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Oliver Case

NEW YOR-K_CITY~'

(ANP) <The police department is investigating the circumstances surrounding the
unexplained week-end death
of Grant Oliver. (Porkchops)
Paige, 27, wel-known night
club: entertainer, 48 hours
after an alleged ~brutal beating~ said to have been administered to him following his
arrest on a charge later dedescribed as ~felonious assault,~~

Meanwhile, owning to the
precipitous nature of the in- cident and the _ indignation

of the-hundreds of person: who
- witnessed the vicicus attack on

Paige by the officers and _ the
manner in which they dragged
him into the 128rd street police
station with a rope around his
body,. several civic organizations
are interesting themselves in the
case including. the Citizens Committee of Greater New York.

It has-been learned that Patrolman Edward Singer and Detectives

> William Hogan and Philip Klieger,

2ll white, have been questioned by

department officials in connection

with their part in the arrest and as_
sault of Paige. What other steps
are. being taken to place responsibility cold not be determined.

Hospital authorities at Bellevue
*. say that he died of peritonitis.

_Information collected from various sources reveal that Paige became engaged in a dispute with an
unidentified superintendent of séeveral apartment house buildings
while standing in front of 2164
Seventh avenue. The superintendent is said to have drawn a knife
and threatened Paige unless he
moved away from the building
which the latter refused to do
claiming it his right to walk on
the -publi~e -streets.

The excited screams of several

women sanding near attracted the
attention ~of a patrolman who approached the pair. Smultaneously,
thrde- detectives pulleg up in a pri_
vate car.and grabbed Paige- without explanation or self-identification. The victim is said to have resented this intrusion and so offered
some resistance whereupon he was
struek on the head and fell to the
fround,.

The gathering crowd hegan to
hurl insult and charges of brutali_
ty at the officers until] for a moment. the situation seemed threatening. Sensing this, one plain
elothesman is. reported to have
drawn his pistol.and ordered the
crowd to disperse. However, many
followed the squad car to the sta.
tion house and were joined by
hundreds more who_ witnessed
Paige being dragged inside with
no little gentleness and with the
rone around ~his waist.

~ The crowd continued to mill
about the police station and made
it difficult for the ambulance from
Bellevue hospital to get near the
entrance. There were rumors that
Paige was dead but not even were
reporters nermitted to check. This
was on Friday afternoon. At 5:45
a. m. Sunday; Paise wac reported
cead at Bellevue. = information

UNA Carlisle
Says ~River~
Was The Thames

NEW YORK~(SNS)~ Una Mae
Carlisle, making a gu~és 2npearance on the popular ~We the Feople~ radio program, this week told |
a nation-wide audience how she
got the inspiration for her current ~Hit-Parade~ tune_ ~Walking
By. the River~ and won a tremendous ovation from studio listeners
os she sang her song. -

It was while she was in London
filling engagements that she used
to walk nights along the banks of
the Themes, so much in the war
~mews these days. During these
walks, she said, the words: and the
melody gradually came to her.

Miss Carlisle was introduced to
the audience by Mark ~ Warnow,
nandleader for the ~We the People~ and ~Hit-Parade~ program,
who told of how Miss Carlisle had
wired him expressing pleasure at
the way his hand had handled her
song its first appearance on the
_ ~Hit-Parade.~ Charming and possessed of delightful husky voice,
Miss Carlisle impressed a much
with the telling of her story as
with her song.

The noted: song-stylist recently
returned to New York from a series
of persona] appearalices. She lives
with her aunt, Mrs. Holton, at
Harlem~s Hotel Theresa, whois her
-constant companion..

lysterious |?

Death Of Popular iin: After!
| By Policemen Stirs Harlem's Ire

The Talk of Froadway!

Canada Lee,
above with Paul Stewart, a white actor, in the climax scene from the play of the year, ~Native Son.~

shown

Dalton has been

Stewart, at left, a reporter, has forced a confession
from Bigger that the body of the murdered Mary

burned in the furnace.~(A.N.P.)

Virginia Governo r Speaker
On ~Wings~Program Sunday

Will Accept New Building For

Virginia Union University

RICHMOND, 'Va.~(SNS)~ Governor, James H. Price of Virggnia
will-accept for the Virginia Union
Universtiy in Richmond, the Belgian Pavilion which formerly stood
at: the New. York World~s ~ Fair,
when he is heard as guest speaker

on Columbia network~s program,:
~Wings Over Jordan,~ Sunday,
27. to

April (WABC-CBS, 9:30

was then made available - that
Paige had been charged with felonious assault

Report of the medical examiner
on the results of his autopsy has
not yet been made but is' expected
early next week.

| World~s Fair

Virginia Union
| Goris says:

10:00 a.:m. EDST).

Governor Price speaks from the
studios of WRVA, Richmond, while
the 35-voice ~Wings Over Jordan~
choir, directed ~by Worth Kramer,
is to be heard: in a program o
spirituals from WGAR, Cleveland.
~The Belgian Pavilion building,
which is. being re-erected at the
nationally-known Negro educati0orga] center, is being presented to the
University by, the Belgian -zovernment through Dr. J. A. Gotis,
Deputy Commissioner-General for Belgium,

In dedicating the building ta
University, Dr.

RATING THE RECORDS

By FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS ~

JUMPING KANSAS
CITY STYLE

To one who merely likes a reeord
or doesn~t, this matter of style can
be very confusing. But to the informed listener, the names New
Orleans, Dixieland, Chicago, etc..
refer to definite ways of. playing
jazz, This week Decca, currently
setting a pace other. companies
haven't equalled, releases an album
called ~Kansas City Jazz~, which
features ithe strongly stressed tcourbeat rhythm, riffs and powerful
technique associated; with hot music of that area.

Titles and units are
Pete JoRnson~s band,
BROWN BLUFS, Joe Turner and
His Fly Cats; BABY DEAR and
HARMONY BLUES, Mary Lou Willi ~and her K. C. Seven; THE
~CUNT and 12TH STREET RAG,
Andy Kirk; SCUTH and LAFAYETTE; Oran ~Hot Lips~ ~Page and
band; GOOD MORNING BLUES
fand: DOGGIN~ AROUND, Coun:

627 STOMP,
and PINEY

Basie; MOTEN~S SWING and 1,:~
ANT A LITYLE GIRL: Eddie
Durham's band. | All | except the

Basie pair were waxed especially
for this album.

Decca has produced some fine altums within thé past year, but,this
tops them all. The artists come out
swinging from the first note and
keep it up for all 12~sides. ~Seldom
has Kirk sounded better on wax
and Page does a fine job of) imitating the old Bennie Moten band. Bui
the real sender is Pete Johnson's
blues piano on the~ powerful ~627
Stomp~ and behind Joe Turner~s
vocal, It this collection won't satisfy you, then. fgrget all about hos
jazz.

Hazel Scott adds to her disciples
in another album of three records,
also put out by Decca, called
~Swinging the Classics.~ Accompained by drums, this _ brilliant
pianist plays RITUAL FIRE
DANCE and TWO PART. INVENTION IN A MINOR; PRELUDE
IN. C.SHARP MINOR sand
COUNTRY GARDENS; HUN
GARIAN RHAPSODY NO..2 IN ~

SHARP MINOR and VALSE IN D
FLAT MAJOR, CPUS 64, NO, 1.

No need of going into the matter
of whether the classics should be
jazzed since that~s a matter of personal preference. The point is,
Miss Scott knows her way across
a keyboard ana has rhythm in her
fingers. She hever violates the
rules cf good taste in this coilection and stays cJose to the original
melody:.In other words, the gales
goes to town~but definitely,

~

SINGLE PLATTERS

Honoring Harry Lim, the young
swing Critic from Asia, Barnev
Bigard leads an Ellington unit

through LAMENT FOR JAVANETTE on Biuebrid. The title is
perfect: the tune is slow,. exotic
and filled with many minors.
Coupled is READY EDDY, also
slow. but scmewhat on the pretty
sice, Barney~s low register clarinet
on the first is especially effective.
When Bing Crosby wants tc
jive, he~s hard to beat. Along with
Connie Boswell and Brother Bob~s
cats, they get in the groove for the
hepcats on the Decca of YES IN~DEED with Muggsy Spanier~s corner burning up. Flipover is
FOR TWO, in calmer vein. We can
stand more dists like this,

Selling rhythm by the bushel,
Lionel Hampton hops on the Vic
tor of FIDDLE DEE DEE featur- |

ing his hot violinist. The jitbugs
will like this. Companion piece jis
-BOUNCING AT THE BEACON in
which Licne] changes to two-linger
Piano over partly boogie woogie
rhythm, Flashy stwf.. Bob Crosby~s full band is
groove this week with Pianist Jess |;

Stacy featured. ou BURNIN~ THE.|
CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS and)
THE MARK HOP, Decca, His key- |

board sizzles ang Muggsy is heard
again. The last iS jitbug stuff

Artie Shaw has i well constructed
version of I COVER THE WATERFRONT on Victor that doesn~t particularly enthuse me. Coupled is

ent use, a different meaning than
that for which it stood at the
|World~s | Fair, it is a onderful
| thing for Belgians to know that

~Although it may have a differ
Our. building is being reerected in @
free country by people who believe
also in the basic ~ truths _~
guide our lives.

~Tt will tell the people of Amer-, tea that Belgium; although invaded
| py a group whose sole object si to
'crush the spirit of our neople, t9
~annihilate their belief in what
they have always stood for thru
the ages, is not dead, that it has
not surrendered its soul.~

Cooper To Form
His Own Motion
Picture Concern

Ralph Cooper, star of stage, screen
and many nite clubs from coast to

coast, is here for the purpose of
o'ganizing Sepia Artists United,
Tne., an all-Negro film corpora
| the symptoms,

Maynor

Evening

NEW YORK CITY. ~ (SNS} ~ Dorothy Maynor, the
brilliant Negro soprano, appears. as guest sqloist on the
Ford Sunday Evening Hout over the Columbia network on
important event of the program~s

Sunday, April 27~an
1940-41 séason (WABC- CBS,

Accompanied by the orchestra,
Miss Maynor is _ first heard in
~Stornellata Marinara~ by Cimara, followed by ~Pourquoi ~dans
les Grands, Bois~ from ~Lakme~
by Delibes, and ~The Lass with
the Delicate Air~ by Arne. Two
Negro spirituals, ~Swing Low,
Sweet. Chari-t~ and ~Roll Jordan,

Roll,~ complete Miss Maynor~s
prceeram.
Fritz Reiner conducts the

orchestra and chorus in Overtur2
to ~Masaniello~ by Auber; Opening Chorus from ~The Bartered

' Soloist

~Treasurer Waltz~

ae ese ~

Hour

9:00. to 10:60 PM, EDST).

Bride~ by Smetana; ~Bal!
Scene~ by Hellmesberger~
~Princess Sweets~ and ~The
Lazy Dog~s Folka~ frcem ~Fools
Paradise~ by Riisager, and
from ~The
Gypsy Barcn~ by J. Strauss.

In the finale, soloist, audience, |
chorus and orehestra join in the

hymn, ~For All the Saints who
from Théir. Labors Rest~, by
Barnby.

Wi ds Calseron speaks during
the intermission on a topic cf
current interest.~

Fiu Causes Cab To.
Break Long Tradition

NEW YORK CITY~(S N Ss)
In all the years that Cab Cailoway
@nd his orchestra have been entertaining the nation. via notel and.
cafe engagements, radio dates,
Stage and ballroom appearances, he
has always prided himself on two
self-imposed résoJutions; namely,

that he will aiways give his best |

regardless of where he-is playing.

never be late or
ance.

The inevitable,~ after sixteen
years, occurred last week in Detroit
where Cab was scheduled to appear
with his band at the Eastwood
Gardens, swank dining and dancing spot. Feeling Lassitudenous
and feverish, Cab visited a doctor
before the. engagement. The medicoadvised him that he had _ the
usual wintry ailment, the flu, and
suggested that, he cancel his performance. This Cab refused to do.
He went threugh his usual stellar
job of conducting and singing but
between dance sessions he had ta

miss a perform
~ have medical aid,

The dance job was completed at
3 a.m, and Cab called his doctor
in New York, who, after hearing
told him to get on
the first train and return home. A

booking had Cab and his Orchestra

4

tion,

Having wound up his obligations
tc Supreme Pictures, for which
company he made several feature
length pictures during the past
vear, Mr. Cooper revealed his plans
With more than just a spark of
enthusiasm. Through his attorney,
Joseph Pinckney, papers of incorporation are expected to be fill
Choir To Broadcast Twice

TEA |

in a socking' |

|

py! R: Nathaniel Dett, idternationally: i E, ceapebesee under

whage direction. the Bennett College choir is to broadcast twice over
_ different networks next week. They are to be heard on the Mutual, Broudcasting System from 4:30 to 5 EDST Sunday, April 27 and

| naa

the Columbia network Monday, April 28 from 4 to 4:15 EDST.

MARINELLA, a strongly rhythmic. The broadcasts are to be made while the choir, ig.on its current

rumba.

| New England tour.

_ eee ~ pes

| and several Cctton

* son, Indiana theatre.

| acts proceeding to the date and fulThe other resolution is that he will |
| ecurse, the Kiing of Hi De Ho.
| Cab, in the meantime, accompanied
| by a nurse and his valet, returned
| to New York where he was met by

| the Columbia Broadcasting~

~Come a long way from being

Club acts
scheduled to avpear at an Ander
Despite his avowal never to miss
a show, Cab~s ifiness and his future health necessitated. his having
tc return to New York, A phone
call to the Indiana theatre. manager resulted in the band and the

filling the engagements, sans, of
his manager. who rushed him to
his Westchester ~residence.. Three days in bed, plus the

necessary medication, had Cab on {|

his weet. again and on Thursday a
left for Fort Wayne, ~Indiana; 2
fulfill~ a four-day theatre~ ps san
ment and the resumption of his
tour.

Of the two vows he took ~When
he first entered show business, only
one remains intact~that of never
failing to give his best to his
audience, This, Cab stubbonly in
sists, will never be broken.

- Dorothy Maynor, the brilliant ~denpitallal who is making hee second appearance ~as guest soloist Sunday, April 27 on the Ford Sun-.
day Evening Hour heard over the CBS network from 9 until 10

o~clock, Eastern Daylight Saving Time.

aie

NEWS OF
THEATRE

Robeson

Concert

Draws Much Fire

form, the
line

WASHINGTON, D. C-~ (ANP) ~True ie
Paul: - ~Robeson:. concert, schedule i a.

arena: on~April ~ 125, ~Has be

ine ra: 4; Z
isn~t taken to cap the ~spouting Voleanes of gas,
| works will result.

First scheduted for Constitution hall, the coscert, then under
the sponsorship of a group seeking to aid China, was chairmaned
by Mrs. Gifford Pinchct, wife ~of
the former governor of Pennsyl
_FOOTLITE

FLICKERS

By. ALVIN MOSES

NEW YORK~(A N. P)~TWO
SUNDAYS AGO, Canada _ Lee,
Georgette~ Harvey and Edna Mae
Harris, thrilled radio listeners with
their presentation of ~A Start in
Life,~ a Free Company drama, of
company:.... Later in the day, we joined happy paraders (Easter): along.
-...-The Gay Black Way....and
felt glad as we watched toil-weary
brown brothers and sisters, freed
for a day from the dust and grime
of kitchens and mill shops; display
new clothes on their way to and
from church
THOUGHT AS WE STROLLED,
YHow brave these people are,
surely such (courage and faith in
tHe face of unfair barriers that
hem, them in, bespeaks a. new day
for them in the not too distant
future~~....At DICK WHEATON~S
SIN DEN, we pause to chat with
(?)....~Of course, Al, you
tuned in on Free Company's drama
didn~t youl?~__..we answered yes:
~That chap, Canada Lee, hat

a
| pitzifighter and WPA Federa!
theater actor at $24 a week, to fat

radio contracts and neg per witir

~Native Son~, eh????"....we nod
ed our head in approval....~Didn~t
you think his performance todas
was sort of... CNCLE TOMISH??*. and don~t you think Negro
actors should refuse to accept csgrading roles???_._..we want you
to write something about it this
Week;....We promised to do 50
and we~re keeping our promise:
Gentlemen, we thought Lec and
his supporting cast superb: act the

least~ bit Uncle Tomish to the con- |'

trary....We -thtoughb ~he ~ theme
ideally. written for the purpose of
igeial recognition an4. civil liber
~~s

Jed this week. Coope ris associated

in this new venture with Pigment
Markham and John Jenkins, and
Will probably be president of the

company.

Plans call for the. shooting of.
comedies and snort subjects in the.
East where there is an abundance
of such talent, and feature lengtn
pictures: on the west coast where
facilities and other considerations |
are said to be more favorable.,

ties-we have fought for in various
Negro journais since we.were-. 20
years old (and that~s cios2 to 20
years ago); vy do feel
NEGRO ACTORS SHOULD
FUSE TO CONTINUE TO PLAY
THE PART OP COURT JESTERS
and BUFFOONS, AS THEY WERE
FORCED TO, around the turn oft -
the century, S.i':, that can only be
achieved when....WL AMERICAN
NEGROES ESTABLISH, ANDI
SUPPORT,...itxiu2.0 DRAMATIC
~THEATRES thro.izina tt the nativn,
paying our brilliant actors like Lée,
Robeson, Mercedes Gilbert, Georgette Harvey, Hattie McDaniels,
Louife Beavers, Fredi Washing-.
ton, Rex Ingram, Bill Robinson,
Dorothy Dandridge (latest, ard
most beautiful of our movie performers), et al__..livable wages and
respect other races accord their
immortals of the theatre.

UP, UP, HARLEM
MINUTE MEN!:

SHE HAS BLONDE HAIR, the
_color of Jean Harlow~s ~ when she
~was alive, her figure is Willowy 45
well as curvacious, 100 out of 1~~
white Americans, will claim her as
one of their own; she~s a ~Griff~
and proud of her Negro blood:....
For years we've known her, worked with her in the interests of Negro rights and like WALTER
WHITE, her aid to us as a group
has been invaluable for the reason
that her job ($25 weekly) with a
great American corporation might
be forfeited if this piece happened
to fall into. the right hands suppos?
we call her..GWENDOLYN CRUSADE.
Last Friday, out of the night ~air,
we heard a musical sort of voice
cal ~Oh, Al,~....turning, we clasped the outshot hand of this creation of loveliness: Quiekiy, she
came to the point: ~Drop into
Gene~s Brass Rail with me for 1
cocktail, I have something to show
you that I'desire you to ait in.your
column, and f mein REALLY HIT
IT*... Prom a snappy fooking
purse she brought it out..a mitichhandled, well printed card ~thas
caused vnr eyes to winder. until
they seemed ready to pop out..ft
read:....~WH ARE ADVISING
WHITE WOMEN TO EITHER.

STAY OUT OF HARLEM OR|

that,
' RE
mars? fire
vania. |. nee

Mrs. Pinchot issued statements
concerning the denial of the use
of Constitution hall and was bitter in her pr onouncement against
the DAR.

New Mrs. Pinchot resigns the,
chairmanship and retires as spon~sor, which she says is adso being

done by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
and a host of others because,
the concert is a joint benefit,

with the Nationa] Negro congress
purporting to share in the general proceeds,

Giving as héy reason the dual
benefit, one for aid to China to
buy medical supplies and_ the
other, ~Jobs for Negroes,~ Mrs.
Pinchot says that the two ~are so
far apart there is no connection
between the two and the benefit
should ~be for,either one or the
other, and not the two organizations.

Criticism is alsc being levelled
at. the National Negro congress
for participating in the ecncert in
Uline arena, declaring that by
sanctioning the concert in such a
place, the Congress is inconsistent in supporting an institution
which permits a vicious jim-crow

| nations.

~rule to govern its maintenance.

'- While other. units, endeavoring
to put a civil rights bill in the
| district, are fighting all organi
zations which ban Negroes espec-.
ially public places, the National
Negro congress, by accepting this
cor.cert,~ apparently condones thejim-crow fcr its own benefit,
while letting out a howl on other
oceasién against sueh d'serimiThe heads of several
well known crganizations. afe
loudly decrying the acticn of tlie
congress in this instance and are
demanding that it ~withdraw entirely from the picture.

However, on Tuesday, following Mrs. Pinchot~s withdrawal
from the committee an ad ap
peared in a local daily which
stated that the entire | proceeds
cf the concert would. go without

deductiotis to the China oid Council of New York City to purchase
medical supplies for China. ~ ~

BEAR THESE FACTS IN~ MIND,
|... YOU ARE SUBJECT oom.THE VICTIM. OF BESTIAL NE
GRO WHITE SLAVERS....~
VALU. ARE- UNSAFE,.<..

AND EVEN SUCH VIOLENCE AS
PERMANENT INJURY OR RAPE
MAY BE YOUR LOT. P.S.~Re-.
turn this card before

125th Street.~ Watching her