THE CAROUNIAN
SATURDAY, Aj!H1L 14, 1945
'iilo Uiiiuii Lautl I'l.iau.i
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tdliu' «»-■ f igiil yv« i lilt- iviuiuui
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Tutiiiccw ttu.Kt-1.- 1 .naliuii-'i tu-
:,uliti.'> duiiiij^ liic ii.UiL’
Kluui. Till.-- Jiupi.lji Nib
bllUWl'U UIiU.'UJl H.lillii’l
Uinuti pupuidi' auiibb j;
well ab 2>i>uIIk'II1 iticludic:
UuuUi.
The liislui> ut the Union Laoci.
bhup Cards and Seivite Uutloii;
was drainalized uu llus ladio uiuaa
cusl. I. M. UrnliHiii, bccieUii,)
Treasmer ot Uie Union l.al;».l
Trades Uep.iiUniiet, nude a shoil
address aller llie ciUailet .-■all
UKi tuki::e unit
ALL SLT ^OK fOLK
NKW VOKK «irS) — Us ‘••om-
ing your way. The ••eleUialed liiK
Three Unil, slarrina The Ink bpols,
America's tamous iiuarut; Klla i'lU*
gerald, the nation s No. 1 song slji-
ist; Slim Tliomas, lops in taps, and
Coke and I'oke I'Tt Am t No Joke' »
bucked up by Coutie Williams, the
Growl Trumpet Kmg and His Or
chestra with blues singer Bob
Merrill.
The tour calls for dates in Gary,
Itid., Detroit, Mich., Toledo, Cleve
land, Columbus, Akion, Youngs
town and Dayton, Ohio. Also en
gagements in Souih Bend, Indiana.
Pittsburgh, Pa.. Washington, D. C.
Hartford, Connecticut and Boston,
Massacbulcss. At the Paramount
Theatre here the unil set an all-
time new high in attendance and
every •i''t was a solid .ehow-«topper.
'according to manager Bob WeiUnan.
Louis Jordan All Set For Record Return Paramount
Date; Plans To Sing Bert Williams’ Old Tune
"Uncle Ton." senleiictd to ban-
lahnieiil forever Uoir. the Aimri-
cati stage, in a special trial
eercinoiiy cuiiinemoiaUiig the
lOlh anniversary of The Dillard
Players' Guild, New Orleans, La.
A proclamation e'alling lor a new
Negro iheatrc which would be in
tegrated without discrimination
(1, 1 lh' right i.s Jolin
Koss, A'socialc I’rofcss'U >.
ilroii.a, VI ho w...', guest alUst in
t iealure productiOTi of Kmper-
or Jon 7. The Judge is Randolph
Edmonds, Profesui of Drama, who
with a group of students prepar-
• • cuntiihuled Uie curtain lais-
(T,. ' Tnc Shape of Wars to Come."
a hilarious comedy -1 condiUon
, on the home front duiing World
j War Nine.
[ Dillard University is one of the
I thirty-two private Negro College
Fund, and offers a lull major’s
ed the iriul and Proclamation. Hu ' work to studems oi drama.
^1",. i. .. ipiTihanuing songs
I"- guy.
... .iviiiUAN say lie nut Sam
ri. doioii..a. itAJiior oi Aiiaiiu Wtupl
II a recent ti.p to Muiida. "U Uieii
were just lU men liK-' nun, Fluiida
.vuiiiu ue iixc'i up - but (^uick! ’
i^ou.. ii.an»gei, Uerie Adams, flew
111 Irani Chicagu to se'e him appeal
at me Apoliu Theauc. Both were
surpriseU at Uie way tne place had
oeen rc-modeli-d. Louie had a suite*
of rooiiis. Maiiugei Sc.uflman talks
oi 1 utung ID showers. Can he al-
luiCi It'/ Alter Louie fiiiuhes his
leguiai les.'ous.
lie- went lo High sehuol and 'u
cum 1 uiuvcisuy. u* ms .»paie
lUlu, lie U.:*'U to LlaoUii. alouiiel
wiiu iiaiimig iiious aiiU giving
.oice lessons, lli-n i.i uppeU anu
callie lo iVeAi lOin, laK.l.g a lUaS-
ler s Jeg'te iioiii coluiiioia.
lie- ue^aii leacinng al ll»'Aaid in
laai, putliog oil uuisuot snows on
liie side. In lk>*. ne eame lo Uom
am to play a big lole ui an -
gro peitorniance ol ' Ciiiavaile-u.*
uasUcaiia' al Uie .Vlecca Icliipie.
Me was good—iiiighiy go'rU. T li r
1.. 1.' uis Joidan. sensational
bamlii adi i' playing Uu- Apollo Thea-
u, wj.s hiisy gettinH ready for a,
i.iikI r"ni('ba-k inio me i'aiamouiit
•i.e.'tic .lane I3th. He just closed
II, first eiigagimenl there Febru-
ly 27ih, after ihne weeks of vow-
no p.ici.Klw.ivile- To get ready, he's
.nlering simmie’r uiiiform.s for the
bi.y.s .iiid searching for new lunc^
H. plans to sing "That f'oiildn’l
H.;p:.'-i To NotKKly Else But Me,"
-..114 Beil William. maIe (uinoiui
ii the old days .
Hii letuni Paramount date is a
record no one else has set. It seems
dial flarry lavine. theatre talent
seJc-elnr .nd Bob WelUnm. maiiag-
,11 • dirwior of the PaiamounI house,
lime new high in attendance and A proclamalioii calling loi „ now |
•verv act Wiw a solid nhow-stopper. Negro iheatrc which would uc m-
according to inartuger Bob Wellman. 1 tegraied wuhoul discrimination
Attendance Record Smashed By
Billy Eckstine And Orchestra
with
ed thi
1 group of students prepur-
irial and ProcUimatiun, He
■hl!Ty-l\lo V'*' TV Loncgc
Fund, and ufUrs a luil major’s
work to studems of drama.
SEEIN’ STARS With Dolores
Calvin
A brilliant now slur has flashed
on the “name band" hori/.on. ITs the
romantic singing maestro Billy
Plckstem and hi.s sensational new
orchestra, now playing lo jam-pack
ed tlieatrcs all over the country. In
Detroit, Cleveland, Washington and
other key cllie.s, atlendi.iuc records
have be.n shalteied from opening
day on.
ililly Eckstein with hi own or-
^ chestra is such a glittering combin-
Billy li also u l.dv.iUd iiiuo.caii
and coiiipu.,1. 'ivvo oi iiia bisl scll-
icL.iiU I'u.. ovu a ii.illioi
UlSV.. ouc.i
i;,ali'
A 'iolk.. ^acll
dial i.,>ily ma
11.4
lal a
it-i I
gilt C
ali(
BILLY ECKSTINE
- such a downright "natn
— you wonder why il hasn't hap
|)ened before. Yoiiiu’. Billy !.*• gifted
with an exeiling baritone slngin.^
voice that swept liim to nationwide
fame ttinuiKh foiir y. ars' starring
with Earl Hines Billy’s acclaim and
a»ro.-.^ tnc slicel liu. l ..no .lie ua>
no tlosoil nl Uie laollt l-'UO. ol.-,
Alulo lie oiube OOA oiuce ivCu.
wide op»'i. al ii..iUina i.iiiji
.AjJullU ilivatle. 111.' 1. o 111a.1 b‘
Uy le.ip.. auu boaiiU.,
age Ills bUggc.-.Uon, Bi ly .lociucu
lollil al.U lead Ins OWii olCliCsil
.N^eule-'S lo .ay, B*U> r.ck^une,
like all slni.' Ill Uie- enlellaUilliel.l
:.aa. jdaccs a Viiy l.igi. value oi.
p. looliai nppeoialiet. He- 1;, p~.lU-
ciilarly alleulive lo ..la luir. Anu
li you could iii'.'iviow li . pvis.'ii
Illy, i.e'd I .1 ye.u lii.u m i. la.u.-
ul ii.einoer ol Uio glaiuorou.
parade- ol sla. v-h'. i.i^hly lee.ln
nil-nd bl.eiw Un.le llall Be..UUUe'l
“t«nuw While u .e....- leliiKU liuo
o.e's..i.,; Utla ieiid:. Sljie- aiiu ehuiii
to li.e h.iid, gives .1 that well
groomed appeaiaiiee, Billy say;
"En;w White I.- iiij hist choice ol
a hair dii'.'iiib. Iliis i.-, Uu- lain,
hair di''-.'ill'.; Ui-il la ..I'd lo cori
jl" th.il liaiah, i.iitlle u-i ling ol m-gle
‘d h.nr, .iii.t lo iniii.nt -ly.
iiigti glo; s" ami even in..Ke n.
NEW 'lULE CITY iCNEl W. C.
i.VNUV K.vUW.S Nui'HlNG UJr ;
UUl.bL^ i> lUliaV . . . Lost WCeg, ■
eoluiiJi uintuaiiee-ii that i'oiniuy
lioi'sey. loiiioua UoiiuLaele-r, wanted
I. a music,.! oil Uie Iilo uX W. C.
luy out 111 ilul.yvaad as ^uuti as
..lid ms InoUiei, Jimmy, got
iu„n woi'k.-iK on liieir cuireut
ure-. Well, up until Wednesday
n,s we K. W. c- liaiioy, eiui l-ulh-
.f the- Blm . Imun t Heard a woiJ
U li.ni ao.-.ii ... We- ealuU Handy
ineis Mus.e Pubiislimg Com
pany on Broaelwav aim talked wiUi
oiei Ch.iiles lie said lie know
n.ueh aOoul It as I did. Then, nc
.1 ilio coinj.'/ser :i hniisi tt. W. C
not. He ius.-eu in.u it Uor&ey
pi.iiitiitig uiiyumm about iiim,
,-h.ulu fellow nooul It. He said
.il 1', liad wiiUeii nim a letter
hell no heard the iiews but liadilT
I Tt. ivefl an a'lfwer. "I’m not
ad he bellowed, "and I've
.y ; ul aim a pobl.duiig bus-
e-ss on Ineiadw-.iy v .ore I WOrfc
.ly li O', So If t'ley .ntfliu doing
• sl.i.m;, iney v.m always Imd
.;i;i thuT'k.-; and hung up.
UN’ IHL I’t'WN. . Cozy Cole.
»\v (ii-m.iuing foi Ttie Seven I.lV
y liiUy L- -tlvii. ha., giv
Hi. ail Ihi-ug'it.-i .,11 the t-;ur h.
I.iir.e.i to mnk, with i-.n.ely June
kii. his voenlisl when the
‘.e> elid'd their r-n .emenl
, ',..in. Il Jonis", He’s loo bu.sy with
liie- “Alls' and Keeping up his drum
.'chonl on West 4UUi Street, ineideii-
lally, the story gins that Billy Ruse,
w ho poslcHi ' X.usl Weeks" signs on
1 .idveiiisiii„ for "C.nmcii Jones,'
as unhappy on Hie real closing
igtil. The- place wa. manured and
Billy was sure Uial il he- could jUsl
n lew more iiny.,. be couiu stiil
gel more people to see it. "The
I'cmpi-sl,' whieii moved fi'uui Uia
Alvin leei-iilly, is al Uic Broadway
■fhea'.ic, woieh housed Carmen
Joins.' And ineunwhile, p-or Billy
still looking and searcbiiig for
.‘w cast so "Cannen' can travel
n highways.
MAUVA LOUIS insisU she still
loves Joe and vice versa. She Just
turned down ".Memphis Bound"
.forui because her liiaiiagn,
l,dl Gi.mai. , couldn't get tiie piice
.* wanted. Louis Kauiinaii. Ilully-
..ood's Jewish violinist, gave a per
formance for servicemen at the Sal
ition Army’s USO Ctnlcr m liar
HI. the largest in Uic counliy. The
boys thrilk-'i I'l nuisic by William
Gi..nt Still and mixli rn . Iiis.>iirs.
iiihiian'.
:l p.
Wit.', Ani-tti-,
, his
l;lst. Shi* told 1
t-> I
efil I
..poh.'izid th.it the grand pian.
h..«liiT yet bun in^tDlled a- they
, 1 i| LhIiIiiu; Si - Bryims
ti t: will have
of rooms. Managci bcliiUnuui talks
ol pulling in showers. Can lie af-
lora It? AXlei Louie finishes his
-ext eiigugeiiunl al the I’aiamouiit
on Uie White Way, iJune iJtbi, he's
uooKed back wilmn me next mue
oiiUis loi Ills Umd dale.
MURIEL ItAHN, lojking peachy
m u lilac gown, gave her Town llall
Tuesday night. The town
turned out. Claiince Cameron
While and Carol Bnce were among
Uietn. And of cour.se husband Dick
'll. Sla won her audience
with s.'iigs irom h i hit .stage- play,
'Caiincii Jones." .She sang Ihiir with
ill the gisluics she used tn Uie
th.alie. On her veiy last nuniber,
.Mm 1(1 threw Ihi audience kisses.
LENA HORNE- . , U.e glamorous.
.,w eel-voiced MGM star was quite a
aisuppoinuiaiil durin; her last week
he Capitol- Th stage show,
hich slarUd off with a band
.viarch Isl with .vier Cugart’s or-
slra and film discovery Robert
Walker, was a little lousy five
wcek-s lati r. Walker had left and
an R gall was taking
pl,.c.-. But Lena - duiing her first
t eks came "iit in th..t black
;j quarter iIm-' th,.i muki .s her look
lavishing, llowev.i. dji'lug her la-l
.••ik". t'c wore a mo-tighl whit
t,i(-- ih.it sli could ti.'idly walk
,iml sang s-.iig.-^ th -i nobody knew,
or iiM'd Tlu-y wie l>ni much ahke
- all about loving M-mebody, W-
.\isii ‘Ill ’ll slick to ‘•(•ntiineiital and
i.o-, s..iu;s and her f-rnous gowns
,.11(1 1* iv tha' slinky. "Hot mama"
■ tnli for soii.ibody il-e • especial
ly "ir hip IO‘ ;iu: roiiline ‘he tried
• do in me tight white dress . - • -
Ijlease!
lo jilay a big toie hi an .iu-A‘
peitoruiaiice ui CmaVaileria
nusUcaiia' at me Mecca Temple.
Me was good—imgluy good, 'liie
tics hagg«d out all their an
.-lives to piaisc Him. rulk^ le-
meinbered. and when Geoige
sliWiii wa.s ca Uiig 'T’orgy an.I
Be.-»" the following year, a lueiid
einiiided Geishwin about Uunca..
Ihe lUiapsody in Blue-’ man wa,
U> Ills ears in v.ould-u I'orgyj,
but he loU-ned. Uuncaii sang
Italian aiia and got the job.
When die sliow was revive*d a
-upie of .‘.tasons ago. lie was once
again Uie slai 'nieie wouldii I be
■Roigy and Bes...' the- pioducvi-i
J, with, ul Duncan. Betuic tliai
he'd been leaching, doing conceit
work, and skipping ovi-r to Eii:;
land for .singing •' d acUng sliia--
Then back here, he'd done a h ad
ing in "Cabiii in the Sky»"
Rigid this mmile, Duncan i;
winding up a big eioss-coumiy
concert tour, that ti.id him singing
alias, lieder and spii.iuals to r •
turous audience.' in m-aily 7.» ci!
- UUHe a Mhedulc He leuve.s
tlie Lain. Anicriiaii stmt eaily
April He’s scht duled i . play
,,tit'S down Ih. I . ..n-l there in ly
Lt* more- ..dde*d befon In- iloi.e
O. K. Mexh-o City, (b. .ten...l;
City, El S.dvu.!.r. San Jo I’.ma
ma City. Col-11. Bo,-.,., Barra*i
..uilh.. C.ili. Mid'llii'. ijmlo. Guaya
(pill. 1- iin.i. ChI.ic.o
11,.,y
selector and Boh Weitirun. mati.ig-
,n r director of iho Paramount house.
id Cui
,.l Tiuniillo tari
Here roiiu-s T • d d
ran not only '-mg
riouiu-e the nan ■
v.here h. singing!
WYNONIE HARRIS
V\ YORK 'B'S' VVynoi
Blue I n.ni.- and M.i- -ti.
back I'.-
• iick.v
. Ill r .1
.M Ihnilei
lo I
ho tiad left the
band when
I 1111114 sevei.il inoiith' ago
(a-.'t .. -iioil p-iiiKi will. Noble
-- P. ■ Or. h. -li.i Milliiider'.-i
l.ii.d 1..-I vek I'Mik to tlif Apol-
) Tl)-'.i:ii 't.ige for one Week
-M - I,, iimilier l■xte^de] tour
Mill inler is now ' mous f. r the
.r..r, .Old tb- olue, ingcr *as
TrPSTTSHffHraiWSF
they put in their bid to be suie
they get him for Paramount!
Meanwhile. Louis, untounched by
the fuss the Paramount is making
over him, i- still going on as sched
uled — doing theatre dates until
June 13th Next week, Louts Jor-
flan and band play Ihe Howard
Theatre in Washington, then one
nighters through Virginia and North
riuolina. to the Paradise In Detroit.
^pll1 27th
By popular demand. Jordan and
his orche.'tra will return to Raleigh
f. r I one night dance engavement
on Monday night. April 16th-
' ,M.AE CARI.ISI.E
WHITES NEW niTTT
■ Ol average of t" .> a month
M:>.- Carlisle, t'-p recording
ridfh artist and composer,
scores with a new hit tunc. Her lat-
'--t, "I Do." was airinf via Station
WHN last week, Mi.ss Carlisle re
cently surprised the Studio attend-
 at WHN, New York’.s most
•'•rful independent station by
playing the organ op one of her pro-
gramr It would seem that her ta!'
I lit IS unlimited.
When compliment by program di
rector Tod Williams. Una Mae smil-
fvl and said, "O, Please”* And be
lieve it or not she went right home
to her suite in the Hotel TheVsit
and penned another tune, "O.
Please.”
BUY AN EXTRA BOND!
Billy Eli-
Host pioini
field
line
pi‘r.ennal following arc Iniimnsc. B years H .iiui hi.-, lop-ii'-icli bano
was Walter Wincholl who wrote in! au* m f.iui is .n ilu ' 1 -in
his column' "Billy Eck.'lem’s blue.s
singing ns-ks like the Bronx fix- Hi
press." Abel Orj-oii. famed iditor . u
of "Variety" magazine, those Hilly ii
for the Bhilct) "Hall >1 E’ame, ladi.i 'j
program, designating him as the In
mo.st promising of new -diigcr.s.
;p til" 1 III nil
iiHi.-.- n- . f -i.pl u . .* I-
I, ... I ar.- im4lil\ •'■t ci .,i.i
lo :,i.v I....1C1 .iiai I.i- b.i:.l 1..!
Eck-line and b-. ub. !i.. .i.
agreed that no one hut Louis Jor
dan has stimulated so thefr pat
ronage In the last live years — that
IS no one but Frank Sinatra! So,
they booked him and his band to
come back in less than 3 1-2 months.
li. addition, they’re trying to find
a way to get the inimitable Jordan
pictures under their own ban
ner. They claim that every star
built has signed with another stud
io Harry James with MGM; Frank
.Sinatra with RKO, and so on. Their
scout, Borris Kaplan, interviewed
Louis during his three weeks at th«
liieatre and suggested that his
xtudio might cast him In a comedy
rule as a musician and an actor. But
they put in their bid to be suie
they get him for Paramount!
Meanwhile. Louis, untounched by
SOME OBSERVATIONS
(Conlinuc-tl Iruin page
fi)UU
and Home fleonomics Extension Agents.
"North Carolina stands .second among the fiftei n Suu'iu-in
StaUs in tlie size of iti, Negro Exten.sion personnel. Tliis ha.s be i
made possible because of the encouragemi-nt, le.idi r.-ilnp, ana n
al support of Boards of Cummis.sioncrs, the Stuti Crav;: r’.ii; -:
and the Stale Extension AdniinLstralion. I doubt" i-ay.: Mr, Ji.n- .-
in his annual report to Dean I. O. Schaub, Ext^■n^i^)n Dircclnr. Stal-
College. Raleigh. North Carolina. 'That thi re is .-.ny State wln i.
Negro Extension work receives tli. censideralion that it does be
fore the General A.s.sembly, and the current General Assembly has
been no exception.
"Negro Extension work will go forward and greater oppo-
^^tunities will come becau.se of this atlit'adc on the part of Nort.i
Carolina’s leadership and the good relationship that exists between
the races her eln the State. Wo all n*cognize our obligations an-l
responsibilities in this connection."
One can readily see the important part Negro rurali^ts ore
taking in thLs phase of human development, so the writer will say
more in the future relaf e to the rport of Mr. Jones.
tinn-wide I
Sunday m i
I live times