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THE CAROLTOTAN
WEEK ENHING SATttRDAY, .ItTNE Ifi, I94S
New York
Showfronts
LOU SWARTZ’
JOTTINGS
SMILE AND CHEER UP,'BOYS-
BY DON Ui: LKIUMBUD
MEET Tin; NEW SWEET-
HEAKTS OK KHVTilM
NW YORK — Us cl lar cry from
the clasM-Odins of Pimy Wn.as
College down in Mi.sis.'ippi i >
Broadway, Harlem, and Uic re
NEW YORK iCNSi — June with
Its October weather is the latest in
styles here; and being without heat
inside calls Im heavy apparel both
I inside and out. and a special cull i
■ lor bankets might be heard any-1
! lime. Don’t forget ymir liirs oi your!
tnrlmr’d coat it you are coming here. \
■•u in t (iiii.son,, warning in tiim?. or we couid
tall it .1 bit ot triendiv advice,
Altho cold, the sophisticatf^ cti-
enile dn p in at A1 and Waller Dous;-
la.ss' lleatwave. l.vpitving just what
It is called HEAT-WAVE, It comes
like a wave and carri s plenty
nie Mar Rit
riy, drum-, a
has-' K\elyn Medre i- the viicali.%t.
I iiilc Anna Mac Winbnrr, tall, pret
ty batoi’cer, i- to' condtirtor.
The girls have platid every see-
iH>n and trati i in a inxiin.- ' Pull-
the world, but the unusual urouu el m.in iuis whirh has hot and r.^id
gins openitinc under Uie iiini c . I . nn,n,„B w„t, r i.mnng other fc . I u" ™rr. s pretiry
ll.tcr.ii.lornal Swenheiirts ol Hhy. Inie.s I- ' " ^ | hr al rir Us how. inusie. service, etc.
»im has done 11 nod loda.r tuns the I The .SrirelheHrls are decidedly j J};''a “"'a.
dlnlncllon rrr being an inslilul,.,,,!".nmmerelar Ir day, They have Tcmu” ,„y " „on er
Of race pride and accomplishmrtr in.ived tlu ir abihtv to swine m i c'l l^rsi ri er group c.i
Starting out as an ali-colored ag-jcver.v inHance. uhether i* he in : "pd' w?th^’Eomr
gregation. the band now has scxeralUiallr. oms. nlahteluhs. thcatrev, or sin L th^ R^r •. m .
white girls, making the band a l on tho radio • ; sip at the Bar, a snark in t
mixed combination. ^ Th. y .ie n-w ready for rceord ’ *'*■ •* «•> Ri '
Credit for the d-’v-clopnienl of ^ incs and for radio and n ovie-. Ti.ej
this outstanding swing band of all- )iavi' done much to diijH‘11 thi ok
notion that gii U ar
111 to hold di'wn
to teniperamcn-
steady jobs as
girl musicians belongs entircl;
Miss Ray Lee Jones, a craduntc nl
Juiliard Music School here in Ne-v
York, who started a small b.ind in Today they are able to engage in
the college back in 1938. forming it , h .tiles of jiuz with the fop male
of girLs who had to bo laiighl inu.-m j bards, uid have done it and held
from the beginning. I their ..wn
Miss Jones and the prc.sident . f i
the Mississippi Collcae had a tun-
in. it is rclaft'd, and she pulied out !
in 151411 with the entire group of
girls. It seems that the puls h id
been developed from a purely .ama
teur outfit into a -iiiooth pr ifr.--
sional organization puod .nouKl' *o
play chib .tnd hallro'm date- in
nearby cities In (h igai. Alabati ...
and Louisiana.
Whether the squabbyc between
Miss Jones and the school proxy
came about because the school
wanted to handle the girls has nev
er been made clear. The fact re
mains. however, Ml.ss Jonsr borrow-
cd money to continue the girls’
band professionally and. after some
lucrtaive dutes and im.irt m.iti.ig-
Ing. the girls came to Washingt'O
where they >ouglU their own hon c
on a cooperative basis. i
The band was rough h« ii. Rhythm |
was off. Ragged playing wa» com-'
mon and all lhc>r fart, rs coiitnb.it-
ed to developing huge hradache.s
for Miss Jones and Company. Sev
eral arrangers were trici out, but
Done -saw the real idea and. one
hy one, they came and left But
Maurice King, who came in fr- in
Detroit where he had woiked at
several radio stations, joined the
group about > year ago and thini;.':
started happening, but fast.
The work of the girls impro%ed
almo.st 100 per cent They devcl li
ed showmanship on a part with
that of aTI-malc bands
Tl ey learned precision |)1 ying in
addition to developing soI"H*s
among the variou-^ In'tinmri.lalis'
Comedy was added and .soon Lite
girls became big lime in 'apitnl
letters,
Dave Cary, manager of th- band. . . i» i *
and Miss Jones arc nominal heads: neor;anizinji Isand As
of the orchestra which is " —
ppratlon with several of the
nltmbers. The original members
- makes it lovely
both-
A
the
gi od
m the Club will really
put .vou in the Grove for satisfac-
in-n. -Scrvici with a smile and sat
isfaction " seems to be the motto of
Al and Walter, and the.’.’ are going
out 100 pi'i cent to give it Tis not
unusual to meet your friends at
the HEATWAVE at 206 West 145th
any tune Those Calvin Debs -
Dolores nr.d Rernlee took a little
iannt to Connerticut last week end,
PEN NOTES from.. Alma Foath-
c r-t i',e Robinson, formerly of Chica-
:o but now in cood old N, Y. is
now with '.he Internal Revenue Of-
fii. here and enjo.vs it Iim. Willin.i-
(Ihlh Davis also of the W’lndy City I
t'l.ik a little trip to the Sho-Mc city *
, reeontl.v Earl J. Morris sends me i
: t'. the skic.s with his reply to n.y i
• Pen note. Juba iZeta Phi Beta!
I E-pIvtolcusi of New Orleans, Lo., [
' Is preparing for her Summer |
jemrses .it TuskegCe Juba is one of
1 the tip-top printers I** the Crc.solc
' city. Jay Mdie iwards has ,i. i
; dancing daughters, the Edwards' i
Sisters doing their "All” in one of |
the Clubs in Chicago.
SPOTTING ’EM. Day. Dust, and
Dawn bringing 'em down al the i
Zanzibar Willie Bryant getting |
ready to travel a bit with Mamba'ij
Dauglitcr, Una .Mae Carlisle, chat-;
ting with Andy Razaof about their
common interest, Music and more
Music Ted Yates — ru.shing to get j
his Pr« material on his "Big" I
(People Lillian Filzeerald enjoying
Tn! Yatt* rablKah'j
LOVELY SAVANNAH.CHURCHILL. Ameriea's favorite song stylist
who will be co-starred with the Big Three Unit that also Include*
"Deek” Watson and His Brown Dots, plus, of course. Luis Russell A
Hit Orchestra; Is set to thrill song lovers throughout the nation. Th"
star studded show will give to theatre goers high class entertainment
Exclusive Manor recording artist Miss Churohill's "Oaody, Daddy” an'
’’All Alone” Is a best-seller.
Propo.sed All Negro lee
Show Uliooses Skaters
For Beaiily Ami Color
BY DOLORES f ALVIN
NEW YORK CITY CNSl — in
an inlervihw this week with James
Evans, while Hroadway producer
and talent scuit lor the protxx
all-Negro ice show at his offices
1U50 Brnariway. we learned that Mr.
Evans, in sclectinq talent for the
i.igantic .show which is scheduled
to our Negro theatres in Baltimore.
Washinuton. Detroit and Chicago
' and a string of one nighter^^^. is
choosing skaters not for their t lent
r ability to produce but for their
i beauty and the color of their skin.
This wa.-i made tlear when Mr.
Evans admitted he wanted as (he
.'tar of this show, Mabel Fairbans.
a known professional skater, uc-
,.clainicd by severe Niw York crit
ics and coaches as being among the
best of American skaters, icgurd-
le.ss of race, but being a brownskin
girl, the promoters felt she wouldn’t
be considered beautiful enough by
j her own people to warrant their
making her an offer in keeping w
tier kown ability.
However, they could use her to
advantage provided she was willing
to accept $l2.').no al an 8 week
i-uarantce out of which must be
' paid rn,id expenses (food and hotel
bills, elc.1 To the merage person.
$125.00 a week may sound like a
lot of money but one must remem
ber that any unkno'.vn featured in
. ihi’ most insignificnnl production
would n-ccivc that and more. This
is what makes the Evans offer so
ridiculous, to say the least when
Mi.'. Fairbank-s. for the pa.st three
years ha.s been publicized in such
nationally known publications as
Time Magazine. New York Journal
American. Dance Magazine. News-
I pic Magazine, Iceskating News —
j to say nothing about most every
important Negro newspaper and
jnib1ic;tion in America.
"Next Door
By TED SHEARER
“QUICK,—Open the back door-
Dots And Dashes
But because 'he’s not i
BY RILL CHANDLER
HOLLYWOOD. Calif. — Guesis and rumpus room to his new suite
.•f Hattie McDaniel, the Liberian offices,
delegation to the United Natioiw /t ^
Confeicnce in San Francisco, in- (.(Mlllt Bcl.SlC I.CaVCS lIlC
eluding Vicc-Presidom Clarence L.
SEEIN’ STARS
With Dolores Calvin
I i.j T v^iarunec i... ,^1
Negro of-Simpson. Secretary of S’ate. Gabntl KOXV lllCalrP Allei' A
..vans con-iL. Dennis, Sei ator Lvinucl Gibson
; iradjd Negro people :,r. more inter- and CongreuMn Klcnard Hennca. KeCOrJ HrC/lkillli
e-ted in rather than ability. Misgt visited the Warner lot where Hal- l>ILiIhlOj. .TidIHl
YORK CITY -CNS) - OR- was and i.s all reatlv f,u Hollyw
I the Spots. Palm Cafe, and Bells., WFLLES GOES TO BAT . . . and a fat movie con'ract At th
with friends, Rubey Blakeley pop-, Openly reyue.ling that Jack Ben- RKO Pala. c in Culumtu> Olio
'ping champaienc like soda water ny, fji.t.vu.ced radio cimedian. take Monui w
.VelVti nn/vl,e.c.,e.. ..1... _ ... .
NEW’ YORK CT'unI Basie. Iht
'Jump King of Swing.” depailed
Ihc Roxy Theater on Tuesday,
the other night in BelLs.
I."
ir..e.l,. T-.'' i_ ' ' Mnc i>U. lied 'A'ilh
••'TK X* T Rochester along on his trip over- Gleas-m and Guy Kibbee with the
Welle* wrote u letter; Ttmmy Reynold' Band, After ih”
’ f ’ " other, to his fnend Jack, saying, among Rist show they moved her down
. .mte at th. Hiatvkrtvi. wi^ Una Mm , ther things, how much the boy.-* to closing the show which was
, , ^ ^ th X1^ i ^'-Chester, The Neg.o really something Bill leaves for Lie
Armstrong. King of the on the Moxie lot doing his FBI role, j comedian never went overseas be- coast Tuesdav. ‘
lruir|u-t and hi.- famou.s orchestra ^be ”111 and Fred O Neal as busy cause the USO Camp Shows does LOUIS JORDAN, up and mt
uJll play for the Junr German on ^ Sammy (pianist) |r.ol provide fur mix units which since the tonsil--were vanked. is ex-
Mr nday. .lune «. at Cobb Ha.l Stewart hitting on alKcorners with would mean separate sleeping and cited about his new ''Johnny
^N.irehouse. Rocky Mount. N C. 'his playing and training. the; eating accomodations, according to Hcpral, l»f. • nlthoueh iVea aid-
.. ,Oieat Erskinc Hawkins giving his I Army regulations. Rochester warn- n’t want anv m-rc ^attunes .
audienc^ just what ’hey want at cd to go so much, it -.vas reported. I his 'G. I. Jive" ... But thus one
fnr *^*1^^^* intended blasting this 'rule' i is by Buddy Reyne m Gcnnany.
ifth ^ hy asking U. go over’with two white Ion army boy him.'clf. Featured as
*’hil Harris’ band. ,; “over boy” for Billboard (June 2nd)
U- « .. i\e tjy T- I Vnow’^ - But Camp Shows said they would ; Louie has organized to Include
IC girls a:. Means Of raklll!! It Lasv iJniv hut with two his arranger. Bill Davis (who was
•mbers -I laivui^ ll opj. to behevo that the Negro musicians, thus making it an scoring musle for the fl Grotto ar .
tlir band were all Negro Todiyl production might go into rehearsal, all Negro unit, which would be Rhumboogle shows in Chicago re-
o^Sy nine of the original number I NEW "VORK CIVY (CNS) — At l'««P‘ng with Camp Shows ancl'centlv) for piano work, his forrr.'r
aft still with the combination, '34, big. got>d-natured F.rnie Fields “fc. Joe (Peoples Voice) Bostic; Army restrictions.
A^tte glrl-i have been added, and | tt* cn-..cred a zood leader of (Coirieri Rowe; and Abe However. Orson was appealing
alS the only mixed girls’ hpnrl in i great sweet band But even with (Amsterdam'News) Hill; really cov-, directly to Jack to d- somethioz
the nation, it is bcli''ved. and zcl slim, cxprst-ive Melvin .Moore sing- Sepia Broadway Shows and about it. . . And he said; "Afrithout
attng famously. , uig blues .-nd sweet '-mgs to rav'’ Theatrical Bits in perfect style for meaning it at all, you and Eddie
Jiobably ore of ttic iTr'-ngesl fe.i- - notices, under the F'ielrts banner, Harlem readers. Persnnalitic.s too have been doing the Nmrn nennin
banks .should be willing to ac- tie is working in "Janie Gets Mar-
tfpt .inj I ffer a! any price. And vied.’’ Directo.- Vincent Bhcrmaii
Wally Hunter (Mabel’*- coach since and Star Joan Leslie greeted them
■; mor.th' after she began skating) • Benny CdTter is ui decided on
Since when must the col- whether to continue with his band
-r of , Negro's skin be llu- determ-• or retire to arraneinJ and
ining factor of tht success of his or! writing for the duration neistm gross in the llieutei’H his-
„..r .-r-T Mr, Ev„n. irop.,.d ...a. ■ thaf'dro„
. -va,„.wh.-,lheth..,-uhpT,onally (.„,n teplng „ „.p.„„,d. TThe St™ial .res- tor I...
L/week, tr .he Re,;’--',;
ime. Benny being a nius.eal pe.-- Jet a f w Ihenrar. I i,clmksi„n,
r what Ml
i-i'ully but was what the public
'.Negro public — as this show is do-
Fniio Fields Looks To
drumm.er. Eddie Byrd, who kept gei-
ting draft notices and trumpet plav-
or A;ron I«:enhall, last with Ernie
Fields Bilthoard says Eugene Ram
ey. bas-sman with jav MrShann is
in I.oiiie’s mnnacer lAnnr «.'iv
'.Negro public - as this Show is do- fectionist. Incidenlallv he -nri hu - innisani^ iicimissions
•u;ned to play colored theatres al- w-jfc Inez are ablaut to call n ninis of' reaching $ lOb.OOO, and
mo»t . Xflu-ively) wanted. And awaiting of d ve wa nh,d 5'.""',
Mr. Evana. whe baa never seen; ?i,Je U wrmng up the w.rea tni'"’'
Mlsa Eairbanks on ice. contends teiV hubby NobiLn’^ 1 that Ted tiT’Tr’ ‘’’nP’""’J’n' '“""'i'
Hat hecantake.,nyb...,uti(ulet.lor- Vate “ewrt i. the Pe .ilerveice ..
d girl. reg.ardleaa ot her .tkating ,h.t -he is seeking a decreed ,
,,-ility I.nd build "the grealeat col- (alac She wrote T.d denying it an J 'e,'" i"' , ‘l"n'
;'h::’‘N'ro”p.':bt.'\'hru'grt"hc'5t'
gro Press, would swallow- it." Ted's repor'" Katina PaxmoT'wt* I v"„‘h,'J,,°'’on Vhe to.xT?iage"BSe
Mr. Evans seeired to have great play a leading role in Warner^;. j ,» f” . -"-t-'*
confidence in his ability to influ- -Confidential Agent." which wfti i .“’u
once the Negro Pren, with an, sSrEturen ^r'S f'f vS” •e7k’%r
kind of publicity he n,ay turn out Boyer. And Jane Wyn an has bin ZJ, .
■ to bfKfst his nffair He held up a udcled to the cost of -Niuht Xd ..t ^
nocler .'f tjf.nia Hpni.' n.-d -.^ked rT .. .L ‘ «ignt . The "Jump King already has
poster r Sjun.,a Hcnic oi,a usKCd Oay. the dramatization of the life! teen dgnod bv the Rf.xv's^man-
How dees Miss Fairbanks ^.mpare coJe Porter. Mike Curtiz will, for a r-turn to tiat S-
in beauty to Sonja Ht-nie? His idea girect What with wife Artij. mn , » r-turn to tii-it no
omrrl lo be that Neeioes warted ' Vh h i wile Artie run-. iuxi- Br :idV, ay llra'er next
. •hep L -kiting star' nc^o^lv to ? ‘"r his Ihlrd -nj..gcn,ent
! start not only lo fronting the band, be.'kics pr»duc- there
i-l'ist.n.al ability but Ut look the show, the Reed’s liayc all y —
letters.
Dave Gar.’’, manager rf the band,
and Miss Jones are nominal heads
of the orchestra which is a cor-
porallon with several of the girls as
nifmbrrs. The original members >1
llV band were all Negro. Today
titUy nine of the original number
aft still with the combination.
'Bille girls have been added, and
aMt the onlj mixed girls’ band in
Hu nativm. it is beli'-ved. and gc*
atong famously.
•probably one of the strongest fc.i-
lijgcs of th' band in these tenor
sd*ophone-mad days is biowrt-
sldniied, .spectae'ed Violet Burn
out- of the t'ustanding tenor sax-i-
pbfinists in 'he country, male or
feftjale. Such tenor men ar> Coleman
Hawkins. Don Payas. Ren Webster,
and others have commented th.d
the girl is unqudstolnnbly great.
Pauline Hrnddy. the Bum-chewini{
drummer, lias acquired a ''beat ’ an'J
influences the rhvthm of the band
more than anything else, including
the other eompetents of a fine
rhythm section.
The band has already done fo,ir
“Command Performances’” on “Jub
ilee” for the' Army Special Services,
which is a show recorded and snip
ped abroad for the boys overseas.
Others are to follow.
The band lineup Is as f >llow.s:
Saxes—Rosalind Crnn. Helen Saine,
and Wiljie Macl.ee. Tnimphets arc
Violet Burnside. Gracie Bayron,
Miriam Carter, -lonnl-' Mac St.Tn.*-
berry. Miriam Pollack, and F'rnes-
tine l^avls: Trombones -- Helen
Jonse. Ilia Byrd. Imiagene Trnbick.
and Cary Lynn; Rhythm - John-
HAIR BEAUTY
THAT WINS
STRAIGHTENS
YOUR HAIR
iJldln xrwl crl« wllb 8ol(. ; f
OlMir HwuUbI faalr mor* J
efMo tn« luu>fl*n«- '
a a men Uouvb.
bur oeM* in inairo
drmwd ID MfU-e lift
niton SWCKT GEOMGIA
■liOWN HAIH BRISS-
ING, IDea eoDb nn.! briiiA
t&*h*ltln pUoe l'ieU*itb
D*r»i (let Ik
INO
HAIR ORISS-
cernit
Sweet Georqia
Brown
Hair Dressing Pomade
AT ALU Qf^UG STORES
Ernie I'lelds l.nnks lo
Kcorgaiiizin-; Band As
Mcan.s Of Taking It Easy
NEW YORK CITY ICNSi — At
34, big. kood-iuiturcd Ernie Fields
is c nsiccred a good louder of a
great sweet band. But even with
^lim. cxprssivc Melvin Moore sinif-
ing blues and sweet s-ings to rave
notices, under the F'ield.s banner,
Ernie say.s he's just beginning to
"blossom out." "In time." he smiled
shyly, "I intend to work mil a pi m
that will e-iabluh ii. to a Uasiing
future. Tin.; plan,’' h*- chuckled,
"isn’t a Locret.’’
'Tve been in (lie mur-ic btisine.ss
>vcr 10 years” Ernie began think
ing hack .'IkI I've slid a trombone
uiHO I can remember That was
in Tuba. Okla .Sure ihat I was a
ejithi';- iir.art up.'tart. I gtit a few
l>oys toacther an(i wc did some
dale.s in and al■"ll^d Tulsa. We wcie
irt-re supriscd al out own success
than anyone else. I decided lo try a
wide field so wc loured the west
coast and up around the Washlng-
t'ln area .several seasons. Melvin
was singing Iheti; he’s been with us
8 years. During that lime we did
16 weeks at Club Alabam in Los
.-Vtigeles before maiiv cross coun
try tours.
"N'nv (and this w,is the plan) I’m
reorganizing by degrees, .seeking
new at rang'mml.s and i-hnppttig
aro'ind for Die best " F>nie, too, has
.i new manager. RIM Graham, wno
guide.- h'-th Marva Loui.s and Lillian
Fit/geiHid.
"I want to rome back to New
York." he continued, "be located in
ri fhoire rliib and ' i* 1own’ f"r
iboul H week.s. Then I can arrange
my schedule to include 4 months
of the year on one l ighters, thea
tre dates twice a year and a little
time off for myself.”
He prob.ibly means tim.* off t'l
cater to his own hobbies — football
and boxing. And probably, loo,
time off so that he can spend more
of it with his attractive wife, a Tul
sa High School teacher at their
comf Ttablc Tulsa home. Mrs. Fields
Is one of the few orchestra wkve.«
who can't be on every engaeemcnl
with her husban.. And well bet
she's the main reason behind his
change 'if pliins?
Tallulah Banklirad To
I’lead For Georgia Nc-
Ijiro’s Freedom
NEW YORK iCSi - Alabama
, born and bred Tallulah Bankhead
will rai.-*e her lusty voice at ihc
Golden Gate lor Herman Powell,
Georgi.an Negro who has a life
.sentence ’for murdet" in an aut>-
, mobile accident, Tallulalt will
I share speakers’ honors with Cana
da Lee to plead for Powell who
has been held in Essex County jail
•T! Nfwark. New Jersey for over a
,year ^
Home economists say that one fat
may be substitued for another, —
one cup of lard nr oils for one cup
of butter or margarine. When using
unsaltcd fats, increase the salt in
the recipe
B AGKI^HE ATTACK !!
■ the I.incoln. Ethel Waters readying
for the revival of Mamba’s Daugh
ter. • ith Maude Russell being Gar-1
, dcnia, but seems as if she didn't
'know it. A little ebat with Maude.
! only led one to believe that the
I production mlRhl go Into rehearsal.!
I Funny about people, but that Is
life, joe (people’s Voice) Bo.stic:
Izzy (Courier) Rowe: and Abe
(Amsterdam News) Hill; really cov-.
,er Sepia Broadway Shows and
(Theatrical Bits in perfect style for
I Harlem renders. Personalities too
1 numerous to mcntifin names — hav-
ling a good time Saturday night at
I the "Intimafe Social" at 647 H'ld-
json Street The affair wa.s spoi t-
led by the Lynn Committee to Abnl-
i ish Segregation in the Armed
I forces, A great cause handled by a
1 •’I'vc-wli-e■’ Committee. Cedric iBass
Fidler) Wallace holding the spol-
i light at the La Ruban Bid Club.
jMary I.ou (Cafe Society) William.-i,
; breathle.ss, but charming, while be
ing interviewed by the lovely
Adrienne Ames. News Commcnin-
tor. Until next week. I.e- .Swartz,
ffntel Therci^a. New York.
BILI.Y fXKSTIXE REVIVES
OLD B.\LL*D
NEW VC K — ’A Cottase For
Sale." the smashing hit ballad of a
decade or tio ago, will be revived
this summer via a vocal recording
by singing maestro Billy Eckstine
and b= orchestra on the National
label. This marks the fir ' time
Billy has recorded a ballad stand
ard. and i' may tum nut ' - be his
greatest wax success to date.
The Eckstine recording of ".\
Cott.-ige For Sale." hacked by B’l-
ly’s own "I.onesomc Blues” is slat
ed lor release next week.
that he intended blasting ^his 'rule'
by asking to go over’with two white
musician.s from Phil Harris’ band. .
. But Camp Shows said they would
allow him to go over, but with two
Negro musicians, thus making it an
all Negro unit, which would be
keeping with Camp Shows and
Army restrictions.
However. Orson was appealing
directly to Jack to d ) something
about it, , , And he said; "Without
meaning it at all, you and Eddie
have been doing the .Negro people
a grave wrong. The gi g about gin
drinking and crap-fhojiting arc isu-
olly good gag.", and Eddie makes
them sound hilarious, but throuch
the year L'’y'vr helped perpetu
ate .a dangrrojis rryth. Von and 1
and Flddte know very welt that No.
gmes arrn’l chronicallv iriesiwn-
sibic stooges born to shine shoes
and steal neckties. But Roche.ster i?
one of youi most valuable comic
prnpcrlics and it’s Eddic’.s livclihoud
I'm not a.sking cither of you to give
up Roche.ster. I'm siiqgeslinc th«t
you put him to work in a good
cause. You ctin undo all the harm
you’ve done innocently at home Gy
very deliberately taking him over
seas.
Sure it's easy for me to sit here
by my typewriter and ask you and
Eddie to I .idiire .all the strain. It’s
easy, but you and Ecidie arc the
kind of men it’.s easy to ask a lot
of berausc yon give a lot without
taking any bows, Hcre’.s a chance
to give more.”
MARVA LOUI.S. says her m.an-
aeer. Bill Graham, just hack from
Pittsburgh, was a sensnti'an at the
concert Monday night with I.ionel
ILamptnn band. Bill also .'ays Mar-
v.a is in better shape than she ever
is by Buddy Reyne in Germany,
an army b>y himself. Featured as
“over boy" fi r Billboard iJune 2nd)
Louie has organized lo include
his arranger, Bill Davis (who was
scoring music for the F! G-i '.to ar ,
Rhumboogle shows in Chi’-ago re
cently) for’piano work his form m
' drummer, Eifdic Byrd, who kept I’e:-
ting dr.aft nc,tires .and tiuinpct oLa.v-1
I er A-:ron I«;enhall, last with Ernie i
[Fields Billboard sav.s Eugene Ram-|
ley. bassman with Jav MeSh-ann is j
I in. I-taiie’fi manager say; tenor suxi
j and bill’s arc still pending. Main
1 idea of reorganizing was to gel more
I showifinship oui -it me unit Wc'ic
ianxt'''.i (•- th’" ne-.v i-rt-up lhat’.l
J to be brlte-- than the I.-l, Ti-ey-oro
ea-ting for "F.h.-nge Fr;'ii" and
Lit!i-''i Snulb h;',- re-writl-'n i’ (or
a .'.pccial stag!' [noduclio.i, .fore F'.-
rtir ilag'i in "'OiheMo’ • has bought
the rights ami intends sh-iwuig it
to F'.ill iiiidienees.
STICKERS f’WKf'ESSAKY
It is rr. longer i;- ni'C.'- uy f'>r
OPA .'as'-liiie ra’ioii lirkr-;. to ii’
cii played oii indslii»-lds 'f auio-
motive vehicle;;.
Raleigh District OPA Director
Theodore S Jonnsoti saiil n-ceu'ly
that display of ine stirkei ' no long-
C'- ii necs'ary as “us'- ' f -seriailv
numbered t -upon'. |.lus the en
dorsement of ca'-h cocpf.n with the
car Iicen.e number. • hminates the
necessity for furihcr Irti-ntificution
of the ration hold-r.
TAN TOPICS
-7-rrr
By CHAfnt^ AUm
-s much like Sonia Henie ‘in colon
the Negro public, through the Ne
gro Pres.s. Would swallow it. ”
Mr. Evans seemed to have great
confidence in his ability to influ
ence the Negr.i Press with any
Kind of publicity he may turn out
to boost his affair Ho held up a
poster of Sonja Henie and asked
•’How decs Miss Fairbanks compare
in beauty to Sonja Htnie?" Hi.s idea
.•emed to be that Negroes wanted
•heir ice .'kaling star* not only lO
i.-ive excei)ti'-.n ll ability but to look
as much like S'>n':i Henie in color)
- po.ssiblc. That being willing to
pot M'*'- F.iirb.inks m a po,trr dc-
■ pile !’ r tack of beauty as he puts
it, 'he sh'-uld consider Ib.it suff.-
riepl l•omp^n'^^^inn plnr- I'le mag-
•lanimo'jn sum of $125,(10 a week, lo
•.■•arranl her signing up with him.
Mr. Evans and his backers, who-
■•(T (h"v are seem to be definite
ly sold on the idea that wilh the
Negr-' public, the lighter the skin.
L e . ettier is the girl and the bet
ter i-5 hrr drawing power, Mr. Evans’
hi' gun was th; Neyroes didn’t
know anything about icesksling
iinyway, so what;
The Negro pres:- in particular a;;d
the Neg-'i puMi' in geiienil, should
let Mr James FA’ans and his 'iroup
kii ’W in ’no uncertain terms Ihat
colored people are not the dopes
those gentlem.cn believe them to
bcl
Arasan Ireatnuf of peanut seed
hell to keep crows and foxes from
eating tbe peanuts sayn Warren
Balom.aii. a Tyrrell C'junt^ fhimer.'
SophiMioalcd Lady of Song
on the Defender, who reprinted
Ted’s report. Katina Paxtnou will
play a leading role in 'Warnerfs
"Confidential Agent," which will
star Lauren Bacall and Char^*
Boyer. And Jane Wyman has bin
added to the cast of "Night iid
Day." the dramatization of the life
of Cole Porter. Mike Curtiz will
'ilrect. Whai with wife Artie run
ning the checkroom and Lennie now
fronting the band, bo ides predue-
Ing the -show. Iht* Reed’s Iihyc all
but taken over Shepn’s Playhouse
Sydney Grecnstrcct is the Mych-i-
logy proffssor who tracks rfumph-
foy Bogart down in '‘Confl/rt." It
was .an awful mad dash Lena Home
had to make m befwcen .shows .
the Oiphenm to accept hen’ awai
3l the Interracial Flint aiAa Rad.
Guild's m.ccling at Shrine Audi
torium, Al the aamo gathering.
Bette D .vis wowed those backstage
wlUi her gracious chaim. Rose (Mrs,
Juan) Tizol will ;ierompany her
spoucc eastward for the first time
In thne .vears •.■•hen the Harry
James f.utfil :-h.vrs off Peter Lorre,
the oh-ho-bad man Itas written x
book of romatic poe’r.v! The Sav
age dancers are now in Portland.
Oregon J"t M'rri.s who brought
big-name bands into the Necr"
neighborhood for ihc fir;t time in
I,os An. . s. is having financial
difficulties getting liis new Club
Plantation which will be situate-I
further uptown, opened. The angel's
costume Alexis Smith wears in
"The Horn Blows at Midnight"
WHS made frien cur'ain; from her
own house. Betty Q-iincy has quit
the chorus and is taking modern
dancing from Thelmii Robinson, th*
ex-Durhamile. Which brings to
mind that Ida Lupino who scores
so heavily in "Pillow to Post” w,.»
once .> ballet dancer The sudden
disa>,ncarance of Earl Griffin from
his usual haunts has the local
wags saying that he ventured to
IKllywood and never got back,
Wynonic 'Mr. Blues> Harris ha.s
pLt new life into the Club Alabam
W^irner Bros. "Pride of the Mi-
rings," which stars jonn r .fied
, ndyEleanor Parker, is bieng rush
ed tiycompletion now that the wai
empb^fs has shifted to the Pacific.
Rex iVgram. L(tii.sc Beaver. Leigh
W’hipplk, and .several other film
top-nol^ers are quietly rehearsing
play fA local and c.a9tcrn pioduc-
Washington who pub
lishes (hc\ Ds Angeles Sentinel hu*
made his * ' (uid trip to the San
Francisco c Inference. Walter Gor
don. the Cl »!’s !ice criminal at-
‘y. has >\led a streamlined bar
I screen and Fred Waring' Pennsyl-
jvanl n.s on he K‘xv sia:'* Itasic
j and Waring are the only two at-
I tractlon.s that h.) over been hold
! over for a five work run al the
' Roxy.
The “Jump Kinc" already has
been signed by the Roxy's man-
I iigement for a return to tliai de-
; luxe BisacKvav llicater next
1 .spring for his third ‘'ngngement
there
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