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THE FLINT SPOKESMAN

Nite Life in New York fy

By ALVIN MOSES

THE DAWN PA ak GS

NEW YORK ~ Pp ~ As

> We go to beat a:press deadline,
we stop at a Fifth avenue flor
~ ist to wire a bunch of choice
orchids to Rep: Claire Luce

Booth, Conrecticut,

tion~ with her sincere crusading

in re. DAR~. Famous ~and grand. Tuskegee Institute, the: darling
of the late Booker T. Washing
_ton~s heart, will be represented
in, Constitution hall the ~stighi

- of Ju:zo 3,-Mrs. Julius Y; Talmadge, DAR p-esident~ gen2ral,
announced -on April 25. Brave

~bzave,- slowly but mest certainiy those. ef us who~ take
~time out to campaign endlessly
in these causes, ate breaking
down prejudice~s iences despite
the devily-work of the. Bilboes
and Eastlands, et al, The Fuske~ goe-choir will sing that night.

~Two weeks earlier, May 22,
Tuskegee~s choral group will be
right here in little ole-New
York where they will sing at
the unveiling of a bust of Booker T. Washington in the Hall of
Fame (New York university) to
aid cf the Negro Colege Fund.
Lionel Hampton, one of the
great men of jazz music,
longer at New York~s popular
Aquarium Restaurani, but
Louie (Satchmo) Armstrong,
the trumpet king of swing, is
very much thtve these nights,
Armstrong holds one: solid hour
of jamming which staris promptly at-midnight. We dropped in
lass week and there was a goodly number oi colored pa-rons in
attendance in addition to persomat-~riends of Louie~s..

Bill Robinson must undoubtediy be the happiest entertainer
along ~Catfish row~ as we go
Pen press and for the seeped
~geasons, viz: Bill was guest stax
at the Asadata Dafora exposition of African dancés- and musical. numbers upon the occas
in connec-:

| aforementioned. nowspapef,

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por the~ African Academy of Arts

and Resear ch. Thur sday/: evening,
Aprij: 25, at Carnegie,hall; ~Mrs,

Eleaner Roosevelt appeared on

~memory of the late FDR whcse

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 the front page
of the Colcrete section ~of the
Trecanting highlights of his picturesque life~ from boyhood to his
68in (thought he was 70) birthday,

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 make or break thess stage,
productions. Quite a bit of Lee~s
personal fortune. is wrapped up
in this play which had its pre-|
miere in Detroit; the great singer and actress Abbie Mitchell is

is no | Geer,

- 138th St.,

ion aS Frank Sinatra has the
ofay-pinks wherever ~he hangs
his kelly. When Herb McKinley, colored quarter-mile ~wonder (sensation of the recent
Penn relays) comes. to ~New
York, this summer for a_ well

ion of the third annual festival

in the cast in addition to Will
Ernestine Barrier, Perry
Wilson, Hilda Vaughn, Bob Simon, Philip Clarke and ~ Conada Lee.

Billy Daniels, Singing for past
10 days at Jock~s Music room,
and 7th Avenue, has
had the taffy-complexioned: bobby-soxers swooning all over the
plac2 much after the same fash
earned vacation, he will be the
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)) Robinson marked
his 60th year in show business

last week ~by ~just dancing~
as he predieted in a _ special
performance at the Cafe Zan
zibar. He received letters and

~ telegrams of congratulations at!

this residence in the Rockefeller
apartments and was honored at
various public and private functions throughout the day.

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

Tne _special - performance at
the- Zanzibar, in~ which. Bill
~went to. town,~ was a cavalcade of vaudeville. tracing the
life and careet of Robinson. A
group of old-time variety ar
itista 4 Fv Mieas 2 ~8. including: ~Honey Production
Han. production varies from

year to year due to differences in
weather, plant growth and other
conditions,

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dressed -stamp-.

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birthdate,

Complete line
of psychic sup- ~
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fede by Bound the glass.

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

the program asa tribute to the |
social laws did much to bring}.

the |

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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 oh Prinz of

Warner Brothers has offe-ed
him a prominent pésition to
teach the knowedge h~ has acquired to less fortunate aspirants of the art.

Pete, - recently honorably.

discharged from: the~ service
was a major attraction in. lrving Beglin~s ~This is:th~ Army~
and headed the Negra sequence which Joe Louis made famous~"~What The Best Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wea:~

Pete Nugent will be remeny
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 bath and opens at
the St. Louis *Plantation Club
May 17. Thede, he will join|~
~Ebony: Follies~~. '

BILLY ECKSTIN

NEW HARLEM

New York~(ANP)~ Es
quire~e vocal winner for 1946,

Billy Eckstine alive and kicking

contarary ~to the wishes of rumor-mongers, opened at the
Club Sudan her~ last Thursday: night with a show that
boasts good dancing, high co.
amedy and a beautiful line of
chovines.

Sissle "and Cab Calloway.

Among the outstanding per-.
sons 10 pay respects to ihe danc- |
er were Harry Hershfield, Bert |
Ly:ell, Brock Pemberton, Lee
Shubert, Joe Howard, doxaner
Police Commissioner Edward ~.
Mulrconey, Gilda Gray; Rae
Samvels, Lena Horne and, Tom |
Smith,

~Bill Robinson day~ was praclaimed by Mayor O~Dwyerr eat
a in the day. Gene Buck,

behalf of, the mayor, presented
Robinsdh a plaque praising his
coniribution to. show _ business,
who expressed his~ appreciation }
in a brief speech VEY a gost
to-ecast NBE program.

ANOTHER. LEONARD, AYE,
DOG BITES CHILD

COLUMBUS, ~Ohio~(APNS~

James Ross, 7, of ~50-N.- 18th
Street, reported May 3 that a
bour Il a, m. he was walki
in the alley in the rear of 110
Leonard Ayenue, and was bit
ten by a dog owned b Henry
Hines: of: this. address, iHe wa
treated in. - Children~s Hospital
for a left leg wound, and the
owner was notified to keep ~
dog penned up. y

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It's a Frank Lezama. presentation.

The Echstine, known from
coast-to-coast, was given to
those numbers. which have
catapult~d him to the fore
front of show business, namely ~~Prisoner of Love,~ ~~Jetly~~
and ~Blue.~

By bringing Echstine to ore
of Harlem~s newest niteries
Lezama is Siving the cash custraction

since his | opening

OPENS |.

tomers his first top-flight at-|

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up. Preferring not to rely entirely upon the talents of this
well-known star, he has backed him up with a. bill that
should bring them~imto the
club in large numberg...,,

Ann Baker, vocalist with
the band, did well with popular numkers.. Patterson and
Jackson, those. heavyweights
of mirth. comedy and melody,

os eke

went through their routine as]

seasoned showfolk.. The dancing for the~ new
show 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 Bives out with

~Arous

~+ claring ~there is ~great need J é

~tion Picture

soft tunes betw~en the shows.

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~With
his first four film shorts. almost
ready for distribution Bill -Alexander declared that his company would film as thafr next
production a full- length feature
presenting Negroes in an intelligent and dignified - ~anner,
thus setting the pace for! Holly
$}wood'~s major firms ~to follow,

departing from their hereto{fore practice of casting sepia
}actors in ~sterotyped roles,~

| In a press conference at his

EATWELL LUNCH {
ENTERED,.. ee
Max Genmaa.. reported to poj
lice that on the, evening of May
5, the Batwell Lunch, +1222 Mt,
Vernon Avenue, was entered
and wine, in 1-2 gallons and
fifths, valued at $40 were stolen. The looter ~is ~aid, to have.
taken the wine from 4 the front

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offices at 121 E. 149th street the
presicent of Associated Produc-ers of Negro Motion pictures
said that he was inspired to
sorm his firm because long ago
he realized that the Negro as a
working partner and _ blood
-brother on the democratic - A~Mmerican scene was an important contributor to the culture
~of this country but was being
~neglected and misfitted when
~woven into life on the screen.

~} am particularly interested
~mM securing the scripts of competent writers of our race, Alexander. stated, So far I have received a good many and the
quality of them shows that

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PLAN ~DIGNIFIED~
NEGRO FILM

women who, ~if given the encouragement, can prove themSelyes able writers,

~It has -been proven long ago

~that we can act before the kleig:

lights in commehdable fashion
but we've never been given
the epportunity to damonstrate
our ability in the technical field
of film. As Associated Producers
is an all-Negro ownéd enterprise

we intend utilizing our futuie

tecnnicians to the utmost.~.
Born in Greely, Col. Alexander 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 to
become regional head,
Washington, D. C. was his
next stop and a job in Office
of Civilian defense as 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 Newsceel- and January of this year

LLYWOOD.. ~ ANP ~

~all of us to realize that the é
now before. us will put né&
~and undreamed oi~ stresses up

cur democratic ways,~ Byro}
Price, vice president of the Mo-)

Prej judiced Fi ~ay Censorship

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asscciation, last
week called on the press,
tion pictures and radio to untie in defense of liberty and in |~
recognition of their responsibilities in the postwar world, Recent censorship of films because
of color prejudice inspired ~this

~call to arms.~

The occasion was the ~presen-~
tation by the American Society.
-of Newspaper editors ofa scroll
to Price in recognition of ~the
faitniulness, jusiice and integrity with which he directed the
Office of Cansorship 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

-apecial meditation and mew de
termination for the press, the
radio and the motion picture,

- All of these agencies of national,
(and world communication have

eeome invested, whether we
like it or not, with a far, great~er 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
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sorship on

~Housing Moguls
~Pass Up Negro

catic,
cen? syINT, Mich. ~ We are sorry

and jrport that the Mayor failed

the ele\ude the name of a Neof a dee, the newly appointed

Sveakin, committee, This is a
had occasiortion, as it is a foreshe insidious ~on that the Negroes
thoe wrost housed of

ik~ aS in recems.
of Rochester~s pinother example
Lana Horne~s ~Ziegve an aggres
sequence, he said: ~ed man on
~~ counsel all of jy: The mayware of even a liitle the citizens
in peacetime. It *s an aernment,
dangerous weed in the tmmiso~ our liberties.
~Censorship anywhere thrgipje
aus, in some degree, freedom the
he press, If we are to fulyj.,
the role of destiny in these dwe
risive days, we musi all of usg
b~ prepared to Stand and fight;
-ogether for decent and intelligene self-discipline, and against:yery form of governmental censorship over the nga and $elf-xpression of man.~ 4

Washington Club|
Aids In

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Famine Relief
WASHINGTON ~ ANP ~ The
Oprortunity club of Washington
recently. pledged a- carton of

Ncanred milk to the emergency

food canjpaign for relief of famine stricken children in Europe.
The club, associated with ihe
National Association of Colored
women, also voted to cooperate
with the national organiation in
its~ program for conservation of
food as well as in its plans for
the complete integration of Negro women into all civic, social
and economic programs for welare of the nation.

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~WINGS OVER JORDA
rector~ Rey. Glynn T. Settle,
originator and director if C,.B. Ss. ~Wings. Over, Jordan,~
eligious program which. is now

ttle
ane

in its~ eighth year, Rev.
~is pastor of the Geth:

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fon his own with APMNP..

} The four productions about
~to be shown are ~The 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 Sorretoeerts of Rhythm,

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Holly Sacred

The legends regarding holly.
date back to the rian pe believed ihe qvergteen leaves of the
-bolly w tha: the sun never
~deserted 1 it and it 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,

he left All-American to go out}

afterward.

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The Band Box

- By James R,. Fields and

' George W. Watkins
CHICAGO NITE LIFE:
~While walking down South
Park Way, I decided to 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 about the 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 Bail.

The swank E, Gratto, which

Baptist church, Cleveland, O~|}

has a $1.39 cover charge, ~was
featuring Gerald Wilson and his
orchestra. The skow was very
sad, something like the American Legion~s recnt shows. Ger
| ald 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
igs sorry about loosing Billy
Eckstine, Columbus clubs wake

wp, the El Gratto charges $1.20

ye get in, but they have an cff
Righ: which tey don~t carge and

sthe house, From the El, Gratt I went up to the Perishing
Ballroom to hear a battle of
wusic by Dallas Burtley and.
Bony Dales, The joint was
erowded. The crowd would make
~Bil! Malle. y~s B, Erkstine 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. cant
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 to"be disbanded.
Members of the famed Negro
tank outfit, attached to the late
Gen. George S. Pagton~s armor-ed forces that smashed into Germany, reported a rumor sometime ago that the unit would be
inactivated. The 761st was activated at Camp Claiborne, La.,
four years ago and covered itself with glory during its first
four days cf battle with Maj.

Gen. Willard S. Paul~s 26th di
ioners~

Minister Claims
Legion, Whites
Drafted Him

FLINT, Mich. May 13, 1946~
Special to APNS ~ An official
of the Community Civics Lea~gue, the organization that is
unanimously supporting the candidacy of Mr. George Friley for
commissioner from the third
wart! informed a Spokesman representative that the Rev, W. A.
Vaughn is still in the 3rd Ward
Commission race, This s one
of tiie worst double crosses that
was ever perpetrated in this
community, The Rev. Mr.,
Vaughn was glowing in praise
of Mr, Friley when he express~ed himezlf as being. willing to
withdraw from the race in favor
of the Committee's candidate.

ré
w, The Rev, Mr.

~3 generous enough to sing a

A DIFFERENT STORY
~NOW

Vaughn alleges
expt he is being dratied by the
areattican Legion and_ white
brougs- H~ was not willing to
was toRny of his. white friends
cabin at 2~. Many veterans ate
Bear for twithe Community civfor the entire: tit ee tata
The day he and ~Reent showing
rived, they w*re attavitd ~Ward.
run out of Big Bear * he was

townspeople. Thué8, InterKKK was revived on the?v. i.
Coast. ~r
Greta Garbo looking like a
peasant on Broadway...

First Negro =
Priest Speaks ~~
At Southern Univ.

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~BATON ROUGE, La., May-=

Southern university baccalaureate speaker, Father Austin

Chachere, native of Opelousas,
the fist Negro priest ordained
in the Missionary Servants ot
P of the Most: Holy Trinity. }
calaureate services begin at 3:00
p. m., May 19, 1946,
_He was ordained to the priesthood on February 3, 1945, at
thes National-Shrine of the ~Im:
~maculaté Cofiception> Washing...

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cover of Metronome... Elsa

Schiaparelli, fashion expert,
arrived from Paris this~ weck

la Fitzgeratd on the current \!

ton,~ D.C, and has done gradu~work in sociology ~at CathoP@ usiversity, While in Wash
and went. immediately to her
suite at the St. Regis.... Oualv

anyon Father Chachere was en- ~
triffted in juvenile work:

tion%e priest is managing edi
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oa." ~Missionary Servant~,

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publication of a mis"agape doing work
~+ South,

By cat Taylor Goss for |
ANP

Paul Robeson Still Tops

Psul Robeson finished up his
season of concerts which tcok
him from coast to coast when
he sang at Chicago~s Orchesira
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 example to other artists in song and diction. You
could head every word that he
said, Ms. Robeson rendered admirable ~Over thé Mountains~
by Reger Quilter and ~Three
~Poor Mariners~ by the same
a ser which was dedicated
o the heoric merchant seamen, f
e was heard in stlections. from |
Montverdi, Beethoven, Mussorgsky and J. Engels. ~
Mr, Robeson loves to sing
and loves the people. The pzople
love: him and love to hear him
sing.. Perhaps that igs why he

body of encore songs that usually ~are longer than the list
on th~ 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 fo
Europe~s faScists. H2 sang a
nuinber of our old and well lovd folk songs like ~Waterboy,~
~Ezekiel Saw the Wheel,~ ~Scar

eee =e is brother to
due My Name, way Cachere

song,~ ~Everytime I Feers

Spir~t,~ and ~I~m Going to Tx,1

Ged All My Troubles,~ The -

lattcr songs were arranged | ~

his veteran friend and accor
panist, ~Lawrence Brown, Th:

there was ~Old Man River~ <9
which Mr. Robeson introduc: |
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?~
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~:1

just laughing, instead of cryin.

I must. keep fighting until [1

Gying but old man river, |:

just keeps rolling along.~ So ~

looks as if Old Man River ha~!
better wake up and get on tt.side of the people,

Paul Robeson is ever and co- -
Stantly an inspiration to peop:
who want a decent and hap
pier life wherever he goes. E:
is as Mrs. Rebecca Stiles Taylcsaid when she introduced hii.
the last time he appeared o2
Chicago~s south sic2, ~a bix
man, a great big man in ever~
sense of the word.~

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vision.

The war department is ex
an announc:the

pegted to make
ment soon as to the fate of
761st.

Roller Bearings

More than 30 million cdémplete ball
and roller bearings were made each
month during the last two war years
by the anti-friction bearing manufacturers for U. S. military equipment. Approximately 100 million
ball and roller bearings of all types
were made during the last war year

Angier Fish

The angler fish car swallow fis?
bigger than itself because: of its
~elastic~~ stomach. This remarkablfish gets its name from a long mov
able thread prcjecting from its hea ~
which it usés as a lure to attract its
prey. The angler fish is able to walk
along the bottom of the sea on spe
~ially. forn.ed firs.. Flavers Sauce
Diced onion adds character to
cream sattce for peas, or to the
sauce in casserole mixtrres.

Honey Measure
To measure honey use a moist or

for U. S. military aircraft alone,

ae

roe cup or spoon.