PAGE SIX
THE CAROUNIAN
SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, I94B
New York
! doming Soon To Your
i Local Theatre
Mabel Means Business
Showfronts
BY UON DE LEJOUBUD
INK Mi‘OTS VS. MOE GALE
CASE Sr.TLED
oe iicci-pted vviUioui his signature.
■ In the.' past, Aloe Gulc Inc. oxercis-
WlII, the Ink Spots versus Moe
O.ilo case has come to a timely and,
1 iiupc. salisfactor.v ena m and out
ol court scitiement that occurred
hciv tiic uiiier week, Tlie contru*
ver.-y gained more publicity thru
out the country than any recent in
ciuent uivoiving Negroes in show
bu.oue;,s anil Was Icaluied by Bill
Kem.y. tiie angular tenor on the
one .-ide ai.d Gale, Ivory cDeeki
Wat^un, and Pfe Chiiiic-s Fuqua on
the oilar, Many things were said,
making a whole lot ol people Xcel
bad on both .-Jides. Most of this
hiu 0. .11 recanted ,iiid while cer*
lam aspects of the settlement elimin
ate the cetUeineni that cither ^ide
Won a dear-ciit vietoi'y, there is
perh.ip.s now a more practical un-
deistandii,!} llian at the time when
G.ile had full soy over the funds
of li.v quartette which sky-rockel-
etl from obscurity in Indianapolis
to inicmation.tl fame In less than
ten years.
The Ink Spots, ns represented by
'11 Kenny, are no longer con-
olle'd by .Moc Gale Inc., and no
longer have to halve their earnings
with him. The court controversy
which developed into a squabble of
the name. Ink Spots, finds Kenny
and F’uqua retaining ownership of
the nan.e and Watson, the scat-sing
ing member of the quartete until
he was diopped a few months ago.
out of th epicture altogether. How
ever. Gale remain.'; as personal
manager for the act for the dura
tion of the existing contract, a per*
liod of from three to four years,
and in addition .Moc Gale's agency,
Gale. Inc., holds exclusive booking
riglihs fur a period ol slightly les.s
than two years.
Kenny will coUecl and disburse
ail funds, tiuis getting out of the
stiuation which brought on
couii muT, which previously had
Gale doing the collecting and the
paying. However, this means that
he will pay both Gale as personal
manager and Gale Inc. as bookers.
Each will gel 10 per cent of the
gross income, which means that
reality 20 per cent off the act w'ill
be realized by Moc Oale.
The right to pass on all bookings
is retained by Kenny and none can
cG the right
tracts w'itliu
whether he
or not. The
to conlinue
Spols will
.so long as
Lenclska ar
Gale him:
aooui the w
that person
turn and K
o^t as time
ipen wound
smart busi
'Utstaiining
teeing the
those as.soei
ed the sett
imme(
planning ol
that will pri
lyvveod whe:
signment is
As head ol
totto in swu
tion is unas
fir..l to carr;
uine to CO'
i him as u
ike the pib.
r Gale Inc.
oi the Ink
effect only
and Harry
Inc.
bookings nil
manner s
cerned,
MoanwhiU
peeted to St;
will feature
singing frun
eh 1 elicved
• no thuugiit
cs beiw
be ironed
ijiicur of
Kcnn;. a
iiid one ol
in guaran-
imseU and
im. accept-
good -prit
ussed the
jiitry lour
up 111 ill. 1-
piclure as-
iig.
paiil quar-
iiiiy's pusi-
L‘ lie IS the
fight over
t settled :
to all I
Uol
is e.v
lailetio that
style ol
by the Ink
Spots which is at variance wuh the
plan of lotting Watson i;el up a new
edition of ihe Ink Sp -!.- as competi
tion for the group licaued by K'n
ny. said plan having been disctnscd
during the
which tool
Supreme C
• Samuel 
tor Kenny ;
will not .Mu
cruiiig from
dor till nev
Fuqua, as lo
will contlnu
as a stipula
released fioi
become a quarter
venture.
of till
Nev Yoik
s attormy
t Moe Cal.-
oyalties ac-
m.'dc i;:.-
ni. CharKy
n the army.
i.Oo a wc' k
tVhen he is
:e. he is to
partner in ttie
About Being A ’45 Star
UY OELOKES CALVIN
.\c,W YUKK, iGNbi — Mabel
aiiuaiiKs. vviio eon skate Oack-
.oU-i luster .nan riiusl skaters caii
>iue luivvaro, IS serious about be-
ig a uriglil star in ItHa. Just last
e.n, iici coach uilciud $2a lo any-
proiessioiu i or ainateuii, wnu
ouiu uu a be.iei iiu Jump ihuii
iviiskuuieu iMai.
Now
this
Pictured above are Jon Hall
and iManu Monicz who again
uppearas lovers in Universal’s
GYi^bV WILDCAT, a sensa
tional technicolor film.
ALck, lies consiueiiiig uisunng her
shapely legs against cuts aiid bruis
es loey ve been suUerng not only
:fion: the WalU Jump, but from Uie
luueieiii Axels, Spirals. Lutz Jumps.
' L'aincls loiie ul the most dillicuil ol
spaisi, Flips and Ljops, and all oth-
; ei st.indai'd executions.
! We went down to see tms 'swuiuc
siiovvbiid wonder and found her at
Radio City s outaour rink, practic-
I mg a diflicuit .-■pm With g axels at
tached. Her couch, Wally Hunter,
vvas beating ins hands together in
the void vchile .Mabel, in bullet
shorts with a sweater underneath,
rac. d around tin- rmk trying to
warm up. Preiv -oo.i, she started
the spin and laiiiy skating which
iruide Clitics and tevievveis choose
Mabel Fairbanks to stand out in
iiii.i spoils preuicnoii ol ItHd,
Ubct.i>c.b fA.N MAIL
seems tnai year olu Aiabcl
iius been leeeivmg nesvy laii man
iioiii overseas, one unit begs to
iiuic lic-r us uicir piii-up gin. bo.
iiunier wants to uuiia a show ano
vvuia gill.
AiiU M'abels quite a girl; she
knows her ice but she can't roller
skate! Once she uied it in Uie
auuse, aguiiisi Hunter's wishos, and
when he saw her, she was all
oruised and dvliiutcly against the
spoil. Mabels trnm JacJcst^nviUe,
clbiiaa. one lame nctn to learn
s.cnugrapliy but saw a Soja Hem
movie lirsi. il was "Une In A Mil-
bion. Now, that Ullc Ins her! She
piuciiced on the c.ly's rink unul
vVally Hunter noticed her. Himself
a “fait skaier,' he took her under
his wing. Now, alter three and a half
years, ku bel is the race's only pr>-
-lessional iccskaler.
During thetr first lessons, they
ducked spending Uic traditional
;titne on "sciiool figures'' and in-
j stead, she rehearsed llynig around
the rmk’. which prepared her to
^•o.essiuiiai ana r,uv’u tier poise
iiiuce early, liiey looK iiiuuy
i cuts lo ueineve iiiis ciiu.
...^1 A'(tOM:.&a.UN
Ef f ie Smith Exits Haw
kins’ Band In Chicago
Si.VGI.NG Oh CAROL Tl SKEK
.-ETs Ol I H SK; Sl’LIT CAME
tVHILt. B.V.SI) 1‘LAVEn
f lilCAGO
UV TE1> WATsON
CHICAGO iCNSi — Kffie Smith,
uiie of uur imest .-mgei.s of songs,
tmik exit from Er.-kme Hawkins'
oiiiiu liore this week after consider-
.ible alleged disrurd and the sing-
SEEIN’ STARS With Dolores
Calvin
.burial Haim Gives $50
To \1 ilberforce Scholar
ship Fund
wn.BFRFOKCE, Ohio (CNS) —
Murt’el Krihn, famed songbird and
former 'Carmen Jones" star, gave
$50.00 to Ur Charles Wesley, presi
dent ol Wilborforce University, this
week. I'.wairt his in'crracial fund
for .-tucienis m post-war time. Dr.
New Yulk . . iCaivih's News
Service) . . DUNHAM; A DISH-
FULL OF DYNAMITE. . Kaln-
ruic Dtiiiiiam, u go.deii brovvn
dancer who not so many yt-ais ago
was a itaid-workuig uiiKiiowii iiv-
mg down on New York's titidi Si,
closes her tluce week engag;^-
ment heie at the Century Tneu-
tre amid cheers and world ap
plause.
. Her audience seemed to go lot
that coy Dunitam-stylcd smile,
the comc-hither eyes and the lain-
ous Dunham walk. . They liked,
too, the unique idea ol her chang
ing costumes after each cui'Uim
L» . The troupe, we think, was
.!, ages ago. The Ueiuphis L.>
. , It was letuidtd by Harry
James . . iiodyvsooa colunuiist
XIV UUa Hoppv-r, Ul OeSVMbilig Ulu
iiiOsie siic luves best, namevi
among a jisl ol greau, iJoroUiy
.a.,iioia aia Hunt Louise
wnicji Grace xvloore, anti Negro,
muue ialiious .' . nlso EUlet vVa-
leis 'dloiiiiy WeaUieT . . Hu;
Hvuua was piobubiy just snort oi
uevva vv'iien sne luauc Uiu radio
broaucasi Uiat Hazel bcolt would
' g.vc up iiei Di'iiiiani career to
be just iVHs. Adam Howell, Jr." . .
itazei nus no sucii inlenUons . . .
iT h CLUbLNG TLME lor ' i'ue
Eiut'cning vv'mu wmai goes on
iig Ol a local singer named Carol
L'uekciv who is reputed Ik years ol
ige vv iih no piuie.-sioiui ojckgruuna.:
jvccuiding to repaiis, Uie conUo-'
ei'sury became ev idtnl when Car
ol Tucker was recommended fur the
iligmg beilh m Hawkins' orchcs-
ra by Flo liawkiiis, the band
leadeTs Wile. Eilie, oUlcials of the
Kvgai Iheatie slated, was given u
weeks notice on the last day ol
Ihe oands appearance on the Regal
Theatre stage. Despite the replace
ment of .Niiss Smith in this band,
It wjs leainc'd (hat she will be
used m othei arrangcirents as set
up oy the .Moe Gale oliices.
BAD BREAKS ALL ALONG
In a year and about four months,
the length of Hire Miss Smith work
ed with Hawkins' band, it was learn
ed liial she never was given suita
ble Mings for presentatiun to her
public. It was further brought out
that at no uine were special arrange
ments of mu.sical numbers made for
her by order of the leader and that
on Wednesiliy. January lOth, when
the band recorded for a leading rec
ord company, she was excluded
from tills session. Recently, the front
uflices of the agency booking the
Hawkins’ outfit, instructed their
'{Hihlicity agent to start disseminat
ing some press releases on Erskine
Hawkins, building up Jimmy Mitch-
leasc-s and general publicity, Elffie
hmitn has suffered immensely at
the hands ut persons responsible lor
ulterior means in keeping her name
down and as a result, has forfeited
her many chances of moving up into
the iieuvy money brackets. Ida
James and Dcolies Brown, seem
ingly suffei ca from like experiences.
OF I-EKED JOB AT
KIICMBOOGIE
Charlie Glenn, whose Rhum-
boogie Cafe here is one of the ma
jor clubs on the rialto, offered Ef-
tie a fabulous salary to stay over
lor the new show starting Friday,
but duetu a previous booking she
has ul Shep's Playhouse with Eddie
Heywurth at Los Angeles next
month, he refused. In the meantime,
she will be at Los Angeles resting
and recovering from the monotonous
rigors and physical degradation of
the past two months of "one-night-
ers' witnessed with the Erskine
Hawkins' crew.
Barney Josephson, owner of Cafe
Society m New York City, at one
time had eyes for Effic's sweet song
styling but because ul difficulties In
procuring a pianist accompanist,
she iiad to forfeit that chance. It is
the belief of this writer that Miss
Smith would be great in a three
piece string combo. It appears that
this breaking with the Erskine
if.-iukinv rrfvw .-ind the Moo Gale
f.uncu ill itlUUtll OS kite
»UUU(.Oi> dl Uio gdlV, CU,-
iiift Uie lew, aiiu SHOOK tiia iivau.
sue k 111 an expensive piulessiuii.
ivny, mat gui nas lu nave cuiyiupia
dlaues, tne oeat mere are,' ne
sdid. 'Uui me oiggeai irouoie we
nave IS 111 rciiimg nuKs. lacyie
uarii expenaive. we planned leiiimg
one in Cunecticui uiid biruig a banu,
out We cuuidiit get u tor the iiigm
wauled, so thuts out lor uie
present We've trieu putt.ng Mab-1
ice shows Here lu the ciiy, but
ihey’i'e definitely prejudiced against
It. Why, une manager told me that
It he did, Mabel would take the
how and he couldn't let that liap-
pen! We wiute a personal letter
to Sonja Heme, but she never ans
wered. Some promoters offered her
an Aunt Jemiamh role, but we re-
pect uur profession us well as our
race and therefore, lejected
idea.”
By this time, the scslun was over
and skaters went to change. Many
white girls who Mabel had skated
mgs around on tho'^ink, came up
to ask Hunter when they could see
this all the time.” he said to us. And
we did.
iS MODESTH, SIMPLE
On the way uptown, they stopped
for a repair job at Stanzlone, one of
the two bets bootmakers in New
York. That's when Mabel gels her
skating shoes made, they make
everything but the blade. In his
shop, pictures of Vera Hruba Rais-
ten. Sonja Heni, Belita and all the
skaters whose boots he makes, are
lined up. Mabel's picture is among
them.
Modest Mabel, with her southern
smiplicity, is anxious about going
to see the Soja Heni sho wjust In
town. She was worried how she
could fit it into her schedule; she
rehearses for hours daily, but de
cided they had to find room for
it. When leaving the two, wc were
sure the combination would break
the Ice this year. With such patience
and ability, how could they miss?
Rucker arc the favorites of the after I
da:k habitues. This Ls happening at
the Three Duee-v-s, kwing ce-nter.
lu closing, the column wishes to
say that cune-ntly* there arc many
so-called theatrical worshippers of
white pre*.''s. The-se worshippers
have* u policy lo deride Negro news
papers which are* in most case's re
sponsible fur all publicity garnered
by shu wfolks. All theatrical per
sonages who believes that the Negro
mwspapcis and their writers are
beneath them DON T contact this
colunm ut any time*. Tlierc's THE
TOM-TOM OK TIME.
(Copyright 1915, by Ted Watson.
COOTIE WILLIAMS
.AT APOLLO
NEW YORK C* — Cootlo Wil
liams, one time Duke Ellington star,
came to the Apollo this week with
his growl trumpet and a full-line
BUY AN EXTRA BOND!
CAPITAL COCA COLA
BOTTLING CO.
$15 W. Morgan St.
who was ordered back to his induc
tion center.
ON THE BOTTOM
King Kolax, the Chicago boy who
made good on the road, will be evi
dence ut the Metropolitan Theatre
in Cleveland this week. Danny
Knight is the featured singer with
the Kolax aggregation. Roselle
Gayle now is rendering incompar
able pianologues in his own uni
que style at the Strartford Tap
which is located on the north end
of the Windy City. Duke Ellington
and his outfit slopped off here en-
route to Los Angeles and the Els-
quire Jazz concert
Scenery Clark on songs along
with Lee Harris on the Mason-
Hamlin grand are current at tne
Rand Rox. Dorine Bumanglag is
«; TEMPTRESS! •
rIsHEST ROGOiS!
1000 Plunder-Mod
Adventurers'.
is®.! ®
UMV'
/ foin oot
ScfRXA Ptox. Jo'nei • JomviMCoin
OfS-no* S'o'r-"V90'’ * AJdrt«>»>o1 rwloeuR. Joseph Hedrw
Directed by BOY WHUAM NEilL Prodvced by GEOBOE WAGONER
\ 1 1...1' I ;,pii.i r, ii-M.. Aui, i.fi
$.50 00 lo Dr Charles Wesley, presi
dent i( Wilbcrforce University, this
week, toward his interracial fund
fur sliKients in post-war time. Dr.
Wseley's idea is similar to the pro
gram sponsored by Antioch College,
a iibcnil institution at Yellow
Spring. Ohio, which allows for
Negro students to come lo Antioch
from the fund. Mis sRahr, in donat
ing the money, said she was proud
M give sumulhing toward better in
terracial understanding in educa
tion as the future is built on youth.
The first $2.5.00 contribution to
the fund was from Mr. R. Harris.
Trca.surei of Morris Brown Univer
sity in Atlanta. Ga. He. also, felt
the fund needed the support of
Negroes throughout the country.
MTss Rahn appeared at Wilber-
force University in a song recital
Friday evening after being “snow-
td under" in Buffalo.
.limmv Rushing T(i Wax
Special Alhum Of His
llosl Popular Blues
NEW YORK— Jimmy Rushing,
the "Man Who Sings The Blues”
to Count Basie's jump rhythms,
is slated to wax a special album
of eigiit of his most popular blues
spvcialties for Columbia Records
next month. The album, to be ap
propriately titled "Jimmy’s
Blues. " will be the first of its kind
on the market.
Ru.shmg has been one of the
Basie bund's most prominent stars
ever since the band’s carlieBt days
in Kansa.s City. Jimmy’s roly-
poly frame served as the inspira
tion for the Hit Parade song of
three years ago. “Mister Five By
Five.
Bregman-Vocco—Conn, Inc., the
not^ music publishers, recently
have released a Jimmy Rushing
Blues Folio as an addition lo their
Count Basie Swing Series. The
folio was edited bv the famed
Basie blues-chanter nimself.
Uli!coi.K-iu!ltv; 4'uki.l.aWJ'Jii!!.-
ous Duniiam walk. . They iikcu,
too, the unique idea oi her chang
ing costumes after each cuiiain
call. . The troupe, we tiiink, was
in its best condition and nude
for Katy a fine supporting cast. .
Their impressions ot the SouUi
American countries were made
authentic by Dunham’s own ex
tensive traveling wliicli included
a Hosenwaid Fellowship to tlie
West Indies. However line the
dancing, elaborate costumes and
tropical setting, we coundn't help
but feel a little home-sick. The
Negro, that is the American Ne
gro, was never represented—un
less you would call Uie flunsy
version of Dark 'Town Strutters
Ball typically Negroid', .and talcs
like Pearl Humus, who gracelul-
ily jumps to poems like "Strange
Fruit"' and tales of iynchings,
hopes and strivings of oui' peo
ple, KaUierme Dunham chooseS,
for some reason, not to include
the Negro’s music and beliefs. .
We Uiink sucli would make “hot"
a mild word in describing the
real Uiing.. . But, you really can't
compare Primus to Dunham. .
BoUi are self-made, seif-styJed
artists di'awing different type
audiences. . . F*rimus is younger,
Dunham more of a ’finished" ar
tist. . Yet, both are outstanding
in the '^-nee field. . Meanwhile
if you like your dancing "native
and sizzling," by all means see
"Tropical Revue" now touring the
country with KaUirine Dunham,
that disliful of dynamite!. . . .
DECCA BLUES. . News Uial
Helen Dowdy and Avon Long,
former principal members of Uie
Gershwin saga of Negro life.
"Porgy and Bess," have fUed a
$250,000 suit against Decca K ‘-
.cords, Inc. is a bit surprising. .
They claim Decca released some
of their it-cords without their ap
proval. . Avon recently complet-
!ed "Ziegfeld Follies” for MGM co-
jStaring with Lena Horne . . Helen
• is reporteii in a show on BroaJ-
\vay . . W. C. Handy collecled $5,-
,G00 in royalties from a song wril-
oe just alls. Auaiii Powell, Jr. . .
iiazei lias no suen intentions . . .
iT;3 GDUbLNG 'ILME lor ’ I'nc
aiarctimg W uiu wiucn goes on
till, roau, tealujing Gorneiia Ulis
bKinner ar.U m wlncn Alercedes
uiioeil lias a say . . But an open
ing ovcasiui'i loi Canada Lee in
X ne '1 vmpesl ‘ next week . .
\via Loima, Uie bailerinis, co-
4>lai's m me Shakespearian drama
. . ' F leeuom Road will be com-
p.eleJ UiG w^ex by ANT piay-
CIS over New World A'Coming
a.uJia.g hdua z>ui.nis and Fred
O Neij . . PajJ itooeson, Jr. in Ne-
gio newsreels on his owii merit . .
Hetty e Voorhees, toinuig lo Town
jilaii lor a debut February 4111, is
'Caiiaaidii-born Jj'iend ol Poilia
‘\\iule, anoliier suiger who came
itLic to wui acciaun . . For her
aeuul, siie'li look sUiking
■v.'ntie aguuisi her black hair .
‘Ana speaking ol suigers one
toiuiUed ei'iUcs iiere last week
- was Eua Heiie Davis. . . .
their girl singers in the press re- Miss Smith is.
tuuul lia:sie (jcb Award
Tla^^ffis' duin;. iiisiructei
publicity agent to start disseminat
ing some press releases on Erskine
lawkins, building up Jimmy Mitch-
11 and keeping Effie's name sub
dued.
■i cases where bands feature
,cl«j IKJI
Smith would be great in a three
piece string combo. It appears that
this breaking with the Erskine
Hawkins crew and the Moc Gale
offices will be the stepping stone fdr
a sensational singing star such as
Mid-Night Man In Chicago
IDL iU.D-iO.U UE TIME
IPPPI
Scenery Clark on songs along
with Lee Harris on the Mason-
Hamlin grand are current at the
Band Box. Doring Bumanglag is
back in ‘own and may try for a job
with a band. C. and R. Chicken
Shack has the best chicken in Chi
cago. On Poop's erlgp, Three Cats
•N’ Jammers along with Laura
Pfcjif, Jo-"« Ksjon
o*»av>oi s»ofv, jo**»
Directed by ROY WIUIAM NtiLL
A UNIVERSAt PICTURE
AOUdionoi rvoloau*. Joteps Heffmon
Produced by GEORGE WAGONER
doming soon to your favorite theatre
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See and hear Cozy Cole, world famous drummer
Hi TLD WATsON
i\LvV YORK— Count Basie, the
vuKd Uie annual Orchestra World
'Jump Kmg Ul. swing," has been
voU-u tile aimual Oiciiestra World
Aneievemeni Award as the out-
Miiiuiiiig musiL-.an of 1944, it was
auJiouuccu UiiS '^cek oy me edi-
tui.> ol the national music hade
niagazme.
Baaie was an easy winner over
ms iieaiesl rivals in being elect-
ed ;o uie high hunur. Ballots in
the poll were received from all
o\er tlie world, anu showed the
Count to ue a particular favorite
„,a,chcd hclc Iasi
bjUl at noiiie and on far-lJung' j. ■
Lallelronts.
CUli'AGO iCNSj — Flash! Effie
sliiitb, i^.aiiu siiig.r ut popular
lUiigf iiaa vxi.ed Lis.kuie Hawkins'
aelieol.a. lliis colunii. oaW Ul>s uul
loeiiujig lor over a yeui. Sae will be
cviaeiieeu sliorily at bheps Pluy-
nouse III Lo.s Angeks bunies Febru
ary hhh uioiig \mUi Lduie Ileywuod
\Miu linistleu a levent engagement
Here ut Uie DuMinowii Itieatrc.
Lil Green went over Uig at the
Downtown.
Andy Kirk and Ins Clouds ol Joy
were lust seen hcie ul the Down
town Tiieulie us were Curl and Har
net, Peg Leg Bales and Gordon and
.\iuiiuy. Puyliss Sinilcy, the song-
sirt.ss. was robbed and flayec, ?•
eordmg to reports. I. '1'. Gipson, the
cos Angeles lepoiier, is ieporU*d
lO have left Chicago "short' Bills
>o repeal the Georgia pull lax law
nave been inlroduc(.-d to the House
and Senate of the General Assembly.
yueiy; Will Vera eerguson of
Ciiicago get that singii>g booth wltn
Lucky Millender's Orchestra'.’ It
IS repoileu that she is what you call
— "nut so liot" on vocalizing. Jake
Tins jiiaiKs dpi anotliei of the .Vlanhallan at the Bl'uc Room of
many polls the Count won during Mai ia Kramer’s Hotel Lincoln,
Li44, a year l.iat saw Uie "Jump'one ol Uie top dance spots, in the
King ' scale new and greater mua- 'nation, for u return engagement
uai heights. that will extend through Febru-
Trie Basie band is currenUy in aiy 13.
eek on a charge ol helping peddle
Coupons redeemable for 1,000,000
.aiiuiid 01 gas. Keu ul Red and Cur-
ey ts ill 111 Peoples iiospual. Piieu-
inoiuu, su Iney say. A speedy recov-
:iy lor nun we hope.
it.tlE MAUtMLb UN:
Many coinpiimeiiis must be hand
ed Mrs. Baroura Lce ul Evanston.
Illinois, who on the past Sunday
ui'prised Uus columnist with a gi
gantic birthday party. Amuag those
present at tins gala event were:
Doris McKellar, Sarah Platt, Hose
Ward, Alice Pinkney, Bobby Ward,
Micliael Lee and Natalie Platt. Ad-
ued nice pcrsuiiuliteis: Bertha Tip-
ton of the National Negro Council
and Joe Maialuii, tailor.
Tiic Brili.>ii AUiniralily has two
B,Ojo ton mme-iayers now being re
convened into 'flouting night clubs’
lu be used lur cnlertuinment pur
poses lor troops in the South Pacific.
DuSablo Ol ill's chef never beard
of a steak sandwich. Thai's grue
some! "Down in 'i'eitnisville” is
late Erskine Hawkins recording
...id was wriilen by one of his
trumpet players. U has possibilities
of bccuining a hit tune!
Warren Williamsun, Nelson (Brass
Hail) Sykes and a lew other "heav
ies" will be sporting defense jobs
by lime this drivel hits the news
stands. Jimmy Anderson was here
again but left ubruptlv- He must be
‘laying dead’ ut Detroit. Sports De
partment: Watch these lighters in
'45: A1 'Isaac Pursleyj Jolson,
George Costner and WilUe Pep,
“This cola tastes best!”
[-JaRLEmS^AM By Floyd G. Snelson
1. HjCAdO ■CN.'si “ From New
5 I. liiiil'in to Chicago's Bronze-
M.ic ;.i iho deli&hltul experience of
.. .. and cruising reporter.
• :-j .tnig a much earned vacali'ui
;iiig r-iativcs and close
of I'ng s'anding and re-
I a flagrant ii latioiiship with
■ i(l acquaintances ol yesteryear.
loc.dei.uliy. being a former Chi-
• i f year.- pa.-^t, i: might be of
ii.lt l«^. to I CC.lil any land remin-
• :ii' ■■{ tiie la>%d(cades in com-
p i. ou oj today. Still, a "green
. i' 'vain' hospitality. Chi-
■ ha- always served as a haven
-I K'lUge lo bi.'ihtrs and sisters of
S •■‘hliiid. who journey here
hr ai; awakening in a new day of
.,i''d":n, pi'i'-pcrily ;ind joy. Unlike
•.lid Ni'.v Y’ork. the newcomer to
‘.I.' iminedi-tely falls into a
' rmlh of vhri'ihc'd welcome per-
nap- :eldoni oxistaiit elsewhere.
l.ong a vanguard of economic, po
litical and social progress of our
rate, Chicago continues a record
bleaker. On the other hand, it
niight be well to advise that New
York City is fast falling in the
footsteps of the proud Windy City
111 many direcuons, tspecially in re- prejuaicea wniies, anu c.nicagu
cent months. In view ul the exam- ' fought the battle of the housing
pie s. i by Chicagoans many years situation lo the finish with victory
ago, New Yoikcrs have n.ade splem
hav
did advancement in the economic
picture, and impiuved the stand-
irds of employment in many fields
of industry. Although Gotham is
;..t diw feitile giound of war in
dustries tiiat flourish here, and lu-
.lativc pob.' f'r our peopiC are nut
su abundantly fruitful. Harleiiiitcs
have betm integralvd into new ave-
riuca of tmploymi iil with surprising
success. Colored mvn and women
today may be found working side
by side with whiles everywhere
fioir S'.ock Market of W’all Street
Swank Paik and Fifth Avenues, the
lowering cannons of Radio City, the
:na/.d.i bell id gay Broadway —
their services in groat demand and
highly appreciated. Tiie nearby war
l.ljnls in Jersey. Long Island and
Connecticut find Ha;lem labor
noble experiment.
Living in the finest homes ever
occupied by people of color, Chu
coans have long been the env,
the country. It brings to mind
days when homes were bombi
1 an*, glad to inform that in New
Y'ork, tlie tension is not quite so
treacherous and today colored peo
ple arc buying homes and live in
them on the swellegant Riverside
Drive in the civinity of Grant's
Tomb, fastidious Central Park West,
and on Fifth Avenue facing Million
aire's Row, There arc Negroes in
business on Broadway today, the
most famous boulevard in the world,
and living in the skyscraper apait-
ments of Washington Heights, where
just a short while ago, their only
access v as a maid or porter.
The New York Telephone Com
pany is training their first crew of
operators and one will never know
whose hello it will be — that of a
icpia brown or blue-eyed blonde.
T*ie newest ovation soon to appear :
is colored saleswomen in the largest |
fiepartment stores, in the world’s
great meiropolist. . . the experiment,
already Is meteing with grand sue- ;
ces in Boston.
This cruslng reporter will con
tinue bis reflections next week. 1
M THE Hit HEi
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