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Negro Works and

By Verna Arvey

alvin~s News Service ''
~Under the~ direction of Leopold
Stokowski, great ~orchéstral' éonductor, the Hollywood Bowi last
week ~opened its~ Silver Jubileé
season with 4 magnifitent, pet:
formance of~ the opera ~Carmen,~
As is usual~ at these events, the
opening night brought scores of
notables to the Bowl: ar tist,
writers, muSicians ahd ' screen]
stars now resident in Soythern
California, as ~well as the~ many
Socialites who~ make attendance

at~ the Bowl~ a regular thing each]

~surmer. to
Although in~ past the Holly-}
~wool~ Bowl has engaged out
staAding Negro artists and Negrq
~choral groups tO appear each
season, this year something~ out
of the~ ordinary will take place
when an entire program~on the
evéring | of August 22~will be.
deveted to Negro culture, ~The!
Bowl officials + are importing Ry
Artists.

He will direct the! ~Bowl érchestra~ in several Symphonic~ works.
~notably 6ne by the Anterican Ne~gro ~ composer,
retin.
engaged. and the soloist #o* the
evening ~wal ~he ~the Bist *
~prance, Dorothy Maynor The entire~ progtatr: will Gi ~on a Very;
~high cultural~ level; with the~ aim
~of showing~ the world the~ great
~musical ~heights ~to which édlored:
agar racine. have climbed.~

so
a fusther. tribyte to..Mr.
Stil, who now. lives in Southern
Cali fornia, on. Ausus*. 3th: ~Tyler
Sol, von, guest,.conducyor, at. the
Hollywood Bowl, will play. this
composer's. ~Festive. Overture,~
the compoes.ticn. which ~won the
$1, 000 war, bond in the Cincin-.
nati Symphony~ Orchestra~s he
gent, nation- wide competition, Mr.
Solomon has repeatedly performLed Mr, "Still~s works with his
pwn orchestra, - the Columbus
(Ohio) Philharmonic, as well as
the works of Clarence Cameron

dolph Dunbar, famed Negro conductor, from Paris for that event, }
~White.

Urges Negro Students to Be
International in Future Outlook

NEW, YORK ~ ANP ~ Dr.

Ernest.B, Kalibala, African~ auth-}.

or. and educator. who,receritly
received ~his.,Ph.D, from Harvard
university, speaking at the 26th
annu.l eS Day~ ~program~ at Jathes Presbyterian.. puta Negro university students to become _international in their thinking,

~The Negro college,~ said. Dr.
Kalibala, ~is deficient. in~ the
education. which..it gives. its
Students insofari:as international
aifairs. ar~ concerned.

~Negro college
should travel more ~widély and |:
sectre a wider knowledge of)

-Bell,
Brown,

prof ess ors;-~;-Smith university, The Rev.

world..affairs,~~
A. latge audience.of students
~teachers, alumni.:from various
sections ~of the couhtry was in
~attendance at.the event. Cleveland: G.. Allen, representing New

York) university and founder: of| +

~University Day,~ presided, Addressés were given by Ernest
Stephenson, ~representing Indiana
university, the Rev, J: Paris
Benedict - collegé; Golden
Lincoln university; the
Homer Gillis, New York U;-Mts.
AExe Byrd;: Barber-. Scotia. college and George Mears, Johnson, Shelby, Hees: is Pastor sof: ~St.
James,~ *! >" caves ft

East Indians Facing Discritaination~

In South Africa Like Natives

CAPETOWN, South Africa ~.
ANP ~ East Indians are facin.
a fight in South Africa, President
I, K, Mfuku of the Council ut
Non-European trade unions, says
that the Indians are experiencing
for the first time what the Africans had tad to face for years,
He declared in a speech at Port

- Ejizabeth recently that it was
the policy of the white~ South
Af: can ruling class tto deal with
darker racial groups so as to
prevent them from organizing
and fighting any discriminatory
legislation unitedly. 2

Frst it was the African. nd
then | the mixed blood colored
peoples,~ said Mfuku, ~ahd toaorLOW. it will be the - ~Chinese.

~legal nor moral right to acquire

~of

ples to-live as sub-humans,

The white~ man has neither the
this country and therefore cannot in justice deny equal rights
and ~equal opportunities: to other
sections of the iisencsard but
they do it.~

Dr, Dietrich, national president
of the African People~s organi
Willian: Grant}
A~ Negro choir has ~heen:

has recently ~organized his~

coast tour of one nighters *

own ~band, Which ts ~handled: by
Attractions, 565 ~Fifth Ave., N.Y, C.,

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Eddie ~Mr. Cleanhead~. Vinson 4,~ Ba

~America~s most opular blues singer, ~who Introduced ~Cherry Red!
Blues,~ seomenody's Gotta Go,~ ~Juice ~Head Baby~ and mary others,

niversan|
who. @ aresnow booking a. coast ~0

Ally Finds Racial -

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ Racial discrimination rémained
the chief unsolved. problem of
Araerican liberty during the last
year according to annual report
of American Civil Liberties union
published Saturday. as an 80
page pamphlet eatitled,: ~From
War tu Peace,~ Ih. two groups

the wunion~s work remained as
in recent years. Negroes and Jap~anese Americans,

While Ameri~an liberti~s: gérierally scored ~impressive advances~ during 1945-46, Negroes~
conti.ued to make ~slow gains~
toward their ights as Ame~rican
citizens, according to the report.
One of the biggest advances is
seen in the U, S, Supreme court
decision outlawing ~ segregation
in inter-state bus travel in a
case appealed by the NAACP
~with support of -the ACLU:
Other Alecisions favorable to Ne
zation, criticized the leadership
the South African Indian
congress for failing to call for a
united front of all the oppressed
peopies instead of sending deputations across the seas. He Said
the object of recent legislation
against the Indians wks to.maintain white supremacy in:South
Africa by forcing all darker peo
Britain Plans New Policy -
For Colonial Devclopineat

~LONDON ~ ANP ~ A sharp.
abauit face of Britain~s colonial
policy was disclosed here last]
week through the secre} pry of
state for colonies in a new program for colonial. development
that will ultimately banish imperialism from all British col-:
Onies,

Reporting sOme of the~ handicaps <ncourjered in putting the
new colonial policy ~into execu
~tion, George Hall, secretary of
state for colonies, said:

~The ugly facts are that the~
majority of colonial people are
very poor, and there must be a
speeding up~ in economic ~devel-'
opmer. We are on the threshold ofa great opportunity in
the.colonies.~

Disclosure of the British So-'

Cialist government~s new colon-|.,

jal program was made later in
the house. of commons by Arthur Grech-Jones,.undersecretary for:colonies, who ~said, ~we
are acd ively -engaged in sacking
the contents of the old imperialism, and we @re as eager~ as~, any other country for the btild-:
ing up of: colonial peoples to
freedom afd social happiness.~

Creech-Jones revealed ~that a~
four-point colonial policy is now
about,o be. initiatedirin Britan~s colonies throughout the

i to

groes were seen in the supreme
court ruling: that sustained the|:
opening of ~Georgia Democratic
~primeries to Negroés,; and. a sirb~ilar ruling~ by the subrerite ~ court
of Florida, Also nétable ~were

Discrimination ~Chief Problem~

demsading greatest attention in|

~conspicuous *

itwo. decisions in tthe. U, S. \Circuit: Courts of Appeals, 6ne upholding equal. pay for Negro
teachers in. a Little Rock case:

oe | and another ~prohibiting: discrim
| ination in the ~hiring: ~of ~librarians in a Baltimore public, aaa
ta

tant

world:

31, Britain ~will see hs discrimination and racial~: superiorty are made ~to dsappear as soon
as possible and that;:-he relationship between Britain and,
ner colonies wil be ~one of partnership,

2. Political and economic ~privilepe and domination must po.
and the peoplé of the colonies
should yo forward~ to political
fréedom and responsible
| government,:

3. The economic éeplotiatibn
of natural resources and the
peopies of other, colonies for
the ends of certain groups, whether internal in colonies of externaily, mug go; it is the. responsibility of the gofernment
attack the fery essence. of
economic imperialism.

Rimes

ish policy should n@ be British adva antage but the happin~ss
~prosperity ~and freedom of the
colonial peoples themselves. ~

Roller Bearings

More than 30 million complete ball
~and roller bearings were made each
month during the last two war years:
by the ~anti+riction bearing manufacturers for U. S. military equipthént: Approximatély 100 million
ball and roller bearings of @ll types |. were made during the iast war year
for U. 5. military aircraft alone,

a al he

self-|.

4. The test of the new.Brit-|-: *

f Rronocnara ReconDy |

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first time the home of a Negro

~| azimes ~ver printed.. Chief setbacks of the year in
the fight for racial equality are
seen in the failure of congress
to pass a permanent FEPC bill,
and its equal failure to pass. legislation removing the poll. tax
aS a condition of voting in federal elections. The report says
that these issues ~will continue
to confront Congress in the com;
ing year,~

Interracial clashes widely feared during. the post war period}
have.-been. happily absent -according to the report, with the;exception of the
Columbia, Tenn,, ~riot,~ Only
one lynching was reported during ~the year. Stirrings of the
revived Ku Klux Klan have
been met energetically by state
officials in Georgia.and_ elsewhere, In California to combai
Klan activity, th ACLU -pnt up
a $500 reward for conviction of
persons burning crdésses on private property,

August Issue
Color -

2.

~Charleston, 'W, ~Va., Saly 24~
Foilowing the war, the Négro
is ~making new ~St#ides in Jorrfidlism, in the ~newspaper, and
~especially ~tn the: ~ era.
A thew ~high in graphic was]
hit when Negro. hories ad Bas-1:

~ }'Group ~which | was. Our
\-should Be complimented by. each |

| Walls. Who will win? Well,

New York, N. Y. ~ CNS

| When the Southern Conference]:
for Human Welfare has its much
|'nez@ed ~Drive here.in Septemjber it will be headed by. two}
{Greats ~ Joe Louls and ~Orson
| Webs.
| Plens are well underway in
{the New York Officé here where

petite and~ ~charming | Branson. || Price has just returned from.a
]Souchern Tour where some con{ditions for the Negroes ~are stili|.
~ Somewhat

working ~under deplorable conditions, Many of
such eonditions. and special ~dses have been helped by this
formed

sak

ns ~the purpose ~Pp im-: ~economic, Social, spiritual
and ~cultural conditions of the
people of the South without regard to race, creed, or color.~

In- order ~to get the Drive besore an wnhlimited number of
pedpic. here a Luncaeon for the
Iufer-denominational ~ Ministerjal Alliance is being held. bere
at the Hotel ~Thertsa next week,

~Th: Drive of the Conference
will no doubt. bé a grand success.with the -Committee having such Chairmen as Joe~ Louis,
Boxing Champ and Orsen Wells
-Theatre Champ.

SUAMPA, BELL'S

COLUMBUS. Ohio. arr APNS~
The big: battle of music~ ~ig. on.
friend Ingram Carter

and every Scioto lander for this |:
coming Friday night fete in the
air cooled: Lincoln ballroom,
when he presents the atomic
music ~battle. between Pete
France, Bob Madison and Van
T
so if

am one of the judges,

j you will talk to me, you will

have to also. to talk to Lawrence Nappier, plus the un-:
known judge chosen on the night
of the dance,. Here iS a tip. ~
these~ bands aré~ battling amongst themselves, but they ate mostly_-getting tuned up, and out to
get Earl Hood~s sealp, and his
city prestige for that matter

And another oncomer, who
may apepar~in the September
battle of the strings, and: needs
is ~Mr, Paul Jones, now playing at~ the Columbus _Turt Club,
I must -say his band is the best
I have ever heard, Earl Hood or
no Earl Hood, Mae Jefferson,
vacationing from her microscope in Wilberforce University,
decided to look over~ Columbus
with a natural eye, Lucky Columbus ~ and lucky Mae.

Flash. Bulletin! The Merry
Makers Club will have their
20th Anniversary, 1926 ~ 1946,
during the Labor Day weekend in September. Thanks to
Mr. Eddie J, Colston for the
fine plug in.his column last
week. Mr,; Calston is~ one of the

| best writers Bronzeville Colum| bus has ever known. ~ along
| with his theatrical booking bus] iness,
~'busy man,~ What ~1? tike" about
j:him is that he believes in help
He must be a very, very

ing his people. If they help

ithemselves, And the Editor ~at

~this writing is in Omaha and}.

Columbia. U. s
Has Many:
Race Students

nesses. were ~glorified th ~46chni~célors in ~the~
Color~ just off press, ~TWo weiges,~
~até devoted ~to Ohioans contrib-}:
uted by Allen E. Robinson,
shows fine recognition ~at the
state capitol,;

In magnificient multi-colored
pictur&~ and storiés COLOR presents unique. racial strides in a
wide variety of. fields, For the

is shown in té@chnicolor print.
This honor went to the home of
T. M, Alexander, insurance
broker of Atlanta, In rotogravure is sown the greatest Negro
prize fighters of all time; while
bronze American girls are shown
operating reliefograph machines
in the state house at Columbus.

I: its feature on great Negro
fighters it is claimed that Negroes, pre-dating freedom, were
the first boxers in the: United
States, Many critics acclaim the
current issue of COLOR as one
of the most beautiful racial mag
Carbon Ingredient.

Carbon is an essential ingredient
fn smelting operations for the production of calcium carbide, ferro
aloys such as ferrosilicon and ferro

igewe of" '

NEW YORK. ~ ANP, -- Columbia univrsity has its largest
~sumumer enroliment. and. about
one-fifth of -the students are
Negroes, This liberal _ institution has never talked quota in
its summer sessions and many
Negroes have obtained degrees
necessary to continue their work
through attendng the sessons
at one of the country~s finest
schocls,

However, according to one
disgusted student, many colored
registrants apparently are making a social event of the summer session and their conduct,
although they are teachers, does
not reflect in their favor, He
fears that their carefree attitude on the camps may lead~ to
stricter regulations
-admission, which would be a
terrible ~blow to the hopes and
espirations of the more sober
minded summer students,

Further, he points ou~, the
colored attendance is far in ex
cers of the enrollment of any
colored college in the country

The students ar2 quartered in
the
fated ~Internxtfonal house on
@ campus, ohers at the Y, M.

Vaceus place... some at

chrome, phosphates, silicon carbide,
aluminous abrasives, iron ore reduc

tion and othe: electro processes,

private homes

C. A, and tue YWCA and till
a

a hers on th: 3

campus
in Harlem,

governing,

|SCIOTO DIARY |

St, Louis. What's up now ieee
ar Robinson?

~Roger ~Caesar~ Brown, fine
bartender -at the Club Regal,
was qn the verge of being capsized by a-large group of women who were out for drinks
and laughter. ~I can~t: help. it
because you all love me ~ but
there is only one m3,~ Mr,
Brown said. And speaking of
Brown~s and,Colstons again, oh
the main stem, the first said to
the,.other, ~my full name is
Charles Moracious Brown,~ the
latter replied: ~mine is Edward

Julius; Colston,
Mrs. Helena Lynch, of Detroit, Michigan, sister of Tom
my and George Allen here, visited this: city, A fine housewife
and. __ -conversationalist, Mrs,
Lynch is the wife of the. man
who runs Detroit~s Gotham Hotel. Tommy Allen, chief chef
at the Club Flamingo,, says ~~he
tries much hard to please all
patrcns and up to now he has
raet with many congrats, plus

~Many hard to please persons,

Mr.

A,.B. Flint takes the
Scioto. Shield guard for the
week. Remember in last week~s

paper about the story on the
Lexington Park Neighborhood

as to Mr. Flint~s membership in
that he haS:the Ro-Jo Terrace
Rooming House at 178 Lexington last Friday he hired mén
to cut the grass and trim the
hedge, how he is a bonifide, fullfledged member, ee
Mr. Pyar.

Red Gros
Official Gets

3 Treastiry Medal |

ANP
~services ~Fen.

~WASEINGTON | ~

For...

"| dered - in behalf of ~the war fin
[ance-program,~ Jesse O. Thomag, at -present assistant. to the
vice chairman in charge of doMestic Services of the American
Red: Cross, received a medal and
citation on July 18. The citation
Was signed by Fred M. Vinson,
Wartime Secretary of the treas
bury,

~-M1. Thomas was senior pro-'
motional specialist on the war
finance division staff of the
treasury from September, 1941,
to May, 1943, and he covered a
large part of the country.while
Organizing war bond sales, He
has been on the national staff
of the American Red Cross
since May, 1943.

For Vets Start
In Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES ~ ANP
With local organizations planning to keep a close watch
against unfairness towards Negro vets, 25,000 new homes will
go into construction in the Los
Angeles aréa at once, to relieve
desperate housing situations in
which returnng service men
have found themselves.

#

unit, Well there was a question|
25.000 New Homes

Thisallocation was announced

[HERE'S THE TOP MAN IN SHOW BIZ
~~ IM, BROTHER, IS GOOD DEAL

Say what you will, folke, and we

former in the entertainment world.

Bali in Washington, D.
York has passed fp t. scouts are a right lot,

Exclusive to Ted Yates Publications
warn you not to argue the point.

Larry Steele (pictured above) is America~s No. 1 outstanding per
Yes, he~s top man in show biz~ *

but definitely! As an emcee, producer of hit shows~theatres and nite
clubs; singer, actor, gagster, scriptwriter and radio artist; Steele has:
no peer. As a lyricist, composer and musician he is rising rapidly as
the foremost among our young artists and has written many outstand- ~
ing tunes, ~It~s A Good Deal~ was one and still is one of Larry~s most |
popular numbers. His latest, ~It~s A Smart Affair~ is destined to become as much a favorite with music and dance lovers as ~Good Deal.~
Last week Steele ~o the headlined featured attraction at Club. C. Why a club like the Cafe Zanzibar in New
this talented star makes us wonder if talent

Soprano Makes
Operatic Debut
In Mexico ~ ~

here last Tuesday, she became

been denied her because: of color barriers in the United States
Other top-ranking stars from Li
Scala Milan, the Paris opera
Covent Garden, and the Metro
polit.n completed the -cast,

rectived in the United - States.
The daughter of a New Rochelle
N. Y., grocer, sho~ was hailed as~
a ~rew singing star of the f~rs:
magnitude~ when she made
Town Halli d2but about twe
years ago,

Fctlowing her operatic appearances in Mexito. City, a concen
tour of Central-and South America is Pe ee for~the- singer.

Seek to Defeat:
Cong. Slaughter
In Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo, ~ ANP

President Harry Truman is
not the only person who wants
to see Congressman Roger C;
Slaughter, Democrat, defeated in,

*

a

be held August.6. President
Trvran is expected to fly ail
the way home to Indep2ndence,
Mo., to~ cast his vote ~against
\Slaughter,. In this He will
be joined by numerous Negro
voters who are Out td help get
the congressman~s scalp.
President Truman - made
Statement in. Washington that
Sleughter stood for everything
which the

commissioner of the
Hous~ng commission who hurried h2re from Washington fo:

| groes are

% Fee
wy

the primary elections which will

the

for, Led es Chester Frar.7] aliy
editor of the Call of this ct.
numerous Negro organiza-ions
have vallied to defeat Slat ji:er
bereuse, they say the conf essman is against everything, Nefor, too. Slauzier

NIEAICOU CITY ~ANP ~J| voted against FEPC and 75:
Wien Ellabelle Davis, soprano,~ oth-r progressive measures, An,
sang the title role of ~Aida~ in effort is being Made to sécis2 a
an. Opera National presentation}; united front among Negro or

gan~zations to work for hi; de
the first American Negro to star| feat, This must be done in the
a perfomance of a Major opera} Priraary sinc? the distric: is
company of the world, according| normally Democratic in the regto an announcement made by the] ular electons.
orgenization,:::
Miss Davis, co-starring with} SAYS HE WAS STABBED = -
Ramon Vinay,.New York M:et-| BY UNKNOWN Maw;
ropolitan company. tenor, making Sonn Garrett, 1584 Giibard
her grand opera debut, was giv-| Avenue, reported that. abattt,
en 2n opportunity to display vo. | twelve-thirty a. m, July <4 he*
cal talents which previously hac| was stabbed in the right eye,

~with a sharp instrument ky an
unknown man,- while in front
of. 20th and M:, Version Ave--
nue, He was treated: in Grant:
Hospiial.

INJURIES UNDETEKMINE~)
Miami:

*.

A former dressmaker, Mis: Freddie Black, 181
| Davis sewed for New York so | Avenue, and 3 years old, vusncialites in order to pay ic: e|ed the screen from a_ s<zon:lsinging lessons, all of which werc | story bed Toom window and
fell to the ground. This har: 28ned July 22 about 3:20 p, m, and
while in Children~s hospital tab
evening the jinjuries were suns:
determined, He ~

ey ~AND HE~LL SINK HIMSELF)

~ Workers and business ownc>'s.
are in the same boat, more th-2~
~they think.

~ Records over the years shc-7~
that business and workers alwa- 3
go up and down together.
|. Records show that when but~ f
ness is good, wdges are goe~.
Records show that the percen:age of the country~s total wages
{always remains about the sam.
on to the country >
total business income.
* Employers have never eet
~able to lower the percentage

~

President was not

Federal!

business. cOnferences with west

last week by Raymond Foley,

coast directors,

6;
~

| much. And even unions have_
~never been able to raise the pee

leentage much. )

b~ It~s an economic law that whe:
~production sinks, wages sink!, proportiona. So, production is,
~everything. ~ts the hie boat,

~boys. Produce or sink? = -