Brownsville Weekly News

, { Ls |: 4 Sn | v Dies At Age 88 cently. he was retired but continued wy ine that Mr. Schiffman had to ~ ~while.June Richmond was voted ects. &, jee ae HObiivwoob:. Cat (SNS) ~ cole Randol; president of the Geérge~ Randoi~ ~Productions, and Bert Goldierg ang Port, Inc. ann éarly this ~week that ~they preparing~ for préduction the! ~dramatization of the song hit Pate feW~ yeasts back; ~Darktown fiters: Bali.~ eo aged a the the ever-popular Brooks, in colla- ~ ching ate F, B. Miller, has writ 8 a. gg that will be as inter- | esting. and entertaining a varias as ~Alexander~s Ragtime.Band,~ Ran dol claims. George Randol, who will produce | Strutters | expense in |~ this,. nis first screen offer |) for 1940, the top ranking produc- |} tion of the year; and he feels that] | and direct ~Darktown Ball,~ ~is spating no ~Darktown strutters Ball~ will overshadow and surpass his best production ~Deep South,~ runner-up for the,Academy.. Award, the pic-. ary ~Mad Money~ winning. by one vote. The picture is. scheduled to go into production. around January 15, and will be released through International Road Shows, who with this and fourteen~ other all=colored pictures, scheduled for 1940, hope to end the era of gangster films, West. Virginian HUNTINGTON, W. Va.~(SNS) Jacob (Posch) Johnson, ex-slave died at nis home here on January 1, 1940. Johnson, 88 years old was found, dead in his room half kneeling on his bed with his head buried in a mast of coaggulated. blood. as a result of a hemorrhage. Born in Smithville County, Va., 1851, Johnson. came -to, Institute-in,,1909 and: for..the next thirty years his life became a very intimate part of the institution: He~was the genéral-care - taker for thé: ins*itution until re be'very active fispite of ~hisad a Oe ee An a ER et Tree ie if ieee ey America~s grand:old man of popular music, W. Cc. Handy, after'a twelye-year absence last-week strolled into a recording studio where he waxed four pf his most famous compositions, including Catlett, drums. the never-grow-old, are Luis Rassell, piano; Handy;. Edmund Hall, clarinet; Bing Mad.son, tenor sax; J. C, Higginbotham, trombone; and Sidney Louis Blues.~ Pictered Pops. Foster, ~bass; Mr. ae JOTTERDOWNS. The choice.bit o~ scandal. That very BIG EGG which *~John Henry~ lgid at the Rory nour r of eleven children, three rs) sarvive today, Jchnson Ft. father to al? he knew. Pinkraa sérvices were held at the * American. Baptist churcli, Jan. 5 with. Reverend Williams presiding. } President John W. Davis opened with prayer followed by a number | sung~ by: the choir, beautiful Isle } of Somewhere. ~ Professor Daniel Ferguson, life long friend of Johnson, read resolutions. from the faculty gh State college. The last rites over the deceiaivedt was administered at the church due to the extretvie~ ~coldness: of the weather. Johnson. leaves three -children and six grandchildren to mourn his death. CHICAGO~(ANP)~ Mis. Rutb Sewell, wife. of Arthur Sewell, her to an oil-well (urtune, was granied..a. divorce last week ~roa her husband, receiving a statement cf $17,000. The petition charged crue! ty. LANCASTER, S. G~(HN5)~ Speaking before a large gathering of rural farmers at Mt. Zion ~ 'Briday evening, President Edwarc Warner Brice of Clinton Colleg< ativised his audience to~ ~~Jearh to live at home | comedy role of John Henry San Francisco's earthquake. | Seyeral weeks back, after the vehicle in. Philadelphia, we made mention of the fact that.an attempt would be made to.get a four-star rating. And when we went on to say. No musical or drama (~Mamba~s Daughters~ included) with an allcolored cast has withstood the knife of the Critic~s Circle since Marc Connelly~s ~Green Pastures.~ Further down.the line we rallied with, ~You N. Y. | correspondent wants you to make a note of this prediction: That ~John Henry~ wili prove the most costly, the most eiaborate original production with Ruby Elzy, Joe Attles, Musa Williams, Myra Johnson and Minto Cato getting press raves.) Robeson, it-is believed he led himself to the ~kill~ when upon his return from abroad recently he defended Russia. Or maybe we are forgetting that Robeson~s voice did STAND OUT? Or that his singing was more effective that the stage story of ~John Henry~ which was presented by Sam Byrd? When 4 play is not big enough for a BIG STAR. you just have to leave it to another day. Sionys people believe that Jauno Hernandez who played the radio would have ~ Footlight Flickers By AL MOSES. NEW YORK~(ANP)~ COUNT BASIE, inimitable pianist and director. with a finer orchestra unit than last season, swings into Apol!> Theatre next Friday morning and the management (Jimmy an is tearing ~his hair ovt. It will be recalled that during the ~king~s last appearance in Har~the fans demonstrated to such personally appeal to the patrons not to.tear the. theatre apart~sea*~ p Pee " ANDY KIRK was voted last week the ~smoothie of Jazzlanc~ the.. ~Ho-Gettingest Gall~ on the ~stage. and. Pha Terrell (both featured ~soloists.with the band); the ~Whispering ae LEE SHUBERT may have taken ~himself. a gold mine, yea. black gold no lessin the much hed around Broadway musical) in Cruies~, Donati ' brainchild. There is that we shall. never, | fans send in letters to us asking for revivals of... Pigmeat Markham, and Jimmy Baskette, ever and anon, This year will spell a wide d> parture in policy on the part of the one theatre that year round provides employment of Negro actors and actresses. Encouraged by the tremendous reception in Harlem of Charlie~ Barnet~s band as well as that.of.. Bunny Berrigan, Apolio patrons will view at least a dozen moré of: these name bands during the coming season. THE INK SPCTS, skyrocketing to gréater fame dwn at the~Famious Door~, should ride into th: $2,500 class before the curtain falls on thé first year of the new decade. Tab this..prediction for future reference. - ~* JEFF BLOUNT,. the most lov ~able night club character Harlerr has ever known, was laid to rest at: St.. Michaels cemetery (Long Island) Saturday afternoon wits clése of 300 prominent mourners in attendance. It was.a silent tribute to deathless friendship and one forget 30 long as we live: He was our pal. and ~we know that our there amic the clover he merely sleers on... to live agai) in a world without end where all of us who labored ping pected and learned to _love hitr expect to join him ~ey eaetiy of a the week very lovely ~person who recently made her debut in politics, It is evident that her ideals floundered when the landlord came along tu colléct his month~s rent..At any rate, they would have you believe that it is the first time that a member of, the very ultra set was evicted from the snooty Graham Court Apts. O, yeah??? concerns that Very done. better that Robeson~minus the singing, of course, but that is pi neither here nor re. ee Pd Secae AY thie but, ~John Henry~ on the whole -| that could not ~be hatched because of a hatched up version of a darn nice hook. INSIDE STUFF. ON THE MAESTROS It seems now that after almost fading out. of the picture because of not enough material, ill health and bad ~breaks~, that, once again Nina Mae McKinney has come into her~ own. Whether: her attempt.to get a-cup of. coffee Wag a put up job by the very shrewd Dick Boone we cannot say. But in Lake City, Florida, and other key points below the Mason-Dixon Line, Miss McKinney would surely have met with the same fate. It can be said, if the injuries are not serious, and, if this new dynamic band personality (who happened to have been making an appearance in a nearby city when it is ~alleged~ IT ALL HAPPENED~that,. indeed, it was about the best publicity stunt pullod, ever. ~ eaiitennatenat SUCCESS SENTENCE: Playing to crowds at the Renaissance Casino here in New York (along. with dates at Mannattan Center, Rockland Palace, Golden Gate Ballroom and a week~s engagement at the Apollo Theatre here) gave a grand total attendance of something like 97,860. In less than two weeks he had shattered all previous records. It would seem that Johnny Q. Public is concentrating on Jimmy Lunceford~s music. LITERATI is A new mag is with us. ~Swing Music~ although a carbon copy of Down Beat and the ten or more other music phamplets is newsy, | posenkrantz and Inez Cavanaugh i* may find itself the accepteq book uf songsters, musiciatis and jitterbugs everywhere. Miss Cavanaugh ~awhile back was associated with the New York Amsterdam News, and, a number of articles in Swing Music has the Cavanaugh trade mark stamped thereon. A REPORTER AT LARGE: While: the town has been down in the dumps (what with the sudden low in Relief patronage) Bill Robinson's ~Hot Mikado~ perked things up a bit....They almost. succeeded in N, Y~.-Housing Pfoject tenements. But it took Benny Tattnall to tell them, ~~-If I cannot get yn apartment here I'll write Mayor LaGuardia and ask him why.~ P. S. npPattneli-got-the apartment. Redman~s Band is being reorganized. S~bout time..__Show business in Boston, Mass., is at its lowest ebb....Tip to Boston editors: Relief will come with Count Basie~s appearance at the Southlang commencing February..Melba (Moore) Caruth gnd hubby Jim (he hails from Chi) have opened a waffle shop at 132nd Street and Lenox Avenue in the ~Heart of Harlem~... Grant Page, q sensation at the Cedar Gardens in Cleveland....Tisdale Three wow-eq the son of FDR the other evening with ~Scatterprain~....Moe Gale, Incorporated (Hawkins-Fitzgerald-Ink Spots, et al.) now doing their own booking _.Lunceford Artists now have their own music catalogue....BETWEEN US: America is busy helping Finland~the Anti-Lynching Bill gets the run-around. It somehow doesn~t make ~sense. ten toe Sinis Named Head | Of N. C. Mutual Atlanta Agents ATLANTA, Ga.~ (SNS)-- G. W. Sims Friday was electet president of the agents of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. He was chosen 9y the agents at their. semi-annual election. W. A. Quillian presided L. Menchan, retiring president, installed President Sims and other newly elected officers. S. S. Abrams, manager of the Atlanta district of the insurance company, made a brief talk, declaring that he was more determined than ever to cartry out the piogram of the com ~ability, experience and talents will putting on. the color ban at those |~ weDon-+ HOLLY WoOOD~(A' N P)_Now with everyone recovered from -hoiiday, hangovers, new resolutions all conveniently broken, and flattened pcckethooks awaiting replenishment, we are all by this time back to cold-blooded normalcy. So let's see what~s gding~on in the worid of footlights and sun-arcs. Million Dollar Productions puiied @ surprise as sensational as one oi General Kenny Wasiingtoi~s famous winning passes last week when like a bolt out of the clear sky it announced that it had signed him up to star in pictures. Now comes the big-news of this week: in that Million Dollar Pro duction announces that it wil: select the leading lady for its forthcoming Kenny Washington feature from a nationwide survey. Any girl who qualifies as to be eligible for the coveted role (ii WIP. HARRY LEVET ~ AOU ATERNCGRO producer. when he is ready to receive ap un) MOM plicants, says Clifferd Sanforth, A complete screen test will be given those selected for final consideration. Interviews will not start at once but~at a later date. Preview of the week:....Wailter Wanger~s ~Slightly Honorable,~ formerly ~Send Another. Coffin,~ seen at Westwood Village theatre last Thursday, with Vera Mae Johnson, Pat O~Brien, tthe star, with an excellent. supporting - cast, dees an excellent job as a ~Robin Hood~ lawyer..in a maze of | murder mysteries and starting episodes; Willie Best- has a good featured comedy. part, and Zack Williams does a weird bit as the ghestly figure of a minister walking and praying in the graveyard at midnight.....Les Hite~s band is really set now for the Golden Gate in New York; and charming Baby Mack, (Mrs. Hite) says the maestro writes that all the boys are Track Star Radio Sr é Eddie Tolan, former Olympic champion, who is now executive well and happy... errs Aas director of. the. Sem She Years of Negro Progress Exposition at iat~ radi De pe tea: Detroit ~Cuban Consul, talking over~ the progress of Neé groes in the Central American republic. HARLEM TRIVIA | ~By MARGUERITE L. MARTIN NEW YORK~(ANP)~This business of being ill is beginning to get us down... First one thing then another, and now, bless goodness, our good doctor tells us that unless we observe umteen health commandments nary another winter shall we see:'.. But we shake our heads in disbelief for some wise soul has said that only the good die young... Consequently, we look forward to a long and happy life ere we see the golden glory of the Promised Land,.. Which is rather | ambiguous ~logic on our part. From the federal workers agency Washington comes a bulletin telling- of the wide-spread interest. in American Negro workers shown by requests for research books,. Nearly 400 chambers of commerce, heads of departments of commerce and finance, schools and_ sociologists have ordered copies of the ~Urban ~Negro Worker in the United States~, a research report in two volumes published by the United States Department of the Interior. So/ deeply engrossed did we 02 -come in the bulletin that we weze rather disappointed that the agency hadn~t sent along the two volumes of the ~Urban Negro Worker~... Which means we shall have to to be possessed of this informative report. Jules Bledsoe, for whom swe have a kindly feeling, will be at Town hall on 28th of this month.. More anon,.. after we corner the very elusive Mr. Bledsoe and ask a few pointed question. The (Mary Mcleod Bethune clubs presented an installution tea and program last Sunday at the Club Danceland... Orlando Robeson appeared as the very melodious guest star. Republicans Will Hold Ist Primary In Louisiana BATON ROUGE, La.~A Republican primary election will te held in Louisiana on January 16, 1940 for the first time 1n the history of the state. During the reconstruc. tion era Republican conventions were held but the primary election law had not been enacted then, The primary election can be hela in- 50 precincts in Orleans parist and in four in Baton Rouge, Guy Graham and W. W. Tuttie, white candidates for governor, notified Secretary of State E. A. Conway, white, through~ their attorney. J.J. authentic and has~ reader-interest ' pany. Other members of the staff! scout around and find some social! Jackson, white, today. All are in every respect: Edited by Timmie spoke briefly. minded individual fortunate enough from New Orleans.~ LLL ELT La Ta cicumeiiiain The following listing is in effect for the week of January 21 only! All time shown is Eastern Standard. Subtract 1. hour for Central time: 2 hours for Mountain time;:and 3 hours for West Coast time. As is the unavoidable case in radio scheduling, all programs are subject to last minute changes and cancellations. HOT INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL. LOUIS ARMSTRONG ~BSunday | and Monday. 12 midnite. Cotton Club, New York City. BON BON, singer with Jan Savitt~s orchestra, NBC. Red, Wednes day, 12 midnite, Thurs., 11:30 P.M. NBC Blue, Tues, 12 midnite. Hooy BUTTERFIELD, soe, UME a, te, Be TSR we WOR 710 B-~Fri. $45 a. m. anist * 9 cal * ae se pe seb mseiamogemestee: sik | Monday, 12:30 a. m., Sat.,.5:30 p.m. CARTER: AND BOWTE at twin pianos, MBS, Fri., 1:15 p. m. Additiona] schedule. CHARIOTEERS~NBC Bite Mon. 1:45 p, m., Tues.,/8 a. m. Sat. 10:30 a. m, MBS Sat. 645 p. m, Fri., 9:30 Pp. m, (Vocal quartet). DEEP RIVER BOYS~CBS widely scattered scheduled-Vocal. group. ERSKINE HAWKINS, NBC Blue Savoy Ballroom, New York City. BOB HOWARD, WEAF 660 k~ New Yous. W Wed., 7245 p. m. vara ~NBC Bite, Wed., Jan. 24, 10 p. Band Weekly. VAGABONDS~NBC Blue~Sun day 5 p. m, Wed., 9 a. m. Also scattered schedule, vocal quartet. ~ TEDDY WILSON and Guest Band, MBS, WOR, 710 k~Thurs., Sat., 11:30 p. m. Sun. 4:30 p.m. Golden Gate Ballroom, NYC. YOUNG MAN WITH~A BAND~ CBS, Friday, 16:30 p. m. Guest Band. VARIETY INSPIRATIONAL HENRY ARMSTRONG vs. PEDEQ?. t, mm. MAJOR BOWES: AMATEUR HOUR, CBS, Thursday 9 p. m. FISK JUBILEE CHOIR NBC} RADIO VALET~ NBC Red, Sun Sunday 5 p. m, GOLDEN GATE JUBILEE SINGERS, WBT- 1080 k, Charlotte, N. C. Scattered Schedule. HOBBY LOBBY, CBS, Sunday 5 pm m. PRES. ROOSEVELT~S. BIRTHDAY & INFANTILE PARALYSIS CAMPAIGN PROGRAM, NBC~ CBS~MBS, Sat., Jan., 20, 11 p. ni. Afray of ~guests including Rochester, Bing Crosby, etc.. PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS CBS. candey 430 p. m. Guests. SOUTHERNAIRES~Vocal quartet, NBC Blue, Sum, 11:30 % m. Friday 12:15 p. m. ROCHESTER, JACK BEN NY ~s | 1.12 midnite, eastern time. NEW YORK citys N S)- > Racial prejudice is taking an: awful beating, in thg recording studios of Cclumbia Record Company as its executives continue to turn. ous a Mass production of white~. a: colored. musicians on its various dises.. The. latest tune from that firm is issu under om hip of white b Hardman ete side: with, Side of: ~the: Street" ee Grooveti for the new: fous nias Lee Castaldo, white, trumpet: and Lester Young, colored, off sax. 5 _ Both. sides are Baie | otherwise hia | ho~ oeoe By FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS JAMMIN~ THAT JELLS Released on Varsity by. the.Varsity.Seven is some jammin~. that jells. Titles are SCRATCH MY BACK and. SAVE IT PRETTY MAMA. The first, woven around | an inconsequential theme, is 2 sticcession of solos and the secor.d, by far the better- side, has, as vocalist. Jeanhe Burns who sounds awfully like Hazel Scott. I paritcularly like Joe Suillivan~s méaty piano and Negro. Press Featured In New Picture HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (SNS)~ Thanks to the eiforts of the Negro press -n figating the expiciiatio: ~ of their people as gangsters and Uncle. Tom. characters. in. motion pictures, the public nas been ed colored pictures showing the ~real side~ of the Negre. Announcement._ was made this week that Arthur Dreifuss, direvtor and producer of Aetna FiunCorporation, and Bert Goldberg and Port, Inc., have- - chosen as ~their next International Road Shows~.,release a story showing i spedker Sunday morning over the \~~Wings...what..goes on behind the~ scenes | preg ait. Mr.~Tolan is pictured here with Ignacio of.a colored ~newspaper: office, and what an important. part the profession~ plays ~in~ the everyday! life of the fifteen million people~ that: it represents. ~T share the opinion of the In~ternational Road Shows that~ the Negro, through his papers, has proved that he will not tolerate being exploited and ridiculed on the screen, and feel that in order to produce successful all-colored pictures, a company must film stories showing the: true* side. of the race. The executives of both companies feel that in ~Mystery in S$ * they have a story that will build and pay compliment to this great. profession~the ~ colored newspaper,~ stated Mr. Dreifuss. ~ ~JOHN HENRY~ CLOSES RUN IN NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK~(SNS)~The* musi racial prejudice. | as ae ad Colernan Hawkins | ee iene. "Wettling~s drumming is delight, and-as a matter of fact, alt the boys are good, Spot the: alto.on thé: first side, It~s listeg as Billy:.~ Carton, but. it~s more. like Benhy ae Carter than Benny himself~so_ draw your own -conelusion: ie Varsity. clo hu another l-ir | release by Jess Stacy, Ke Contant. the.. | rhythm of both.. _ Stacy~s A GOOD MAN Is HARD TO FIND is typical Dixieland, while ~ the: Varsity Seven rhythm is not quite ~ so socking but fat moré complex. - The Stacy: performance~ is one of. the best yet produced~ by group from Bob~ ~ Crosby~s band. Coupled is HARLEM PARTY, ~credited to Stacy but from the sound obviously an unjust~ errof. First release of 1940 for ~Lionel Hampton is FOUR OR ~PIVE TIMES and I'VE FOUND~ A NEW BABY, the~ first a~jump-rentition ~ ang.the second: a fast killer diller. On the ~A~ side Lionel~ sings: his. usual horrible vocal to contrast with his~ usual thrilling vibrfaharp, aided by some boys mainly from Goodman's~ band who ~produce ~tértific ~swing. Tye}companion pieoe~,~ has him showing: off. with~: two~ val finger plane ut net. er i Jazz. Many. _ reviewers. raved "ower ~ 4 ~'Ployd~s Guitar Blues~ by: Amie cts Kirk,,1 personally. prefer the new Deceu: | - a and think~ Floyd~ Smith,. ter guitar on this. Inci~ arrangemi2nt, trombone~ in ca cular, sounds erty dito a is I DON'T STAND. A GHOST.OF A CHANCE with ~Fin ~Tere, ih ing, and.it~s mighty: good ~the ~Ft who fell for the revival of: Johnny~ will. get their _kics which baby-voiced cer sounds almost as cute. nie Baker. The bang itself, opie: ing a good tenor sax, sounds ike ~ a comer ~of the Vincent ~Lopez. type. The Four King Sister have es of vocal oomph. Their hot: ye of IN THE MOOD on Bluebf solid, and~ IRISH W. a AN only a little less. so....Terry, Shand~s debut on. Decca, corn a sweet tune well played.. a MAKE ME LAUGH, could become a big hit.. _Tm: nol satisfied with Jimmy Mundy~s.. cal play. ~John Henry~, which featured Paul Robeson in the. title role, closed Saturday night after five performances. There were indications that it might be revised, and reopened. Critics acclaimed the singing oi Robeson, but were unanimous ~ iti their belief that the productior was weak otherwise. The play is. based on Roark | Bradford~s~ story of a~ prodigious colored waterfront laborer but on Varsity. Titles are A LO 1g BLUE and LITTLE OLD LADY * FROM~ BAL'TIMORE. ~The. unit sounds like just another well ré- ~ hearsed. sepia band, with. Vocalist | Madeline Green. not too much above ordinary....Decca should. 1 a solo recording of Roosevelt Sykes sensational blues piano. Of course re he sings; grand.blyes, ag. his MADE A SHANG and ~UNLUCKY. 13 BLUES proves, but his ivory planing can stand up alone. ALONG ee TAPPING WIRES ~ AIRLANES Among the stéfs* participating | H | } "9 pe Roster, radio tagious 3 shee: SE Instead of returning to station; valet comedian; Bing. ng Crosby, -Be> + WBT and Charlotte, N. C., ~us | Hope, Mickey Rooney, Bob Burns, previously announced, the Golden | Jack~ Benny, Eddie Cantor and | Gate Jubilee quartette stayed on in | Frances Langford. New York and did a guest shot on The Inkspots, former porters at ~that~ ~Pursuit of Happiness~. pro- | the New York Paramount Theatre gram over Columbia, Sunday, Jan- | where they ate now singing stars, ~ uary 14. headlined Dave Elman~s ~Hobby |. Wherever these choirsters: have | Lobby~ program, via Columbia, ~= been heard, they have stopped the | January 7.; show: If this reporter recalis Dorothy Maynor, 25~year-old rightly, these Golden Gates were | scprano, and the singing Inkspots featured on @ soft drink commer- | represented the race in NBC's | cial over NBC a couple of sum- | ~Curtain Calls of 1939,~ a- two ' mers back. [ I 4 THE TAPPER TATTLES, Duke Ellington is again aie c '_., Spofts swinging but this time over NBC } ret Fes Zid.{rem the Southland in Boston.... OV. Irregular schedule....A moderniz- wnniversary pro- ~., ed version of the opera, ~~Pinafore~~ of: >" Jordan.~ was préserited over station WBBM, | Sunday, rts Kramer, afternoon, January 5....A special by Col-...4 program celebrating the combined: lefts in the |. advent of President - Roosevelt's | past. uded: ~Heli... _ 3 i 1 D 1 p,~ de C over the NBC. CBS and MBS webs, ie te Tk talks.| Saturday, January 20, from 11 to | Must Keep LS es Got Cau ee oaks

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