Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 11]

SSUES: JUNE! Bia

THE FLINT SPOKESMAN _

Nite Lifein New York

By ALVIN ~MOSES

és ~sg j a5,

DAWN PATROL INCIDENTS 7 *
- NEW YORK__(ANP)~ADDING. FIVE. NEW PORTS

of call to our niteclub and tavern route the past week made
us conscious ~of the fact that-a-pair:~of seven league boots would
be a mighty theughtful gift-to yours truly.i.... Two tres:dents of

the metropolitan area sent in questions this week ~that. were |.
Amelia |Car-,

much deeper than the usual controversial ones.
ter Breoklyn-says:.~~I faii to.sea,the advantage -gained by
Negro-supporied. Harlem, nighicl:(b, musicroms, and: ~taverns
~who-.adveitise extensively. in. white newspapers,,despite known
pol ce (undercover) tactics designed~to keep whites out of the
Harem nitelife field.~~. Then Herbert Fredericks, Jamaica, L.I., chimes, in ~with
this. note: ~Real tears dropped on the pages of Ebony, maga' zine, May issue, as | read the true story of the Columbia, Tenn.,
blood bath, that saw- hundreds of innocent. Negro residents
treated to Naz~ tactics. I am heading a citizens group desig ned
to gain the support of every actor (white and black) i be

York to carry the Tennessee massacre direetly to congress and |}

Mr. Trumay~s desk. You have always fought these issue ti a
standstill, won't you aid us in the theater and nitelife field.~
Upon receipt of Mr. Fredericks letter I contacted 50 mem
bers of the. theetr cal profession thru George Rose. of ~the~ (Art

and M usical Club~We have just begun to fight.
EDDIE (Rochester) ANDERSON opens at ~the~ Hemcibair,
as we go to press and New York can boast of two ofthe most
popular men in show business housed under the same roof for
' many weeks to come. viz: BILL (Bojangles) ROBINSON and
the man who provides most of the laughs on the Jack Benny
radio program... ETHEL WATERS, called by many critics
~America~s first lady of the stage,~~ is currently appearing at
swank Club Baron on the same nightly show with La Waters
featured Larry Steele, producer, presents: DUSTY FLETCH(ER, Derby Wilson and Frenchy, sensational dancers; Edna Mae
Harris, Hortense Allen, Johnson and Rowe, ~Andre Dorsey. the
~charm'ng Baronets, real dancing chorines, and ~HOT LIPS
PAGE and ~his band.:~.~Few. downtown nite clubs boast as
how comparable to thera ~one owner ~~ sate has. on arek
~for! HKisjewek ~tase i~Club 'Baron::: ~Where ~is ~TONATRO~! deihentenes chilled ~The: Vee~
Ctrtly ~called ~the tad ~withthe combination. SinWeekly | receive satleast three letters

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sometimes
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from different parts ot the country asking the above..
only reply in the negative t hat I'do not know but will ~ sdenvns
to clear up ~the mystery before June,5 rolls by as ~| ~have. an
aed ve in Canada tracking down a lead for me.right ~now.
AUL ROBESON,~ one of America's all time great voices
will be heard by thousands the nite of June~ 6 at. Madison
Square Garden~the occasion, a drive to provide hands for
famine stricken South Africans, sponsored by the ~Big 3 Unity
for Colonial Freedom!~... appearing on ~sare bill w'll be
KATHERINE DUNHAM and ~her dance group. HOWIE DE
SILVA. and beloved MARY McLEOD BETHUNE, +1 =o:

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ntobbLDDb00 200 > pecwurvquru.

Mrs. Count Basie downtow7
shopping~ irl plaid~ pedal -push
ers and black. flats looking ala| di Grass is eaturing ~Aunt
California. Mme. Sata Spencer|Jemima~. who is; really TeSs
Washington ~at the Theresa over- Gardell, the original singer of
night: ~The ~coal strike halted | Ziegfield~s ~Show.Boat.~ Paul |Chicago~s. Oriental theatre where | Robeson, enroute, to. West, Virthe Louis Jordan band was,play-| ginia, stopped off to ~hear Josh

White at Cafe Society, Down
ing, cutting the shows~:to: a
atown,,

minimum, The-street cat.sirike
out at the Orpheum Theatre in
Los, Angeles ~the. week ~the King |;
Cold Triv~ resigned.~ New) York
was saved by a:trute.

~The.Jatk Benny troupe.~ er
rived this, week. by.plane--frgm |.
Chicago.;Jack ~Benny* went into
the Hotel Delmonico. Rochester |

Lena ~Horne,
~ingly ~lovely, taking town these
~days,, At Club Baron with 'Fiossie ~and Erskine Hawkifis ~they
echoed and ahhed, ~King Cole
Trio Chub "fans ate swarthing
the offices for ~tickéts~ ~to the~
Kraft ~broddeasts, ~Pég Leg

went into the -Hotel Theresa. |.

~William Grant ~Still, famea| Bates ~enjoying ball ~game ~beWest -Coast.compnsir, sperj| foe his departure to join ~the

matinee Ink Spots in ~St. Louis for aj.
ce road ~tour. ~Dorothy Maynor,

D;: caught by ay news reporter ~not
Do Yao Need | ovine ine! toes. pow wer
embarrased. She was sulbbing

Dace ||| tor Deer house-keéper.. oe o> Vif

Mrs, Nat Cole won't. ~be _gble:
to joi: her ~hugband -atter~ rhe
gets setfled~~in New Tore.

~IP ~INJURED

COLUMBUS, Ohio ~ APNS~

~Barbara ~Pizthugh, 165 ~Lex~imgton ~Ave., ~was ~in ~an argument with Hanna Wilbur of ~199
~Miami Avenue, May 22 fiolice
said. Wilbur ~was supposed to
~have stabbed ~her in ~the ~upper
~lip, She was taken ~to ~the Children~s Hospital. and treated ~by,
Dr, Clinger. and d teleased,

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rate War and~ Ri ~Depart

ments have cited more than

~ 1,000,000 USO volunteer workers,
from every section of the United
States, for their was during
World War II.

On behalf of these men and
women. volunteers, Dr.. Lindsley
F. Kimball, President of USO
(middle); accepts the official ci-. Leanl

tation: from::Secretary of War
Robert P. Patterson (left) while
John L, Sullivan, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (right), represents Secretary of Navy James
V. Forrestal, who signed the joint
citation. ~

2 rand ~citation ~ld ~ it ~pant:

~Its (USO) more than a mil~lion civilian men and women volaunteers gave a nation-wide demonstration of uniquely. effective.
cooperation. The USO. performed
outstanding service.~

~Dr. Kimball, accepting for the
volunteers, said: ~ ~

~The USO has been the instrument both of its member agencies
and of.many ~thousands: of American people. We are deeply appreciative.of this citation but even
happier to have served ac~eptably.~

to serve through 1947: the 1;500, 000

~seas. To this end, USO will open

crams USO will continue

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men who-will still ~be in ~service
in the United States and over
its final appeal for funds ~this
September, in most cities in cooperation with Community Chests
of America.:)

The six member agencies who
will work jointly with USO
through 1947:.are Young Men~s
Christian Associations, tional,
Catholic Community Servite, The
Salvation Army, Youhg Women~s
Christian Associations, ~National
Jewish Welfare Board and National Travelers Aid Association.

State college,

~smith who is a little surprised

he -began,

looking ~tavish
~music business ~ right:
When Louis ~Jordan,
~baridleader
playing the Paramount for the
~geeond timé last July, Bilt ~went

~|:present Franco rule,

a ee

Reporter Meets The ~Composer
Of ~Salt Pork, West Virginia

By Dolores Calvin
NEW; YORK -+-:O-~ We, met

the man who wfote the hit Decca recording tune~ ~Salt!. Pork,
West Virginia~ this; we@k. and

were quite amazed to find that
he has always been interested
in the southern place and has
wanted, more than anything
else,.to go to -West Virginia
These.were the
thoughts of handsome, 6. foot
Bill Tennyson, 23 year old tune
himself at: his own success:

~Pye always liked, to. write,~
~I can~t even. remember; when I wasn't thinking up
tunes: Only I don~t think them
up, They come. to me.~ ei
Discharged from, the. Coast
Guard after two, years~ service
in* whith he sang. in. the ghoral
group, Bill got. back into ~the
away.
the great |
~was

and singer,

to.see him ~about his songs.

Louis decided that Bill had real |

teigh~ to: Bet a ~hovelty ~together,

Chappie Willett,

~agreed

claims he has been schooled by}

~the:

in
free

talent for putting punch
tunes:-and~ let, him..have

' Leaving ~ the ~ ~Paramount: one
day, Bill~ wént to/the-~ office of
the. arranger.
for the Zanzibar.~ ~Phere he happene~d to see a: postal card from
Salt Pork; 'W. Va. and in five
minutes he had ~pteced ~together
the now famous swing ~tune.
Rushing back~ to. Louie, they
it was ~something new
and exciting for Jordan fans.

The song was then fin}shed. in.
collaboration ~with Fl eé' cieft
Moor.c,; $4 iJ
ee *; 44
Bill, from = ~ Orleans,

~gontact.~ His~ idols ~ are~ Duke.
Ellington, Johnny Merce?, Sarns |.
fay! Cahn ~and~ Julie. Stein: He!"
fdrnires~ attd follow $s. them * alle

~BTL has ~Written.
several ~of which are ~recorded |
by~ Mercury. One ~is~ ~I~m Com-|~
ing ~Home To Stay~ done: by.
Bills Samuels Trio which
is the story of an ex-serviceman warning his girl that he~s
leturning from overseas for an

Ella Fitzgerald Bars Spain Dates
Until After Franco Dictatorship Close

NEW YORK ~ ANP -~ Ella

~Ritzgerald, ~the tisket-tasket
~gitl, won't be singing her
swinging nursery rhymes for

the entertainment seekers of
Madrid. ~- at Yeast. not for ~quite
a ~While. This: faét, was ser phasizel by the singer here ~ this
~week when. ~she ~ flatly. turned
@own an engagement proffered
by ~the Peter Maurice agency of
~London for a personal appearante in the Spanish capital in
~mid January, Miss Fitzgerald
explained: that she would not
coNsider any engagement anyWhere: in Spain during the

~Spelling out her: objection to
the Madrid engagement -in:detail the singer, who this ~year
has won four major popular
singer polls, said she felt that.
the whole operation of the Spanish government was patterned
along the lines of the Reich

state under Hitler. Knowing
full well what these attitudes
portend for minority | groups.
Miss Fitzgerald explained that:
not only would she be unable
to. give her best artistically under adverse conditioris but also
there was the problem official

attitudes wwhfch she doubted
would be sympathetic,
Said Miss Fitzgerald,

~Regerdless of the stand taken
by some of the diplomats, it
cami -be denied that Franco was.
an- active all> of Hitler and
therefore it
expected that he ceased subscribing to the fascist ideologies
~simply because the high priest
of fascism and his. henchmen
suffered ~military defeats. No,
I will not be interested in any
appearances in Spain until the
political and social air has been
purified, which means a change

in ~the musical setup at Metro: Virginia - a i, Which. would please
~nin.

| Sop

Sunes i

could ~hardly be}

of rulers there, bsg

act in which he will sing. ~This
he~s doing.with Elton Hill, also
an arranger and composer.

Of his current. success with
~Salt Pork,~ he passes it. off
with ~next thing I know Louie

had recorded it.~ Since hearing
his original in the new Astor
film ~Beware~ - which _ stars
Louis Jordan and band, Bill
is more ~than anxicus to com.
pos? a~ quanity of music for
pictures. His ambition is to. be

Goldwin Mayer and live in
California, However, he still
hones to get to Salt Pork, the
land of his song, and enroll in
the State. college, Under the
GI ~Bill of Rights, ~he: could.dr~Sanize a, ~band vight ~in West

NEW YORK ~(ANP)~
When Lil Gréen and Caleb
Peterson headlined. the new
show ast Friday nite at the
Sudan Club they ~made their
first niteclub appearance in
Harlem. |

Coming to the Sudan direci

was hailed as fhe newest singing sénsdtion. A deep baritore he ~ompleted ~As the
Clouds Roll By~ ~at MGM w-th
Lena ~Horie and ~Till the End
of Tire~ for -RKO. ~Las:
month at the Biltmore Hote.
auditorium his enactment ~ of
~Othello~~ was rated ~~sensational~~ by critics and fans

~alike.

Hailed as ~the ~Queen of the
~Blues~~ Lil Green ~brought with
her a |7-piece ~band. Absent
from New York almost a year
due to personal appearance
dates in theaters and dance

~halls, Lil sang ~her latest recordings.
Frank Lezama, owner of

~the club, announced that Billy
Eckstine and h is ork will return to the Sudan on June 14
due to t he many reques's he
has received to hold them
over. During his four weeks
stay Eckstine had ~the SRO
sign up nitely and did a weekly.gross businc_s ~of $15,000,
a new high for ~any Harlem
nitery.

from _ Hollywood, Peterson.

MMM

Gossip of The Movie Lots

By HARRY LEVETTE
PTT
HOLLYWOOD ~(ANP)~ Really with everything in|

such a mess here. | could spend this issue discussing the street
car strike:that has both Hollywood and its suburb, Los Angeles
stymied, or the Ku Klux Klan tcrrorism that has every one
aroused and indignant. But as it is the tradition that ~the
show must o on, so h*s production at the studios. The aver- ~
age movie player who has had to depend on sfreet cars to get
over the long miles that the move lots ar e from town proper
~manage to report, and would get there even if they had to walk
For ~a~movie job is a movie job, and not t.o be taken lightly like
laying off when one chooses from a factory, domestic service
or other ordinary occupations.

Hence since the strike failed to even slow down miction
picture making, there is stili news and the sepians are still work- ~
ing, b ut not-a~s many as there were dur'ng January, February,
March and April.

Two evests in coast-musical and ~theatrical circles I con-:
sider so important ~as to ~be énics. These are~~Cavalleria Rusticana,~ with a mixéd cast including a couple ~of guest artis*s
which was presented her~'te great success and a full length
stage comedy, ~~Two in a Bed.~ produced for'the first time -w'th
a compete colored cast. This last closed Sundov May 19,
onh on account of the transportation difficulties after playing
to full houses at the Muscart theater for 14 weeks. Presented
last with an all-white company it ra2 for two venrs. and might
have repeated w'th sepians ~cept for the vailwas gremlin.

Crowd 'Cheered ~Cavalleria Rust~cana~ For 10 Minutes ~

With many movie celebrit'es of both races in the boxes
and ~orchestra circ'es-at the Embassy auditozium last week, the
near capacity crowd stood ~up end cheered for fully 70 minutes
after the fall of th- last curtein on Mascagni's ~Capalleris Ru--
ticaia, sung by the Luvenia Nash singers. It would have done
your heart good to have seen such a ppreciation com ng from
a gathering predominantly white. Next day all the daily papers gave reviews of the opera and predicted br:ght fut ures fo:
the group of artists

Great credit~ is due Basheen ~Urkan, the fire young producer who had the binsiesy to venture into a field untried iv
that of presenting an expensive oners
wth a co'ored cast. Also deserving rouch. praise is Miss Nash.
who moulded- her -singers ~int> a. finished. product, Macec
Sheffield, buiness manager for the singers, and Mixs Carlo, ~puk -
lic velations director for the rroduction, who arranged ~interre
coest musical circles:

~Holly Sacred

The legends regardinz the holly
date back to ~the Druids, who be
lieved the evergreen léaves of the
holly were proof thar the sun never
deserted it and it was ~therefore
sacred. Legend also says that -the
erown of thorns was composed vf
holly, dnd that before ~the -crucifixion. the berries were white... but
turned erimson, like drops.of blood
afterward,

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Debut in Madame

NEW ~YORK 4 ANP =. Catia:
illa Williams, Soprano. and: for:
mer Marian Andersén Awatd
winner, ~is receivitig the ~acclaira of music critics this week
~for her recent debut in the title
role of the New York City Opera company~s first performance
of Puccini~s. ~Madame
~fly~ at City ceriter.

Miss Williams~ singing of the
role of Che:Che San -was ~called
an ~instant and pronouficed success,~ Twice winner
Marian Anderson award and a
winner of ~the 1944 Philadelphia Orchestra Youth. Concert
auditions, she ~was ~praised for
her ~delivery ~anil ~pvise in her~
first: appearance in opera, and
called ~a real find~ to City: Opera company ranks.

Nos! Straus of the New York |

Times described Miss Williams~
performance as vivid ard subtle, and.~unmatched by any
other artist who ~has- es8ayed
the part here in retent years.
Slender and graceful, she was
invariably pleasing ~to ~the ~eye,
and added materially to the imPressiveness of her work by a
mobility of facial ~~xpreSsion
rarely encountered among ~dperatic singers, even df Wide exPerience,~ th- critic ~Said,.

Interviewed by an ANR reporter after her performance,

Butter- |

of the~

Butterfly~

Miss ~Williams said she: was
~thrilled, ~" and declared that>
she had a ~lot to be thankful
~far? Her mother, members of

goods and ~metlicines ~that ~people |

the ~Mellow Riffs.~~

structor from Virginia State college were in ~the.audience to
gee her performance,

~One of her greatest ~thrills~
the young singer said, was the
greeting of Geraldine Farrar,
talled the ~finest opera star of
her ~time, who came backstage
~after the opera and presented

her with ~her ~personal score ~of
the role ~for which she was famous.

Caling A
Women

Will you near God~s word!

~

ters Alliance and Daughters of
Zion are asking you to unite
with us. We women van help
the men of our group to do 3:
gieater work by uniting in unfted foree.-Our headquarters are
~locsted dt the St. Arifhoriy
Tezinle, -6800 St. Aubin sgh
cor. of Adelle.
For ~information call To 5
6760 or Fe, 1-1775. -
Rev. Mother Bradley Lewis,
President ~and Founde:
~Rev. M. 0. Anderson,
Vice-President.

her family, and her musi~c in-}.

The Universal! Women~s Minis..

cial luncheons for patrons and sponsors.

Louise Franklin Mekes Good 'h First Rig Stage Role

Althourh ~Louse Beavers and May Johnson were the bi~

~names~ in the cast of ~Two in a Bed~ at the Musarc. hundree:.
are agreeing with me that Louise Franklin, ~pretty nizht clu~
and motion picture dancer, drafted from the Shepp~s Playhouse chorus, stole- the ~show. Without depending on he:
beauty, curves or sex appeal. she made a distinct hit in thplay that is not really risque a s the t it le soundsfi purely by he~
act ng ability.

Best of all Jit ~is a safe bet that self-coxceit will: never brcome a part of ~her dispositi6~.. Personally | am very prov!
of her because her devoted mother, Jewel Franklin, and I hav
been scolding her ever since: she was 17..for making herse::
content as a chorus girl, instead sof using her matural ta e:1
and trained abil'ty on the legitimate steSe.

Watch For A New Teen-Age Combo,

~The Mellow Riffs~. In case you have been kicking yourself because you cede~ {
start getting interested in the King Cole: Trio before they b-:
came nationally famous, just you start watching thre> your
mus cians who swing out with both boogie and sweet stuff ca'le '
They nre members of our Hol ywocd
Hidden Talent Club which will not be a year old until Septer -
ber but ~is the first little theater grouv evcr organized on tl!
-oast that has really done ~things. They will be seen ar
heard as soon.as the end ~of ~the strike permits rehearsa~s *
start on ~Samson of the Bavou,~~ a tale of a Lou'siana ~~Jol.:
~Henry.~~ It will ~be ~full~of ~music, quaint Creole dances. lov -.
and trevedy. and is expected to be: as big a hit as ~Death t>
Leseot"~ the drama fornded on the Haitian revolutign,: pr -
sented by the ~Hiddén Talent ~Club last Febquary.

sia bee BY POPULAR DEMAND

4.4

DETROIT, Mich. ~ APNS ~
Leria Horne is ~Stormy Weather~ which is being eeurreer

by pcepular demand at the Grznada Theater Wednesday and
Thursday, June 5 and 6. There is also Bill Ribinson Cab
Calloway and his band, Nicholas Bros. and Fats Waller.