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THE LOCAL AGENDA
NW YORK (ANP> - DEATH
takes no holiday cut;:; Christmi- •.,
New Year*:; oi what ;.• ' On
Friday nigm. Novembu 26
Medical center. Kenneth Brx.:d,,
write;. lectuiv;' socialite Mm i -
troii of the arts, passed into tlyit
sleep from which i:n> av. . ■ m n
cnotiu-i sphere . . .
Only last May, sitting in Percy
Harris;' cornet. Mi Bright and the
writer talked at much length
about writers and writing-proj
ects wf wiir, familiar with. Said
K< y to iiiC. "Y* m know ; -u w:. ■
i'*rs TiiiVA I,‘on'ip si ionp .vc: v un*„io;
C«oXlci! 11 0 ns that .v *IJ Ivj ••a \«* ti
coax aped cyen Du* nr.
hearted while *-■ Tiiije.- .n mm.
instances 1 3kp v «.*u i •*■ ■. <.■ ■
w/eUi Hoi On lev ••.-■ upr. . .vi i to; -
in£ &&ck jiunu- ot luiH’ \ r*>.u
Apr
-5 Hoi wouio send c.fpy 0 ; n»
to critic.! 2c and re edit at times'.
La ike yourself.. I though Roi
great guv as plain -ip won and
seif-re ra it ..*. .m • c.zr- 1.-
islet, 1 recall such n r • : . on i
May,,. L.'i< , Li.i. .;: .1 ; , ,- - ■
besides yiiji ..ri t. 1 ' ’ P'.\ . lit.
Billy Rove Tv t i'ai. U- nr.
Butlfii Richard We.so: i : , ....
: :
duces Joe Be-!.., John L«s
Clark:-, OtT;*;, a!id :i..r 1s , JS..UVS
ran re.'
W<- cant led a. that down
tow:: eating Spot. "King ! the
Sea whole Kcnie-fh 1 .v»-d to
go a rut .at Inbote,.-. ansi er.r ..so
Bill 1 (Forte, So mails, a, h-.
You reader- ■.•. ..!! „t s . : v no
Dr. Ralph Bunch, UNA chief,
whom Kenneth adnib ed . much
and predicted that D: Buueiie
With 8t,,0-.! Nations e e an other
‘tlK* ; i<:;‘i< >' > A ;t • •
Out Gi The Skill..:
(Black Oasis, • ■ tie . .u.d
The Ameri. an ■ - mat wiT id
att.f r it: n. far e ; ■, . .
V ;•; .• Oo!v-eey_ belies a ns' 1 e.-
)S 3 mnet O'■ le las* e : I : s': T. It;.-! ;>
Trinidad, whs.se Me si ' t .drt
Happy Khmer New Year.
Ralph Edward*, Ot This U > ot.tr
Life’ is off across the country to
6*o on-the-spot Site stovl'M of fi;t■- r
«»Uag folks —so. don't lie surprised
if some Tuesday night there s a
knock: on your door and K£i*ards,
with nuke in hand, is there to tell
the world all about your life.
* * *
Even the losers win on Harm-t
Heidi* NBC talent program A u-tat
of 51 losing contestants have been
signed for radio and stage jobs.
* * *
An international mail order house,
dealing iri movie-radio star pin-up
photos says it's being deluged with
requests for photos of Marie K it
ium, the beautiful ' Irtna' of CBS'
'“.My Friend Irma."
« « u
Traditional at: -I esmr ’si Amir
themselves is their annual CBS
.tmiM
Christmas show
featuring Amos'
classic interpre
tation of "The
Lord's Flayer."
This special pro
gram, given for
the hist time it:
J ft 4fc , a 1 w a v
draws thousands
Os letters and re
ligious leaders
have hailed it as
one of radios
•'greutCßt contri
butions"
* * «
Short Shorts: j
Wit Ham Spier.]
•' Phi 1i p Mor ri a
Fia/house" direc-j
tur. first won fame
With ius produc-
tion of "Sorry. Wrong Number '' It
proved so popular tie has had to
give a seven times since.
Beverly W'lltn, who's heard rs
“Puffy" on CBS' “Junior Miss," baa
fractured a linger twice In as many
months in sports cor,tents at Los
Angeles Junior High, . . Kate
Smith nod Ted Collin*, broadcast
their daily Mutual ‘if ate Smith
Sings” show from the niitigue-flJlod
living room of Kate’s Manhattan
apartment. . NBC's "Hip lawn"
mystery drama itevei has u studio
audience. Cast members say they
4« better without oniookms.
* *■ *
According to Bub Hope, Cbrlsf
laus Is "the day of tost before you
jajv&ri. ekcheugHig the stuff
in to readable, saleable language
The!>.'.■ a. Stewart is r.ei name- and
her proud airar-boy son. Yeinon.
thinks of her in terms of ''There
a Against the World.* some story
folks!
lieu. Jejfkevb. singing 'When i
Wuto My .Sens., ie.ives: you with
the lceling that no country cast
boast, of a ftncr balls rd-singer
titan this young man who
, makes tiu.- hearts ot the so-called
, weaker sex go—'bong-bong.
AL KIBBLER. Duke Ellington’s
Soloist, has a sense of touch and
feet ling that reminds one of the
blind and immortal Helen Keller
oil ' i-it some turn ago to Mill
ion Playhouse. Kibbler was in
ie.du.ei u. ufa Tholn.a Cimther,
. ...1 ten ,f a- u -%u. • m ..
, a,. \S' .1 A-,s, S'. It no l.u
e; f'.ncima and her brother. Guf
frit;, met ivli Hrbbi.e: again and
s.ftf.-r charting pleasantly wit n
rneinbi is of the nasty he ran his
sensitive fingers along the young
lady's face and . claimed:
Know who this cs and called
la a s ante, f1 j va l s:.itv .. t s\,i
nod v Knows The Trent ole Ivo
S'tii." placed him into the horn
rov. ot contemporary band .;oiu
LENS OFMSNDS
51.550 WEEKLY
NtVV Yolk (ANP ) - Sakua -
~f colored pe: formers and . rtists,
long on a a-aus i-a < I MW* Sti
pends us-uain paid .vin’c per
'fol'sm-: -. look even mci- an*. . n
" : n Lena Horne’s MsWi p.
V; t-e'-k demand is the yasdi tusv.
And tin.n tiieia is Marion And>s
son. vis sc concCTt fee is repot
* d to be- $3,000 yes eitss a nu-ni.
. i ,. . ... ... ( ,j , ( , n ,, ,|y
'■■l .50U |i Ji^Cii'll, Dm. othy
;Vi:iSTiOi . i> remind U3K3 ■ V tj ilw. Wilii
tti i\) wt*r.
t» . , f . ' . .. A Ilf T T ;. ~ . ,
Cl. OV hcr.seii t:> • MatU ;
of pay and drawim power. Os
horn.:-'' this : anuumt. but
Kbit CAPS (,K ICkI.V
Ki f t K\ it) L
Cuii-pk-tcly tinknow;; this Unte
Red V’aps—• com.b.j A led Iv Steve
Gibson—-will return to North Hol
ly weed and Luisy Potte; s Supper
e’iub on Dfcv. 17 fur their IXi'vl
engugeiTK sit at ih. same apot with
m an eipM-mc-nth period.
Th- CriiPe who not onlv sing a
hi Ink Sp but -a . .. -.• di-n’b!.-
•'n Vdii.ius mstiunu-nts. v.ili per
form eight weeks i.n thetr corning
. 1 dters stint. And an beenusc a
single disc toekev. Don Otis ol
KL AC. hae uee-e consistently
plugging the grour.- since las; De
ceivmei Next be t; .It*. t!a- V airs g
up to San Francisco for a tiu-«r«-
w.-cker at the Beige Room.
( oirtil (»oers \|)i)iainl
iimson s Dtlmil
PH i’LA --(ANPi - Eddie Hut
chi risen voung piano virtuoso
and recent graduate of the Phila
delphia Musical Academy, war;
varnby received m his. guest de
but with thy Pwb'.deip:iiu Con
cert oivhestru at low). Had her.
•recently. Huteihiiuon, .. native of
•Philadelphixs, displayed unusual
skill in the playing of Gershwin
Concert-goers; from all along
the eastern seaboard were present
and filled the ureheMra. mc-zza•
nine and bakamy sectiojis. Tie
•orchestra rvas, uikfer the dn-eol>n
of R ■ r:riund Fmith.
i.hoir ol Eighh-Hv<‘
I*refills "l Sie iVle^sioli
Jefferson City. Mo tANPi--
The annual pre-Christmas pro
gram at Lincoln university will
feature the 85-voice choir in Han
del’s (The Messiah) on Dec 12 at
Page auditorium with Dr. Oscar
A, Fuller, head of .the music d«
part mem j meeting.
Ail vocalists will be supipprted
by full orchc.--.tv.-i. Assisting in the
presenttd ion will be T O. Bridge,
instruct* r in voMn arid irmsk- ed
ucation; Gwendolyn Belcher
.nil-.1 Beulah King instructor in pi
ano, and Mr« Rowena Sa'vage m
voice, . . ,
URGES RETURN
FROM EUROPEAN
TO NATIVE MUSIC
PORT- All-SPA IN, Trinidad
(ANP) Paul R bey on. world
famed baritone, has found in Tri
nidad (a new sense ol human dig
nity.) Interviewed upon his arriv
al .-from Jamaica for engagements
here roci ntly. he told reporter;;,
- Th,- ability to move about in Ja
maica and heio without any re
strictions whatsoever has given
me ;* m-.-w feeling of dignity
Welcomed with open arms by
the citizenry, Robeson was given
the freedom ot the city Aid, No* -
man Tang, mayor of Port-oi-
Spain. On the following day, a
huge audience jammed the con
cert hall to .hear him in recital,
while crowds .stood outside in a
heavy rain just to see the man
"who wants a better country for
; all tile World and all America."
Such was hts reception at the- con
cert. he was compelled to give
many more encores than any oth
er m lists who has visited Trini
dad.
.Rohe.-:,in traveled that he knew
till about tile pro’, ienis ut the
V*v ; Indians, having lived with
the in iu Loudon *u the -a: I y 30 -
He -.aid h< always lell liitiisel! .*
eituen *,?) the world a . .veli a an
b b and pleaded for iaU*t\
among people.
I vVaiit tr. .ve*if; l .>; 1!.»- up
liftmen! c*» my pee*pk- of Aid *
cas descent and for the enjoyment
of a decent life ' Robeson de
clared. "I do not warn to cut rnv
e...; c, v.iv lhc-;i;. P*.ife tC- t -.i '
back to them any talent ce ei.t
t have .-j a to a: *.-:t them m.
their struggle.
A . to the- recital, it nun t n*
leaiikcd that ev<“ry aAist has cer
tain dynamic gifts. but wm n
these git;.-, aw m;,i y-sidt-d, toe
ease with which an audience can
Lcconie magni ti/tsi . ■ amazing
Ri/hc.-nn's first three numbers
were a bit "high brow" to Calyp
so ~ loving Trinidadians, whost
cultural 1 aste .i 1 > n- t waiHl*.-: la:
b*-'. i..'iid folk songs and Negro
spiruuals. Quick to sense th
pee* *3 tic an neurt- Ron* so
shifted to Lord. Gcj ol Ab(aii*n»
aik! Honey Bribe.
From then on. tbe audience
was mvused. Such offerings as
Wate: Boy, Passing By. Good
News, and Lilt k- Davi*.l Play Oil
Ycnir Harp, followed in quick suc
cession His audience- requested
and got Old Man River and the
Volga Boatman, plus excerpt..
*•. orw Shaki -iiva.-'.-'s Othello.
RoiiS.j) vu- artist, is one side
of his talent. Tin* other, and the
rnotl dynamic, is. his humanitar
ian traits. He asked that two
young ui lists tie featured on hi-,
program. They were Joan Matson
ami Joseph Goodard, pianists. At
fi party ht-.*3d in liis honor. i\<
Itfp-iT v, httl' 1 Chinese ei: 3 in his
arms and sang a Chinese folk
sane He gave a free show for
children at the Youth council
Sou home of waifs and strays
an i the forgotten pc .pie of the
NEW BRNBSET
FOR EARL HINES
A new i3-pice.- orchestra u. ; '.--
ir:g readied for the vet Pittsbut gh
•pianist. Fan. Hines, -.vho for ;/.*
la>: six months has been pound
ing the kei;- a.-, a rr.emb*-; * !
Louis Armstrong’s un.t
Hines, in Los Angeles for the
:ecenf Bull and Norman Dixie
land carnival, revealed that tin
new unit would '-break in' on a
theatre Lou; with the Armstrong
t;i«mbo. The musician who is hir
ing 1.1* r nu'ii, writing the bock
atvd "uixiuclmg rehearsals is Jcm-
LrUi land, a-’-ik* sevt-i a: y-■ a s ago
was !"•.(’ ill *■•' ! Wltil A : O:.-'M .tig dS
a saxophonist. C*ailand will serve
... the Fat ha*.-, musical direetoi.
J«.*e (Baser will continue as the
Earl's ut; .-orial manager.
viAKiA.N \\\m-yo\
THU Mills
ORCHKSTKA SOLOIST
New York (ANP; Marian
Ancit:si.n's appearumv .-*• sokn.-rt
is itr. the l.itilt Orrhcst.' i. u;id
fir direction of Thomas K .
man in i-t-s lnurth cone/-! ’ oi Bir
tioason at Town Hal) he- last
week, was ;ic"inlined as a ‘'tri
umph' Iv critics and !!• - audi
■ * rice.
At iu-. ‘. tiie n.y.cd * .miraitu
.-.ii'igcr g.rv’i.- a It-fvtXil ■ll rL
uu'iiitv of ru--lf- irnmoialia". ;i* h m
mitiug (if Schhigc- dotM -ind an
inspiring rendition ol Mozart’.-'
Ombra ielice and 1 * s Jcen-w
d'Arc au bucher
ANDY kfRK IN 1.. A.
Th? oik of Ar:dy Kirk pulled
into the L. A. Club Congo in No
vember, at $3 250 weekly, and
will probubi.t hold forth at Ike
Central avenue bist.ro for several,
weeks. Cake Wichard is at the
| drums. Antic ha.-, been famous
1 ftxr PS years with his "Clouds ot
■ Jo.v” music: as a youth he look
I lessons from Paul Wlihenian’.;
fath.y*' Wilberforcfc Avhiteman. In
Dssace,!;,
PKOF. HAKKV GIL-SMYTHI:
(;il,-SYn Uni SI.ATKS
fSTC PIANO RECITAL
Prof. Hurry G d-Smytht . Hoaci
of the Mu ic Department at Shaw
Univeisity, will be presented m
plan > recital Sunday afternuun
Dec )?. at o at Wmstu.U-
Salem T'! s *if liei ?. (..\>l!ege lhe con
ceit is be my sponsored by tV* t
v;t adUAU- Chiijite; *if Kappa AiplUt
i'■ i }' i. it emit s -* l W m ! <.»ii -Sa leni
A . i aduatk : Howard Univt-r
•rnv vvith ti*e Alu- B. ue mv e. .prof.
G»i Smyrna uiiCu-Jcd Uie. Peabody
a l«<j:• er\ r> iViusie in Baif.i
mr-re .aid the Juilliaid Sciatbl oi
Music in New Vork iri 1939 k
received the Mus. M degree lrorn
the Univers.ty of Michigan. Dar
in* a i yca i-a t Sh a w pro t . Gi * -
biny-hf- ha*; per formed un various
oci arson: wain outstcUiUing -.yu:
pnomf '-roue of The country.
He played vain in*;- Baiunu/i'e
Symphony Orchestra in ita home
city. Witn the Not h o «:al Smoyhom
Orcne.-a. ,j m W;.i.*',.h;iigtor» and v.aw
y iu-si. pianist with the Goldman
Band when it was presented at
Rakish Menaa; Auditoriuiii. Hr*
' wa--: euesi oi ? lie Kry) Symphony
• a cir*. r:ti a in Us coneeus both in
Winston Salem. N C. and in
Orangeburg, S. C
JUNE. ECKSTINE
MAY BRING SUIT
AGAINST WALTER
By Conrad
PHJLADEPHTA (ANP; It
\vs ;; ( iii-i* 1 lu-sduy tf.at
June Eckitine, wifi- of Billy Et-k
--stiric. li' av soon institute a law
mil against columnist and i adio
ii-.-w: man YVa;ti-r YV inchit ll lor :i
(statement) over th* an last Sun
day night concerning hmself and
v’v;nch*.-J i. *i u 111 : g *. as iegu *a i
Wirt- kly broadcast, said that June
..as un iii.j way to Ren ~ N 0:,., to
sc-cii i- a divorce tru.-n Bill) and
for such av« mark, it is rumoi-ed
tr.e lornic. ciiorme will bring
suit
June was hurt in un accident
last vVvek while un her wsy ta
; uu-i-t husband. Billy, in Chicago.
lit r 15*47 Cad iliac turned ow:
rear Di-cai , HI. Others in the
accidi nt at the lime were Stae.
Ha-.elg.uH. u white dartnet playci
who was killed, and Bob Redyresr.
the chautlcur. who was uninjur
ed.
June wax treated fr.-r a broken
arm at St. Mary's hospital in D.
cutur. Bill arrived .soon after the
Occident and took he;’ back with
him to thi Wmdv City
This week, she arrived in Phila
delphia. and will k joined next
week hv her husband, upon th-.-
completion of his engagement a;
the Blue Note ir. Chicago.
\u mnn ro s\\<>
SELECTIONS mm
IIANDKI/S MESSIAH
DURHAM ■ - Forth Carolina Col
lege': 7"i voice mixed choir is be-
P.iiinJMg to the obsersaiice (it the
Ciiristiuas season heiv Sunday.!
' lu’t ];i umo: the orest ilti'*-'
tien of setecuons fa«m George F
Handel -. "Tt;e Messiah ' iri B. Iv
Duke Auditoriuiw. Mi-- Ruth Gil--
, ium is director of the choir and j
the department >t art. under the 1
I direction of ivks.- F. M Coredce, lias
,prepared <t tableaux ca-Tying out,
the holiday seas *•■
Soloists fie this ■ performance;
will Lie (Vlis.se,- Mary Banks, Bur- •
iin.'-'ton, N C, and Kb iota Cok-v. ;
Wilson. K C., soprano,-' Mrs. ( ,
Ruth ivtward* N. C. College voice
in.-'iructor. alu.. Sanui-'i Grtuu
PnrtsnKJuth Va„ Tcnni, Samuel
William .Philadelphia, Pa., imd i
Sune on Hoiimcay Gaiy, iodianu,
i bass.
Scriptural texts will be read by
the Rev. J A. Cannon, campus
j miiiiMtei- and Mrs. Victoria Cor- i
! dice Davis, will furnish tm? piano
; acf-otnpemmeri!.
Wingy In Hollywood
HuLLYWOOD. Cal. Wtngy
Manone’s Dixie eonvbo opened on •
Holly woed Bquk-vard in the heart
<>J Filrotmvn on Nov 4, just as j
his "Trumpet On the Wings” book
i ; t the books!c» is coast to coast.
Hanoiv is at the Royal Room. H- i
recent iv wound up a run in a '
iSii-i' Orleans, xiruuy.
I'll! 1 ) (iAUOLINiAN
HAMPTON CHOIR-i
DANCE CROUP IN
|XMAS PROGRAMS)
HAMPTON. Va. (ANP) --
Hampton institute's cr*-a ti v *..-
dan::.' group and tin- 150-voice i
choir are well uncK-rwa-. in theii '
presentatiens cf a varied cultural ,
fare, in the form of Christmas i
pre-grams for the nionthr of Do- :
cember. Already, the group have •
|.i:cs -nlc-d a fi'esliirinn-sophomorc
debate Thursday. Doc. ft, Di. 1
Mordic.i Johnson, Howard uni
versity president, will deliver an !
assembly address; on Dec. 16. th.- .
dance group, back from a recent
.Maryland tour, will present a
special Christ mas program, and i
the choir .will hold its annua!
Christmas concert, Sunday eve
ning. Dec. 11. The latter group is
scheduled tentatively for a CBS
i broadcast Saturday afternoon, :
Dec 16. The choir is under the |
direction of Dr. Henry N. Swif
: ten.
UNIVERSITY OF
TEXAS WONT
SUE MISS SCOTT
Au.-,1 in, Tex. (ANP) Conc« i t
pianist Hazel Scott will not. be
sued ior a breach of contract a
e result oi he refusal to make
a doled appearance bes oia;
regii-gated audience on the Uni
vers;tv oi Texas campus, it vva
disclosed here ia; week, A
:• pokesman for the cultural enter
taaiiiic-nt cornmitteo ot the uni
ve-rsity, which was sponrorin >
the event, made this announce
ment.
.Miss Sc-.it. wife of Rep Avium i
Clayton Powell Jr. <!>.. N Y*. |
;,aid in an inti-i view follow - :
mg the cancellation oi the cun
ci it that "rnv stand ~.-i playing '
to is well .
known.
•'lts :j nialter of pi hu ipk- vvith
no-'. 1 couldn t walk out tiu’R* oil
IHut ?tup'r Jiici c>ive u concert oc
:u\ audience that presenir
biirect opp-sit ot the thm-..
i stand f*>r. I simply will not d-> j
<>no thing and preach anotnci ’ j
IVxus iavv.s pi’ovivle thot ‘sop- |
a rale 'but t-quoi" facilities be j
made availabl- for whit*.- and Nr j
-*< i
Sijt'liiuii! Id r’rrsonf
lalrfilfd \t !ress
in “ Om* lonian Show
Atlanta. Ga. Mniv Hutchin
b-on. acir&s of si age- screen, n-idio,
and television, will b*.-*.-n seen at
SiM. b.liuri Cmlg a: S. id pm. **;i
* Saturday. December 11, in a ‘ pro- ;
’ Shakespeare’s Heroines.
She -C- :del t- )., n .i. !.:-
\ -rite iron), coast to coast, and
has .'-poctnv.i in 42 stoles an)
Canada.
A to:nice stud* iu at Barnaul
College- at Columbia Dniversity
id: -s Hutc-hmson conduct«*il cliu-:-
es ;n ballet on week-end visns
to h -r home in Pennsylvania. He.
V iT*ff- i ;s ion a 1 * ar*-**c- -n th*- stage
started as a dancer m the Broad
way m-usicai Vanities. Laic si;
.-. -is si en in Lady, Be Goad. >.t;r. -
::**;• Fred and Adeie Astaire.
Cal lies m the Air. und Hoopla.
Wiit'-O Mr. on.i Mrs. Char’es Co
burn revived The Yellow Jacket
on Bi ad was' M; ,s Hutchinson
received her 1 irst legitimate part
on Bro.Klway. On a tmir to Cai -
iornia with the Coburns, t:u- i
young acires.s sigiied a contract
■a ;th Warner Brothers; ami late;
at RKO Stud!
!N EL ROES LOSING I
HERITAGE OF -4 FOLk
\ILSHr -* HAM)\
■Memphis f ANP) .Negro-os j
au- in danger of losing their!
birthright as makers of true folk I
j music," said W. C. 11-ancly. (Gaddy !
ot the id ues), ht-iv last week.
Handy haa just arrived from New
York to be guest of honoi at the ;
20th annual Blues Bowl football j
game.
• ! think Negroes are paving
i too much attention to European l
i music wen in schools,’’ the vi L- 1
* ran compiMOT- av *.-rt<-rl 'Many \
Ne-gro artists belk.-ve it gives
them culture- to use European!
i forms instead .4 their own native
music ’’
He pointed nut that white art
;is Is "ar«. taking; the blues and!
I spirituals atv ay from us. changing \
them up some.” He said jar.}:;
bands and bluet singers are using j
them and making money from ;
; them,
‘*Foi a lung .vh'iie. the white j
musicians went lot tin* European f
music, but they have discovered
the native American Negro mu-i
sic. I tyink our poplc should kef p
I their heritage.”
Just A Day Dream. .. .
Hodges Fail To Show
I Plans to bav-.- Johnnv H ages |
1 ooen trt tin- L. A Cricket. Club in | ■
Kwehiber were abandoned when
GOSSIP OF THE
MOVIE LOTS
By HARRY LEVETTE
Hollywood (ANP) Hope you
had da Thanksgiving to be really
thankful far. Vair writer had to
miss the Donx- Browns football
game to look up the records on
the Nat (King) Cle divorce case.
These records show that the
first Mrs. Cole. Nadine, did not
receive the S6OO alimony owed
her until she- started action for
formal charges for non-payment.
To Mrs. Dora Moore, welcome
back to Los Angeles and the Sen
tinel. She will help the paper on
the business side while Leon H.
’rYm-'hington is ill
Had a Thanksgiving reunion
with two friends of long stand
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Ben and Anna
Lawrence. H*. and I used to be
in films together. Ben has cut
co? movie work, and is now un
expert plasterer and contractor.
After a thorough search cast
ing directors gli and Mc-Kay have
at last found 16 perfect specimens
of rugged manhood for Cecil B.
DeMilie’s new technicolor spec
ific, Samson and Deldah.
u.t them a;*-- cx-coiiegc
“Rehearsal? Who Needs
Rehearsal?” Asks Howard
Nw York (ANP) About a
week in advance* of each of h i
; live--a-week piogran*' ■( . * t
WCBS TV , Bob Ho . ..uyi piun .- |
jive bomber, toil-, tBS n:u.-;-■
- rtea.! .mce what In-. .llg f.,- play >
When the numbe-t:: arc okayed,
: Bob ; ail set until he's on the;
.nr. Rehearsing is somctloiig h ;l
doesn't bother about.
1 know exactly what I'm go
ing to Xu. Bob explain.-. ‘Why
] should I rehearse? '
| The truth is that it he did re
: hoarse it wouldn't cuint out the
..ame on The a-.r because in Ins
15 annuli - ui .-.oiig and ebanei ,
' accompanying hunr.e-Jf on the pi
ano, Bo'p make:, hi- own a:Tange
l n.eius. a.-t libs, often breaks off
id tilt- middle ~-! a cm; to tell -
story. \
It ai; -.tait- d 21) wars ago In'
New’.j)). Muss., a su .-urb of Bos
■ ton. where Bob was born. The i
1 i>(jv had iietm ' tooling aro un*.l j
j with a (.ikvle’c- and had an ear
i to mu-be Then his tatlu-i bough!
j a pks> i-r plant. Bob put -a:-, hands
03i X :it j keyunci RO-t • u r^v.*
- vo plsy. Scon h-e able to give \
a R0..-d imitation of tho niecnan
«ii:a i1 v upo j'a to u pi ano ii c* xiili ;
t tiiat in ut at inn Hi pc • .
Not lone, after he had diseov-* ,
< red his talent at the piano, the
bay won first prize at an ama
teur night, m range i for .. tew
local engagements and then set
out for Now York and Harlem.
He got a job at Tillies Chick
• *.-n grill on lx-nnx avenue, ai'.t
i there he was discovered by F.i
:\vurd Rib \ wh • signed mm and
utart* d him mi a r-ar*-cr of tour
ing the l-nm-d States and f-.ui ,
'opt-
Thix.ug'li ail these years, the
MAIL CHRISTMAS
GREETING* NOW
N"w is the time to moil Dims*
nias greetings to members of the
Armed Forres overseas for early
delivery. On December 1 and the
week thereafter holiday messages
should be sent by air mail, accord
jog to advice from the postoffice
department. Gift packages mailed
prior to November 16 are now on
the way in great volume and wili
te delivered to American service
men and women and civilian era*
ploy fp overseas t>efore Den-mber
25
DOCTORS, DENTISTS
SOUGHT EY ARMY
Doctors and dentist* who hold
Army reserve cttimnissioris may
now serve on active duty for a
minimum of one year, instead of
for a minimum duty tom of three
years as is required for officers of
other branches.
Shortening of the length of these
voluntary tours has been made in
an effort to attract sufficient num
bers of doctors ,rnd dentists to meet
the needs of the Army as expanded
under the current Selective Service
program.
Liberalization of the active duty
tours is expected also to benefit
professional men who are finding
it difficult to resume or establish
private practice st present because
oi the shortage of office facilitte*.
Johnny, long a Duke Ellington al
to sax stalwart, returned to the
Duke's band in the east. The Crie
> t Club management had been as
sured by a west coast agent, who
represented himself as Johnny's
personal manager that ‘-The rab
bit" was anxious to play a coast
nitery and the contract oven call
ed for Ai Hibbler to come as vo
calist. „
WEEK ENDING SAT UK IMY, OKI 11, 1918
athletes. Heading the list are
: such men as Everette (Sugarfoot)
i Anderson and Reginald (Panama!
| Anderson, former football aces;
Rov Glenn ol Run Little Chilian
fame, and Duke Williams, fov
; merly ol Anna Lucasta.
! Others in this lineup of athletic
1 men, all over six feet tall with
no fat on their waistlines includi
Jim Davis. Sam Marion r Jr,
; Robert .Lewis. Clifford Holland.
; Lafayette Maxwell, Ralph Dui -
! ham, Daniel, Flam. Charles Dix
on and Try Dixon.
I They are cast as special body
-1 guards and military messengers
for the king in the film. More
sepia players are expected to
have parts in the picture also.
Another man welcome 1 back
to the - roast is William Nunn of
the Courier. He is from me old
Million Dollar productions, and
brought Lena Horne to Holly -
1 word t play opposite Ralp Cooper
in The Duke Is Tops.
Well b( *i ggnes the gong for
th'.. week. We ll meet again next
t ime I
pianist-songster has been heard
on various radio programs and
i has made movies. He achieved a
! cherished ambition when he was
1 (.o-St aired with Richard Kelimer
< i. R.-nadwa-. in Early to Bad. In
this production, w-hish ran a year
an*-} a hail, he did no piano play
ing, but sang comic songs.
Be - currently is heard singing
end playing his own accompani
mt nts on Sing It Again, the C riS
■ network quiz program that puts
th*. Phantom V* u%' on the rti*’-
VV VtV; '
He tills ciuto dates and plays
! the ntighbovhrmd tin ati < - in Now
York. He will begin a personal
appea; a nee engagement at the
(".(.pit,- theati'p m Januarv
NIAYU SHORES
HIT IN TEXAS U.
ORGAN RECITAL
T. Curtis ’Mayo, head _oi the.
Department of Music at St Aug
ustine :• College Raicigh. .North
Carolina, won the warm approval
ut a large audience of music lov
ers. ”31 Texas State University.
December 5, for nr. masterful or
gan recital second musical
• went in the TSU's Fu st Semes
tei Lyceum St ries.
Mr. Mayo, an Assoc; si - ot to '
American Guild of Organists, dis
played great technical and inter
pretive skili m a .1 1 Hicuii pro
ram played entirely trom weir
! orv.
The program began with the
' strong. Bach •’Prelude and Fugm
in D Minor. ' in tins selection as
m the second and fourth Bach
numbers, the "Ave Maria, based
on the first Bach Prelude of the
i ' Well-Tempered Clavichord" and
Hfci- r ;cc N -v. Christian Souls,
the recitalist showed fine pedal
technique and a solid grasp oi
. the style. "New Let Us Sing With
Joy. another Bach work, wa s
charmingly played. Two Karg-
Elert choral improvisations, "O
God. Thou Good Gad" and “Now
, Thank We All Oust God," De.auti -
1 fully contrasted, were very fine
j and particularly moving through
the artist’s creative use of dy
namic shading.
The careful delineation of the
m o !.; v e development of the
Franck ‘Pa.- torjie," the sense of
I program description given to in-.
; delicate "Spinning Song of Du
i pro; the atmosphere of joyous
inv elation created in ’'Noel" and
• the brilliant technique displayed
ion "Thou Art The Rock, both
Us Mulct, brought forth such
j full applause that the organist
| jeturned th-t'-.ci.vripiiniem -by play
; mg 'Di-ton's arrangt-rm-m ol the
! beautiful old ‘.pi ritual. "Swm .■.
; L- • : -.v. Sweet Chariot ’ tti tne groa l
, pleasure of the enthusiastic audi
j once.
Th r . University Choir, under the
I direction of Robert Henry, assirt
jed the artist, Their rendition of
| Handel’s “Hallelujah'’ was up
j lifting.
Lincoln l . Os Mo., To
I Hold Louoflor’s Day
•*
j. JF.EFFERSON CITY. Mo. -AN Vo
| Preparations ate already In mo
. lion for the 83rd Founders anru
vorsarj at Lincoln university to be
observed Sunday, J rosary 9.
The afternoon address program
• ; will be followed successively toy a
‘ : Founder? Day pinner and an eve
ning concert program.
i;
,; An electric roaster is a useful i
! supplement to the kitchen range
! rather than a substitute for it
That } thy opinion of home equip
' merit specialists for the U. S. De- I
psi treem of Agriculture.
HOPKINS COMBO
BOOKED FOB VET
HOSPITAL TOUR
*
New York (AN P) Veteran.;
. Hospital Camp shows has ju*t
M.:*ned the oianist-eomuoser-ai
• ranger, Claude Hopkins, rid his
quartet to join ;ts touring niety
jmr, Harlem or. Parade.
Harlem On Parade? which is at
present on a 22,000 mile lour of
114 army, navy and YA hospi
tals throughout the country, to
! one ot 10 variety and legit mate
' units playine. the- Veteran. Has
pit,..l Camp shows circuit. ,
j Hopkins, shortly after gradu
ating from Howard university,
formed a seven-piece band, and
joined the European tour of a
, show starring Josephine Baker,
jOn his return to the Unite y
States Hopkins wrote the score
i for a Bioadwav revue played an
engagement, at the Savoy ball
: room, and did a five-year run at
Roselund ballroom. It wa; during
this period that his band became
' the first Negro orchestra to play
at the movie bail.
.decently, following the trend
• away from ku -u units »■ pktu
ms banded his outfit, and formed
tut new group which he rails
cross between the Mills Brothers
... ,t Jot MouittW ,
Wuh Jimmy MeLw on guitar.
Prince Hobia-on on clarinet ana
sax. and John Biown .is bass,
the quartet has become .ne ot
the country's outstanding ;nstru
| mental-vocal group:
Mill.Ktl COl MIL
OK ( HI ROHES CIVES
SCROLL TO KlUvKt '
; Cincinnati. Ohio (Atlas News
Service: - Branch Rickey, presi
dent of the Brooklyn Dodger.- was
; honored with a scroll of citation
. from toe Federal Council of
i I'iturches. meeting here at the
T.aft Auditorium.
The- school, flit first of us kind,
was presented to Mr, Rickey m
: appreciation ot r,u stiong hand
again: t rac ia i disetiminai ion
which he so ably demonstrated
when he si/nH Jackie Robinson
as a rnomhei of the Brooklyn
Dodgers in DMT. Mr Rubir.son as
y u know, male histur, when
lie became the first Neyn to be
admitted to the Motor league
•' Si-ebi. 1
The scroll was ov t - sented by
: Chalk: P Taft mt.-ntem .? the
Federal Council.
'gwies \s tvi'Kii'::
The now! v cvsamzed Capital
Citv Basketball lean i:> now seek
j j li; with iiv team m this
iiva Tliis if’am is mad*? up ot
SpTrm-r .<?ho;h men u.-v/ living m
i Raleigh. The’ boast *.t such play
ers u> the Evans Brothers. C\
Lightnc*i\ A, Johns* -n n<\ other
For all poi't jculaT's addre-ss ail
; i respond * - live ■ A i. .o.hriron.
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