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Theatre In Brief
SWANK STORK CLl'B BARS
MURIEL RAHN NEGRO DIVA
NEW YORK ANP> Ci:Y“'l
Muriel Kahn, well known
had another iaste of jim crow with
ail the feathers last week. Miss
Rahn and her manager-husband
Dick Campbell, were forbidden to
cross the door of ’.he ?asts'de
Stork Club despite their invita
tions guest of ANT A a program
on which the artist had appeared
along with Todd Duncan on a bene
fit program. The Campbells' -plan
to celebrate their !Bth welding
anniversary at the Stork had to be
deferred
JOSEPHINE BAKER DAY COM
ING ON WITH POMP
Dr. Ralph Bunche has consented
to serve as honorary chairman of.
the Josephine Baker Day commit
tee The New York Branch of the
NAACP is sponsoring the even'
SEPIA ARTISTS HOLD OWN IN
DOWNTOWN ART SHOW
The largest representation of ar-‘
lists ot color was noted in the 33th
edition of the Washington Square
Oouidooi Art Show which came in
to full bloom her.- this week.
Among the 300 trust? registered
wa? the noted work t Joseph and
Beauford Delaney, and Charleston
Williams among other Greenwich
Village favorites.
NEGRO OLDSTERS SHINE IN
WELFARE HOBBY SHOW
Craft and hobby-minded Harlem
ites from the 124th Street SaS’ca
tion Army’s Red Shield club were
well represented among the 1200'
New Yorkers GO years aid and over
who entered in the Fifth Annual
Hobby Show for Older Persons.
Sponsored by the Welfare Coun
cil the exhibit is housed m the
Education hall of the American
Museum of Natural History.
NICHOLAS L. GREENE GIVES
RECITAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA iANP) A program
of seventeenth and eighteenth cen
tury classics adapted for the violin
was featured in a recital by Nicho
The Duke, Count And
King Have New Groups
NEW YORK < ANP) - ft was
like old times in swing here re
cently when Duke Ellington unfur
led the combined talents of rns new
aggregation.
For the first Ume since he
has been in the bu>ines» of
dishing out the style of music
now popularly known as £l
- Duke is without
Johnny Hodges Sonny Greer
and Lawrence Brown, giants
in the alto sax. percussion and
trombone fields, respectively
The unveiling went an at the
Birdland and immediately start"d
a veritable wave of word-of-mouth
buzzing. The concensus of opinion
is ’hat the new group is the "swing
ingest. (fanciest Ellington" that Las
been heard m over 13 years
Credit for the style evidence
goe? both to Ellington for his abili
ty to draw out the best in his mu
sicians and to replacements Louis
Bellson. drums: Willie Smith, alt a
sax; and Juan Tizoi, tenor sax. Th
-7.0l i? a former Ellington side ".an
and of course, fits like a glove n
the gorup.
Aiso contributing to th- re
vival of swing were Benny
Goodman and Count Bisic.
both kings in their respective
fields. Goodman, making a
record date at Columbia stu
dios, came up with seme
Fletcher Henderson arrange
ments of B. G favorites. These
arrangements were made 13
years ago and have never be •
fore been used.
Included among the ‘new ‘ ar
Depend Upon The CAROLINIAN
For Complete News Coverage
las L Greene Monday '-. euin.'
May la at Friendship Baptist
Ch here.
Gr*-. ■ a concert. v.o : " .-t of in
terna’ oral reputation. - an assis
tant ,-rofessor in the Sr »'. >t M <-
2 ic a: Lincoln Lftii'- t- m ..- ciu-i -
son City. Mo- He .vas .iccomoaiued
by Miss Eth-le L Love if Wash
ington, D. C, an outsfu.ding con
ceit pianist.
Bill ROE-INSON EOF N RATION
GETS VIRGINIA CHARTER.
RICHMOND Vo ANP) The
Virginia Corporation comm <sion
granted a charter las’, week to the
Bill Robinson foundation, a non
profit organisation with principal
headquarters here, which was
termed to perpetuate the memory
of the late "Boangles.’’
Chief asm of tne foundation is to
build or purchase a home is a me
in to the Sate dancer for us
as a child-guidance clinic and con
tribution to the improvement or
the social and living conditions of
minors. In addition, the organ!
rations plans to launch a scholar
ship program for underprivi! -dged
children.
PLAN ALL NEGRO RADIO
SHOW ON WEST COAST
HOLLYWOOD ANP) Plans
for launching an all-Negro radio
show, the first in this a"ea. which
will feature top names in the rhy
thm and biues field a'e bring
•ushed by the Don Lee Broadcast
ing system, loci! MBS affiliate.
Tti - program- are to oe trans
crtbed locally and i New York A
test transcription had such talent
as Roy Milton. Camille Howard.
Jimmy Witherspoon and Leonard
R-ed. In 2iibsequent shows, Ruth
Brown. Dinah Washington. Little
Willie Littlefield, Joe Liggms and
Pee W e Crayton wilt partvipate.
Os one-half -s yu • duration, it is
scheduled to run C-j: 13 v--k-
While it is to be or! a local basis
only. the s’ation may see'., a na
tional hook-up-
ran-gements are those of '‘KJig
Porter Stomp”. Wrapping It Up
and Down.'’ and “South Camp
Meet.n’’’.
In the gro-’p ;f studio mw-tetans,
most of whom have played with
Goodman at .mi time or another
were Chris-Grifrin. Billy Butter
field Will
Cutty Cutshall, Hymie Schertzer.
peanuts Hucke and Bobby Haggai't.
Ba?ie, who has fronted a scxt-t
for over a year, came back with
the types of 13apiece aggregation
»n whim he rod? to jazz fame in
the late 30 s. Opening wa? at the
S’.rand Tiieat.e
Tne jiff -fence not d here is that
th.e '-and wa® .-.tripp-J ant:rely of
f'-cn.er as?ociates However. the
levee blues : hythru pace •- i Ule
s'l- t .r Six ii o ids as i
iiayed by Wardeb G -;- u;d. ! ucky
Thompson i? reminisr -n! of B :
ea-hsr days
■Signalizing this move to re
vive swing. md hoping to
make it national in?t.-ad ot
confining it locally, Columbia
Records K releasing a tour
disc -cries by bands m
EHnjgton, f,- ->dman Ba-ic and
Harry James
A ae? ear-, ate about 30 per cent
more eggs ia ia.) than in i<jdß
C-?e at 2. 4-D for -.v-mical .--•n
trol '.) corn -■ ? becoming a n.vci’ n
farm yracf;.'? n Currituck. County
More than 20 t' actor in- - tn’-eci
su avers a:-- in operatnKi there
serin /
f. ' '"‘ W% ;; ' 7 "Mskirfat"”*
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k*? mm v jjp
, t '»r" jp
GKN. KJShNHOH j'K K!!V iK W S N l(« RO HONOR uiudiy d, , ,
F.-a-u ii are) American troops in Germany, General of the* Armvl>Lh*ht *) * Ki OU . r^ ay to V r of Bri !b ish >
< .mmandi-r SH APF »-vi-w-d n'fmi u ' . - v l; . Eisenhower, Supreme A thed i
inspecting French For ,-e? it. VobLn/. ' L-f -, hX'■ h“ V !r S ,aS U us h ’ *"■>'’*‘l from j
thi, i*Tl- s. iZߣ*r> «-"**• - *•* •"**> » »«■? I
Germany, 1*47, by (*hen H 7fi'-r f a ‘ neri ** !
bmlad dUktea Hdiuny dc&detpv t , jf ty AtfUijagtvu, D, C. * ’ vs * * CuautiaU a the •
FOUNDER Os SC
SCHOOL IS AIR
WOMAN OF YEAR
NEW YORK Daughter of .an
ex-slave, and founder of -.ne only
Negro orphanage in Ge a, l!irs.
Sarah Mui iii. will be h :i.»re-i by
star Liicitie Wall as " Wam i n >f the
Week" an the Wednesday May IS
broadcast ot "Portia Fas-.- Lite."
vN3C. 5:15-5 J ? yin. EOT'
In IJ3I. Mrs. Murphy r-'U'-i Per
home to six homeless children.
Thie- y a.s iat-r. witn ttu :J )f
file civic otnciais of ''mart,
O -oi rda. the Sarah Mur . Home
and School came into x.st.-nce
Her ■ x ter fence as a teacher in -jie
’.n-ntary and Sunday schr ..:vju J
iy prepared Mrs. Murphy far tne
wo k she ha- done w i the L.jO
ithiidr-'n who have found a home
in the orphanag *. Fou- •? her
• boys" served :r; World War il. ana
-me :s tit Korea today
Tne "Woman at the Week" is i
r-gul:i: Wedn sday pub. r service
feature on "Portia Faces Lira.”
Vance Vines of Sugar G; ' Wa
tauga County and Walter ' me.* )f
Stratford, Alleghany County, will
represent North Carolina m htt-
National 4-H Sheep Shea- c.-; Con
test it Chicago next fall
S \R.\H IS AHEAD OF
Si HEIH LE, BUT WHY NOT?
\ tittle ahead of schedule but
certainly out for the cause of
disabled veterans ts -song stylist
saiiih Vaughan as she sings »
>o of 1 laaredx Field and. tucks
a soppy m the boat iape> ot ijom
t> i inanoifer ausbarwf .. Geprgp
AftOLLNTAN Saturday May 13, 1951
Josephine Baker
NEW YORK - me Baker.
" . m .‘r-.tjt'.o:vii ly-faato'. s ent«r
--t. -•' : who hds be .m performing
. •>. .- audience? all over
I" ■.t •.! States, has cancelled
• •:• n jrc.al engagement.? m order
to appear in Atlanta or. June 3t) to
ants'tain delegates to ;-. - 42nd an
nual conv.-nti.on of the National
4s.sooiac.oi: for the Advancement
-.-f Colo-'ed P -ie, has oeen an
n <v”-.'-.*d :d j / by N AACP Exxecu-
S-'crry Walter White
la accepting Mr White's invita
tain to op rar a: the convention,
Miss Bax., sta.. j yaat she wa?
“humbly grateful cor the hoif>r
done m - oy this w-'.-ndevful organi
•'• •.••acdiiigiy. S-hurday evening,
June • j -s' being cesignat-a .-
•J.’sephi::.* Baser Night"' at the
NAACP .on ent n and plans are
• -titg rr.a-j-e by v.m conv .>• cum
tc fn Miss Baker ?ap jeJt.uu'e
GROUP RETURNS
FROM GEORGIA
DURHAM Five memo?vs of the
Flv spia'.is. North C.-.rai'.na College
lav arouo recent!v returned to
the campus aft.-r caking part in
th > Southern A-.-miiion of Dra
matic Arts Festival at Alabama
Stale College, May ;t-5
Treadweli. a band leader in his
''"'ii right. ‘Buddy” poppy day.
sponsored by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, is held annuolly
i m Memo .-sal Day. The paper
'lowers are made by disabled
veterans and ill proceeds g« to
i UM-’ll.— (AIVP)
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CRACKDOWN 01
DOPE IN NYC
NETS A DOZEN
NEW YORK. AN'?. Federal
agent? moved ia last we A k and ar
ia st-d 12 dealers in narcotics with
whom they had beer. ,-.t contact
for three months. One of the deal
er?, who wa? baled is a fugitive,
wa? arrested in federal court while
he was watching the a-raigment of
the others.
Leader >f the gang was Ells
worth .Bumpy) Johnson, 43, woo
was descri o-.j o - federal agents
a. "ity- ,>f . .’. * l-jv *"1 > ’ds of crime
in Harlem." Ho was accused of be
ing leader >: a yang and net
work whicn su ;p id 12 large
wholesalers i used the services
of 50 m.-ai and 1} wamen to uis
trilute :u-r);n .... smallir .-.'era' j-’’s.
Tiv charges aiso stated that
no lar»e -ale »f h;'roi)s could
be made withou.: Johasoit’s ap
proval. His sources of supply
were national and international.
John.-0.0 pperoh" . ury % ig
e?!.'ibl!. bui : a b 1 vn witil
chain stores in .drier boro..•giis.iti
bartnersh:;: .v.f,: Nat Pettigrew,
49
j - ->!ie a-was toe spectator fu
gitive whom federal agents arr-s
--t 11 m t-b- ’t Each w:»s held under
22.500 bail.
Shaw Ihiu ns
N. ( olle‘2f G-5
The Shaw t.b "."Sky B de
hated trie N->"‘.b .'.u'diba vbjllege
ImicU':- Fi id.!' !! in Chavi.s
F-'ik 0-5 Tb - B-'i.'.r's extended
til*'!r Cl A A -nr to s x wins
■ gainst three d- F-ats as tr.v-y score.)
lour times in sreand ..’.rang,
nne. m l! .- ;bj..- .. .. ~mJ tbr.-e tirriOr.
... tile fifth. eagles earned 3
: ill.- .: 1 the tiled vd C-v'J m the
nth. Y'.-i-r- FJnronJs, Shaw
iv.rr’lei, who r-b. James Mbi-
C’-y in tile f ,: ' ~ -s cred bed w tri
l! i e \v in.
Tile Ilia', a. ' ' -'-I'br-d ’Dark
Light."
Ti espni.ni -.a) ■ I ■ tn.- trip to
Morn comel y q .a Arthur
Wright. Durham. N. C Wilbur K.
W. i hi. Washington, D. C . Anna
Walker, Statesvi!'-*. N C: Bertie
Ray. New Bern, b C. and Fr<*d
vi'ick Bark F-y. D.g'iiana,
Bark!> y is stage m-in-iger for Die
group.
Mis? Mary L-. Bonanoti. director
of the group, accompanied the play
ers.
After th.-. festival, trie North Car
olina College, players visited Tus
liegce rnsiituU?.