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BY TIO YATES
ODE TO A HANGOVER
Hcr« I lit'n* wpndtr what in th#
tbundflr is your gam«,
fBr*B you'r* cone«ni»d in tht«
life I'v* l««rn«d
You hkvt no actual elailh to
fana;
O, yea I That ill feeling that acta
my bead reeling
Might make me tell fotka that
you're to blame,—
But what I wouldn’t do to get
rid of you
The momln’ after, feller, ’twould
be a ihanff.
—^From, A Columniat’a Scrarpbook
•••*«*••*•
A KEPORTER AT LARGE . .
So the story goes: Several
well-known Harlemitea were
gossiping like a lot of old maids
at a lewing circle the other
evenin’ and someone uppe'^ and
mentioned Calvin’s Nrwapaper
Service. Said one yokel, “Aw,
ther gent put in, ‘Sure thing.'
ther gnt put in, “Sure thing.
You know Ted Yatea ia a publi*
city hound. A nite club mawk.”
Gee!I didn’t know ours was the
topic of every conversation.
Whatever happned to ANP and,
the fact all the other news ser
vices? You feller’s oughta stop
advertising Calvin’s Newspaper
Service and Ted Y»tes free.
Haw!
••••••«••••
They were gaM>ing about the
theatre at one of the brighter
spots the other early dawnin’
when an erstwhile reporter (t
should have said alleged’ repprt-
ter) told of how he broke stories
on the front page of the Pitts
burgh Courier. That’a nothing
City Editor Bill Nunn would
have billed us for twenty-five
dollars for the rSleaase that
Nina Mae MKinney waa to lead
an orehestr*. But Nunn’s Cour
ier, like all thi other newspap
ers, ran that one ^bout Miss
McKinney luting ‘slun^d’ in a
coifee pot shop below the Mason-
bixon line on the front page.
And, if that wasn’t publicity
glory!I ’Tain’t watcha do it’a
hotcha do it.
The Yaah Man! Club which
was racently* Te-opened by ‘Jock’
Miller is getting lots of publicity
these day*—besides it is becom
ing exceedingly popular witti
diversion seekers. Looks like old
times to run into sofne of the
crowd there. Ross Haymes, I
leamad a while back, 2m turn
ed song writer, but it doesn’t
end there. The boss of Harlem’s
popularly frequented is also a
rival to Floyd Smith of >Andy
Kirk’s Baad. In fewer words
Haymes is aguitar player. And
• pretty good one too! Busiest
booking clficfe these days ia Ber
nard Buritt’s on West 126ih St.
where talent good and talent
Ikad gtts ita hearing and—well,
yes, airing! Johnny Greco at
the EHkford Restaurant is a con
genial sort of a feller. The
other day he informed/^
he’d never been giyeit^a write
up in a Colored '^wapaper. So
since We felt that his courteous
service merited it—there ’tis. >.
One of Harlem better meat mar
ket ia Booser’a up on Bightti
Avenue at 151st Street. The
proprietor is the hobby of newa^
paper woman Thelma Berlaek*
Boosar- I like that twiddle-like
saying, “I’ll twiddle my thuntfM
■nt!l my go«d shift comes.”
The police ia LonisvUI*, Kelt*
>.tueky, it w«uld seem, have little
01 'no^htg to do until the ruaa*
ing of the Derby. Reecntly they
harassed Sdltor Frank H. Gray
of the LOmsViLUC DEf«ND-
who waa out aeek,ing info
about an auto accident, was
firreated 'and chaiged with dis
orderly conduct. To my mind
the incident is the sum total of
a five letter word—ailly. If
Gray was disorderly reporting
an aiuto miship what would he
poUce term the motorists involv
ed in the caseTTT
The Reds )|ave a new gams.
Now that Germany kissed Italy
and Italy swooned; Japan doing
an aoeidental (according to the
war correspondents) by making
an exit from her ally Germany,
and,_ iMt we forget Germany’s
bargain with Russia whkh nett
ed Hitler's Reich with a good
kick in the pants, the Ccanmun-
ists have puh-lenty fun ribbing
Uncle Sam for its aid to Fin
land. One of the reporters were
saying, “Just because the Finns
paid their debt tx> the U. S. is no
reason why we should have to
pay it back.” I suppose Browd
er’s four year sentence is the
Communistic way of paying np
a debt. Tee, hee!
New York welcomed Harlem’s
favorite cinema stsrs James
Gagney and Pat O^Brien one' day
last week. The two appear in
the pix, “The Fightin’ 69” Now
if Oscar Micheaux actually would
WANT TO DO SOMETHING
BIG he could film the atory of
THE PKJH'nN’ 16 th. I would
not mind writing it for him. He
owes me that much ince >n
more than one occasion used our
name, column and character in
his films. Howd’y prrxy?
*•*****•«
Colonel Fauntleroy Julian, avia
tor, adventurer and the world’s
greatest publicity hound, made
Father Divine take a 4>ack seat
and most rcently stole the show
from one of the country’s lead
ing motioii picture producers—
the very business like Oscat
Micheaux. Julian somehow gets
in and out of the news and rates
the puh-aonal okay of your N.
Y. correspondent as a definite
cews-copy type. But, on the
other hand, with all his publi
city rt does not net him one
cent. This very great and true
pemnality with ^ monacle in jne
eye clowns before the press ai>d
the press in turn clowns with
him. li worries me. How come
Julian CANNOT seU all that
(ickker he ia suppoaed to hitve
brought back from France? And
just what ever happened to that
deal that Julian was to have
made for the French govem-
oaent? You know, the one which
was to have meant the purchaie
oif canned foods an*} meats. It
is true, too, that Fox Film Cor
poration offered THE GREAT
JUUAN |7)M per week?? Say
what you will, Julian is « h^lp
the writers like me who need
something to fill space.' A litHe
lirdie told me that Julian
ea on an apple and a chocol»a«
bar on a recent return tri|) from
ashington, D: C. because it is
leged he had eight cents in his
pocket that was NO*GO-MOiN£Y
because, after all, one can’t ride
the subway “home to Harlem”
free!
Please turn to page slk
‘Grera PastoEes’
Star And Wife
Romance Split
IVAN SHARP AND FORMER
SHAW UNIVERSITY PROF.
CALL IT A DAYi COUPLE
FOUNDED COttfETiC
FIRM
ROMANCE ON
THE ROCKS
NEW YORK,' (O—«even
years ago he was the atar n
Marc Connelley’s “Green Pas
tures.” That is, he was me of
the bright stars in the Pulitser
Prize plsy that ran for a num
ber of yeai^ on the Gay White
Way i^nd then toured the II. S.
and Canada for almost the len
gth of its B’way run. In the last
six years Ivan (“The Prophet")
Sharp has been indentified with
a profitable buiiness on West
125th Street the shopping center
of New Ypi4c’s Harlem. He and
bis wife, the former Bettie Es
ther Parham, founded the Esther
Miracle waterproof products
which had come from their own
formulf a»d had reached a sue-,
cessful standing in the beauty
culture industry. The Eliuibeth
Esther Labatories, a registered
company, is kndWn nationally
to beauties, druggists, comesti-
ciana and the trade. But, the
Ivan Sharps have come to the
parting of their devotional and
ousineis like contract. Their
romance is one the rocks, and
that’s news.
To the Sharps actually went
tha diatinction of being the first
Negro merchants to establish
contact and a business on West
128th Street. At ona tin* they
both snccMtfuily operated four
concessions in departmnt atorea
fn the main throughi^far*. Bea
ty and popularity contests were
staged in coniunction with pro
motion of their business. Th*
MiracU wave' products waved
products long and loud in th*
ryes of the buying public. Now,
a number of friends have indica
ted the business will be r*-or>
gainsed. Whether Mrs. or Mr.
Shsrgi' will continue i||depondent-
iy it is unknown. Shiarp claims,
“My maxtial riff in no way will
interfere with t)ie buain^. It
shall continue itlong th* sam*
lines sad I am aur» that my cua-
tomers willingly will cooperatt*
with me. They have -said as
much.”
Bettie Esther Parham ia, a
well known product South
having been professor of econo
mic departments at Shaw and
Dillard Universities. She ia the
daughter of th* Reverend S. L.
) Parham of Richmond, Viivinia.
[The Parham ar*’ a distinguished
Southern fsmily in High Point,
North Carolina. The Sharps
were wed after a year of part
nership in business. Sharp for a
number of year* has be*» woiti
ling for a gigantic organisation
I to aid him in the accomplish -
^ment fo his industrial dream.
I With the slogan, “It Can Be
iDcne” Sharp intends keep the
Miracle Wave waving. l£rs.
; Sharp could not be reached \t
I her home at 860 East 229th St.
in Williamsbi^dge.
mftm
TO flOlD
SESSION
House Tories Extend Life
Of Dies’Committee
■r ClfAALKS AI.XXAIIDKR
WAflBOIQtON, CMA) «ly
a . vo|B to «1 th* Boma*
-of **prw*otaliv*a tUa w**k nr
t*a4 Nm Uf* of th* Die* Coa-
Coaimitt** b* eoBtiaa*d.
tiC 1-
jBivvvv ttovrssw
borsly to d*f*at
In a sp**ch that
M t.
TMf Bt
th* r**oloti».
was ina«rt*d
l^to* for oM y*ar aad brdar*d. into th* Congre**ional S*cor4,
tt to contiaB^ its inquiry brand*d ! E*prs**ntative L«* 0«y*r, D*m.
ligr proininsnt liberals and pro-|Cal., d*^lar*d It* bad “gi*v*
“tlm groat un- fears'* because of ‘the failure of
NEW YORK aTY, 4«f>«cial)
^>;Blxt*«a noted ‘Waders of
gro tJutugbt and aetion hav* ^ ....
ed with *69 other diatin^iah*d | Aoi*ficaii witch hunt.” Funds leaden of my party, th* Demo-
Am*ricans in th* sponsoring of f,, jj,, ,^a»itt** wUl b* voted
th* fourth annual National , lattr dat*..
Sharpecroppers Wee4c which w4U |
bo observed in 1940 from March' Simultaneously, Edward E.
Ith through lOtb it was announe Strong, ExecuMvo Soeretary of
ed this week by Miss Pauli ^ho Sontliem Negro Youth Con-
Murray, secretary of the ’Week.’ !*■“• to Dies ac-
' curing him of smearing the youth '
Among tk* sponsors ar* Prof.
his committee' when relief *p-
W. S. B. DuBoia of Atlanta
cratic Party, to voice thei# n-
qualified oppoiition tu the com
mittee.”
Representative John Cuffee .f
Washington stated that he wa*
unequivocally opposed to grant
ing the Dies Committee any
^making statement* whkh
H %nOws are untru*.”
Th* overwh*lming vots for the
eommittco was attributed to
strong sum>ort giv*n by adminis-
UniveMty, T. Arnold Hill of th*
Nationm Urban League, Prof.
Abram L. Harris of Howard
(Jnivcraity, A. Philip Randolph,
praaident of tha Brotherhood of
51**plng Car Port*ra, J. Finley
Wilson, Grand Szaltad Bulcr of
the Independent Bonsvolent and
ProtccUv* Order of th* Elks,
and Waltar White, aacr*tary of
th* National Asaociation for th*
Advancement of Colored People.
Mia* Murray described Nation
al Sharecroppen Week aa an an-,bath to rush the Dies reaolutiur
propriations are
one-third.
being slaah«d
r" tile li-
tJ» Cu>ir>try
Pointing out that she voted
sgainst the Dies committee last
year “because of the un-Ameri-
^ I activities of the committee
tration Icadeir*. Speaker of the I •» Representative O'Day cf
Houaa Bankhead. Majority l*ad-ljj,^
er Rayboum and
whiy Boland q;tok*
Democratic,
and voted
reason she finds herself unable
to vote for its continustion now.
for the eommiU**. U was report , th, commitUe
ed that Bankhead and Rayburn «.„tl-l*bor clique” was
had actuaUy put presaur* by Congressman Keller
Rules Connnittee Chairman m- declared thes*
fore** wiafc*d to
fr*ral i*adars pt
ar^agh 01* XKm t nniitt**
Witting tiBd*r th* Are of
Ub*>«l*. *ap»ortors of tJM re
solution sought to squelch the
progreaaives' exposure by midly
erttlci«ng tiu Dies C mimM**
tbemselve*. Thfy propoi^d st b*
enjoined from «)>mg tac'.t*
which have resolted ia nation
wide condemnation of the com
mittee.
The move bri agbt a clashing
attack froi^ Representative Vito
Marcantotti^, Laborite, Y.
•‘My oppo^iti«n i* based on a
bflisic principle, not a matter ,jf
procedure,” Narcantonio decla^-
ed. .
“The Dies Committee ii a men
ace to th* civil liberties of the
American people. Iti wo-k is
part of a general offensive again
St the Bill ff Rights. Take sway
the rights of the dissident
ities and yon have nothing left
of the Bill of Rights," the New
York C4ngressn4in warned.
Bennett To Hold
Home lUaking
Insf itution
GREEiNSBORO, N. C.—C o n-
sumer Education and Economics
will be the theme of the Four
teenth Home Making Institute
at Bennett College, to be held
this year Febrnary 18 to 25.
Speakers during the week^will
include Miss R. Arliner Young,
graduate student the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, formerly f
the Howard University faculty,
and Miss Charlia V. Cole, as-
sistanrt professor of home econo-
inics St Tillotson College, Austin
fexaa. Dr. Channing H. Tobias,
General Secretary of the YMCA,
N*w York City, will close the
Institute on Sunday.
Although the Home Making
Institute, over a period of years,
has been a beacon to the woman
hood of Greensboro and adjac
(nt communities, the scope f
ita program necessarily includes
problems common to both men
and Women. It has pointed the
way to better living and family
relations, as well as greater
efficiency and skill in th* me-
chanical operations of the home.
Seeing the need for a closer
contact with parenta and others
who guide youth, rocOntly there
has been organised the Greena-
boro Parents Council, an out
growth of the Instituta, in whkh
both men and women particip
ate.
This year in addition to carry
ing out the theme in the annual
Fashion Revue, through drama,
addresses, and community, pro-
iect^'^here will |>e an exhibition
sponsored by local merehanta,
of recommended brands of food.
Attention of thoae in attendance
at the Institute will b* called to
labels and the meaning of var
ious terras used on them. This
will be in cooperation with tho
pure food and drug act, which
went intq effect January 1st,
1940. I
Save Tliiie And Mofleji J
By Relaxing In Tlie
BUS
with th* ahar*eropp«r proltlem
and to raise funda to financ* a
program of rem*dial actk>n.
Sh* explained that It ia condoct-
fed under th* auapice* of th*
Southern Tenant Farmer*' Un
ion, the sharecropper labor r-
ganisation, and the Woiktrs
Defens* League its official de
fense agency. Howard K**t*r,.
s(cr*tary of the Followshlp of
Southern ChurchmeE, ia acting
a« treasurer; offices hav» been
established at 112 East lAth St.
New York City.
Other sponsors of the “Week”
include Mayor F. H. LaGuardia
of New York City, Carri* Chap
man Catt, Theodore Dreiser,
David Dubinsky, president of
th*' International Ladiea' Gar-
meni Workers Union, President
FraiA P. Graham of the UnV
vsraity of North (Carolina, Carey
McWilliama, the noted authority
labor, William Allen Neilson,
president emeritus of Smith
College, Bishop Edward L. Par
lous of San Francisco, Norman
In a two-hour debate marked
by inten** heat and emotion,
reacticma^ Congrcsanlen stMkUt-
ed and anarled th* name* of
jbog»t*aiva individuals and or-
BsnUtations, moat of them noted
for their friendly . attitude the
Negro people, and demanded the
Tuxedo
Junction
1 WORDS BY TED YATES
Th* song that’a Sweeping
the Nation Now Has A
. Lyrie .Creation. '■ '
Everyi^ing’s gonna be alright.
Got a date with my gal tonight,
She'a gonna meet me honor
bright;
We,'re gonna atop 'n' have a bite.
Then we’ll take in all the sights,
Outing all these bay bright
lights.
Tuxedo Junction, Tuxedo flunc-
Thomas the Socialist leader, | tion,—
Oswald Garrison Villard, Rabbi i That’* where we’ll meet;
Stephetl S. Wise and WillUm Tuxedo Juhction, the town that
Allen White. | can’t b* beat.
Ifiss Murray also announcsd flaw my jlil th* other day,
that Paul Muni, the diatiriguUh-1 Met her but Tuxedo, way,
ed screen and stage star, had She’* top* I Ho, di, hey, h*y!
accepted th* chairmanship of a I'm gonna see her tonight
Theatre Committee for th* Week j (Well, alright)
and that Mr. Muni would be a*-1 Everything’s gonna be alright,
listed by artists and impressar- Got a,date with my gal tonight,-
les of tbs rank of Tallulah Bank- I>owin at Tuxeda Junction,
head, Angna Enters, th* cele-. Yeah!!
Please turn to page six I (Original)
Sltoold DnaDd
Davis Head o!
MO BtgiDient
CHI0.4G0, (ANP)—'America’s
N'egroes should unite and de
mand that Cul. B. O. Davis to be
named by the army to command
of either the 9th" or 10th Cavalry
particularly since these regi
ments are on the verge of being
reorganised, believes Levi Pierce
fornner soldier whose exposes of
discrimination and injustices
suffered by Negro soldiers have
thrown the war depsrtment into
a turmoil and brought abcut
eradication of several of these
evils.
Not only would such ap
pointment of Col. Davis cause
»n increase in efficiency of the
8th or 10th when it is reorg«niz-
«d but it would do away with
much of the petty internal
politics created under white
officers and colored enlisted men
Mr. Pierce declares.
Please turn to page six
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thanks tb GODEFROY’S LAIUEUSE. that same hab .. .
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