guy Buror. who drinks nothing but Haig A Ha.g Scotch knowu something about dame*. "Well, •’'‘/''■y- .inother of the mixocologists put in. "if this chick Judy's gott-n kmda heavy around her you know wh.it, ice won't l.ke it." Of course, I insisted. L^ke. what. •'They just won’t like having her pivture .G \• m-r- 111.1 ••.. n.- laiigi.t Teddy Wii.son, Tommy Dor- buy's Staci'y, Joe Sullivan, and Wiiitey Biirehead, and influenced coOMdci ably ttie playing of Art Ta tum and AU'C Templeton, the top blind piano thumpers. I'he list of kids uho trashed through to fame 'hi'ouRli tile cffoiis of Hines who nave llien. then- first break would be Innji -md distinguished if gone eoinpktely into here. However, suf fice it to say lhal it was Hinse who gave Herb Jeffries, later Duke El- Imglon’s great singer, his first break. Arthur Lee Simpkins, who has made movies, Kallicrine Perry, Ida Jame.s. Hilly Ecksleine, Sara Vaughn, Madi-ime Greene, Walter Fuller, and ilie dance team of Son and Son ny. all got their start up the ladder lu public acc^^liIn Uuough the bene- voU'iite of Earl "Falher" Hines. Hines says lhal if something hap- pened lo ihi.s band, he will gel an other that will be greater than ever, Lul dofsii'l expect anything lo hap pen to il beeaiise the boys would ratlier play for him than anyone ebe. -V ELIZABETH ANNE RAY TO APPEAR IN DANCE CONCERT AT A. AND T. GREENSBORO — Elizabeth Anne Ray. one of the leading young modern dancers, will gppeor in concert in the Harrison Auditor ium of A. and T. College Monday evening, January 3X Elizabeth Anne Ray was born m Winston-Salem where she at\epd- ed elementary school, and complet ed her college prcpaialory work at the Palmer Memorial institute, of TED YATEa E^BLICATIONS Vera Hruba Ralston, lovely star of "Uke Placid Serenade," compare* snporstitions with Marietta Canty in this scene from the elaborate ice spectacle which features Elugene Pallfette, Vera Vague, Robert Livingston, and the music of Ray Noble and Orchestra and Harry Owens and his Royal Hawaiian*. SEEIN’ STARS With Ooiores Calvin NEW YORK CITY tCNSj THEATRE: A new play is in town, rnu.' wi'iiivii uy u man and nis .'ilo, llowjiu uiid Doiutliy Baker I's about Ul oyuungc'V generation. Its authors iti'c mioiesling people. kikow and appreciate tbe Ne- gi'u theatie. Mr. Baker has wiitlen Little Utplieus for an all-colored ust which is yet unpioduced. It in- ti'oduces Jazz inusiciani to the Orpheus myth Baker wrote Young Mail With A Horn,' a hit of i^eceiu years. Like "Little Orph eus", it too almost made the stage! She spent two years witii experts re-wrIting it fui Ihe stage Lout* Armstrong uad charge of the music. Charles McArthui vhusbaiid of Hel en Huvesi. Chester Erskine. Jed Hfinisr Guthre McClmtic, Vinton Meelcy and Burgess Meredith were adding knowledge and experience. Hut it never made it; 3 opening dales were And, the Bakers from, purlcrville, California, hope' their "Trio" will be accepted by critical Broadway audience*. MARY LO’J WILLIAMS is the Hazel Scott o.( Cafe Society Down town Ida James, PhU Moore's new bund and Cliff Jackson turn out the good*. Basil Spears, back from Washington's Bengasi Club, goes into thi> Blue Grass in Clcvc land January 20lh. A young Negro girl, who had never been lo Carne gie Hall, would have paid $2.40 to hear Marian Anderson,- - only the house was sold out. L was Ander son’s third of the season. Ida James, in addition to her Cafe Society du ties, appeals In Olsen and Johnson’s "Lafflng Room Only' on Broadway nightly. MISS RHAPSODY, ballad and bhies -it. .-r h- iio^jim a 2 weeks City audtence who came to view Othello.” Robeson lectured before •n Kansa.s City on the famlUar suo- Ject when on a concert tour. INK SPOTS have settled out if court Latest reports say Gale man ages them for next four yeras. “The Searching Wind'' with Mercedes Gilbert, going through its last week on Broadway. Louis Armstrong takes the plane to New Orleans next wek for Enquire Magazine'* re-christening celebration of Bas in Street His trumpet, of course, goes too’' At the MademoiseUe Magazine dinner. Hilda Simms, who received a "Woman of the A’eai ' award, lost her purse. In It was $U1. some was to go for a hew' coat- It was later returned with a Ickel m It, In a few days, Hilda got a check from MademoiseUe for $111 (they let her keep the nickel). Hilda is "Anna Lucasta's" leading lady. BILL ROBINSON at the Zanzi- . bar, seems to pick out celelTrltiea even with dim lights. This wek, he • found Ole Olson of Olsen and John son almost at the servant's en- • trance. In spotlighting the actor.. Olsen spoke up "Here I am, 'Yotz can reach me by radar! Louis ArTOv strong says "soon rations wtU bie rationed." “Decision." the demw- cratic play of last season. wJUi be made Into a movie. We wonder how Ihe Negro question will be treated - • in the same fine way portrayed •>n the stage, or "dressed up" a bit^ for Southern patronage benefit. And It will be interesting to note who replaces Georgia Burke in her ‘tell- iiig- ff i.'le and whether the lynch- iiig will bo omitted Uit somethlnj I ss inoibid. Eyes an* on HoUyw.xxl for their lieatmenl of "Decision.’’ M\x AllllLi AJJ ...trer, tU iVfi-L I f the boys ••■ • And Jerry countered around." !• .. Wlic l. i wh.. US about I lie boy Miss Rhapsody 'Breaks It Up’ In Detroit THE LOWUOWN ON THE SHOWDOWN s 111 tu'aily JuJf Carol Poc H'lieeh CHICAGO — (CNS) — Query; is Uic DuSuble Lounge for sale? That goes lor the grill, too. A large mid-eastern newspaper, colored ol course, pulled a boner by featuring a white correspondent on its front pages instead of Its many Negro war writers. That hapened on the past week. Taxicab drivers, boUi white and colored, are catching “it" m this town al this writing. Four- l'* ^ entertainment and 'wondered if it ^ \ Or. the same bill wiUi Bennie Car- nabbed in the i ) ^ W..S true that her hubby Sgt. Joe jLsOjL 1 Danny Barkley has been seen 1/ - ‘ t-oui* wa* really m earnest about Uys SUblcs in New York, she recently, sipping drink* with Roma Jackson, after saxmg hours witli Cab CaUoway’s band. Joe Williams, who crooned songs with Lionel Hampton’s band for a spell, according to Sam Kloman of the Cincinnati Record Company, wiU be featured on two sides ananl: •Around the Clock Blues" and "Dogs and Cats." These recordings will be available this month. James Ewing, who married Ben ny Mason's daughter, has been hon eymooning U in Chicago night spots. Winnie Jeffrys walking "baby" the dog. as the band plays, At a recent Joe Jefferson party, Alton Davis, who was connected with the pub. department of "Wings Over Jor dan." with a dish of black eyes and hoghead in his hands as Felix Kirk patrick tells of his many exper- ience.s with the »2nd over Italy. MINl'TE MAKE-UPS: AI Monroe of the Chicago Defen der has rcluncd from New York City wher.- he erwered the Ink Spots ease. A feaiire wlU follow. Izjs Angel' S Pitls-Gourier's Herman Hill, recently in qhlcago, .suffered at the hands of footpads who re- I *0000*08 to be for the boy* in the aimed Evanston. Illinois—Full page P Loch- anyway. Alberta Hunter dropoed me a card (about ^nd discassion of a re- R lx Cr ihf ifb ai time) u eay that »he'd been ielected as the pm^up scientific studya nd analysis, ard Is ll-e Charlie Cherokee of th r-^' choice for eome battalion "•omewhere along the p Toward the Nc- Chicago Defender. I wonder, t Burma Road." Mi** Hunter 1* heading a USO unit 1“^ pjg^ },„ Con-jelo C. Young Porsonalitei*: r '”^32 BublkiS director. National As- of this town, ^oj’^sing. LH ' chosen a* a "queen" and. I mean that* a for the Advancement of Rmilh of Charlied Chicken Sha.^. ( still, all of them dame* might be a heavy d.sh with . lauon pO appears in the the most proficient waitress of the ^ the Gl guy*—but. give me Anne Jonuai^ ^ue of'^Northwestern present season and who must be /Jnne C»ynfie versal movie star, and dont fence me (nl lUniversity's publication. The tabbed for addltlomd honors on the . „ I T J « jrf. Prank "Humphries ami his Orclicslra are McdiHion. The original artirJe of year's round-up o4 "Stars of Mid- And. l iie lo the lop for hi- has (hr- Roods . Miss Young, was published in the j Night. Danny RIJ. former p -Il w umuhr^^ who is dump, good in .he sti. ks Journalism Quarterly, University her of the roller^p team. Danny ' I*' ’/ o liv no* you've patched things op with youi fn- u-ls who |of Minnesota monthly for jouma- and Eddie, has bojfn recently .,a„.u' «..v,Vou » Xm- .pr.«50 mty I'l’tiirned from doinp I’SO sho i he had met on his tour. Ihu’ iusi t.woi ill's are taken from very walk of life. “Ytni’d ..a - too every lime you took a V '■ Hums quipped. T remembered that marvetou* .larva Louis had been selected by ler man.iger Bill Graham as a fa* • crite possessing plenty ol *OCk entertainment and wondered if it v.»s true that her hubby Sgt. Joe .. .oi.it wa* really in earnest about ^ • I. d'vorcing her. So I up*. "What * ■ - about Marv* Louis? Oo any of you fellow# think the’* a good choice fer a pin up favorite?" And * yokel, in passing, ejaculated; "I# he kid- ^ ding? That's the stuff you got to watch!" Li-na lloine. Dolores Drown, Jean Parks. Huz.’l Si'o t. 'l-*e Harris Albi-na Prytne and a half dozen others were given iii.tition. Alberta h.-adlines a DSO unit toiirinK the stales. I noticed that about ten elbow-bender# had assembled about os. Of oeurse I gave Curtis# the wink which meant that he wa* to take It alow in pouring them damned drlnka. My bill wa* now two dol lars and my allotment waa but three dollara and I wa* thinking about walking home. Not while Hawkins waa blowing up a breeze Willie Bryant Alberta Pryrti NEW YORK CITY iCNSj — Lat ent singing star al Uiu swank Ne gro-owned Three Sixes In DetfoiL is dynamic Miss Rhapsody, inimi table delineator of blues. Miss Rhap sody arrivi'd in Detroit Monday morning ami that nihgl when she made her first appearance, she broke up the place. But it’s an old Rhapsody custom to :.t.>p the show ' cold. Or. the same bill witli Bennie Car ter and the King Cole Trio at Kel ley's Stables m New York, she waa lealured singer and gained for her self recognition as a number one In her field. That was two years ago. N'.w Rhap.'Ody, whose real name i 1.^ Viola Welles, is preparing for '.I tour of southern states. She ha* several new lecordings to her credit for Savory: Hey Lawdy Mama. My Lucky Day. Sugar and Groovin’ The Blues. Of her curret]! lucccs in Detroit, her manager, Bill Graham, says "Rhaps'Klv just took up the show ,i:,| put ft in her pocket!" N.WAJO l.SDIANS OS WABPATH TES NOS PAS, Arizona (CNS) — Navajo Indians are on the war- jjalh along the Mexican border. The uprising began last week when, without warning, a band of the Indians raided the village of Tei Nos Pas and kidnappid mine sup- •ivisor Rudy Sweifcl. his wife and ^ iv Palmer, ranger rider. Posse* piifsucd tho band but the rebels fil'd into the monntaitts. Warrent* for several men have beett sworn Willie Bryant had relumed from Washington. D C., anl 1 thought h n good thing lo contact lilni- jf It was ooMtblo—and find out who he thought waa tho No I Pin-Up fa vorite, 1 telephoned the Hotel Ther esa. Karl (lough said he bad been there al the bar and left. He had bi-en at the Palm Cafe. too. ac- , cordim; to Rahih Uastone. The Braddm k’a boss man ‘ V'J thmiyl. Willie hn.l Just left Small's. I learned after cents I now had eighty cenu In my kick, so to hell with Br>. the pin-ups too. . . u. _ I know one thing. Although Im dizzy f''*"’ ‘ 1 yp this pin-up business .s alotfa »>‘ink. Here ere a dozen or more Jodies arguing about G favor ites. Where do we get off with that stuff They are supposed to be for the boy* In the aimed anyway. Alberta Hunter dropped me a card (about time) to say that she'd been selected as poni scifnuiiu svuuju ••« choice for some battalion "somewhere along the Attitudes Toward the Ne- Burma Road." Mis* Hunter I# I’**'*'"® * >1®® . j! Igro Press, by Con-jelo C. Young .„d I think "iV. a 2rod at?' publicity director. National As- chortn at a "quttn” andj .nttn that. a_«ood Advancement o' t wtrRKLY WELCOME . . . C. P. Stundtr,. USO Mobile Service IC rden^ etJ^ o„5 »urce ol diverelon oSered men wch et theM on toneljr outpoet duty. Mid-Night Man In Chicago BY TED WATSON Tiny Patton's five piece band i* being plugged by Sadie CarmiebaeL a newspaperwoman ol tbis city. Stic claims Uiis bund is tops. Helen Evans Davis formerly of tbe Nuts Club, is in town and looking good, being escorted too, by tbe one and only Marsall Bynum. Berry Broth- cis are in South America by now, alter wowing no cno at Mike De- Lisa's cafe on the southwest side of town. ON THE BOTTOM Don't know wno Pual Hardison (, but Andy Ford of Louise Arm strong's band is supposed to marry Dorothy Phlpolt. Tab Smith and his outfit are currently at Cafe de Society and Trevor Bacon is on vo cals. Harold Burton U in from Bloomington and seeing the spots, Ella Fitzgerald spotted at DuSable Lounge and sipping Scotch Julips. Nat Pailih sends "hellos" to Gladys Bentley of New York City. Pepper Taylor of Danville, 111., ..as a recent visitor in the Chicago iiighlcrles. Ihe Macombo fjfcib folded shortly after New Ye^s opening and that threw Ella Fitz gerald out of a Chicago engagement, it is leporled that Sally Rand will re-open the spot, but nothing has been yald aboul colored talent In its shows Fxldle Heywood and Ul Green are current at the Down town theatre . Erskine Hawkins and his band are on Ihe Regal stage as Is Effle Smith Dod Dodson, Jimmie Mitch ell and Crackshot and Vivian. Sea man Ozzle (football) Simmons squiiing the schoolmarm, Marie McFarland at a local restaurant Rose Katherine Dunham and her show are due in Chicago on the 22 of this month a( the Studebaker and that's the LOWDOWN ON THE SHOWDOWN. ^ , Copyright 1945, by Ted Watson) Winston-Salem where she atiepd.- «1 elementary schooL and complet ed her collegfi prepaiatory work at ihQ Palmer Memorial Institute, of Sedalta She first came to public notice lor proficiency in the dance as a stu dent member of the Radcliffe Col lege Dance Group m appeafanvvs at Harvard University ahd other New England center*. Suhsequeni study In the dance at New Y(jrk Umversily, at Ben- nigton Summer School of the ArLv and with Ethel Butler, formerly of the Marla Graham Dance Company, at the King-Smith Studio, has de veloped her Ulenl and has won lor her the acclaim of competent critics wherever she has appeared, Elizabeth Anne Ray specializes in Modern pgnee including blues, dramatized spirituals, race and jazz numbers, also in folk dances «• many countrle*. Her appearance at ihc college is the first of the »erl« Lyceum programs of the seasoD, LIONEL HAMPTON TO COACH GIANTS NEW YORK CITY (CNS) - Ace bandleader Lionel Hampton has been hired to coach the New York Giants. It seems that the lechniiiue Hampton employs as vibraharpul is very helpful to a ball player. •V Army Continues To Re cruit For Women’s ties, appeals tn Oben and Johnson-•» “La'ffing Room only' on Uioadway nightly. MISS RHAPSODY, ballad and blues singer, has bogun a 2 week-s engagomei'l at the Thri-e Sixes. oDcns at the ApolL* in Februiry, then heads for a s^.uth and -"Wh west t'luv ol one nighlers L^niis ArmstronK, Zanzibar's "ndded al iraclion," will ncoul a coni.eal war tune "I Got Those Atlantic Ch.ir- icr Blviei, • which In 's been singing nightly at the Club Louis also chants "1'= You Is" in Jordan style the patrons LH‘nt*l Hnm|)ton's Fbiiig Home' a tioi at the Strand Rill RobinMiii want., u biK>kmak- ers bemlit BiU B:dley witli old jokre and new step:- '-t vice v.r- sa"! wowing at th*' Capital %eith Tommy Dorsey’s band, IIAZFL srOTT. "n*‘ night, pl-i;-'- .•d B.i« h-lo-Scott In a strapless eve nlng bown. dlamoml br.icelct , if A great pianist. Arthur Rubinstein, was in b. r audi«-nce. Amaztd. lie discussed her with a friend wtu assured the famed Polish pianist In* knew' he would Ik- Impressed wl'.b Hazel's tioogle style but didn't ex pect Mm to go for h-r Bnclr 'To this, Rubinstein replied, "Daoh^ Oh.'it isn’t her Bach, it’: her fron"' Billboard mav.azlne. in their roundup, voted Ben Oaiter and Manton Moreland as outstanding Negro comedians of the year. Their new radio show is "Wander Inn." I Paul Robeson h.is. reportedly, lec tured on Jim Crow to his Kansas «au*tirHEirt Pill OfP UCIT lAYESOF SURFACE Army Corps Luther Hill ) No. 322. W. M. COOPER appointed TO SAFETY COMMITTEE HAMPTON INSTITUTE. William M. Cooper, director of the division of summer and extension study at Hampton Insltiute. has been appointed a member of the Home Safety Educational Program Committee of the National Safety Council. R. L. Forney, general sec retary, has announced. Mr. Cooper is scheduled to attend ATLANTA, Ga. — The ATW will continue to recruit for the Women's Army Corps in 1945, the War Department announced today. The WAC recruiting program will emphasize the enlistment of quali fied women urgently needed for duty in Army hospitals and ol those possessing specialized skills in sev eral vital categories necessary to maintain the WAC at the level re quired for over-all Army efficiency. Because of increasingly high cas ually lists and the return of thou sand medical and surgical techni- lo the united State* every month, together with a criUcal shortage of Army nurses, there is an urgent continuing need for several thou sand medical and usrglcM techni cians In Army hospitals. ThU need is acute and must be filled. Worn- en enlUted in the WAC for this duty will receive specialized training de signed to fit them as enlisted tech nician* and are a»ured duty Army hospital wards aiding in the care of aick. injured and wounded soldiers. . . Other enlisted technicians needed by the Army Medical Department Include pharmacists, laboratory technician*, denatl technicUn*. and psychiatric social worker*. There Is also a continuing de mand for Wacs possesing specializ ed skills Including clerical worker*, typists, stenographer*, tabulating machine operator*, radio operatora, control tower operators, parachute riggers, and cryptographere. In these categories the need 1* for skills rather than for large number^ Qualified recruits may request and receive at the time of enlistment, assignment to the Armv Air Tot^. the Army Ground Forces, ov the Army Service Forces after eornplet- be geared lo meet those procure ment objectives. While the number of recruiting personnel will be re duced and facilities will be consoli dated for increased operating effi ciency in the light of i educed enlist ment quotas WAC recruiting will continue on a national basis. 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