Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 8]

SATURDAY, MAY 11,1946; F

THE FLINT SPOKESMAN

Nite Life in NewYork

By ALVIN MOSES~ ~

THE*DAWN PATROL ae

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ ~As
we. go to beat a:press deadline,
we-stop at a Fifth avenue flor
- ist to wire a bunch of. choices

orchids to Rep. Claire Luee
Booth, Connecticut, in connection: with her sincere ~crusading
in re. DAR~. Famous and grand
Tuskegee Institute, the darling
of the late Booker T.. Washington~s heart, will be represented
in ears hall the night
of (fe:s3 Mrs, Julius Y, TalSaas | es president gen?ral,
announced on April 25. Brave
~b-ave,- slowly but mest certainiy those. of us who~ take
time out to campaign endlessly
in ~these causes, are breaking
down prejudice~s iences despite
th:> devily-work of the Bilboes
and Eastlands, et al, The Tuskegoe-choir will sing that night.

Two weeks earlier, May 22,
Tuskegee~s choral group will i
right ~ here in little ole-Nev
York: where they will sing ii
the unveiling of a bust of Booker T. Washington in the Hall of
Fame (New Yovk university) to
aid cf the Negro College Fund.
Lionel. Hampton, one of the
great men of jazz music, is no
longer at New York~s popular
Aquarium Restaurant, but
Louie (Satchmo) Armstrong,
the trumpet king of swing, is
very much thére these nights,
Armstrong holds one solid hour
of jamming which ~starts promptly at midnight. We dropped in
las: week and there was a gocdly number oi colored pa:rons in
attendance in addition to persomat-friends of Louie~s.

Bill Robinson must undoubtediy be the happiest entertainer
along ~Catfish row~ as we go
to press and for the following
easons, viz: Bill was guest star
at the-Asadata Dafora exposition~of African dancés and musical numbers upon the occasion of the third annual festival

poi the African Academy of Arts
and Research. Thursday evening,
April 25, at: Caznegie hall; Mrs,
Eleaner Roosevelt appeared on
| the program as a tribute to the
~memory of the late FDR whose

about understanding between
races and nations. Then,
weil-liked Bojangles, was given
a two-page spread by. the N. Y,
Daily News (Sunday, April 28)
in addition to thé front: gage

afore menticned newspaper, reting highlights of his picturesque life from boyhood to -his
68in (thought he was 70) birthday,

cane

CANADA LEE~S pet venture,
~On *Whitman Avenue,~ the play
wii.ten by Maxine Wood,,opens
May 3; at New York~s. Cort
~theatre and my fingers will be
crossed until I match my review with those, of the critics
who
productions. Quite a bit of Lee~s
personal fortune is wrapped up
in this play. which had its premiere in Detroit; the great singer and actress Abbie Mitchell is
|in the cast in addition to Will
Geer, Ernestine Barrier, Perry
Wilson, Hilda Vaughn, Bob Simcn, Philip Clarke and ~ Conada Lee.

Billy Daniels, Singing for past
10 days at Jock~s Music room,
-138th St., and 7th Avenue, has
had the taffy-complexioned bobby-soxers swooning all over the
plac2 much after the same fashio: Frank Sinatra has the
ofay-pinks wherever he - hangs
his kelly. Wnen Herb McKinley,. colored quarter-mile.wonder (sensation of the recent
Penn relays) comes to New
York, this summer for a well
earned vacation, he will be the

as

guest of Club Haron, I was
told last night ~ McKenley, is
a native of Kingston, Jamaica.

Bill Robinson Marks 60th

Anniversary As Dancer

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~Bill
(Bonjangles)) Robihson marked
his 60th year.in show business

last week by ~just dancing~
as he predieted in a_ special
petformance at ~the Cafe Zan
zibar. He received leiters and

telegrams of congratulations at!

his residence in the Rockefeller
apartments and was honored at
various public and private frunctions throughout the day.

Matt Shelvey, national. administrative director of the Ameri-.
can Guild of Variety artisis,
presented Robinson with a gold
life-time membership card to
that organization, the first of its
kind to be presented.

Tné special performance at
the Zanzibar,- in~ which.Bill
~went to town,~ was a cavalcade;of vaudeville tracing the
life and career of Robinson. A
group of ald-time variety artists. participated, including

~Honey Production

Honey production varies from
year to year due to differences in
weather, clant growth and other
cones

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os | Street,

Maude Nugent, who introduced
~Rosie O~Grady;~ Billy Gould of
~Alexander~s Ragtime Band~ W.
C. Handy, Harland Dixon, Joe
Laurie, Jr., Mae ~Murray, John
Barton, Jeanette Dupree, Noble
Sissle ~and Cab Calloway.

social laws did much to bring |}.

the |

of the Colcrete section of the

make or break these stage,

Pete Nug
~Tapper~: Asked

New York City, N. Y.
Thirty-one year old Pete Nugent, regal and handsome is
earning the title givea him several years ago, that of America~s numeber one tapper. Dancing for seventeen years, Pete
is now a Star at th~ new and
exclusive Club Baron where he
is doing such wonderful work
each night that Leroy Prinz of

Warner Brothers has offe-ed_

him a prominent position to
teach the knowedge hé~ has acquired to less fortunate aspirants of the art.

Pete, - recently ~honorably.

ent Ears

discharged from the service

was a major attraction in Irving Beglin~s ~This is-th~ Army~
and headed the Negro sequence which Joe Louis made famous~ ~What The Best Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wea:~

Pete Nugent will be remem
bered as a part of the famous|.

and class act, P&te, Peaches
and Duke, which toured~ the
best~ houses for yeats. The
dancing master closes the Baron on the kath and opens at
the St. Louis~ Plantation Club
May 17. Thede, he will: join
~Ebony: Follies~.

BILLY ECKSTIN
NEW HARLEM

ew York~(ANP)~ Esquire~e vocal winner for 1946,
Billy Eckstine alive and kicking
cohtarary to the wishes of rumor-mongers, opened at the

Club Sudan her~ last Thurs
' day: night with a show that

boasts good dancing, high co.
medy and a beautiful line of

sons 10 pay respects to the danc-'!
er were Harry Hershfield, Bert
Ly.cll, Brock Pemberton, Lee
Shubert, Joe Howard, former
Police Commissioner Edward P.
Mulrconey, Gilda Gray; Rae

Smith,

~Bill Robinson day~ was praclaimed by Mayor O~Dwyrr eazlier in the day. Gene Buck, in
behalf of.the mayor, presenied
Robinson a plague praising his
coniribution to,.show _ business,
who expressed his appreciation
in a brief speech over a coastto-ccast NBC program.

ANOTHER. LEONARD, AYE,
DOG BITES CHILD

COLUMBUS, ~Ohio~(APNS~

James Ross, 7, of ~50-N. 18th
reported May 3 that a
bour. 1] a, m. he was} walkin,
in the alley in the rear = 110
Leonard Ayenue, and was biti
ten by a dog owned by Hens}
Hines of this addess, iHe was
treated in Children's Hospital
for a left leg wound, ~and the
owner was notified to keep the
dog penned up.

Among the outstanding per-.

Samvels, Lena Horne and, Tom|ly ~~Prisoner of Love,~~

EATWELL LUNCH {
ENTERED, ae

Max German reporter to po}
lice that on the, e ng of May
5, the Eatwell Lunch, 1222 Mt,
Vernon Avenue, was entered
and wine, in 1-2 gallons and
fifths, valued at $40 were stolen, The looter is gaid to have
taken the wine from the front
window, by breaking the glass.

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chorines.

It's a Frank Lezama presentation.

The Echstine, known from
coast-to-coast, was kiven to
those numbers. which have
catapult~d him to the fore
front of show business, name
~Jelly~

and ~~Blue.~~ /
By bringing Echstine: to ore
of Harlem's newest niteries
Lezama is giving the cash customers his first top-flight attraction since his opening, Jackson,.
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up. Preferring not to rely entirely upon the talents of this
well-known star, he has backed him up witha bill that
should bring them. igto the
club in large. numberg,,.

Ann Baker, vocalist with
the band, did well with popular numkers. Patterson and
those. heavyweights
of mirth. comedy and melody,
went threugh their routine as
seasoned showfolk.

The dancing for the
chow is held down by.LeRoy
Carrington, aristocrat of taps,
and thos~ classy beautifully
custumed Sudanctes. Spizzy
Canfield is the clever master
of ceremonies.. The Club Sudan has: brought
in the Sudan Trio, a melodic
group which. gives out with
soft tunes betw~en the shows.

~+ clarng ~there is great need

new | |

~Arou ag | Ho

iam: OLLYWOOD ~ ANP ~
~all of us to realiz2 that the ~
now before us will put née
and undreamed oi stresses upg
cur democratic ways,~ Byro
Price, vice president of the Mo
tion Picture asscciation, ~last
week called on the press, motion pictures and radio to untie in defense of liberty and in

ities in the postwar world, Recen: censorShip of films because

~call to arms.~

The occasion was the presen-~
tation by the American Sogiety
of Newspaper editors ofa scroll
to Price in recognition of,~the
faithfulness, jusiice and integrity with which he directed the
Office of Censorship of the United Status gcvernment during
World. War II, 1941-1945.~ In ac
| cepting the award, Price paid

tribute to the press for making
voluntary censorship possible
during the war, and said:
~This should be an hour of
-#pecial meditation and mew determination for ithe press, the
radio and the motion picture,
All of these agencies of national,
~and world communication have
~become invested, whether we
like it or not, with a far, great~ar degrce of public interest than
thev have ever, felt before. You
see the eontroversy over censorship now ~developing in the
world of radio. You See a.- re
Pre jndiced Fil Censoshi
ie Colony.

recognition of their responsibil- |

of color prejudice inepieee this |

catia
cen?
ana in
the ele
of a deel

Sveakiny
had occasio
the insidious
rsorship on thd
it? ~aS in reese
of Rochester~s p
Lana Horne~s ~Zie
sequence, he said:

~I counsel all of
ware of even.a little~ é
in peacetime. It ~3 an @
dangerous weed in the 8
of. our liberties,
~Censorship anywhere th
ons, in some degree, freedom
he press, If we are to ful
the role of destiny in these d
risive days, we musi all of
bs prepared to Stand and fight.ogether for decent and intelligenc self-discipline, and against
-very form of governmental censorship over the mind and self_-spression of man.~

Aids In: ~ ~
Famine Relief
WASHINGTON ~ ANP ~ The
Oprortunity club of- Washington

Hcanred. milk to the emergency
food campaign for relief of famine stricken children in Europe.
The club,
National. Association of Colored
women, also voted to cooperate
with the national organiation in

associated with ihe

its~ program for conservation of
food as well as in its plans for
the complete integration of Negro women into all civic, social
anid economic programs for welcare of the nation.

Crusader

~ om = ~_~~

PLAN ~DIGNIFIED~
NEGRO FILM

NEW: YORK ~ ANP ~With
his first four film shorts. almost
ready, for distribution Bill Alexander ~declared. that his company would film as their next
production a full-length feature
presenting Negroes in an intelligent and dignified - Manner,
thus setting the pace for Hollywood~s major firms to follow,
departing from their hereto~fore practice of casting sepia
actors in ~sterotyped roles.~

In a press conference at his
office at 121 E. 149th street the
presicent.of Associated Produc-ers of Negro Motion pictures
said that he was inspired to
vorm his firm because. long ago
he realized that the Negro as a
working partner and blood

merican scene was an important contributor to the culture
of this country but was bing
~neglected and misfitted when
woven into life on the screen.
~} am particularly interested
~n securing the scripts of comoetent writers of our race, Alexander stated, So far I have received a good many and the
quality ~of them shows that

there are many young men ana

~that we can act before

brother on the democratic --A-.

women who, -if given the encouragement,
Selyes able writers,

~It has:been proven long ago
the kleig:
lights in commehdable fashion
but we've never been given
the cpportunity to damonstrate }
our ability in the technical field |
of fiim. As Associated Producers
is an all-Negro ownéd enterprise }
we
tecnnicians to the utmost.~

Borrt in Greely, Col.,
ander attended Colorado university and while there was instrumental in organizing many ~
vocationel and recreational programs, Leaving college he became state director of the NYA,
in Colorado and moved on ito
become regional head,

Washington, D. C. was his
next stop and a job in Office
of Civilian defense a8 public reations counsel. When the war
started he joined OWI and
handled Negro affairs for Elmer
Davis, working chiefly on press
and motion ~pictures, In 1943
he resigned th~s poSition to help
organize All-American Newsreel- and January of this year

he left All-American to go out

He 4

can prove them- |;

-intend utilizing our future}

Alex- }

_~~~~~

~WiNGS OVER JORDAN~ Director~ Rey. Glynn T. Settle,

originator and director if C,.B. S~s. ~Wings. Over, Jordan,~
religious program which is now
in its~ eighth year, Rev. Settle
is pastor of the Gethsemane
~Baptist church, Clevaland, O.~
ANP PHOTO.

~on his own with APMNP. -

The four productions about
to be shown aré ~fhe Call of
Duty based on the exploits of
the. Negro.in the army; The
Highest Tradition, a navy film of
the same order; and two orchestra. musicals featuring the bands
of Lucky Millinder and the I.ternational Sweethearts of Rhythm,

Holly Sacred
The legends regarding thé holly.
date back to the Druids, who beligved the ~vergteen leaves of the
holly were proof tha: the sun never
deserted it and ft was therefore
sacred. Legend also says that the
crown of thorns was composed uf
holly, and that before the crucifixion the berries were white, but
turned crimson, like drops of blood.

| afterward.

Washington Club)

recently pledged a.~ carton of}

The Band Box

-By James R. Fields and
George W. Waikins
CHICAGO NITE LIFE:

While walking down South
Park Way, I decided td stop in
at the New Congo Club. Got in
by using my. press card as it
was an exclusive club. Theyserved some fine whiskey -and food.
They used an ~Al Freeman Trio
for music. I made it from there
to the Regal Theatre to see the
Cootie Williams show. The band
was terrific and the show likewise. The New ~Club de Lisa
has shan te best show in the
club. line, Headed by Dinah
Wasington for Hampton State,
The New Rumboogie is the finest I saw while there, The show
was headed by Eddie. Mallorys
fine band and te star attraction
was Percy Ball.

The swank E, Gratto, which
has a $1.39 cover charge, was
featuring Gerald Wilson and his
orchestra. The show was very
sad, something like the American Legion~s recnt shows. Gerald told m2 he was io broadcast; on a Chicago network in a few

days. I also talked to. the celebrated. Earl ~Father~; Hines who
owns 1-3 of the Cfub. He still
is sorry: about loosing Billy
-Eekstine, Columbus clubs wake
up, the El Gratto charges $1.20
tO get in, but they have an cff

i high: which tey don~t carge and

| fillsthe house. From the El, Gratto I went up to the Perishing
Ballroom to hear a battle of
Music by Dallas Burtley and.
Fimmy Dales, The joint was
crowded. crowd would make
~Bi Mallovy~s B, Erkstirie crowd
like the recent Lennie eLwis
~rowd here. We finally wound
up at the Band Box in Chicago's Down Town Loop, listening to Red Saunders.

Army Silent
On 76lst
Inactivation

By Conrad Clark
~WASHINGTON ANP
The war depar:ment remained
silent last week on the repori
that the 76lst Tank battalion
now stationed a Teisendorf,

Germany, is tobe disbanded.
Members of the famed Negro
tank outfit, attached to the late
Gen, George S.~ Paégton~s armored forces that smashed into Germany, reported a rumor sometime ago that the unit would be
inactivated, The 76lst was activated at Camp Claiborne. La.,
four years ago and covered its~lf with glory during its first
four days cf battle with Maj.
Gen. Willard S. Paul~s 28th di
~cabin at

P sing,
~3 gamerous enough. to sing a

Té

w
exp
area
broug
was to

Bear for tv
for the entire tr
The day he and
rived, they w*re at
run out of Big Bear
townspeople. Thu
KKK was revived on the
Coast.

Greta Garbo looking like a
peasant on Broadway... Ella Fitzgeratd: on the cuyrent
covér of Metronome... Elsa
Schiaparelli, fashion eXpert,
arrived from Paris this weck
and went immediately to her
suite at the St. Regis..

PLDPPP DOPOD DIODD ILS

PL DOS

LISTEN FRIEN

PPDPLDDODOD ~2S

By Margaret Taylor Goss for
ANP

Paul Robeson Still Tops

Paul Robeson finished up his
season of concerts which tcok
him from coast to coast when
he sang at Chicago~s Orchestra
hal! last week to a capacity
crowd. Mr. RobeSon, who is the
opitome of the phrase, ~Artist
~9 the American People,~ as usual set an exampte to other artists in song and diction. You
could head every word that he
said, My. Robeson rendered edmirable ~Over the Mountains~
by Reger Quilter afd ~Three
Poor Mariners~ by the same
composer which was dedicated
~o tha ~heoric merchant seamen,
He was heard in. selections: from.

Montverdi, Beethoven, Mussorgsky and J. Engzls.
Mr, Robeson loves to sing

anh loves the pzople. The pzople
love: him and love to hear him
Perhaps that is. why he

body of encore songs that usually are longer than the Hist
on the printed program,
There is no separation of art
and politics where Mr. -Robeson is concerned. With two
songs of Republican Spain, he
made a plea for the. ousting of
Fasc:st France in that country
which has become.a refuge for
Europe~s fascists. H2 sang a

nuinber of-our old and well lov
d. folk songs like ~Waterboy,~
~Ezekiel Saw the Wheel,~ ~Scar. Oalv! tion

| sae

Py

trip

My Name,
song,~ ~Everytime I Fe
Spirit,~ and ~I~m Going to Ea 4
Ged All My Troubles,~ The >
lattcr songs were arranged | ~
his veteran friend and accom ~
panist, ~Lawrence Brown, Th: ~
there was ~Old Man River~ <9
which Mr. Robeson introduc: 1
an entirely different spirit. whe.
he sang the introductory lin -
as follows:

~~There~s an old man called tl:
Mississippi

There~s an old man I don~t lil >
to be

What does he care if the world~
got troubles?

What does he care if the worlc =
not free?~ oe
Mr. Robeson ends this sor
with a new type of ending, or

which many of those who use ~
as a Standby in their repertoi:

might well take notice of, ~I~:4

just laughing, instead of cryin.

I must keep fighting until ~:

Gying but old man river, 1~

just keeps rolling along.~ So

looks as if Old: Man River hz ~
batter wake up and get- on tl.
side of the people,

Paul Robeson is ever arid co- -
Stantly an inspiration to peop:
who want a decent and ha;
pier life wherever he goes. E
is as Mrs. Rebecca Stiles Taylc
said when she introduced hii}
the last time he appeared o2
Chicago~s south sic2, ~a bi
man, a great b'g man in ever/
Sense of the word.~

vision.

Tire war department is ex
oeeted to mak2 an announc:2 -ment soon aS to the fate of the

761st.

Roller Bearings
' More than 30 million cémplete ball
and roller bearings were made each
month during the last two war years

by the anti-friction bearing manu-,

facturers for~ U. S. military equipment. Approximately 100 million
ball and roller bearings of all types
were made during the last war year
fur U. S. military aircraft alone,

Angier Fish

The angler fish car swallow fis:
bigger than itself because of it<
~elastic~~~ stomach. This remarkab!fish gets its name from a long mov
able thread prcjecting from its heawhich it uses as a lure to attract its
prey. The angler fish is able to walk
along the bottom of the sea. on spe
~ially forr-ed firs

Flavors Sauce
Diced onion adds character to
cream sauce for peas, or to the
sauce in casseroiz mixtrrean

Honey Measure
To measure honey use a moist or
greased cup or spoon.

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