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' PAGE SIX THE CAROLlNlAtJ WEEK ENDING, SATURDAY, ,TUNE 30, 194B BIG “3” UNIT HOT; JAMS REGAL THEATRE By SUrr Uorrspondent CHICAOO (1PS> ^ Marva Louis, Savannah Churchill, Deck Watson and His Brown Dots, the comedy •ong and dance team Jelly Roll and 2uxu. with the celebrated Luis Rus sell Orchestra last week jam pack ed the Regal Theatre here. This su^erlaive package which is known gs the Big “3" Unit set a new box office record at the popular play house. AH save Watson's Dot have played there before, but after their first number it was indicated that Watson (he hapened to be the only original Ink Spot member about) has something on the ball. Unit is set for a sensational tour through the Socuthland playing Louisville. Ky.. Wilmington. N. C-. Charleston, S. C. and Montgomery, Ala., after performances in Cincin nati and Dayton. Ohio. A smash success at the Club Planttaion in St. Louis. Mo., itinerary calls for appearances at Fort Lauderdale. Orlando. St. Petersburgh and Tnm- a. Fla. Bigge.st playdatrx listed call for two-day stop-over at Atlanta, Ga.. July 3-4. plaving The Audi torium. Flatbiish Flannigan Got Jelly Roll For Ziizii BY TED YATES (Staff Correspondentl NEW YORK 'IPSl — Don't pot me wrong. The heading of this story isn't suggestive — it's a fact. Yep. Flatbush Flannisan Got Jelly Roll for Zuzu. How come? Jelly Roll is Mack .Tones an actor who's been around. Mack got around one night — that was four years ago — and made a pop call at the Good Will Tavern in Brooklyn. N. y. The band was pla^np a popu lar tune. Flatbush Flannigan * There was a young lady seated by herself at a table. She was an en tertainer. Being one himself it wasn't hard for Jones to sec that. Anyway, a friend seeing that Mack , was doing a solo and since the lady was by her ownsome. suggested do-, Ing the Emily Post act. Mack didn't want that. “Say. feller! What do you think I am. It's just something about the young miss that intere.sts i me—but, good lawd. I'm no mash-, er." ■‘Don't get me wrong.' his friend said. "I know the lady. She’s per forming here nightly and we’re friends and. I'm sure she wouldn't mind meeting up with a nice guy like you. Don't be bashful, chum." ■The band was still playing "Flat- bush Flannigan.” They met. The three of them langhed and watcher the others on the dance floor. And aftci the music stopped the lady was the introduced by the cm-eo. ‘‘Ladio.s 'n' gentlemen. It gives me groat pleasure to pre sent to you — the one and only -- (there wa.s an interruption, some one walked over to the speaker and whsipered something to him). t‘b«g your pardon, folk.':. There has been a slight change, and I know it's for your diversified entertainment Let', me give you Zuzu — Zuzu and hor new partner. Jelly Roll." Yes, sirec! The act was formed that night when Zuzu (Ida Kearsye) met Jelly Roll (Mack Jones) as a New York Showfronts I BY DON DE LEIOUBUD 1ULITICAL SENSITIVITY” IN i nil humor is fiindiitrcntallv llic SHOWLIFE DOGS "ROCHESTER." sam cand there shouUlI be no dis- MARKHAM, JIMMY Unction made in i>iirtraving Ihut BASQUETTE AND HATTIE McDaniel NEW YORK — The most potent force in Negro show business today which is genuinely funny and that which must depend uinui racial classification for the sought-aftor cffect upon the listener. Chine.'C humor, for example, depends main Fan 1,/etter Recalls Ida James’ School Days BY TED YATES Memories of school days — the golden rule days — •.'cre recently revived fur Ida James, one of'the stars in the Rri'adwny smash sur- ci'ss "Mempliis Rminri " when she rcircivctl a letter from a former fichiiolmate girl fiicnd in Provi dence. Rtiodc Island. Id.T didn't at first rrmember her friend, but when inent . . - ..^okert for A tour of the GoutU .iCer a oew attendance record at tffe Theatre in Philadelphia, f.'us.cal .ignregation is slated for another movie after completion of mgliter dates playing Virgini.a, North Carolina. Sooth Carolina. Georgia. Florida and key cities in Louisiana Mississippi .and Te»as enroutc to the coast. The film, -'Pillar To Poet’’ IS now being .shown lo a nationwide release by Warner Brothern. Play, dates are aplenty as Armstrong zooms southward. Reese Oiipree popular promoter hails the band as the greatest attraction, -i-ve' booked them all," he told our staff correspondent A feather in Satchmo’s cap is the Rocky Mount June Cerman date on June IS Itinerary calls for band's appearance under Dupree's pr'oniol.m at Suffolk. Va ..June 15: Township Aud.fjnurt, Coigmbia. 3. C June 22 (following the June German -.".-.in. On July 5 Armstrong will play the City Auditorium, Macon. Ga.. and the following night the City Audito rium, VJaycross, Georgia. Dots And Dashes BY BILL CHANDLER is something I liavo labeled "Politi- ly upon how the Chinese interpret cal Sen.-iitlvity” which stirs colored American cusUims and language radio, theatre and nightclub audi- The German hiimur. is based on an- eticcs to outbursts of indignation tics, slapsticks and physical contact, and rage when their sensibilities, i Scotch huirur expresses the sup- needled by potical viewpoints, are 1 posed traits that Scotchmen an stirred up. This "political sensitivity” ; traditin»-„dly thrifty and .-.tingy ha.s been directed of late toward; Jewish humor is contingent upoi certam nationally known Negro i taking advantage of ;> situation or comedians and comedinnes, espec- i a person. Negro humor is suppo.- lolly those on the radio. Movements c-d to gel its inspiration fn.m .in have been formed to force such inherent indi.spo.-.-ition to work, a performeps either to modify their, droll reaction to major events, and scripts or ti quit what they are do-1 usually do not want to laugh ing on the assumption that the race! .sequences. is suffering from unwanted publi- COMEDIAV nfr m\iv i ivk cily of certain habits and faults, ofTontact usually associated uith minority a point the "political sensitivrh _ su I- 1 / .u u have rri.':sc(l. i( seems, is the u 1 “ ^ a deniable f.acl Ih.il Ihe Negro as , s''?' '“Sal.'!''I--" und slill is chrppiug block have been Eddie the m-ilor link r.f r.inm.-! tin h-,,-,. JKorl,ester, Amlorson Hattie Me-i '.'Tih Xr r'e^ Tn ihl, enu,' n,Z£'r i ••'nd elsewhere, Mc.bs, benl upon a number of lessor-known "de.se and, lynching have brer s-iid t.> h-.v allovved toe victim to livt in .Ij-der to get a laugh fiiii fif him when the .supposed crime of which he - accused was not too serious It is fundiinientsil and racially charac teristic ' f all pc'oplo to IfHik to otii cr racial .-stocks for L ughs. Pe ijiie usualy do not want to laugh at themFclves and many are willing to start .0 major war if they know they arc being laughed at. Negroes, ho'vcver. are m-l i f such temper ament on the whole and are will ing providers of humor for all l.i enjc'y. mcludiria them.selvcs It ha.; been said that Negros are the only race that cots a kick .lut of laugh ing at itself. "Political Sonsitivit,\” is a torn* based on Ihe inlecii- n "f pihtjr.-» into the "Negro'.s tvreyday phiUsvi- phy of life It is mainlv from the outside and carried on bv a tight little groui) winch reeks to allv the siopppo me laay wii' uic imiuuuA-v-j by the cm-ec. ‘'Ladie.s *n* gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to pre sent to you — the one and only -• (there was an interruption, some one walked over to the speaker and whsipered something to him). I.beg your pardon, folks. There has bera a slight change, and I know it's for your diversified entertainment Let'-me give you Zuzu — Zuzu and her new partner. Jolly Roll.” Yes. siree! The act was formed that night when Zuzu 'Ida Kearsye) met Jelly Roll iMack Jones) as a band played "Flatbush Flannigan" In Flatbush. BUY AN EXTRA BOND! HOLLYWOOD. Calif. - Thu King Cole Trio will make a six months tour of the c-juntry with a package unit including Andy Kirk's orchestra, June Richmond, and the Gentlemen of Rhyihm, The j»how i,- I otiiig Dooked at $9,ci00 per week and will break in at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco. . Peter Lorre joins the cast of “Con fidential Agent." the Waincr pic- lurc which will also have Charlc.s Boyer, Lauren Bascall. and Kalin:* Paxinou. . . Principals ■! the "Car men Jones" cast were guest nl H.-iifie .McDaniel at her birthday party. . . . The latest is that RKO will do "Sweet Georgia Brown" only if they can borrow Lena Horne from Metro. . . . Bcttic Davis' next film, "The Corn is Green." will be released nationally July 21st Ben Carter and Mun'um Moreland embark on a personal appcaranc: tour starting July 13th in Philly. . Joan Leslie draws the top role in "Silver I.inine." the life sfurv n( Boyer, Lauren Bascall. and Ka' na Paxinou. . . Principals of the "Car men Jones” cast were guest ot Hattie McD.anicl nl her birthday party. . . . The latest is that RKO will do "Sweet Georgia Brown" only if they can borrow Lena Horne from Metro. . . . Bcttie Davis’ next film, "The Corn is Greer," will be released nationally July 2Ist Ben Carter and Manlan Moreland , embark on a personal appcaranc: tour starting July 13th in Philly. . Joan Leslie draws the top role in “Silver Lining." the life stury of the late musical comedy star, Mar ilyn Miller. Right now Joan i.s star ring with n-’bert Hutton in "Janie Gets Marri-*d." . . While on the Coast, the Southcrnaircs tried des perately to get their nctwf rk tn le-bruadcasl their coast-lo-coasl program later on .Sunday mornings so tliat they might build up a big ger West Coast hstciung audience. In the East, where they enjoy the most popularity, their program is heard at 10:30 Sunday mornings which .means ;nc must be up at 7:30 t-> c:itch it in Los Angeles. R-- sulls: when they madv concert ap pearances here a lot of people had never heard about them. Humphrey Bogart returns lo his murderous ways in "Conflict," a psychological thriller that'll make your hair stand on end. . . . When the Nich olas brothirs go cut with thc.r package show which will do two montlis of onc-nighers, it will be the first time the famous dnucing tcarr has been South. . . "Elscape In the Desert" is one of thp 'shoot- em-up-est■' pictures ever produced at Warners. The role of the cold bk'oded killer is played by Helmut, as the foil for Jack Benny in the celebrated radio const-to-coast pro gram. has been roundly, scarcasU- cally .ind bitterly criticized because of his participation in scripts that call for him to talk about dice games, razors and other "Negru- isirs" which the majority of col ored audiences feel wc can well do with'iut. pigmeal Markham, while playing the role of •■Alam*” in the Andrews Sisters' radio show spon sored by Nash Kelvanator, ha.s been :issa!lod for the use of Southern Ne gro dialect and also for allowing himself to be used as a laughing I stock in which ciitics arc sure he must know he is doing everybody incalculable harm, f RITICTZED FOR "MAMMY" ROLES Hattie McDaniels has been round- ;ly criticizcNl because she plays "mammy" pRrl. in the m..vlcs and; a, yrnaUM. shr portray, roles which ^ „ „„„„ ; r.a "'S"ly .bjeclion- commiini.its have done able to the welfare and standlnR ol, ,,ib in .owakenind Nedr. es pn. the race J.m.ry B.-.squette hasl||,i,,„„ ^ ] causht ,1 In the neck tor aeceptmd they have been able to in-i the ro e of Remus m the Wa t 1 .ncudind the theatre. But,' ney studio version of ' Uncle Re- mus , To a errlmn extent Ben p.rter and Manlan M»reUnd have ,h,, undergone criticism for their per- rrm.anps. mainly i,, the movies. g,,', ,he self-announced: Communist has b.-cn shunned. X.-i Dottie Dandridge Grown Up ACTRESS STARTED TIIEATRI CAL CAREER AT SI.X; NOW ‘ E.ATl'RED IN FILMS sowcmhiil of a reunion. Old Satch- mo iicadcd one i.i the Colton Club shows on Bioaoway In which the Dandridge .sisters were featured. So you can imagine, if you feel . it^. - « ... .. i little surprised at the sudden ma- HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — if y'Hi've I }„rity of D'>tiie Dandridge. think been following .'•how businc.ss for I how L uis Armstrong feels. Whiit a few years, don't lo.ik now, wen- playing the C’ntton Club, BY PHIL CARTER Iilt'e Dottie Dandridge has grown up! G'l see her in Warner Bros ’ pic ture. "Pillow to Post, " .nnd y-u’!! find out shr'.s no lunger the yiungcr take her milk made of ai. evening tliat thev both • :.stcr act, the attthded a shuw.nd a creus .hat had cumc to town; the letter reveal-1 As a matter ..f fact ..he's no Ion*- cd Ida's elephantine memory fuViCr Dottie Dandridge. In private names — bccau.sc it was signed | i-' Mrs, Harold NlchoL. wife ’ of another junior member of an hecin sc th.at greeted Willi initial'; simpi; wa.'; how ihe pair a!v eacii other, then as no "Rcmeiiibcr how .i»ui said that your ambition wa.s to .'■omeday bo « slur on the Broadway stage, and I told you then th:it you could lE you but tried because ' ven then at eight y)u were ta'ented? It was at the circus th:il night when wc both sneaked off and secured the autograph of the singer that con- vinccl you that you could do it — that nothing would stop you. Do you remember I) K "? he queried in the letter. Mls.s James who c>>-stars witli Ihr ida James Guys ana Theln'a equally Uimou.'i hnnily Nicholas brotlicrs. And if you still don't want to admit li'at tinv has Ilown — they h.ivc a two-yc.iv baby girl. Harolyn. Yes. sir. The l:ltlc girl who a minute ago was running around on a stage in j'igtails. i.i now a full fledged artist. In "Pillow to Post" she appears ns featured singer with Louis Armstrong and his band. Tern- pus fugit, and how's your rheuma tism? Ono doesn't quite have to be .tn octogenarian to remember the Dandridge sisters. The act w;is fi rmed wlien Dottie, Vivian and a playrrate. Etta Joncs. were in ihcir teens. D-Jttie hnd been on the stage since vhe wa.-; fi years old in an net which Included, her mi>thcr. Ruby, he:' aunt, and Vivinn. Dottie did ncrobntics. hnllel, and played the violin; while Vivian danced and played the piano. The two girls learned t)icir music from their mother who is now a success ful radio artist When the Dandridge sisters went into the Cotton Club it had just been moved fr>*m Harlem to Bro:id- way The show, headed by Cib 'Calloway, also Included June Riih- m.ond. Dynamite H'loker, the P.er- I ry brothers. Sister Tharpe, and the j Nicholas brnlhors. , I That's right, there's where Dot- I tic met HnroH Nicholas However. ; ' it wasn't until the Dandridge sb- i I lers had g me to England on a j Carper ^ vaudeville tour, which incidental-1 Msters in the jy was cut short by the war. that the ; ing Bill Rob- rnartial merger if the two infant ; membt rs of theatrical royalty was j planned They were married In I Los An .t ies in September. 1042. .Although C.iiif' inia and the mov.e ' indu.'.ti y, for people so gifted, j ha.s meant much, circumstance.':! caused each t** take oxtendrd vaca- brothers ■ a.WSI has been considered Ihe main of- fender and has been labeled .r .p, s,.e„iied .liberal elelnen-. Shclii as the three T.usic.il comedy >t. n.-on and .Avon Lmitj wr.-te her school mate and forwurdvd Pur tickets to the show. She remem bered. too. that D. K. has un.-thcr •i-ster and she want: her m.nhci and dad to C'lmc ti o and will bear the oxpt'iihcs i.f the t’'ip. Oh. ,vns' A pictlii j of the pair l.ikeii iLlleen .rears aeo on the, q-he Nlch-las brothers were lem- rclioiil steps w.tsdua up from -Mi.-s.,, ,„,ttv broken ui) -.rhen r'ayard -lames possessed treasures and |,„„ ,i.p ,|e has since forwarded I . h.r buddy alona with p^en diseharit.d and the team i: the t.ekels. „„ y, time out to hav;' ?ier daughter, from this c(>riKT .so long as they Her appearance in “Pillow bbete,. ■"•hicbeyer one you would; prefer to describe it. more than ■, f,?,? “‘•-'all Nesroe. want than ay othc.s, * «TT 1^ ” I ’ “ ■» V- ui • w The liberal element has agitated in n b, J "! every pha,se of NCBro life, seeking Jcetionable and obviously dcploi-; entire race ..ble In any Orm^ Such ttiinei as „„ objcettve which they. :>hc "liberals." have selected as the RALPH COOPER BEST LAUGH PROVOKER N. Y. Columnist Goes "AII>Out" for Em-Cee Who Has Turned Comedian—Top Notch Performer Introduced Harlem's Amateur Hour via WMCA»Put Spotlight Bonds on Air for Pabst Beer Produced, Directed end Stoged Nite Club Revuesicols "Coop" Is Harlem's No. 1 Showman TfJ Yttf (Sitif Certnpondtntf NEW YORK. (IPS')—Bob Hope, Jack Ikiiny. George Lou Holtz an(i other top-notch comedians of radio. Mage, .-creen and nite clubs (and, you might add—television) had better move over. Make room for ^alph Coo|>cr. Harlem's No. 1 showman— the best laugh provoker there ts in show lmsinc.ss. who is credited with being this town** dapper em- “ cee. has turned comedian never heard about them. Humphrey Bogsirl returns to his murderous ways in "Conflict," a psychological, thriller that'll make your hair stand on end. . . . When the Nich olas bii'thcr.s go cut with thcir package show which will do two montlis of onc-nighers, it will be the first time the famous dancing team lui.s been South. . . “Escape , in the Desert" is one of thp "shoot- 'em-up-est” pictures over produced at Warners. Tlic role of the cold blooded killer is played by Helmut* Di.ntine and skyrockets him to solid fame. . . The dancers in “Car men Jones” got a week's rest from rchears;ils .so they could see some of California during their three weeks run here. For the record it can be reiiortcd that Muriel Smith's pi rtrayal ■ f the title r-ilc has taken the town. Among other fine compli ments she got was the one for the | exciting way she carried off that scintillating blue evening gown in the last :ict Opening night. Elton Warren who sings Cindy Lmi. stop- ped (he show cold three times!. . . Here are some thumb-nail notes on Bette Davis: She's afiaid of the dark. . . likes to hear clocks tick ing- . - . she loves to sit on the floor. . . she dnesn't know tho second verse of the "Star Spangled Banner" (do you?). . . . she can talk plg-latin. ... she loves com- on-the-cob (and that's not a plug for her next picture. 'The Corn .s Gree»"' . •■he doesn’t like shoes and slips them off when she's hav ing Itmch or phiying bridge . . - she has never worn her hair the same way in any two pictures. . - . she knits, sings a I'file, doesn't walk under ladders, keeps rlo.xr Irack of her bank account and believes that hard w -rk. rather than luck, is the surest way lf> permanont success. Negro character which appears far; too often today for comfort belongs to the "Gone With The Wind” era pnd should most certainly be crlti- I'lzed and chased out of the pic- liirn Hnu'Pvpr fhn ••nn1lfi/-a1 «An. fender and has been labeled ur Ubeled 'whichever one you would prefer to describe iti more than any other Negro perfoimer or ac tor in Hollywood. "Uncle Trmming” is' highly ob jectionable and obviously dcplur- r.blc in any form. Such thing* as the hat-in-hand-shuffling typo of Negro character which appears far too often today for comfort belongs to the "Gone With The Wind” era and should mo.st certainl.v be criti cized and chased out of the pic ture. However, tho "political sen sitivity" which has stirred up a hornet's nest for the performets named above and others too num.- erous to mention, h.is done .several injustices in the name of principle. To begin with, no difference has been marked in what is art in por* fraval.s of period characters and Contemporary Negroes and what is really characlcrisll(^ Negro humor is fundamentally different from Irish, German. Jew ish. Chinee*', hilliblly and Cockney. Some “political scnsitivists* claim - V- comedian "Coop" tollowa along the modem trend and will at no time use cork. In short, here's a real comedian—not a black-face comic. One who will make you give out with those laughs that you've stored away since Pearl Harbor. Ralph needs no Introduction to diversion seekers in these parts. As a thrill-provider in the way ot high class entertainment—he's tops. The best at originating both costume and dialogue; be Introduced Har lem's amateur hour via Sution WMCA on a coast-to-coast hook-up and has produced, directed, staged and taken part In nite club revuesl- cals that established new all-time records for attendance at the vari ous Harlem "bot" spots, and as the genial host and em-cee sponsored Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer on the air waves in wbal turned out to be the first all-Negro radio commercial program. Cooper has presented the best talented air shows and fos tered hundreds of youngsters to stardom. Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington. Count Basic, Earl Hines, all with their bands: Eddie (Rn- Chester) Anderson. Billy Eckstein, Ullian FlUgerald. Paterson & Jack- son, add Louis Jordan’s Band all appeared && the ai^sbow^ with Coojie*. at. the.h«to.1 National Newspaper Week For his ability as-a showman, the nation's new laugh-srnaatlon has been singled out for many honors. It was he wh" was se lected to perform as emcee in the ob.servance of National News paper Week by Negro editors from coaal-lo-coast Having done a mar velous job lo aid the war effort he has been cited by the War an*l Treasury Departments. Cooper's shows staged at the various army camps In this vicinity have won for him high praise from leading com manding ofTicers. It has been his privilege to headline shows in New York. Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washington. D. C.. and in Chicago. In these leading cities Cooper's “take-off" of the city sllckster has won foi him popularity that has no bounds. He has them forever "fall ing out in the aisles." This w-as demonstrated recently at Harlem's Apollo Theatre. Aside from his role as a strictly modern comedian along the ilne.s of Al Jolson, Milton Oerle and Eddie Cantor. Cooper manages high class talent. One of bis attractions tn Tab Smith’s Orchestra which has been acclaimed America's great llllle • jump” band. Y’es. the name Ralph Cooper is legend along the >d.ain 'Item, f -a l^oir. beca'dsa i'- 'c been around Mabel Fair Bank Plans ' To Incorporate Icc- !skaters I “THEN PKODITERS WILL HAVE TO GET THEM TIIROITGH I US” SHE SAYS NEW YORK CITY 'CNSi —Tak- inc steps for definite action against Jniner Evans, white Broadway agent who refused to use her tal ent because she was "too dark," Mabel Fairbands. the race's only professional iceskater. announced this week that she and her coach. ; Wally Hunter, plans to incorporate all Negro iceskaters to prevent ' Evans or any other nroducer with ; such plans from getting Negro tal ent to exploit for their shows. This ' won't be too hard to do ns Mr. Hun- , ter has coached and taught almost every one of them himself al some time or other. .Another idea the two decided upon i? to form their own unit to travel to theatres and ncightclubs over the countj'y with an iceskat ing chorus or both white and col- , or. Th-v feel using skaters -egard less of their racial identity wil! give the art a touch of real Amer ican democracy. The unit Is tenta tively named “Mabel Fairbanks and Her Ice Mates.” "Doing something ; constructive, even though expensive. ;• Ihe onlv v ov to •’ef bid' Sroidvaj pr-'.ducer: w'tui tak;* American Negro pu'oLc for dopes," ' Mi&s Fairbanks feels. ELLA’S VIOCE DOM- IIVATES DISCS NEW YORK — Opininnr- may vary, hut you have to face the facts. The issue involved ought pmve an noying to parfirji concerned, still you have an opportunity lo see and hear for yourself. 1 refer to the voice of Ella Fitzgerald on the recent recordings made bv Ihe Ink Sp.>ts. There has hern much discussion, both good 'ind bad, as lo who and what reakethc Ink Sp»ts America’s createsf quartet If could have been publicity !t might have been Hop- pv Jones* bass voice Publicity Ls essential, yes. but a %'olce can be aped. Cliff Givens (now with the SoD'hornaircsi did a very _ good iob at "an'ng Hoppv." H'lwever, that wasn’t enough. Moc Gale or .semebodv clo«r to Gale pul the buzz act on Kenny .md told him that his tenor voter just was strong ennugh to r.arry The Spots The truth of the m.after is that there’s f'Vi much Kenny and not enough of Ella or why hill and the Ink Spots Or Ella's voice. Or maybe I’m wrong. goal for which N'cgrccs should strive. WHITES NOW BOLDLY CRITICI/E NEGROES | Knowing that the Negro classes , of thr sn-caUed "liberal clcmeni’j as their Bible because such view-1 p' ints seem to renr-'sent more what 1 all Negroes want nan ay othcis. The liberal elemen has agitated in j I every phase of Neyro life, seeking I to whip into line the entire race toward one objective which they, the "liberals." have selected as llie goal for which Negrres should strive. WHITES NOW BOLDLY CRITICI/E NEGROES Knowing that the Negr.i classes ■ object to anything that lends lo he'd them up to ridicule fr; m ' whites, or identifies them with lower elements amon.g their own people, the "pnlitical Scn.sillvists" have seized upon the type of humor Negro reformers express as the ob ject of a nationwide camaign. In former years, it would have been I virutal suicide for any white per- ! son to say anything derogatory I about Ncgr.i actors, dancers, sinj- j ers. comedians and mu.sScians. To- ! day, however, the boldest .critics of Bill Rohin.son. Rochc’fcr. Pigrrcal Markham. Willie Best, Ethel Wa'- ers. Buck md Bubbl.., and Hattie McDaniel arc whites who have wormed themselves into the pi'’- viously all-Negro front and who have l>een accented at face value. Rochester. Pigment Markham. Willie Rest, Hattie McDaniel and the others ran expec* no solace per-Hist in allowing tiiemelve to be used a'- t'ols in the tiand of in*), pagandists who .seek through scripts to perpetuate the old theory lha* t the Negro is inferi-ir; that the Ne-' cro will steal; that he will use a razor cn anyone who >,ffcnds him, •inri that his bt.n and b.ggest thrill is when he has a pair of dice in nis ! hands. It is obvi> u.'; that there are I almost as many white." who lik; to i gamblv with dice and who eat as ; much watcrmcl'in and fried chicken ns Negroes. Our la.sk is twofold — we should i o: oiiowii!,: incmeive in jc; t:scd a.s tooLs in the fmnd of pro-. pagandists who seek through scripts, to perpetuate the old theory thid I the Negro is inferior; that the No-' gro will steal; that he will ui^ a' razor on anyone who offends him,. and that his test and b.ggest thrill' IS when he has a pair of dice in his ! hand.:. It is obvious that there are I almost as many whites who like to i gamble with dice and who eat as • much watermelon and fried chicken as Negroes. Our task is twofold — we should strive to educate our people that razors /•." weapons are passed today; that razors should bo used for one purpose only and that to .save with. The second task is to bring pres sure on Rochester, Markham, Mc Daniel and C>*mpany. not to accept .scripts or rolc.s in which "Negro- isms” arc present if such "Negro- tsm.s." as they arc sometime called, arc offensive. COUNT BASIE AT CASA MANANA NITERY CULVER CITY. Cal f In the ;'bsenc'' i.f fireworks for a Fourth •f July celebrati'in thi> ye.ir. Count Basic, the "Jump King of .Swing." will bring his dynamic musical rhythms to Southern California on July 3 to open a four week engage ment nt the famed Casa Manana nitery in Culver City. i-LCiVS'*:" RALEIGH Memorial tiiililorium i JULY 9 31“ L uis Armstrong w.is NITE A MUSICAL LIKE NOTHING ON EARTH! WITH A STORY THAT’S OUT OF THIS WORLD! x^MacMURRAY jiMUt T per IP . IIAVI D 1 A MUSICAL LIKE NOTHING ON EARTH! WITH A STORY THAT’S OUT OF THIS WORLD ?«.MacMURRAY TJ?SLiE • HAVER WHERE HO WE CO /from here CkrteM 6y GREGORY RATOFl rrotfiKtO by WILLIAM PERL8ERG Serna PUy by MORRIE RYSKINO ly'ks 1*4 Masae by Iri CerUi*;" in*! Kvtl WriH A 20>>> CEMtUIV-fOX riCIUK S” IT OUT!! HOME COMING PROGRAM! •LLA FITZGERALO On the stage last week at the A|>ullo Tluuitn- in New York the with the vcice cf the first lauy oi; song, £lia Fitzgerald. j > r«s riiw*/«ii»*ii Currently a sensation at the Dov.ntown Theatre in Chicago the cele brated Deep River Boys were caught by our staff correspondent at a recent servicemen’s show at the U. 8. Naval Receiving Station. After their Chicago date the boys move en to 8t. Louis where they headline the shev/ at the Club Plantation. A hit on the airwaves these beys are chnvMtflooera .and rat* >Ui oersonal okay. SELAH JUBILEE SINGERS MON., JULY 2 —.\ppearin( .At— YHin .rial AUDI iCJKi nil ADV. SALE Y'lc AT iJnOE Sl.M Utber QuarleU
The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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