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THE BIG IIME
BY LAI'RICE MarFfE
Indep«'n(hnt Pr«w Siprvlci
SENSATIONAL SINGING STAR SET FOR TOUR
FEATURED WITH lOE GUY & HIS ORCHESTRA
SEEIN'STARS
WITH DOLORES CALVIN
BY DON lit LEKiUBUl)
Ulli ajiii upjjuiitr Ellicl Wat-
.1 ■'Miiimja'.- ' Ml- liai>
3«>ciilly teatui.u on wveiul!
tJliirtlJIII . liCJtablC of
•> .iiid fildiiiiil Wiiiilil. Holli-
Ai.uit'.' cjiiiiibulion to U»e i^ioup i>
III tlio pii9uii of Tuiiuiul-
aIi.oii wtio li:ih bti-i. M-iii on Uio
-l.n'i-. Ill llmvif\ aliiJ on iJit i;oill.'l.l t
Kj.i.iiy fiok, t-KJnt- WoUi
and Uialloii Titw jio tla' ollioi
in ilibii . ol llio Nl-ijiu Ulallia
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NEW DRAMA fiRoL'P KPRINOS '
l/P IN HAKLLM ,,
NEW YORK — /\ rjfw Neuro
theatr# iiiovciiu-ut h-j» Fii-ie j
In Marlcii. i;;.*. •> i..,. Nt«io
^BiTia Ciroin Ajmb n pn-sv
Emlyn Willi;.iu • psvcfMlojpCol
ma. ‘'NiKFi: ,Mu:,t Fall." op a tour
which btyni' ^uon of ii.osil of tin-
prlnclp.'il Ljtiij, of tiie East, miildle
West and Li ep Soutii CompuiLd
of exppn.iiitu Nt-w York playti...
groii/i lU-play^ litniendou; m-
tbusi&srn foi ii vMuk and pLifoiiii
their part' .■ ith tin. . t ib.ii i-
shown by pn-^un; wf.o know lli.ii
hard work biiiu*' abml dis]
ends.
Tht* tuui !• bt-iii^ booki*l by i)n.‘
National I'oncen ..nd AriJ-ti C'or
poratlon, \\h.Ll. i> spi.niorlny tin
cwnpany. and tin lii't stop will u.
in Canaila Otin-i finMKinient'' w:l
Uke the company to V.irlnia, Nm.l
and Soutlj (•..,..lin.i. cii.iu.u. p s'i- "Jump Kinr ol iJwi
bly Florida, and then aciuss conn- I'ordtd a nkual Imii
try to N«\*. .Mexin. 'lJu- nnpmt.int h«-ii tin- ni.in.i/i-int-ii' of ti.i- Roxv
of It all I- III iJu i^.t that the Ni- i hi-.iU i n in. d hi: .i thi- only
gro Drama tiii.iip n-pr.'•t-nts a tit- ‘d band liial will play it- staK*- dm-
alEnifK'aiii arid nupoitani ilt-velop , int lU-KJ Tin H-.xy pakc-d up i'>
mem m the hl.loiy of tin.- Iheatie. "ptUJii m. tin Count- ••ivii.-i-- l-u
Most Nm-i., If.t-alu- uiiMiiiazti Ii.i fuui witk i-aily in IM-llj. whib*
have app«.aind only in plays wilt-l 'opini- -iJlmn- on the n--
ten to cunfurni to the tradition-j "^fii»d*'r of i.aiuls th.d pievioin ly
bhund ciiiiceptinri of Nixm tile'had plavetl thr- hoii' - incln'iii.v
Others hav shown in highly con- Dnkt- Flih.i.-lon, Fu-d W.-unr. Ka • -
Ita.sii- Is Only lianil
On 1916 Scliednif At
Hovic Tlit-alrt-
Nl.VV YORK
lit liUM
When Cc-nc Krupa opens at the
t'l.piiui Theatre liel ll iiiive his name
ill lights on two Bioadway theatr«>
at the same timi. Down the street
at the F^alure. Gene'*; name will
decorate the murquee lo denote his
starring role in "Gcorfji- While's
Scandals of 1945." Incidentally, i?
you're a Krupa fan. you should
Irve the picture for Gene gets one
of the nicest spots evi-i anorded ..
biindleauer His band !•= now at the
Aster Hotel In New York City,
This time El Bingo, who has been
in-1 hi'll f ego his weekly
lodio show, means (t r.ing definite
ly has said nix to the air wave^. .
'mve IJixt.v Ji',. i- headinr fv
Broadway and freehimc writing a;
•* sii'ninenti. , . Buddy Rich, fainixl
■ T Uorsey druiner nnddle-ai::led
lit with Ji-anaii Sutheiland inaga-
pine writer, In Las Vega*:. Har
l.f.itn'-.s will reciivc the largest
lamnuni of diiu-ru c-ver paid a bund
for nine days al Ihi- Fled Pii r in
Atlantic City. l>ii:ali Shore iin'l
Betty .lane Hoiinev feud Is still
brewiiii' liiiuih i- -ore biiause
i- Victor Recnids ha%'i- bc.ni buildiiiK
.. up Bonni-y via .'eiisatioiial ad cain-
 paly.n in the hade inaMaziiie.s
NF.W YORK CITY iCiTS) -
iPKARL primus will use 12 num
bers by Mary I.ou Williams, swing
pnoiisl, based ; n the signs of Zodiac,
i'c. il and Mary Lou will soon give
a conserf together. Claude H -pkins,
• laimlng Cab Callowa.v is respon,ai-
oJfc for hlf biuise.s. will be in the
new line-up at the Zanzibar r
crthtltss, .ilong with Duke Elling
ton and l.ouis Jo. don us features.
Vhili he cast of "Carlb Song"
headed by Katy Dunhum. wus held
up waiting lor Avon Long to re-
rover, Dain.in Walker, N. Y. New-
coUimnl.l wrote that Avon Lon,
wus rocuperullijg from stab wound
-c'.civej from u Hnrlem brawl.
Piolesf* pou.ed In that Avi.n w
attacked by a hold-up man in front
I of liis home ur.d not ti brtiwl Walk
«r reli acted the statt-ment.
troverrlal pli
eaods foi ^ ,nie cause ui uttii-i
Howem tin, gioui imdn thf
leadership id th.- n.it .bk play
wright and dlfeetoi. Fo\vt-ll l.ifut-
sa:’. offei pieseiilSIion; that uie
not limited to liu- i-.(iip.'ii..tueiv
few plays wiltten spi-cilicully t«.i
Negroes. 'Uu- Negro Drama Gioup
will prsi-nt Its vci.-lom of .such
playm win*.- subleil niritter lends
itself tu iiitcioivtatioi. by im- emu.
pany. . '" «•
**Our anil,' said 1. ndaay, *'lr loi^""'
develop aiid audience that will!
support oui piua.icli>-i).s not only
because they arc cnterlamim'. but^
because‘they rccogni/e the lmpor-l,.„.„
h.'it W-H i.l-i- diiinil ‘ * *
"■ |lt:g til
•'tl.
:«d t-
J iur Aiik .‘tu
lliilO CI.K
.1.
Il.h
aiei
.it ihc Itoxy, 1
Kill-'" gin- rl .
di'llasr 111 u 1
a-d all pie
-r.i then
KhFFINCi I'P WITH TIIF BANDS
ffollyv.-mrfl . Kl Moroce- ha.- -ii'n
ed {?cd Niehoh and his ci w fn
•me 'ntiie yeai. Tin; iii'hidi-i Her-
bu- llayirit-r on tenor. Heinie Hcau
on I lai'inel and Thurman Teague
on bass , Jimmie l.iinceford i.-
playing one-nigliler.s in the W- si
' i; Joid ri tiiiins out f Holly.
woo>l ■"•oil III apiiear In Mon-'grum'-'
mu-SlCbl "Swing Puiadc" LoUi' Just
ii'.to Hit Wound up an engageint-nt at the
i> it. Ill; ''Jiuio.Hint Th.-. Ire In New Yoik
ill ma.K loinioy Doi*^ey I- uving
that f" -‘bout III- new pianist T-dnniy Todd,
.•Pl>ear.nier ''^bo ubo d.t*s cunsid ruble arr.ing-
thc "Jump big f I the b.iiid Acc-.i«liiig to l)or-
hall-inilli m Toinmv Todd is die "dlvcoveiy
k run that ' * i*'lh oi atiy otiu-r yeai " The bund
ti-iidancc n- euiiently al the Ca.-ino Gardens
xdh r-.
biLl HOLIDAY, top ranking Oc. recording artist, f.ivorltc tinging
star v^ho lor several seasons ha- toi.ie out on top of the Esquire Poll
and lead many others in the n .lub field, will be headlini-d with the
lop notch Iruhipet player Joe G. and His Orchrsira on a crosscountry
tour playing theatres, biMrooins and nite clubs.
"Lover Man" sung by Mitt Holiday and recently rdc .ed by Oecca
Recoids If listed with the nation's favorite lop tunes. Tr." band is an
outstanding mufical aggregation and with Joe Guy as leader, formerly
with Lucky Millinder’s Orchestr.., has reaped harvest due to the fact
that all of Its membera are rated tope with their respective instru
ments. This musical treat ia slated I ,r an appr trance at the Howard
Theatre in Washington, O C., on Septrmber 2eili. Royal Theatre, Balli
more, Md.: Regal Theatre, Chicago. P uadise Iheaire, Detroit; as well
ai other dcluse theatres throughout the nation.
By popular demand Ar.ierica's No I Song tSlylisl will also pUy a
senes of onc-niglilers in the South and Middle West. This supeilative
treat is booked exclusively by Joe Glasn, MS Fifth Avenue. New fork.
N. Y . Billie Holiday, the thrush, (..■ ord.ng to Walter Winchell) broke
«ll S^nd Atree* e»rnrriB at Tha n»w>ih*it
"TOBACCO ROAD" Is off agam
; cn lis llHi tour The star, John
Bartun. htis played Jeeter I.cstei
niore than 3.2u0 times. Producer
John Wllberg lAnnu Liic-ustai and
i Mayor Kelley of Chicago have
I Iht-ir hfcuJs together on plans to re-
Chictigo as a theatrical rival
' to New York with legitimate plays
; us Hroudwiiy, Pre.-.s Photographers
: Magazine evIdeiHly didn't like the
uttiudf Hnz'.l Sc..”, and Adam Pow
111 took toward .-cporteis and photo
graphers at their recent wedding.
iki li.
Hu-
the Coiitif* b-ix of- Califroiiia.
e >ln 1 up in the *'ill r.main
ranv-.s at the Roxy by Y»ik thiuugh
11.'- t tamuUK SlO'i' of St-pteiiibei
and rad
Cab Call way
Cafe Zanzibar.
Aiigubt and iiilu
I).
geiiiilil
III -
Duk •
othe::
Ktl:l
tance of what w-e on- doing,
establish a Negro iipeiloiy ”
Heembhslzed tin- lati ihet hn gi aj) i,n. i ti
1» out to Of-ok «,I1. t.oditi.,,, ,1.
the Negro fheai . by pit-M-iitiiig
plays that :.|1- unie.-vicled by i.,-
dal adaptH.fliiy "F.-i instanrt-."
he continudfd, "ou"- firji (.n-sonta-
lion, 'Night .Must Fall, -.vi * oinlnally
written for a Londun audience with
an Engli.sh locale Wc have iran»-
ferred the .scene of ih»- pl.iy t • th*-
United States and are playing it
with a Negro cast The fact that
the play still proves an exciting
and absorbing one pruof that the
Negro theatre doc-' not havi ti» noly
alone on plays written for the Ne
gro rate. Orson Welles desnunstrat-
ea"mt*^Wknuhi:. psfglui'ed nn all-
Nlgpro luterpYcatloA of 'Macbenth'"
^e’TaJa SrtioOl ol Drama put the
finishing tmiches on Uiidtiav and
ggve him the background which
hf^s employing in devolpina thte
new group Mi Lindsay had pre-
>lously organizezd the famous Thea
tre Piijgrcssive of Connecticut.
f bis giitup won first pluve m the
ale Oinma Tournament After
C iiiit pl.iyeti his Ilrst
.It Hh Roxv in Mircii
j mcrtdcrit m tecom-
t .N'ei':-,. altraitinn b"jk-
Jlld -o 8UC«V.-
iva> wa.s paved
al Hie Roxy
■■lie ill: ludinp
/•'I Scot: aim
xcepti .11 of the Bus,
With Hie
•'reai.erT.1 III
■ • mph tely
1.;: Ill Ihr-
.■;.udi villi- pi odiiclioii- witii
h.-ind ciipplyrng the music.
t'.ANARII.S CAPERS
Ella Fitzi'c- -lid the little eal who
«wur.g lo tame -ingim> her own
er.mrifil!'Ii "1 Lost My Yellow Hn-^
ke’." VC ill Of ifuest .^ta- on the Ches-
leifutd -how on Tut-day, Sept
't.'.h Billi-.- Holiday and Joe
'lily’s Orche.'-tra are slated fra
•.Toffr-counlrv tour -Aith th:‘ opening
•fuf" Vieing Ihe Howard Theatre. In
Washington. D. C. Billie can .spell
bind an audience quicker than any
ther blues singer on the billboardr
Negro Soldiers Abroad
Army May Do Film On
KEI) (;|{0S.S GIRLS
iU{|,\C .MUSIC. KU.N
Pm
Rexy
NEW YORK - The Aimy Fias
under i-unsidi ration a proposed film.
"Nexio boldu-i Actlvitu-^ in FTO"
iLuiope.-iii tlieutre of operutulnsi,
‘MCordiiix to a letter lo the NAACP
■iyri'd by Colonel Luther L. Hill.
•iepul.v diiect r of the War denari- PARIS— Mrs. Ma>gai'et G .Simms
mem Bureau of Public Rehitionf. of .lacki-onville, Fla. knows from
Colonel Hill >-taU>d that mojtl . f experience how toueh life In an
tile films in pieparalion had been m my staging area can be — and that
cancelled but (hat no decision ha.s is- one of the rciisons she tries to
iiiv uai.u pouev -inrrro on uroaoway m a musical reached as yet on the Negro make the Amreican Red Cross en-
will pi-ecnl only "St Louis Woman” with songs bv f'*'" He said tnat the Pitc- tcrtalnment l.io sne leads « h iwi-
'■ - ... Fronk Service of the Signal Corns mg -
of n ranarv assembling motion picture Ni
Ri XV IS dropping ‘oday. , Lina Horne will
line band policy Jtarrrd on Broadway In a mustcal
pit Mercer and Arlen.
Slnafru 'ahhiueh he's not a canary.
to his third turn on the but he DOES .sing) i« being upheld
musical lour organir-
for a proposed production -i Lv the Red Cross entertainment
•tage, the Count will play by columnist Ed Sullivan on his further enr ideralion wUJ ■ dt-parlment. Mrs. Simms. Miss Cm>-
eek of Decembei SB at the
laSlh Street Apollo Theater ii»
Harlem
•flllclsm of the USO and Special project
"'•'rvle** offii-ers of the Army
CONTRALTO
broogbl about Iw hij rcojnl over- PorgV And BcSS To Bf
seas tour Ed Rullivan has com-
mended Sinatra for openly statin? AJ- l\ir IV'sl
the inefficiency of such orgunlza- lldMOIIdl
lionr . "Tlic Barrk-” vocal tri-
-.viHi Ray Buudur’s Orchestra who “aF rUIKl
open at the Mradowland in New
M,,r !,y Ihuy-r, ai.xtou.. to yohK - Anordii.B to u,
.irrive In New York so they cun :.i„...inc mem Hii- week -‘P-.rifi —
im shopping And that's "30" f.om Sabbulh." the overseas story of the' ODeraliona
Brnudway. x!hr,u.,t •-o....o«
tance Randiill of 1.215 Hamlin St..
N E. Washington, D. C.. and Mi.ss
Mintn Cato of 545 West l46th St..
' New York City, are making mu-ic
fui thnu.sands of tr.iops waiting in
, redeployment areas or tucked away
! in forgotten coroers uf Europe, wait-
) ing und working.
Mrs Simms, who makes her home
I at ’ Moncrlef Road in Juckson-
' vilt us returned to the Eumpeu'i
''Derations i.om a rota-
the States. In her ear-
DINAH SHORE, Hnglng. may
I lake the role of Helen Morgan in
■ 11.e new “Siaiw Bout" which Lciia
, Horne refused. The Zanzibar state.--
' "We donf have to reconvert. Wb.-ii
, more could unybjdy offer you ui
the way ,f postwar entertainment
than the current Cab Calloway
- hoW’" The Si-ptember new Baton
iiiagbzlne feature Louis Jordan a
heir "Pi-isoiiality .Man'' Its writer.
Mary Watelr, .-ays: "Tht next time
1 hcai bumeune call Louis Jordan
"America's Most Amazing Per.un-
allty,' I'm going ta believe It and
add u few adjectives of my own.’
When "Anna Lucastn" became 1
year i.ld, the suivey read: patrons:
niore than a half million; take-
iivurly u million dollars.
nin ilS: Fighter Ray Hobin-on
tu pla,. drunr, for Erskine Hawkins
f..r 750 a week. Bill Graham rcady-
- ing a radio show for a sjop concern
x.f all-star talent to lop the one he
' put on tor Pab.st Be-.-r a couple of
year- back Th» Apollo Theali®
having stiff cumpetilioii with the
Bronx's McKinley. . both featur
ing name ntiraciijns. . . . Arthur
Biyson. who’s reported putting on
"Iced Chocolates" with $50,000 back
irg. stundu a chance of going far
with Mabel Fairbanks, ice star, but
not so far with Natalia Llndo,
Spanish amateur skater who is bill
ed equally with Miss Fairbanks.
MARIAN ANDERSON on cover
of The American Mercury. Richard
Huey of "Bloomer Girl" says Beau-
fora Oelany. the Vlllave /irtisL said
“Life is a whole note in symphony
of time" The Afro's interview ol
E. Sims Campbell very interesting.
Correction please! . . the song
"Caldonta” is 'ung by Louis Jor
dan in the opening scene of the
featurelte by that name and not at
the end as we previously stated.
Frleta Shaw, one of the few Negroes
who owns a home and swimming
pi.ol 1 Rochester and the Noble
Sissies are othersi invited the Wil-
'iim Grant Stills to a party at
nM
I SHAW UNIVERSITY
ADDS FOURTEEN TO
FACULTY STAFF
DOLORES BROWN
Tiie Liveable ijelores uniwn Is
buck with the Erskine Hawkins
outfit us featured soloist. She dues
her bit by adding cnarm to the
baud us -xhe gives •■.•lih her mel-
'ow tune.-. She will appear in the
Capital City on Sept. 24lh.
RALEIGH — Shaw University
had made 14 additions and 4 re
plarements in its stuff fm (he forili.
•uimm. school yt-ai. it was an-
nounced ye>teiduy by Husident
H.bert P Daniel The Shaw head
explained in making th« announce
ment th..i the large ii.crease which
givp.s the school a staff iiumberiiig
fB. IS intended tv offer adequate
l..»lr„rlio,. (0, , a.u.ailv ann.U-
ment.
Charles R. Eason who has been
Professor of Mathematics and chair-
muu i,f the division of Natural Sci-
RED GRO.SS PEPS UP
HIGHWAY FIRST AID
WASHINGTON. D. C. - Plans
lor stepping up its highway first
aid program were announced last
• k by the .American Red Cross
Calling attention t- the "sharp In
cieaie in traffic Injuries and fatal-
ities since termination of gasoline ra-
inning" which he termed a "fiTe-
asiu of what we mav expect wih
full resuniptit.n of peacetime motoi
chicle travel." Red Cross Chair,
'iian basil O'C'uinor predicted
gieuler need fur highway first aid
hail bifore the war
"Fortunately," lie said, "the na
tion-wide network of Red Cross
highway first aid stations has been
mair-' lined to a nimarkabie extent
nout the war years," while
vast fli et of first aid mobile
units, manned by Red Cross train-
'(I first-aiders and ••quipped with
ppiuvL-d first aid maleiTals. are in
coiuiiiuous uperution und "will seive
the basis for ui immediate und
rapidly expanding program, reach
ing out especially int.' runil ureau
where pr mpt medical caia is fre
quently not nvallahle."
Mr. O'Connor listed the number
of highway first aid sta'.ions now
in oporatoin as 2.177; as com^ .ired
A'ilh a prewar total of 2.B&5. The
.umber of mobile units, he said,
has jumped from a prewar total rl
3,955 to a present total of 10,742.
The highway stations, he explain
ed, are stores and restaurLnts. tour
ists inns and varloux r-rsanizalions,
including small town and rural fire
departments. At least two first did
trained individuals, hs sold, are
available at these stations at All
hours f the day and night, and the
locations are clearly marked by
highway signs bearing the Red
Crust emblem and the designation.
Emergency First Aid “
Niotur vehicles bearing the Red
C'oss first aid mobile unit marker.
The Reverend Moses N. UeLaney.
former director of Rt-Ugious Ex-
tenHim at Arkansas A. M. und N,
college, has been appointed as dl-
rMtor of the department of Rural
Church, The Reverend Mr. DeLaney
i.« H gri^uate of MorehOuse College
and Colgate-Rochester Divinity
School, and has done rpecial work
I L Uofversity in the rural
I church.
I .dded to the division of Langu-
ages have bet n Mrs. Rosa L. Bry-
, ani Hiil, mstructor m Romance
I Languages and English, and Joel W
Wallace, ir.>.tructor In English and
associate in publicity. Wallace •
a graduate of Benedict College and
the Unjver.slty of Iowa.
, Miss Marion I.. Gregory has been
[added as insiruclor in Biology and
Libert E. Jones in Physical ScleiiCM,
I Miss Gregory is a graduate A
I Hampton Institute and the Unlver-
•ity of Pennsylvania, and Jones a
gradaute of A. and T College and
! New York University,
j To assist Chairman J. E. Lytle in
the physical education department.
I James H. Stevenson has be«) nam-
! ed assistant in the department and
.a-sslstant athletic director. Steven*
«on Is a graduate of Bluefield
Teachers College and Howard Unl-
^ verslly
j Mrs. Ruth S. W«iver has been
laJdtd a« Instruct,, in Educalton.
ind John C. Anderson In soda] sci-
is 9 graduate of
; WiH^rforct University and the Ur.l-
' orsit yof Chicago. Anderson Is g
•'radaiite of Alabema Teachers Col
lege, Howard University and the
; Dnlverslty of Michigan,
i Jr., graduate of
[Bluefield State College and Co-
hmibla University, has been ap-
! rolnted instructor In art to replace
Miss Mary A. Miller who Is on
leov*
Other staff appointees are- Mrs
.Jeanetla S. Kilgore, director of
Nursery School; Mrs. L. B. Green
Hfsulant dietitian; Mrs. Ethea L.
Williams, assistant nurse and dorm
itory director; Miss Doris L. Neal,
assistant Librarian; Mrs. Alma
Trott. assistant In Nursery School-
Mrs, Harriett MeCrimmon Kee.'
Misses Doris Blount and Mary £.
Orandy, offin assUAnta.
Mrs Kilgore Is a graduate of
Miner Tecchere College and former
director of the Nursery School of
Friendship Baptist Church of Wlni
l«n-Snlem. Mrs. Green is a grad-
^ College: Mrt.
Winiams a gradutae of Proiidont
Hospital. Chicago, and Miss Neal a
graauate of Dillard University and
Atlanta Unlversit.v.
Rnth Mrs Vo* ani mi
ana aosoruiug one . jiroui mat ii>''
Negro theatre doer not have to nrly
alone on plays written for the Ne-
grp ra^e. Orson Welles dn runstrat-
■ra fiTu itNton h*. swnduitfij np qU*
Nagro inUrprewlion of 'MncLeath'."
The'Yale Bcli'.ol ol Diama put the
finishing * niches on Lliidf:ay and
ggve him the backitround which
employing in devolpins thia
rtew group Mi Lindsay had pre-
%tous]> organlzerd the fiimims Thea
tre Piugresxlvi- of Cfinnectlnit.
J Ms gioup won flir,t pla-i- in the
ole Drnn>a Tnurmnnenl After
ritlnr and directing .several high
prui-sed playr. .Mr LipdMjy help-
^ from Hit- PlaywrightT Cnnipariy
New York and .lirected its first
l^dduclj .11, ih-. tiiglily contrnvi-r-
sUl "Blv Wtntc F'og" v.hbh spriny-
bciardfd £'anada I.*'e into nuti-mil
pkotnint-nce.
While "Bit' White Fug.” be'-mie
of its'fTiietiw Negji. i.atl nirilistic
viewpoint pot the culd -houdei froii
the Oioacfwjy Clitics wlio inadt-
one of theii infrequent tiips to Har-
lem'x l.mcohi 'n.eati'e to m-c Hie
play, ihi’-i critics all ugreed that
Lindsay > diredlinn was fuullle.'
and also cn:iitd uraLe foi tin- fiiie
emotional pci furmance given by
Mhs Alma Forrest, .iiiuHiei mem
ber •■•f the Ntgro Drama Gioup.
She studied dramalicK al the Neu-
Theatii School of New Y »rk aiul
appt.,rc-u in se\'erul New Yoik pro-
duetiin:. ,>tic has also dtmunslraled
her ve utility at the Roxy Thi-u-
tre as a inembei of the Pearl Pri-
ifiuc d.-i.u- Li'OUp. She iL frctiucndy
on radio programs.
Jimmy Wiight. wliu plays the
impoitant role uf Dunny in ".NiKht
Must F'ail," has appealed In sucii
dramuHc succetse:: ua Uison Welles
I'lior 10
'JUi ne uwr.a
ISOxy ’Aftge, the Count will play by columnist Ed Sullivan on his
*he week of Decembd 28 at the i-ritlcUm of the USO and Special
125th .Street Apollo Theater )»' ; '^-rvlre office's of the Army
and thta further •'omidiTatlon will
i.p given the project
CONTRALTO
broag It about by his recerl over-
; Keas tour. Ed Sullivan has com-
[mendetl Sinatra fur openly statin?
the inefficiency of such organlzn-
‘ lions. . - "Tlie Barrier" vocal trn-
:wlHi Ray naiidut'.s Orchettra who
open nt Ihe Meadowtand in New
J-*n!ey soon sny they’re arixlmt.s to
nrrlve in Now York so they can
VO shopping And that’s ‘’30" from
Broadway.
Porgy Anti Be.ss To Be
On Air Fur Natiuiia)
War Flint!
Billy Efkstine Anti
Bant! Slill Flying High
I
V'. •
"Wm
Carol Brice, outstandini; you.
American conlnittn u..s sulmxl
with (he ('olunibia Br/iiilcastiu?
Symphony during its Siii>d«>,
.September 2.broadcast Miss
sang the vocal solo in or-
Falla's ‘ FI Amor Rrujo," uli'cii
the orchestra pi rforined uinter
the direction of I'litz Krii-rr.
"Next Door” fly ted shearer
NEW YORK -- On the wingsi of
■ tSTiath hit r c.i-ding Hdly Eckstine
is .«o(irlng to new heiehls. and the
coming of 194C may find him pres.-s-
I'u Hit- loti htix "fficc names in the
imi'dr businciis.
The recordinv is Wiilard RubLsoii's
li;vely hnllud of a der-tde or »o ago.
\ rolfugi F .1 Sale" which Billy
•vavr'd for the N.-iilnind Inbol liixt
Stiriny To datt the EcksHne also
has gone over the 1.50.000 mark in
-files despite the limited production
...d *i ■•rli ;it!.m facilities of the
National firm. Those In the know in
I'l- rM‘->rd indu-trv have declared
•;:.it had ’he E kstine version cf
"A ''’iiituve For Sale" been done
' I n-.f fif Ht" "Big Three" record
firms. Victor. Cnlumbi.i or Deccas it
• ■it'oi’hieMv w'‘iuld be the number
one record in the ceuntry today.
M 1- '-Ignifleant to note that
F. kstine is the second inging band-
Uiidc who has skyrocketed ini-
■I.- loiy box t.ffice brackets this year
‘in the strenath of a single record
The ofay muesti'.. Vauahn Mnnioe.
'll hi- fimiou'- platter of "There
I've Said It Again " moved up from
Hie rinks to a point where he is
ft nsldt red Hie mo-t potent box c-f-
ficp attraction in the coer.trv Many
critics and writers r.e currenli-'
hi lling Fcksfiiiv as th- first leader
tn emulate Mmroe's least.
Erkstine has for rome lime been
•I tnn at‘r->'tion in N» "ro locations
through hi.' appearances and fame
m the vocal star of F.atl Hines'
bund and as a leader in hi- own
right, but up until a short time aao
he 'vns pr-wticnllv .in unknown
quality as far as white audiences
were e mcerned But. oi’er since hls
"Cnttage For Sa!e" disc hit the
nation's juke boxer, music c..unler«
.-uid airwaves. Eekstine's bookers,
the William M•}rri^ A"ency report
a stronp ri'uction for Billy In Igad-
Ina white locations.
It might bf well tu note that
manv of ffidav'c ton bands have
been made on a single hit record-
trig. such as Glenn Miller's "In The
'’nod." Coi’ot Basie's "One O’Clork
.Tumo." Artie Shaw’s "Begin The
n*-nili.e." and the music trade is
beginning to think that Billy Ei'k-
fitine has hit the jackpot with ' A
Totiag'- For Sale'
NF^W YORK ~ According to an
r-'iii'-iiric ment Hii-^ week. "Pucifii.
Sabbath, the oversells story of the
'■‘'■'’-r; mo Show- "Port’.v and Bess."
has been transcribed by a Negro cast
for bf.adciirt tn Millions of radio
listeners in the United Slate*!-. A1;h-
ku. Hawaii, and Puerlu Rico during
the Nationut Win Fund cuiiiDuign
this Full. Over 800 stations will car
ry the "Porgy and Bess" trans-
ci i|jtion
The pi ‘gram i' veiib how the c-uH
which presentiU George Geishwin's
great American folk opera duntig
'heir tour of New Cal'-donia. Hi ■
New HebrkleP, Oaiid; It.inid. and
"ther South Pacific ishmds fi und
in-mscl'.es entwined in the spi'itual
lives of our men in militnry ba.'ies.
outposts, ond hospilal.i,
"Some of ilie men •• id they came
lo fee Porgy und Ile -^ eigtit and
ten times,” i-xpiains Di"k Canip-
bcll. >'oordlnato!' of N* i-m talco*
• ’ !’SO Camp Shows who acts a.^
pn.gram niinatoi. "But," h»- cen-
■in: e.. "they waiitel something
else H-o E.-!peciuily when the .Sab
bath came argund they wanted
!•• heat the hymns of their falthn."
Membei of the Porgy and Bess
c-T't who helper! imtobt the program
•lory are Mis- Catherine Van Bur-
en, Miss Eloise Ugfanis, Mb*-
Gladys Goode, and Mr. William
Vi a-bv
Other tidiiscilption** planned for
the N'tional War Fund campaign
include “Artist To Tlie Wounded."
u p:' giam dramatizing an impor
tant TJSO activity In hospital Me#--
'•:iges are scheduled fioni General
Dwieh’ n Ei.sf nhoveer John D
R. ckefeller. Jr. Pat O'Brien. D*-
f ind lev F Kimball Natinniil
President of USO. an-; Philip Mur
ray. Pr> slclenf of CIO
'department. Mrs. Simms. Miss Con-
ftance Kandiill of 1315 Hamlin St.,
N E. WnshiniHon. D C.. and Miss
Mintn Cato of 54.5 West 14eth St..
J New York City, are making mu«lc
‘ for thousand* of tr.iops waiting in
red'-ploymeni arcus or tucked away
in fiogottcii cornerk .^f Europe, wail-
I ing and working.
I Mrs, Sininiv. who makes her home
I at 3t|?.5 Monerlef Rond in -Tuckson-
; villc, has returned Co the European
I Theater of Operations from a rota
! ti-,n leave in the Slates In her ear-
i lier two venrs ttf concert tours for
American truf.p.^ in Fhigland :|1
'on the Cnntinent she sang in big
i C’luh.s and littk* ones, In hospitals
; and . n beachoH with :tie ruin pour-
Mm).- down and the miid knee-deep.
I She knows how .aluuble any
! break in the muntoiiy is for a sol-
l-'ier's npjrnU-, and keeps her shtiwx
lively und up lo the minute
On ther return to th* Europea
theater In June, she teamed up
' •' f>i tils- R'lndall for a tour thro
EnglunJ, Uejklum. Germany und
F.jnrc. Miss Randall, pianist and
former club director of the Hi-d
- "nH-i-*d min's -bib in Twnn-
ton. England. Is a graduate of Min-
• r re.ichei-- College .md Howard
f - - I rslfv
Mtss Cato, the thliil member of
the erew. just arrived from the
S'.iti" Shf was the slur in tl.e De-
'• it Cb'*'- nrw'a Companv proiluc-
lion of "Showboat." and supplies
- biHigie-W'ijglc or eUeslcs as (he
GI': prefer She b a graduate ol
;J>:iHi id School of Mnsii'. Colum-
; bia Teachers College and Howard
I University
I The three miislcl.ins will cover
I icilepliiyment areas first. Mrs.
lSiii:ti:s Huld. and e-mtimie their task
iof bringing 'i«ie to Hie trooiw
I wheu-ver they . ■ needed.
"Life Is a whole note In symphony
of time" The Afro's interview ol
E. Sims Ca.npbell very interesting.
Correction please! . the song
"Caldonla" is sung by Louis Jor
dan in the opening scene of the
featurette by that name and not at
the end os we previously stated.
Frleta Sha-v. one of the few Negroes
who owns a home and swlmrrrtng
pool iRochevter and the Noble
Si.s.sles are others) invited the Wil-
'iam Grant Stills to a party at
which Judith, their 3 year old
dauohtcr, saw everybody splashing
ir. the pool and thiugnt she'd Jump
in loo. Duncan, their little boy were
his Lowboy suit and was happy about
It, There, they met a Burma refugee
whose Ameiican husband was dead
and whose father is interned by
the Japanese in Bangkok. She is l»i
Hollywood giving :idvlce to the
movie company that is filming "An-
n.i und t ■ King of Siam". . . It is
reported that the studio is using a
few Filipinos, but mostly aucaslans
made up a.s Orentals. . . What will
Kinx df Siam think ot Iha*'^
USS Man As-signed To
Assisi Negro And White
.Seaman Prisoners
ed, are stores and restaurants, tour
ists inns and various 1 rganlzatlons.
Including .small town and rural fire
departments. At lead two first aid
trained individuals, he said, are
ovullable at these srations at All
hours ■ f the day and riight, and th
locations are clearly markec by
highway signs bearing the Red
Cross emblem and Ihe designation.
"Emergency First Aid "
Motor vehicles bearing the Rod
C'OSS ' H aid mobile unit marker.
Mr. 0'i> nner said, are operated in
large numbers by state and mun
icipal i>olice. by public utility coni-
panics and trucking firms, by dair
ies and other concerns matnt.'iining
m tor vehitic deliveries, and by
Red Cross first aid instructors driv
ing their own cars
Citing the endorsements of safety
ia”thorities and law enforcement
i uqcncies, Mr O'Connor quoted a
iiitiitemert that "High’way first aid
stations should be e.stab]i.shed at
f>ci]uint intery’uls, prirtlci'larly in
:«par.“e!y populated areas where
■ doctors are nvt easy tn reach, and
i every police car should be a mobile
|cmergtncy first aid unit"
MOORE TO MEET COCOA KID
SEPT. 17
ECKSTINE WINS
VOCALIST AWARD
"SUGAR' 'S BACK INJURY
MAY POSTPONE CHICAGO '
BOUT
New York — (Calvin'.s News
STvi«^) — The bark iniurv Rav
Rav Robinson incurred while in
traininp at Grpinwo')d Like nr'*'
cniise his scheduled fight wi’h
Jake LaMotta on Brotember 12t'i
t'> be postnoni d. Should it be. it
win le* s better nill for Promot
er Jack Kearns, who has planned
the Chicago bout for go long.
NEW YORK ANP) - Bill.-t
Fck-'ine tl.i- popular -inging maes
tro, wu- hijfiori-d by the Now J.izz
foiii>-!.'tii>M of New Y. J'k Cit.v last
week when the orgonizalior.’s nein^
lb n memUTs named him the
nation's oulstuiiding voniliit.
: k-liri- w:i .awarded a plaque
significant of his honor in ipres-
‘Jve circmoniea on HI-- poptilHr
1; '7 n-c rd «hfnv • f ' Symphon.
Sid " -m Radio Station 'A'HOM, Mon
day night, Si'ptembiT 10,
This marked the fiist time that
any singer evi-i had been so hon
ored by the foendation. und Monte
Kay. well kn. ,zn Jarz authority
and founder of the xroup. hailed
Erkstine far the work he has done
in furthering both jazz and singing.
The presentation took place dur
ing il-p Fckvilne band's engagement
on the stag*- of Ihe l25Hi Street
Apollo in Harlem.
Tf you wish to I'.n iw the beat
methods of butchering, cutting and
Lurinx nork. iust writ - the Asricul-
tural Editor. State Callege, Raleigh,
fur u copy ol Extensten Circuluar
No. 263.
'"trie HAWKINS
Er.-kine i20Ht Century Gabrel)
H:.^‘kiti-; .1* d his "Tlppln" In" Or-
itier-tra, (etu, .ing Delores Brown
and ".Nee’ Parris will slop off
111 the Capital City to do a bit of
ihythin >p’eadiig us the outfit
swimts through (he country On a
lour . I uMt- iiighters.
New York. N. Y —A United
Seamen's Service representative
will be flown from Okinawa to
Japan to provide emergency ser
vices for American merchant sea
men prisoners of war. it was an-
pfuncd this week by Douglas P.
Falconer, executive director of
the Service, a National War FNjnd
agt ncy. The number of Negro and
white merchant seamen held in
Japan was not revealed. A spokes-
man fur the USS said figures
t.i.re beign checked. It wa.s point
ed out that approximately 10 per
tent of U, S, merchant seamen
w.-ere Negroes.
Word of th" assignment of a
I'SS man to Japan, with the ap-
pinval of General MacArthur and
the War Shipping Administration,
wus received b Mr. Falconer this
\ ifk in n cable from Otho J.
Hicks, USS assistant executive di
rector in charge of overseas ope
ration. who is in * jnila. A survey
of the need for USS clubs fo"
merchant seamen in Japan will
be made.
To rrleas- USS personnel for
expected assignment to Japan iind
Cnina, three USS clubs in the
Southwest Pacific are b*ing clos-
txl and tht ersonnel transferred
to the Ph.ap, nes for further a.*-
signment, M . Falconer .«!aid- He
dirclosed that a fourth USS club
hay been opened in the Philip
pines .it Baniangas in South Lit-
■/on. The other clubs are at Manil.n.
Tucloban. Leyte, and San Fer-
nendo in the Lingaven Giilf, The
new Bantangas club already has
a Haily attendance exceeding 300
n.erchant seamen. All of theie
USS clubs serve our merchant
iuamen without distinction as tn
race or color
New York — (Calvin’s News
Strvice) — Not at all daunted by
altnmy Hivins who k. o.'ed him
•in the 6th round in Cleveland
'August 22nd. Archie Moore i.s
readying to meet Cocoa Kid Sept,
r.’th in Baltimore. Moore had tak
en on Bivins after "no more
• W'orlds to conquer,” ihe 158 pound
St. LouLsan comes back to his own
class when he fights the Cocoa
iKid, a miduk'weigfit.
V-
Banner Year Predicted
For Palmer In.'ilitiite
TAN TOPICS
By CHARieS AUUM
NEW YORK POST GOES TO
NEGRO SOLDIER
_V—
New York City—(Calvin's News
Strvice)—The first Negro aolditr
of this war to be elected to a
Vtleran* post ha*: been named by
Harlem CThaple. A Disabled Ve’-
cram.. He.is Ceoige A. Martin, an
ex-Sgt. with the 3Sth Engineers.
Fofign productlri of cotton is
now double what It was In 1920 and
the w-irld cany-over is at an all-
I'me high, says Secretary of Ag
riculture Clinton p. Anderson.
Civilians will now receive 136
million pounds of the 1945 canned
■almpn pack instead of the 55 mil*
’ hon pounds previously alloted.
Mrs. Harriett MeCrimmon Kee!
Misses Dorlfc Blount and Mary B.
Orandy. office assistknts.
Mrs Kilgore 1« a graduate ol
Miner Taachrri Collage and formar
director of the Nursery School of
Friendship Baptist Chtirrti of Wlrtf
Ir.'.•Salem. Mrs. Green is a grad
uate of W Va. State CiAtege. Mrs.
Williams a gradutae of Pro.'fdent '
Hospital. Chicago, and Mir Neal a
graduate of Dillard Unlveruiy and
.Atlanta University.
Roth Mrs Ket and Mrs. Trotter
are gradiiatfa of Shaw University
and Misses Rlount and Grandy are
graduates of N C Collage for Ne-
Qroes
SEDALIA lANP) - The 45lb
term at Palmer Memorial Instltuta
mov usher in its buniix'' veer
That prediction came'' irom Dr..
Charlotte Hawkin.s Brown. prlhcipaL
u-ft^k whi'ii the school began
its 4Slb year of Nesro education.
The ^nti enrolled btudonts took aU
; vailable space. About 400 appH-
latii-ns wen- rcjejcled. she dlsclos^
Pl.'inK for the annua! Fall mu:ilc
festival will be outlined toon un
der the iTirection . Walter Van
PoiHer, director of the muiir de-
nartment. Van, Potter, a graduate of
Northwestern University, is a ten-
I or ftolobrt. crindlTt rellitt and a
j maker of violins I'he ihcnol'o
I music festivals! attracts large num
bers of while Olid colored ue^ple
before the war
The prospect of meeting the year
ly budget of $80,000 U vtrv good
Hr Brown .-eve,•led
"I don't .-are what the sign says. You'd better walk faster t
going to give you a good apanking.”