Brownsville Weekly News

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' ~Jazz, Me~

SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1941

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FLINT BROWNSVILLE NEWS FLINT... MICHIGAN __

ST. LOUIS, Mo.~Ethel Waters, who continues to give a superb

performance as Petunia in

Swartz, dramatic actress of St.

Ethel Waters In St. Louis

~Cabin in the Sky,~ smiled happily as
she received flowers from, and chatted with an old friend,
Louis, when the show played the
American Theatre. Miss Waters is now showing in 1 Chicago where
~Cabin in the Sky~ has a four weeks~ run.

Lou

UNA Mae Carlisle

Planning

g By TED YAfES

NEW YORK~Claiming that an
article in a: newspaper, plus re.
marks which are injurious to her
character, along with his repeated
~xpressions that he wrote the No.
1 song: hit ~Walking by the P,iver~
which she wrote the music and has
recorded ~exclusively, for Victor
(Blvebird) records, Una Mae Carlisle, composer and song stylist,
represented by her manager, Barney Young, of 1619 Broadway in
this city, hinted that she would
file damages - totaling $10,000
against ~Stuff~ Smith, popular
swing ork leader. ~

Charles~*Witmark at BMI | showed

To Sue

a TYP reporter enough proof to
indicate that the~ 52nd Street band
favorite had no legal rights to the
title. Mr. Young said ~It~s merely
a. case of professional jealousy.~
Miss Carlisle ang ~Stuff~ Smith
collaborated on one of the singer~s
recent recordings, ~I See a Million

| Which,

People But All I Can See Is You~,
if you can read and speak
the English language is something
else again.

And, considering ~Stuff~ Smith~s

desire to ~cash in~ on the publici_
ty (if. not the actual cash); we

think he~s walkin~ by the. river~
this time, alone.

[RATING THE RECORDS

By FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS

Satins Out
Full Program ~
For Draftees

NEW YORK CITY ~ ~ANP) ~
Noble Sissle, president of the Neero Actors Guild, and Bill Robin:
son, ate two of the distinguished
committee of 19 prominent personalities of the stage, motion pic:
tures and radio serving on the
committee on theatrical entertain-.
ment of the Citizens Committee
for thé Army and = Navy, -Inc.
which will provide an_ elaborate
program ~cf in-camp theatrical entertainment for men serving 2n
army camps and naval bases, it
was announced Wednesday.

~Jinton Freedley, the Broadway
producer, will cuperVise the program which was developed in con:
sultation with Robert E. Sherwood
a.the Joint Committee: of tne
Army and Navy on Recreatien and
Welfare cf which Frederick Osborn
is thairman.

In-camp theatrical entertainment is but one of the activities
planned by the Citizens Committee for the Army and Navy, Inc.,
as part of its continuous program
of eocperation with morale brancn
of the general staff of the United
States army and the division cf
recreation and welfare of the bureau cf navigation of the Navy
Department.

Headed by ~fhemas J.~ Watson of
New York, the citizens committye; has been officially designated by
the war and navy departinents as
the national organization to receive. coordinate and = supervise
offers by~ the citizens of the nation of entertainment and such
other services and materials as the
army and the navy may care lo
accept for use in army camps and

Virginia Theatre
Is Named After
Robert R. Moton

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.,~-(ANP)
~The newest theater in Lichtman
chain of movie houses was opened
here May 10, and has been named

DUKSEY BROTHERS REVIVAL

SOMH YEARS AGO, when the
Dorsey brothers were getting along
sufficiently well to have an orchestra together, they recorded
Many tunes that today are ranked
highly. Columbia has co.lecved
eight sides and reissued them in
an album. Titles are PRAYIN~
~THE BLUES, featuring Jimmy~s
clarinet, and OODLES OF
NOODLES, starring his alto sax;
ANYTHING and JALZ ME
BLUES: I'M GETTING~ ~SENTIMENTAL CVER YOU and BY
HECK; SHIM: SHAM SHIMMY
and MOOD HOLLYWOOD.

~Pyayin~ has scme of Jimmy~s
finest. clarinet ever waxed and is
2 real. shc nuff blues~ His alto 1s
fancy on the other side, with the
slower part of ~Noodles~ the in-.
spitation for his theme song, ~ConBoth brothers solo on the
slow and moody ~Anything~ and
which, incidentally.
finds them playing with the
Original Memphis Five.. Tommy
naturally stars on ~Sentimental.~
~The faster numbers have nice
bounce. but they all sound a bit
dated, Still, it~s good jaz~ and the
album has real interest for the
eollegtor.

- SINGLE STUFF

~Easily the best platter ye; made
by Erskine Butterfield~ard that
includes his version -of ~Tuxedo
Junction~ which I liked over
Erskine Hawkins~ ~is his new
Decca of MONDAY~S WASH and
BLACKBERRY JAM. The first is
@ blues with an easy hop, fine
trumpet and -economical piano
while the second ~has mere boogie
wOdgie bounce and sharp ~ piano,
with a few Pine Top phrases. The
small.ensemble hits hard~ - On
Gene Krupa~s Okeh of FOOL 4M
T and SLOW DOWN, Anits. 0~
is on a Billie Holiday singing jag
and dishes up a mess of _ hot
thrushing. The tand itself is plenty torrid on eth sides.

With virtually the same small

~ unit he heads now except. that J.

C. Heard is not on drums, Teddy
Wilson renders OH BE GOOD on
Columbia with the boys riding
easily and evervbody taking corka solos highlighted by 32 bars of
_ th leater~s Steinwav. The coupling,
BUT NOT FOR ME. with Helen
Ward singing. is not for me.:
~The Aridrews Sisters boil on Dec
~ ch~s~ ATR ORA, & Spanish flavor
ed tune that~s not extraordinhary.

__ apd MUSIC MAKERS. But they~ve

madé better dices.:: Spivak is in the grooveon MOVE

TWO
{ London-Paris tearjerkers
~ tently played,

OVER, Okeh, with a very good
trombone. Flinover is A TALE OF

CITIFS, ancther. of. those
cecmpe
ytion with @ man listed by

Jimmie Lunceford returns to the
Decca label with that heady, foot
movin~ rhythm in TWENTY FOUR
ROBBERS. Dig that touch vocal)
by. Jimmy Young ana the preSistent beat throughout. Companion tune is I HAD A_ PRE
{ MONTION, a typical slo w,
remantic, mellow knockout with
Dan Grissom warbling..Harry

James, who has suddenly discovered taat violins can be used in an
orchestra, gives the strings a
break in. FOR WANT OF A STAR
and BRAGGING; DOLORES and

WALKIN~ BY THE RIVER, all
commercial stuff on Columbia:
~Braggin~ is easily the hottest ef

the lot and it~s constructed~ for
real rug cuttin~. Count Basie~s
Okeh of WIGGIE WOOGIE finds
considerable K Cc. jump and
rythm with Tab. Smith's alto
sounding swell. Coupled is JUMP

THE BLUES AWAY, nct nearly
up to his best efforts. -
Another reissue. of extraordi
nary interest pairs Duke Ellington~s
CREOLE LOVE CALL and. ST.
LOUIS BLUES on a 12 inch Columbia,. Made several vears ago, it
shows the Duke~s band at its best
in its ~golden era.~ Bing. Crosby
sings on ~Blues~, and while actually one of the best of how singers
when he wishes,~ falls down here
because he is tco proper and
doesn~t slur his words enough for
a real blues rendition.

However, there~s plenty of top
flight - jazz on this. Jimmy
Dorsey has another first rate cOmmercia] Decca pairing THE
THINGS I LOVE with ONCE AND
FOR ALL. Clarinet is featured on
the first-and alto on the second.. RAYMOND SCOTT also had a
lovely version of THE THINGS I
LOVE paired with I UNDERSTAND, and this Columbia ~ will
satisfv lovers of Smooth, soothing
manic.

Blind Man~ Ss Lip
Is Bitten Off

ATLANTA, Ga.~(SNS)~

man, of 230~ Dunlap Street was
~minus a portion of his lower lip
Sunday, the result of an altercapolice
as Frank Peters of the same address.

Another man listed as Kelly Williams, 52,. of rear-538 Boulevard,
suffered two stab wounds of the
left hand when he tried to sepatate The blind man and Peters, acfeording to investigating pale e..

men,

John Collier, 52 year old blind

in honor of the late Dr. Robert
R. Moton, Tuskegee Institute president, as a tribute to his work not
only in this area, where fcr many
yeas he served as commandant
and dean of men at Hampton Institute, but over the nation, toward the betterment of his race.

The Moton theatre bas. been described as the most beautiful motien picture house on the entire

naval reservations at the discretion |

err oi ich Se ate

=

abea: te ~Bhewie

Returning To Concert Stage

Pat Sa
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Praised by leading musical critics as a ~singer of true operatic

traditions, with the temperament and parsonality of the grand school,~

Catherine Jartoro (above) is preparing to return to the American
concert stage with all, the beamty and charm of voice and person which
won her the hearts of Europe and made her the foremost colored operatic soprano in the world. A concert tour is now being mapped which
will carry her to the principal cities throughout this country.

Tidewater, Virginia, peninsula.

TWO STUDENTS
DROWN

JACKSON, Miss.~(ANP)~A. D.
Moody. 17. and Richarg Fauikner,
16, students at Piney Woods school
were drowned in a smail lake |
near there Thursday nuorning
while swimming with some othe
boys The victims were apparently
stricken with ~ cramps and i
other students were upable
rescue the drowning boys.

trictly forbidden

RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY BY ~{|~P_ NEWS SYNDICATE. Reproduction in part

performance ip ridiculed right
out on the stage by others in the
show with her, and continuously
mocked at as the show went on
until it had completed its sevenday run._..Una Mae Carlisle, whc
seemingly is the victim of profes.
sional jealously, winded up her
week~s engagement at Harlem?y
Apollo Theatre ~on Or es Press
Comments Bore This Out: Said

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE:
Duke Ellington~s crk topped SEthe!}
Waters~ ~Cabin in the Sky~ recently in St, Louis, which by the
way, should shed light on the chat-'
'ter that~s been going the rounds
ithat ~The Duke~ will soon step out
iin a newer, better role....airing
from a N. Y. hotel is as good a
guess (?) as any....After being the

Subject of many personal puns, S

which she took like a good little Variety, 8 ee eae

' Soldier. aenored at~ the \wery first and pianist, sw i
oe + _.| straight,;warbling and swingeroe

Rated Top

wines PORE ETE oan titty ae f

Combination

~ NEW YORK~(TYP)~Jimmie Lunceford (pletured) bets with his
manager, Hareld Oxley, the latter also a former orchestra leader, are
repeated ta by ene of the best musical heads in the bind buciiess. To
~| heir ~Tea Yates, our New York correspondent, tell it~~They're Tops!~ ~

type of singing with equal ~ skill
Una Mae Carlisle is also deft at the
ivories for her own accompaniment
being tastefully garbed and
perfectly at ease. Plenty okay for
night clubs and stage work.~ Your
New York Correspondent told read.
ers a fortnight ago that, ~..there~s
no need saying Una may and Una
May may not plegse a jitterbuggerized audience such as ~ Harlem~s
Apollo. A gal as talented as she~
is just plumb hotagious!~~ Yes!
She~s the grandest darling in Show
Biz. The fact that her hit; tune
(~Walkin by the River~) was ~sé.

(Seattle) students as one of the
six ~of their favorite campus re.
cordings emphasizes the fact.

THERE~S PUH-LENTY ACTION
HITHER ~N~ YON: The Four Ink
Spots who whammed in ~The
Great American Broadcast~ are
touring southern key cities.. Lovely
Ruth Stallworth, of Birmingham.
is the column~s choice to cop in
the ~Miss Brown Belle~ c@ntes:
that has many~s the Southern ~pretty ~all het up~....Best Fashion
Show Ever: The recent Marva
Trotter Louis affair staged by the
Almsterflam NewsiStar. A Hand.
shake tg all responsible for its
success....Best Diverison in Town:
A zingside table at- Bill (Bojangles)
Robinson~s: - Mimc ~ Club.. with
Claudia.) McNeil warbling: Porter
Granger~s tune (the hit of ~ this
fast ~n~ furious revuesical stagéd ~by
Clarenice Robinscn): ~Down ~By An
OP~ Southern~ River. 7 ~And how
about that???. -..: Nell (ANP)
Dodson recently became Barnet,
but, her boss (Claude ~
won~t know it until he reads ~it

oF Eade Seg ps

a a

NEWS OF THE

lected by University of Washington |

~Her Return To

Concert Stage.

NEW YORK ~~(SNS)~ What
Adolph Hitler is apparently seekiig~the conquest of Europe~Catefina Jarboro, celebrated operatic
scprano, has done béfore him: Instead of the dive bombers, heavy
tanks and miiiions of troops with
which the Nazi leader is attempt.
ing to subdwe an entire continent,
Miss Jarboro employed only
beautiful voice nature conferred
up6n her~but her conquest ~~ was
mee far reaching than Hitler~s has
yet become:

The fameg diva, whose historyraking~ career was high-spotted in
this city when she sang ~Aida~ be:
fore an acclaiming throng of the
metropolitan elite, has been resting |
quietly in her Connecticut ~home |
since her return to the United
States little over a yeat ago from
France where she worked with the
French Red Cross from the outset
of the war.

But that artistry which made her
the darling of the continent and
some of Europe~s foremost musical
evokeg thie highest praises from
critics, is not to remain asleep.
Plaps are now in the making for

@ concert tour covering a large
part of the United States.

The tour, the itinerary~ of
whieh is not yet completed, but

which is expected to include most

of the principal towns and cities~

of the country;: will be the first
since ~her ~return. Other than such
appearances as her Bethune-Cookman College benefit recital and her
White House: performance, by request, last year, Miss Jarboro has
remained inactive, resting.

Miss Jarboro, who studied in
Europe, returneg abroad in 1934 }
and soared across continental musi
cal skies like a. meteor, The ebial

slovakia Austria, Frances, =e |
the Netherlands and Belgium
heard and acelaimed ~ her.. In
Northern Africa, where the war
guns now thunder, the rich tones
of her voice were once the prelude
to the mere pleasing of enthusiastic audiences.

Her performances im ~Aida,~
~The Queen of Sheba,~ ~La Tosca,~
and ~L~Africana~ repeatedly called
forth the resounding approval of
highest ~placed musical ~authorities.

At her debut in Brusels, Belgium.
she had as her guests Helen Stark
of Chicago and California, arid
Emory Bonner, ~both ~famed in the
musical world, In Paris;:she- ap.
peared at the Opera Comique with
Albert Wolf, former conductor of
the Metropolitan Opera, and Giovanni Martinelli, world famous
tenor, on the same program.. Ancidentally, Miss Jarboro, liv.
ing in the. same hotel, acted as interpreter for Martinelli during his
stay the latter knowing no French.

In Monte Carlo she sang a special
performance of ~Aida~ for the
Prince of Monaca, appearing at
the opera house there jyst a week
before Lily Pons, and in Riga,
Latvia, her initial appearance was
so well received she was forced to
return there for a performance
twice~ each year until she left
Europe.

ins and Band with vocalists Jimmy Mitchell and Ida James to play
tthe June German Festival] at
Rocky Mount, N. C., on June 16.
A Prediction: The St. Louis
Cardinals in the National, and the
New York Yankees in the American League for the 1941 baseball
titles, respectively. The Cards win.
ning over the Yankees in the Au.
tumn Classic... - Winsome Cora
Brothers, manicurist at the swank
Esjuire Barber Shop, died suddenly on Tuesday last..Ralph Cooper
and bandleader Lucky Millinder
-hag a verbal clash at Minton~s nitery~ where erstwhile bandleader
Teddy Hill is managr and em-cee.
In the midst of all the excitement
Gif it can: be termed as such)
swelegant, elegant Lucius Lucky
lost his voice. The boys are asking
the Avenue, in~ all seriousness
what is thé "definition of ~ ~a
Jerk~ (?)... Tillie; famous of Tillie~s~ Chicken Shack, is now located
at Ross Haymes~ Bird Cage. ~*~ ~
Wedding Sells: Dorothy Dean,
~of Detroit to
Bronxdale, N.. Y.~s Harlem.

unit.
ment!!..~.1f.Its Any News to You:
All associated with the - Nationai
Organization of Negro Youth isn~t

anymére....thanks to Bill. Robin.
soh~s campaign. =~

the |

| week. It~s too bad,

| the discriminaticn issue

Rosede ~Yates of |;

tain city.

Charming Etta Moten, internationally known concert artist, thrilled
hundreds who packed the City Auditorium at Denver, Colorado, last
week and later entertained at the army camp located near the moun.

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Kirby's Band To.

Cafe Monte. Carlo

Gy NELL DODSON
NEW "YORK~ (ANP) ~ John

very swank Fefe~s Mente Carlo
downtown after their engagement
at Cafe Society -uptown. The
Mento Carlo caters only to: Manhattan~s social registerites, _and
ranks along with El Morocco and
the Stork Club as the most ultra
of ultra. It~s a great break for
the deserving Kirby crew.

Then there~s a $25,00 motion
picture contract for the boys and
extended radio ~work: Winnie
Johnsen, Stepin ~Fetchit~s ex-frav
may take the vocal assignment
with Kirby on the Monte Carlo
job, but this isn~t definite yet.
ANP ran an interview with
Jimmie Peck, the former Loyalist
flying ace, a few weeks age, and
bless me if PM, New York daily.
didn~t follow up with a stcry last
incidentally,
that more of the ANP papers
didn~t carry the story, on PM
sent them for release last month.
This paper is raising hades on
in ~the
defense program, devoting nine
pages to it last week.

There were interviews with Negro boys who had been refused
technician jobs in spite of being
expertly trained, arid a list of

to hire colored workers. PM, accused bY some of being Communistically inclined, should be
clear of the charge by now since
the Communist Daily Worker has
blasted the pants off ~em!
6,900 IN FORT DIX

Fort Dix, over in New Jersey,
new has 6,900 men in camp, making it necessary to shift qa large
number to other camps in order
te provide space ~for newcomers.
Margie Gibson the four foot
eleven gal arranger, has _ signed
te do three for Paul Whiteman.
Besides being almost a permanent on Benny Goodman~s arranging staff, she~s; done work
for Harry James, Tony Pastor
Abe Lyman and Count Basie. The
last one she tock to a certain
colored band Soa so tough the

234 To Graduate
F rom. Hampton

HAMPTON INST., Va~ (SNS)

A z
-tmost recent nuptial!....\Estrellita | 5
and Apus are now touring with Bill
Robinson~s There~s entertain.,

be held at? clock Tuesday after.
noon, May 27. ~

"206 dtamigheh abbdeghe afe cual:

dates for degrees~ ahd diplomas,

Kirby~s band is scheduled for the

the: aviation plants who refused~;

boys couldn~e shaw it. After lis- |

tening to his darlings murder the

arrangement, the leader turned ~

disgustedly to Margie and groan- e~
these cats can~t.

ed: ~Aw hell,
even play this stuff "

Fletcher Henderson. went on |

tour with a 12-year contract with
the Roseland Ballroom in his
pocket.... Burnham,. Harris and
Scott are~ in their 21st week at
Rines white nitery here. They
change the act every week. Lordy
if only some of these other teams
would only change: even once-a
year!...Flash and Dash, and
Walker and Walker, the hubbywife dance duo. go tc upstate
resort sports, May 30. [es
HARLEM~S SLUMBER HOUR.
Harlem never really sleeps but

4:30 to 5:30 a. m-. are the quiet- |

est houns of the 24. The night
spots close at 4:00; by 4:30 the
after hour clugs like Monroe~s
Uptewn house, Johnny Dancer's,
the Stroller~s and the Turf club
have swallowed the dawn patrol
crowd, windows of ' apartment
houses are dark and there~s the
lethargic hush that falls over
every big city between the hours
of semi-darkness and dayn.
Harlemites are a restless group
probably because this is a ccmmunity of furnished room Iivers.
Fifty percent of them either room

or have roomers; high rents make ~

it: a necessity. The average Harlem worker gets off his jcb in

the evening, dashes for the news.

stand where he puts two cents
down for his Daily -News, and
then sprints for the subway: or
_bus line from where he is jolted

to his destination. If he has et0k~ ~
ing privileges, he~ll go home and~
try to get the community kitchen -

before the stampede starts. Otherwise. he~ll stop at a restaurant
or hash joint where he~ll order a
30-cent dinner that will inelude
a meat order, two vegetables,
bread and butter. If he can afford the extra nickle, he~ll add.
bottle of pepsi-cola or a cu
coffee. If it~s pay day *
splurge on a ten-cent dessert.
Then heme to listen to his. fav
| orite radio programs for an hour *

~or two, or if it~s sereeno

a nearby theatre, he'll ion ll
sardine-like crush, hop
a few dcllars. After |
his favorite bar. y he
has a favorite: bar; you oe
same people at. ~the

staggering home, around ~loging
ne or thereabouts,

of