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THE CABOLOfIAH
RALEIGH. N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18. IM4
Josephine Baker Makes Triumphant Return To Gotham
Wows B’way Audiences
With Song, Dance, Clothes
NEW YORK (ANP)—lnternation
ally famous entertainer Josephine
Baker, the "Toast of Gay Paree,"
last week was a "Howling success"
in her first New York theater en
gagement in 12 years, as she thrill
ed Broadway audiences with songs,
dances and the most elaborate
wardrobe ever displayed on a local
stage.
Miss Baker made a previous ap
pearance here last October, but it
was strictly a one-night concert af
fair in Carnegie Hall.
Opening a two-week engage
ment al the Brooks Atkinson
Theatre last week, the Bt.
Lou Is-born artist who now
makes her home in Paris lived
up well to her tradition of be
ing a Charming, vivacious and
songs, dances and acta drew
. rounds of applause from the
opening night audience which
Sammy Davis, Jr. Gives
$1,200 To One Fisherman
.PORT NORRIS. N. J. (ANP) -
Entertainer Sammy Davis. Jr. re
cently came to the rescue of a local
oyster fisherman whose family and
home were wiped out in a fire on
Jan. 12. He gave the unfortunate
man $1,200 to cover funeral ex
penses and to buy clothes and rent
a place for himself.
The beneficiary of Davis' gen
erosity was David D. Johnson, who
had lost his wife. Virginia, 26. his
eight children and his meager sav
ings of 1120 when fire destroyed
his two-story frame house while he
was on a fishing trip.
Returning home to face Ute
tragedy, the grieved oyster man
later lamented that Insurance
policies on his wife and chil
dren with the Atlantic City
Life Insurance had lapsed, and
that ho was in a quandary a
heut ralstnr funds tor Hie liur
"•Davta read about Johnson's di
lemma In Philadelphia, where he
Ml AW BEARS' JIM SNOW—
Jim Snow, the Shaw IT. Bran,
center, la amonf thr Cl A A con
ference leaden In acorlnt and
re bound Inf. In thr laat five
games Jim has a shootlnj per
centafl of MA and ta averag-
Ihf belter than 10 points. Jim.
aa the laat CIAA statistical re
port. was fifth In rebounding
and amonc the top twenty in
the conference In points scored.
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REAL GUSTO
IN A GREAT LIGHT BEER
m
« ft
made It plain that it had come
to welcome Miss Baker back
to New York.
However, the most dazzling part
of Miss Bakers performance was
her s2'io,ooo wardrobe, created
especially for her current American
tour by Christian Dior, Pirere
Balmain, House- of Lavin and
Balenciaga. Paris' leading designers
and fashion salons.
In typical fashion, and because of
the vastness of her wardrobe, Miss
Baker changed many times during
the show. During the time she was
off stage, the crowd was entertain
ed by dancer Geoffrey Holder, the
Lar Becham Trio and the Gershon
Kinsley orchestra, all part of Miss
Baker's show.
Included In her stage costumes
were expensive and fleshy gowns,
pants, which fitted her snugly, snd
even several feather overcoats.
was appearing. He summoned John
son to hia motel room. He told the
man not to worry and promptly
wrote two personal* checks one
for s.'!oo to cover the funeral ex
penses.. and another for $401) for
clothing and rent—to Johnson.
Davis' generosity touched off a
drive by Cumberland County <N J i
officials of the Port Norris branch
of the NAACP, which held a bene
fit for Johnson at the Shiloh Bap
tist church on Jan. 31.
Sammy Davis, Jr., will headline ,
this year's National Leukemia
Drive. He will host the event be
fore leaving for London in March j
to film "The Major and the Private''
with Peter Law ford for Joe Levine
The world famous Vienna Boy*
Choir will sing at the Philharmonic .
Auditorium, Februnry 22
the Aaugarten Palace In Vienna,
will give both matinee snd evening
perormanees on that date
t
! have yet to hear a bad perfor
mance by Eastman Wind En
semble . . . Therefore, 1 am not
surprise that the group rises to
great heights with this recording,
under the baton of the talented j
Roller, a musician of ranic . . . '
PARTY TIME W /ifn impel singer Cbrs Ward, second
l from left, tossed a birthday party recently at the New Frontier
! hotel Lounge in Las Vegas. Nev.. her Guests included. (left to
ST. AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE CHOIR PLANS TOUR The Saint Augustine’s College
Choir plans a mid-winter tour March 14-24, 1964. Concerts have been scheduled for the group in
the following cities: March 15, New York City’, March 16, Albany; March 17, Buffalo; March 19,
Detroit; March 20, Crosse lie, Michigan', and March 22, Steubenville, Ohio. Addison Reed is choir
director and Miss Alma L. Gregg is accompanist.
Poor Mexican Worker Willing To
Sell Eye To Singer, Ray Charles
MEXICO CITY iANPI Blind
lies-. is a great handicap, and no one
.knows it more than Ray Charles,
the great American singer who has
suffered from it all his life.
But here in Ihi* Mexican capital
(hc-re is a 26-year-old worker who
is willing to share Charles' fate, at
least partially
He la Pedro Aguilar, who has
taken Charles up on his uffrr to
be grafted to allow him to re
gain his sight, for aa high as
SIOO,OOO.
Aguilar is not willing to part |
wilh both of his eyes, but he would .
like to share them with Charles. He I
said last week that he would be
willing to sell the famous and
wcrtlthy American -artist one of his
own eyes, both of which are in per
fect condition Presumably he
would expict half of the $300,000 or ]
LISTON li I)RKS OUT Charles (Sonny) Liston is shown in Miami Beach, Fla., last Fri
day dsvng ho rope u-orfc so the tune of "Night Train" as he works out before a packed auditorium
in that resort city. The world ’ s heavy weight boxing champion gets set for his Tuesday
25, title fight against Cassius ( The Louisville LipyClay. Jr ( UP! PHOTO).
$150,000 from Charles as a reward.
This is the way Aguilar figured
the two-way deal. Charles has just
about as much money as a man
needs to live royally brut is poor in
vision. Aguilar, on the other hand,
enjoys perfect vision but is very
poor financially.
He therefore said he Is ready
to sacrifice one of his eyes to
Charles to end his finanrlal
' Letters To The Editor
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BY CALLA BCRIVNER
SAMMY DAVIS IS FIRST
PERFORMER SELECTED FOR
IWH OSCAR TELECAST
HOLLYWOOD (ANP) Sammy
Davis, Jr., is the first entertainer
selected to perform on the 36th
1 Annual "Oscar" Show of the A
to right) Miss Areatha Franklin, John Anderson, trumpet player
for Della Reese, Miss Reece, and an unidentified traveling com
panion for Della Reese.
worrles. Aguilar pointed out
that at tho same time, Chariot
could also end part of his light
defect.
Aguilar did not leave a home ad
dress. evidentally hoping the inter
nationally famous singer and re
cording star will reach him
through the press.
How shout it r*h«rj*»ti?
cademy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences, Producer George Sidney
announced last week.
Marking his second appearance
on the awards show, Davis will en
j tertain and be an integral part of
the program, to be emceed by Jack
' Lemmon, according to Sidney. The
( Sportin Life 1 To Appear Here
With Globetrotters March 2nd
"Sportin’ Life” is coining to town
as an added attraction with the
Harlem Globetrotter! basketball
team on Monday, March 2nd at 8
pm. at the Reynolds Coliesum on
N. C. State Campus in Raleigh, N.C.
Already to sing about “Minnie
the Moocher* and ornamenting the
lyrics about the gal with his long
familiar “hi-de-hi” and “hi-de-ho",
the visiting gentleman could be no
body but Cab Calloway.
The same Cabell, who has had
almost as many show business ca
reers as cats have lives and has
occupied a firm and established po
sition on the entertainment scene
for nearly four decades now.
He’s a star, of the legitimate the
WEEK IN RECORDS
RT ALBERT ANDERSON
CLASSICAL TREATS
CHICAGO (ANP)—Two classical
treats are spotlighted in the record
column this week. They are John
Sebastian Bach's “Suites for Un
accompanied Violoncello,” featur
ing cellist Jonas Starker, and Alan
Hovhaness’ “Symphony No. 4, Opus
165, both on the Mercury label.
I have listened intently to these
two fine works and find them rich
in artistic, and musical qualities.
Therefore I proudly recommend
them to our disc fans. The details
follow:
multi-talented Davsi last appeared
on the “Oscar” Show in 1960, when
he sang the award-winning song,
“High Hopes.”
He joins a growing roster of
stars, including Ed Begley, Rock
Hudson. Lemmon, Gregory Peck
and Debbie Reynolds. All will ap
pear in person as presenters, with
the exception of Davis and Lemmon
. . . The “Oscarcast," show business’
big film splash of the year, will be
aired April 13, over the combined
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tuttciivuti uiuuuvuiL<W.| UK.
television facilities of the Canadian
Broadcasting Co. and the world
wide radio network of the Armed
Forces Radio Service, starting at
7:00 pm.
Don Murray recently paid a visit
to Sonny Liston's training Camp,
where the world champ laid out a
training routine for the actor to fol
low, as preparation for his role in
“The Sinners." Murray portrays' a
booster in the movie.
Watching Murray box. Liston
commented that he had a style very
reminiscent of Gene Tunney’s
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MSTIUJNG COMPANY
ater, vaudeville, movies, popular
music, nightclubs, radio and tele- j
vision, and, of recent years, the j
added package of entertainment I
the great Globetrotters carry with
them.
Prebably the greatest contri
buting factor to Ms fame was
the rote of “Sportin' Life”
which the immortal George
Gershwin wrote for him hi
“Forgy and Bess.” Th European
toar of that show cemented his
reputation as an International
fsvorito.
The onetime, longtime bendlead
i er loves his,j-ole traveling with the
Globetrotters tor he is a frustrated
- basketball player himself. In his
“J. S. BACH: SUITES FOR UN
ACCOMPANIED VIOLONCELLO:”
—Mercury LP (50370) featuring
Starker as soloist. Compositions:
Side (in A Minor): “Pareludium,’
bands,' “Menuettos I and II," "Gi
gue.” Side 2 (in C Minor): Same
compositions with slightly different
arrangements.
I was extremely skeptical about
this i recording because I have
grown accustomed to music with
background embellishments . . .
However, Starker soon laid my
fears to rest as he leaped immedi
ately into an interesting prelude
and played superbly throughout
the entire session, which was re
corded in New York City at the
Fine Recording Studio with its
fine accoustics. . . The outstanding
In Revenge Cage Game:
Shaw U. Bears Wallop
31. MUgUsilllG 5 ri VC
The Shaw University Bears de
feated their arch croes-town rivals,
the St. Augustine'* College Faisons,
84-68 in a one-sided contest Friday
night in Spaulding Gymnasium on
Shaw's campus. In the first few
minutes of the game, the Bear five
jumped to a ten-point lead, never
to be challenged by the St. Augus
tine's quintet during the evening.
Jim Snow had one of his finest
games against Saint Augustine's,
act. he sings a lot of show times
i and popular tunes. He even <!o~s
' The Twist and The Stripper. “I t y
! to keep up with everything,” Cab
says.
“I know I'm there to entertain
the public and I keep up with cur
rent things to entertain them. I gel
out there and give. I think I was
put on earth to make people happy.
And that I try to do."
Calloway says he has no inten
tion of retiring. "I've been every
where. I'vp done everything. But
I want to kepe on going. I have a
! hard schedule and have to keep in
1 i shape to do it. But I’ll be entertain
s * ing the people.”
feature of this recording is that the
music w-az written by Bach way
back in 1717 and yet lends itself so
well to Starkcr's artistry . . . Thus,
it is in a sense more of a tribute to
Starker . . . What he does to these
six ancient suites is comparable to
what a genious like Duke Ellington
might do in updating a jazz tune
from the early 1920 s ... In other
words. Starker gives the old tunes
the glass of contemporary essence,
‘a GREAT one-man concert.
"ALAN HOVAHANESS SYM
PHONY NO. 4”: Mercury LP (503-
86) featuring the Eastman Wind
Ensemble with A. Clyde Roller con
ducting. Side 2: “SYMPHONY NO
3”) by Vittorio Giantini.
DRIVE SAFELY!
scoring IS points and putting down
21 rehounds. Bennie Joe Byers had
high point honors with 30 and con
tributed greatly on defense by grab
bing 17 rebounds.
Ben Knox, first year man for the
Bears, gave an outstanding per
formance and commended the all
around team effort.
In their last encounter several
weeks ago on the campus of St.
Augustine’s, the Bears were defeat
ed, 80-91 In a eloeely-fought game