Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 8]

THE FLINT SPOKESMAN

SATURDAY, MAY 11,1946

Nite Life in New York

By ALVIN MOSES

THE DAWN PATROL _
NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ 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, 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, Constitution hall the night

of Juiz: 3,-Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge, DAR p-esident~ general,
announced on April 25. Brave

~bzave,- slowly but mest cer- tainly those. ef us who~ take
time out to campaign endlessly
in these causes, are breaking
- down prejudice~s iences deSpite
the 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 be
right h~re 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 College Fund.
Lionel Hampton, one of the
great men of jazz music, is no
longer at New York~s popular
Aquarium Restaurani, but
Louie (Satchmo) Arnistrong,
the trumpet king of swing, is
very much thre fhese nights,
Armstrong holds one solid hour
of jamming which starts promptly at midnight. We dropped in
lass, week and there was a goodly number oi colored pa:rons in

attendance in addition to persomattriends 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 waSgguest star
at the Asadata Dafora exposition of African dancés and musical numbers upon the occas
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poe the African Academy of Arts
and Resear ch. Thursday evening,

April: 25, at: Carnegie hall; ~Mrs,

Eleaner Roosevelt

understanding
and ~nations.

about

races Then,

aforementicned newspapef,

May 3, at New. York~s

view with those of the
who make

peahaclited Quite a bit- of Lee~s
in this play which had its pre
miere

i

ion of the third annual festival. 138th St.,

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,
and 7th Avenue, has
had the taffy-complexioned bobby-soxers swooning all over the
plac2 much after the same fash
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

k. ethis summer for a well
ned 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
(Borjangtes)) 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 leiters and

~ telogiams of congratulations at!

his- residence in the Rockefeller
apartments: and ~was honored at
various public and private i~unctions throughout the day.

~Matt Shelvey, national administrative director of the Ameri-.
can Guild of Variety artists,
presented Robinson with a gold
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 career of Robinson. A
group of ald-time variety artists. participated, including., Honey Production.

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

Among the outstanding per-.

sons 10 pay. respects to. the danc-'!

er were Harry Hershfield, Bert
Ly.cll, Brock Pemberton, Lee
Shubert, Jce Howard, former
Police Commissioner Edward P.
Mulrconey, Gilda Gray; Rae
Samvels, Lena Horne and, Tom
Smith,

~Bill Robinson day~ was praclaimed by Mayor O~Dwyer ealier in the day..Gene Buck, in
behalf ofthe mayor, presented

binson a plague praising his
coniribution. to, show _ business,

who expressed his ~appreciation
in a brief speech ever 3 ~oastto-ecast NBC* program.

ANOTHER LEONARD, AYE,
DOG BITES ~HILB

COLUMBUS, ~Ohio~(APNS~

James Ross, 7, of ~50-N. 18th
Street, reported May 3 that a
bout ll a, m. he was} } walking
in the alley in the rear of 110
Leonard Ayenue, and bits
ten by a dog ~owned a ie Henry
Hines of this addiess, iHe was
treated in Childzen~s Hospital
for a left leg wound, and the~.
owner was notified to keep ~
dog penned up.

EATWELL LUNCH {
ENTERED os eo!

Max German. reported to po}
lice that on the. evening of May
5, the Katwell 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 frgm the front

jeindeny wy Seed fhe glass.. GALORE -
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4512 Hastings St.,
Detroit 1, Michigan

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appeared on
the program as a tribute to the.
~memory of the late FDR whose |
social laws did much to~ bring].
between
the |
weil-liked Bojangles, was. given
a two-page spread by the ~N. Y,.
Daily News (Sunday, April 28)
in addition to thé front: gage
of the Colerete section 6f ~the
reeanting highlights of his picturesque life from boyhood to his
68in (thought he was 70) birth
CANADA LEE~S pet venture,
~On Whitman Avenue,~ the play
writen by Maxine Wood,,opens
Cort
theatre and my fingers will be
erossed until I match my recritics
or break these stage,

personal fortune. is wrapped up
in Detroit; the great sing
er and actress Abbie Mitchell is
in the cast in addition to Will

New: York City, N. Y.
Thirty-one year old Pete Nu
gent, 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 h~ has acquired to less fortunate aspirants of the art.

Pete,. recently honorably.

Pete Nugent Sori
| Tapper~: Asked )

discharged from: th ~atl
was a major attraction im 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 Weaz~

Pete Nugent will be remem
and class act, Ptte, Peaches
and Duke, which toured: the
best houses for yeats. The
dancing master closes the Baron on the kth and opens at

the St. Louis~ Plantation Club+

May 17. Thede, he wil _ join
~Ebony: Follies~.

BILLY ECKSTIN
NEW HARLEM

New York~(ANP)~ Esquire~e vocal winner for 1946,
Billy Eckstine alive and kicking
contarary to the wishes of ramor-mongers, opened at the
Club Sudan her~ last Thursi day: night with a. show. that
boasts good dancing, high co:
medy and a beautiful line of
chovines.

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, ~name\ly ~Prisoner of Love,~ ~~Jetly~~
and ~Blue.~ s

By bringing Echstine to ore
of Harlem~s newest _niteries
Lezama is giving the cash customers his first top-flight attraction since his opening

OPENS |. *:
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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 igto the
club in large numberg,

Ann Baker, vocalist with
the band, did well with popular numbers. Patterson and
Jackson, those. heavyweights
of mirth. comedy and melody,
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 hrought
in the Sudan Trio, a melodic
group. which? Rives out with

bered as a part of the famous|.

~Arouse

r ~HOLLYWOOD ~ ANP ~
~ claring ~there is great need
~all of us to realize that the
now before. us will put me
~and undreamed oi stresses up
cur democratic ways,~ Byro
Price, vice president of the Mo.
tion Picture asscciation, last
week called on the press, mo~
tion spictuses and radio to un
cen censorship of films because | ~

~call to arms.~
The occasion was the presen-~
tation by the American Society

of Newspaper editors of ~a scroll

to Price in recognition of ~the
faithiulness, jusiice and inte
rity with which he directed the
Office pt Capsoratip of the United Stat gcvernment during
World War II, 1941-1945.~ In accepting the award, Price paid
tribute to the press for making
voluntary censorship possible
during the war, and said:. ~This should be an hour of

-special meditation and mew de
termination for ihe 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~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
Prejdied Film Censorship
e Colony.

tie in defense of liberty and in.
recogtiition of their responsibil- |:
ities in the postwar world, Re- |

of color prejudice inspired this ~

cat
cena~
anc i
the ele
of a deel
Speaking
had occasio
the insidious
sorship on thd
it,~ as in rete
of RocheSter~s Pp
Lana Horne~s| ~Zies
sequence, he said:
~Tt counsel all of
| ware of even a little %
in peacetime. It *s an a
dangerous weed in the
af our liberties.
~Censorship anywhere th
ans, in some degree, freedom
he press, If we are to ful
the role of destiny in these dl
sisive days, we musi all of ul
b~ prepared to Stand and fight
-ogether for decent and intelligence self-discipline, and against
very form of governmental censorship over the mind and self_<pression of man.~

Aids In

Famine Relief

WASHINGTON ~ ANP ~ The
Oprortunity club of Washington
recently pledged a carton of
Ficanred milk to the emergency
food campaign for relief of fam
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 Nezro women into all~ civic, social
and economic programs for welvare of the nation.

Crusader

soft tunes betw~ en the shows.

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

In a press conference at his
offic- at 121 E. 149th street the
presicent of ASsociated Produc-ers of Negro Motion pictures.said that he was inspired to
~orm his firm because long ago
he realized that the Negro as a
working partner and blood
~brother on the democratic - American scene was an important contributor to the culture
of this country but was being
~neglected and misfitted when
~woven into life on the screen,. ~fF am particularly interested
~n 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
there are many young men and

PLAN ~DIGNIFIED~
NEGRO FILM

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

~Tt has -been proven long ago
~that we can act before 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'-intend utilizing our future
tecnnicians to the utmost.~

Born in Greely,. Col.
ander attended Colorado university and while there was instrumental in organizing many
vocationel and recreational programs, Leaving college he bevame state director of the NYA
in Colorado and moved on to
beeome regional head,

Weshington, D. C. was his
nex: stop and a jeb in Qffice
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
Fand motion pictures,._In 1943
he resigned th~s position to help
organize All-American Newsceel. and January of this year

Alex- }

~WINGS OVER JORDAN~ Director~ Rey. Glynn T. Settle,
originator and director if {..B. Ss. ~Wings. Over, Jordan,~
religious program which is now
in its~ eighth year. Rev. Settle
fis pastor of the Gethsemane
~Baptist church, Clevaland, Q.~
ANP PHOTO.

on his own with APMNP. -

| The four productions about
to be shown are ~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 Swreetoagrts. of Rhythm,

Holly Sacred

The legends regarding the holly.
date back ta the Druids, who beligved the evergreen leaves of the
holly were tha: ie sun never
deserted 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-Americon to go out]

afterward.

Washington Club/

ine stricken children in Europe..

The Band Box

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

While walking sdown South
Park Way, I decided to stop in
at the New Congo Club. Got in
by using my press ecard 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 like~wise. 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 1 saw while there, The show
was headed by Eddie Mallorys~
fine band and te star attraction
was Percy Bail.

The swank E, Gratto, which

1] 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. Gerald told m2 he was io broadcas, ona Chicago network in a few

days. I also talked to the celebrated. Earl ~Father~; Hines who
owns 1-3 of the Chub. He still
is sorry about loosing Billy
Eckstine, 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, ffil:the. house: From the El, Grat_t I went up to the Perishing
Ballroom to hear a battle of
imusic by Dallas Burtley and,
fimmy Dales, The joint was
erowded. The crowd would make
Bi}! Mallo.vy~s B, Erkstine crowd
like the recent Lennie eLwis
~erowd here. We finally wound
up at the Band Box in Chicago's Down Town Loop, listenimg to Red Saunders.

Army. Silent
On 7Glst
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

ron, George S. Paéton~s armor-ed 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 26th di
exp
area
broug
was to
cabin at
Bear for tv
for the entire t
The day he and?
rived, they wre att
run out of Big Bear
townspeople... Thu
KKK was revived on the
Coast.

Greta Garbo looking. like;
peasant on Broadway.
la Fitzgeratd on the current
cov'r of aRererne. ~ tele
Schiaparelli, fashion expert,
arrived from Boe this. weck
and went immediately to her
suite at the St. Fest. Oalv

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tion

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~By Shicgenet Taylor Goss for or | daizing My Name,
ANP song,~ ~Everytime x
Spir:t,~ and ~I~m Going to tT 1
Ged All My Troubles.~ - The -
lattcr songs were arranged |~
his veteran friend and accor
panist, ~Lawrence Brown, Tike
there was ~Old Man River~ ~9
which Mr. Robeson introduc. |
an entirely different spirit whc1

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 us
he sang the introductory lin
ual set an exampte to other ar- fats:
Sigg Oe tine. Mou as 10 3S:
tists'in song and diction. ~There~s an old man called tl:
could head every word that he Missisalpoi
said, Mz. Robeson rendered 2d- There~s an old man I don~t lil >
mirable ~Over the Mountains ~oa
by Roger Quilter and ~Three) what does he care if the world~.
Poor Mariners~ by the same

got troubles?
What does he care if the worlc =
not free?~

composer which was dedicated
o the heoric merchant seamen, |
He was heard in s@lections. from,

Mr. Robeson ends this~ sor~
Montverdi, Beethoven, Mussorg-| with a new type of ending, or
sky and J. Engzls. which many of those who use -

Mr, Robeson loves to _ sing
anh loves the p2ople. The pzople
love~ him and love to hear him
Perhaps that is why he
~3 generous enough to sing a
body ~of encore songs that usually tare 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 for
Europe~s~ fascists. H2 sang a
nuinber of our old and well lovd folk songs like ~Waterboy,~
~Ezekiel Saw the Wheel,~ ~Scar

as a Standby in their repertoi:
might well take notice of, ~IP:
just laughing, instead of cryin.
I must. keep fighting until [1
Gying but old man river, 1.:
just keeps rolling along.~ So -
looks as if Old Man River hz '
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 ha;
pier life wherever he goes. EF
is as Mrs. Rebecca Stiles Taylc.
said when she introduced hii1
the last -time he appeared c2
Chicago~s south sid2, ~a bi
man, a great big man in ever
Sense of the word.~

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vision.

~4 Angier Fish

The w - F s fhe angler fish car swallow fis! 4: [a bigger than itself because of it~
peeted to make an announce- ~elastic~ stomach. This remarkabl
fish gets its name from a long mov
eble thread projecting from its hea:
which 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

ment soon as to the fate of the
761st.

Roller Bearitigs

More than 30 million cémplete bal
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

-. Flavers Sauce
Diced onion adds character to
cream sate for peas, or to the
sauce in casseroie mixtrren.

Honey Measure

were made during the last war year To measure hon moist
for U. S. military aircraft alone, greased cup or aa: =

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