Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 22]

PAGE SIX

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1946

~On Whitman Avenue~ Reaches
One Hundreth Performance

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ ~On
Whi'man Avenue~ played iis
100:h performance at Saturday~s
m2~inze and therein lies a sucss story. When Maxine Wood~s
drama of racial prejudice and
- misunderstending was brought
to the Cort theatre by Canada
Lee? and Mark Marvin on May
~ its chances if survival app2ar~ed slim to Broadway wiseacres
~ who knzw that drama of social
sign:ficance seldom atiract large
sudiences in the summer months,
But they reckoned without the
producs~s who were determined
taat the message of ~t:fir play
reach the audi2nces for whom it
was intended,

~On Whitman Avenue~ tells
he story of the Tildens, a middle class suburban family wose

daughter rents the top floor of
their heme to Negres, During
the course. of the play neigh
bors attempied to.ake matters in
thei own hands. and evict the
unwelcome tenants. In the end
~the colored family is obliged to
~mov2, but the peace and solidarity of the Tildens are gone forever and their daughter leaves
home in quést ~f understanding
ana tolecance m= an_ intolerant
world.
' At the outset ~business was
weak, and the average producer
wculd not have attempted to
brave the public indifference.
But Lee and Marvin believed
in their play, And they set about
promoting ~ it through every
Means at their. disposal.

Such time as-he was not playing the role of David Bennett
in the show Canada Lee was ap
pearing on any and all radioj
programs that would accept him:

as a guest, and he saw to it that
no matter how finical the interviewer the conversation alWays got around to the theme
of ~On Whitman Avenue.~
Meanwhile his partner, Mark
Marvin, was. circulating the
meribership of unions clubs and

Other liberal organizations, arTanging theatre parties, booking speaking appearances for

Canada, Together they aroused
_an interest in the play among
students and workers far removed from the ordinary class

they fould a strong ally
itSelf~ithe play
ove~,
in the public

goers: who had been moved and]:

excited by the pay and who talk
ed about it long after attending

it,

Aud their industry paid oif~])
and handsomely~ai the box of-])
first |
Molth when the play~s chances
of survival appeared~ slim indeed |)
business roSe in June to a point |

fic2. After an uncertain

whcre the producers could be
gn paying off on the eng

investment.

After
~On Whitman Av2nue~
v-ry nicely at tho Court,
its sponsors. have every
~alion that it
til it embarks on a

expec
d2termined that the entire discussicn than aly othr drama oi
the current season~
which veasserts the principles of
equality which were first~ stated
Whitman Avenue~ played
in the Declaration of Independence.

AFL Foundry
Workers Meet

In Birmingham:

BIRMINGHAM ~~ ANP ~The
87 year old International Molders and Foundry Workers union
(AFL) is holding its annual
convention in Birmingham on
August 12 through 30th,

cesses Becweckces ese ~ote ecto Seow eocccuse

I. C, Chapman of Elyria, 0O.,:

international representative of
the molders, has spent several
weeks in this area helping to
prepare for the convention, He
is the only international representative of this union organization which operates without
color line discrimination,
Throughout its entire jurisdiction, there are only eight allNegic locals. They exist only
through the desire of the locals
themselves, Two of the largest

locals in ~the south are compos-:
ed wholly~~of Negro workers.

One is at Holt, Alabama with a
membership of about 1,000, and
the other at Anniston with about

13~ weeks On ~roadway]}
is doing })
where |,

will continue un- |)

coast-to- |
coast tour in the fall, They are}

the play |

TUSKEGEEAN RETURNS WITH

its} SON VICTIM OF POLIO~The

above picture shows Mr. and

Mrs. William Jackson (right)
of Birmingham, Ala,, leaving
theiy son, William, Jr., after a
trip frgm. Indianapolis, Indiana,

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wh?re afflicted -on a

he was
visit.:
William Jr. is the first polio
patient admitted to the Tuskegee Infantile Paralysis center whose parent is a graduate

of. this institution.

On the extreme left is Miss
Elizabeth Campbell, Physical

Therapist at the Infantile Para-|

sysis center, who is also a

Tuskegee. graduate,

Lou Swarz Flies To Atlanta, Ga.;
Appears With Sister Rosetta Tharpe

NEW YORK Special ~
Low, Swarz, nationally known
character actress. and movie
star had the thrill of her life
time when last week she in a
minute~s notice planned it te
Atlanta, Georgia where ~ she
appeared with the nation~s
reatest goSpel singer and artist, Sister Rosetta Tharpe at
1 the city auditorium,

In keeping with the program
which was sponsorec by. Bishop W. P. Young of Atlanta,
Miss Swarz pvesested dramatic selections * which beautifully
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i ficers:' ~
An eStimated 650 delegates

from all parts Of the United
States, Canada and Panama will
attend this convention. This will
mark the first time that it has

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Malinda Wuz Convurted. He

This was the first time. this
artist, so often referred to as
a ~one woman show~ because
She is just that--keeping an
audience in stitches, and scmetimes making her audiences
come to tears~with her presentation of a costumed performance of from one half hour to
one Of an hour an_ forty-five
minutes (regular theatre time
for a complete show); and the
occasion waS a great one for
Lou, She expressed herself by
saying that ~tis great to work
with a great.package such as
the ~one headed ~by ~ Sister
Tharpe;, and to the Allen Artists~ "Bureau here.in NYC. goes
rangement at~ the: last minute,
~ Adding that midde name to
distinguish herself from the
male because so often when
Lou would go into offices the
statement would be ~Send Mr.
Lou Swarz in~ has just now
brought her one big Opportunity
as Lou Sealia Swarz that of
having been presented in the
city of the southland, ~Atlanta,
Ga,, with the great Sister Rosetta Tharpe and her package
in which were featured a quartet and another gospei singer,
~Miss Knight.

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Fred Toomes,
Screen Comedian,
Enters Business

Fred Toomes, veteran screen
comedian of the days ~of Stepin
Fetchit, has shown that it is
not aiways the most highly educated who make good business
folk, Getting away from _ the
beaten paths of side by side
lunch and hot dog stands, cocktail lounges, etc., of the Central
Avenue district, he went away
out to the erclusive highly aristocratic colony of Malibu. beach
and vecently opened an elaborate
cnicken dinner palace.

It was finished while he was
playing a featured role in Columbia~s ~The Secret of the
Whistler,~ so he invited te star,
Richard Dix, and the rest of

ed, besides members of the technical staffs, and since. the word
has gotten around to Other ~lots
many other celebrities whom
Fred has supported have been
out to eat the dinners they describe as delicious. His wife
personally supervises the frying
of the chckens in real southern
Style,:

F-ed was nick-named ~Snow
flakes~ for the screen, back in
the days of ~hair rising~ or ~turn
ing white~ at the sight of a
host so although his comedy
is more of situations or gags, the
rather irksome appelation has
stuck to him,

SATCHEL PAIGE DRAWS
BIGGEST CROWD

NEW YORK ~ (CNS) ~
Hurler Satchel Paige, ~on the
mound. for the Kansas City
Monarchs against the Bushwedesr, drew the largest crowd
of the season at Dexter Park.

-cruited by the

the ~credit for. the special~ ar
the cast to visit it, All attend-+'

Divinity Students
To Europe

LIVERPOOL, England ~ANP
~ One of the most interesting
pilgrimages to Europe yet made
during the postwar period, is
that just (inished by: a group of
young Southern college students,
white and colored, who ~shipped
on an UNRRA cattle boat aS live
stock attendants.:The ship which
was taking a.load of United Nations Relief. and: Rehabilitation
cattle to. feed the nedy. and
starving people of Europe and
to give them live stock for a
start. in: life, sailed from Newport News late in June.

The group which was from
17 southern = colleges~ was~ reFellowship of
Southern churchmen for. the

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Shepp~s: |
Playhouse Closes

By Floyd Snelson

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ Nightlife is somewhat dimmed in the
Angel~ City in the passing of
~Playhouse, ~considered
the finest and best appointed
nitery owned by Negroe, from
coast to coast, according to reports just received,

Chester Dudhzy, former~ manager of the cocktail lounge, informs that Shepp~s is gone completely, The. owner, Gordon H,
Sh2ppard, went into bankruptey and the place was sold at
auction, piece by piece, which
went for a ~song.~ Mr,Sheppard
his 10 year lease ($200 per
month from the Japanese ownthe property
and raissi the reo: to 9 $ijb
Berg, who operated ~ very suc
Sunsét strip, att2mpled to buy
the place to save it for the Negro entermainment policy but
refused to accept the $5,000 dept
overhanging.

Shepp~s Playhouse, where this
writer servea maz; months as
public relations director~ and
publicity manager, can well.afford: to be appraised asthe most
palatial night club from coast
to coast; and I ~have seen them
all in the principal cities,

It was locatsd in the heart
of ~Little Tokio~ just. three
blocks from the Los Angeles City
Hall plaza at the crossroads to
Hollywood, Bevery Hills, Pasadene and the San Fernando valley. and in a_ stone~s throw of
the downtown swankiest hotels
and shopping district,

It occupied the second and
third floors of the three story
ouilding, open to fresh air and
whclesome ventilation, One flight
up was the spacious cocktail bar
and lounge seating 250 or more
and cn the third was the cabaret with huge sunburst orchestra stand and private reception
rooms,~

Brethren Service committee and
UNRRA,

Lone Negro Family i in Manhattan
Beach~s Vets~ Row Welcomed

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ ExSgt. Andy Smith, his wife, daugh
ter and mother in law, are the
only Negro residents in Manhattan Beach, converted Barrack
veterans~ housing project~ here,
The project has 696 ~units and
Smith~ s@cured admission because his brother, also a veteran.
had made an, aplication ~ast
February when the lists were
open and which he took over,

The Smiths are ~exceedingly
popular among the residents,
From the~ first day the white
residents. extended them a wel
come, Little two and a_ half
year old Connie is a_ general
pet.

Andy Smith himself is the

organizer of as well as the catcher and sometimes pitcher of
the project baseball. team, He
is andball champion and an active member of the veterans~
tenant asociation. Sraith studies
emkalming by day and works at
a filiing staticn from six to mid
night, He is a former fullback
from Xavie,; cnivers:ty in ~New
Orleans, the town where his.wife
and mother in law lived, ~

California Gets First
Automobile Insurance Co.

LOS ANGELES ~ ANP ~ Incorporation of a $500,000 Loyal
Automobile Insurance company,
the first Negro automobile actuarial for California, was announced ~here. last: week,

Directed by Wendell E. Lar--
son, president, organization of
the company came as result of
wholesale cancellation of colored
and minority automobile insurance policies two years ago by
Practically all white. companies

in the state,

This action left the 90, 000 Negroes of California
au.omobile protection, and the
flagrantly discriminatory situation continued despite mass
meetings,petitions to the governor, insurance commissioner
and congressmen. A 15-month
fight preceded the recent permit granted the Loyal Automodbile Insurance company by the
insurance commissioner of. the
state,:

Una Mae Carlisle~s New HitTo
Be Featured by ~Big~ Bands

By Lou Sealia Swarz

NEW YORK ~ ~Una Mae Carlisle, that girt who has ~It~
when it comes to the cOmposing
field as she does in her exécuting as pianist and singer will
have her new song hit, ~If It
A~int Mine Whose Is It~ featured hy ~Big~ names, Among those
who will feature the Hit are
Louis Jordan and Louie Aimstrong,

As a song writer. Una Mae
will always stay on top with
the public~s constant demand of
her two hit parade hits~~Walking By The River~ and ~I See
A Million People.~ Believe it or

~not but those songs not only

were on the hit parade during
the same season but they have
beccme standard hits~just. as
Handy~s ~St, Louis Blues,~
Only a few weeks ago when
this ~Triple~ Artist~composer,
singer and pinaist appeared at
the Club Bali in Washington, D,; the audience always demand-|
A tnat she do those hits nained
above, right along with so many
of her other originals. She can
prid: herself. of being.. one
among the very limited. umber
of song writers who have comPose.~ over 50 or 75 songs,
just think of her having composed over 100, and with her
unlimited number of recordings
with Beacon, Victor, Joe Davis
Savoy ang, ~other companies,
Sh: is always heard by the
thousands who keep her recordings on top in their albun sets
at home,

Having gained her health and
plenty of weight too after ~a
long seige of illness, it~s no
telling what the great little
artist, Una, Mae Carlise will do

with composing new songs hits],p]..

in the near future. Just continue to be on the alert because she will give you her
best as always,

stops like *., world~s greatest city....'..
feeling. is

without

~Cuban.

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PT UO

BEATING THE GUN.
By ALVIN MOSES~

JIMMY POWERS PITCHING
Lace NEW. YORK~(ANP )~JIMMY POWERS is white of
skin, and known to most of us in the east who buy the N.Y.
Daily News. During the past six weeks or so the brilliant sports
authority of the newspaper read by millions daily, has devoted
three complete columns to Negro athletes. First, he literally
raved about Dandridge; colored shortstop wonder oF the
troublesome (to the majors) Mexican League. ae
Then he weighed in with a nice piece'on Ray Rob nson,
uncrowned welterweight champion of the fight world, and two
weeks 2go~a lengthy scribble anent Leroy Satchel Paige, Kan
cessful~ Bistto ob the Holywood. City Monarch baseball team~s incomparable pitcher.

IF Ki.ANSMEN HAD CONSCIENCES aaeox Tee

Sperts. has ever been the great leyeler. The white,terrorists of Georgia, Tennessee and Mississippi, hooded and. unhooded members of the nefarious klan, wouldn't hesitate to shoot
Mr. Powers~ head off. were he available to them in-their backyards. Were they by the same token possessed of conscience
and: sensibilities, these articles of courage and fairplay ~would -
cause theth to burn their. soiled linen. and use their crosses for
kitchen fitewood.. In these dark days of racial outbreaks at
home and abroad, men like Jim Powers constitute*what ~ have
long discussed in this column,~' ~ambassadors without portin.

~WITHIN ~THE CRUCIBLE~. 4, WILLIE JOYCE, Gary's pride and joy,. sind in a neat
job in whipping tough DANNY KAPILOW, white, claimed by
Bronxites as well as residents of Brooklyn, before a yelling audience at Madison Square Garden, Friday nite; Aug:;2:~Joyce,
with that rapiér-like left hand always sneaking across Kapilow! s
features like the tongue of a serpent, was a unanimous winner
gairiing the judge~ s nod as well as that of referee Ruby Goldstein:~:

ini a lute: game cat YANKEE STADIUM two. penis ago,
Satchel Paige hurled. unbeatable ball for six innings against the
hapless N,Y. Black Yankees, his mates ringing up: nine runs for
~Old Man River~~ to the opposition~s big goose-egg when he
left the game in the sixth inning... The playing field: was
flooded. with a battery of arc-lights that all but rivaled:the sun's
rays though not quite.... Catcher Greene reminded us of back~Buzz~ Mackey, Duncan, present manager of the
-K.C.~s; Dixon, Santop, and the Josh Gibson of eight years ago.

Lack fans will pay any price to see a BOBBY FELLER~

-|SATCH PAIGE game and have requested me to write the com
mittee; handling the! proposed barnstorming tour featuring these
baseball immortals;, to btihe at least two of the games to the
J t have- -done as asked. and will Het you

itithis as-soon as: learn~..: The

know. the

2 ALL-STAR GAME, ~between. ranking Negro baseball ovens of
the National and American. Leagues, has Harlemites:in a ~wild
j betting mood and_a still goofier frame of mind about: the men

whorn they. feel should make up the National League ensemble:

Wish it were possible to republish a dozen of the 30 letters we received in this connection... But since that is not possible we are passing along to you a consensus of the men a ma:
jority of the letter- -writing- -fans would like to see selected fo.
the National team, viz:~

From. Newark Faces: Lion Day, pitcher; Larry Dobey
(all the fans want this kid) 2b.... Monty Irvin, cf; from Homestead Grays: Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard and Sammy Bankhead, meaning a catcher, star first-baseman and shortstop; Baltimore Elite Giants:: Sammy Butts, rated the fielding shortstop
sensation of the National League; Hank Kimbro, cf; Sammy
Hughes, 2b;~-N.Y.,Cubans, (hold your breath) ~~~~Shewboat~~
Thomas, ~Garcia ss Aléx.Crespo, rf; Louis Louden, c; Impo
BarnhiH, p; Oreste Minoso, 3b; Pat Scantlebury. pi~

-Philly Stars: Frankie Austin, sensational Panama short-,| stop; Gene Benson, cf; Hank McHenry, p; Barney Brown, p;~

N.Y. Black Yankees~Alexander Newkirk, p; John (Neck)
Stanley,.p; Dickie Seay, 2b; Rufus Baker, infielder and Felix
McLaurin, cf;.... We will check this list against the players.
nominated by a special committée and already in the hands of
the All-Star game officials... Can't see how any of these favorites can miss seeing some action or escape being selected.

Boycott of Mickey Owens
Planned by Race Base Ball Fans

NEW YORK~ (ANP) ~[Mexican League, $25, 600 in
Mickey Owens, white Brook-|cush. The money is said to
lyn Dodger backstop, has been] %1"7e been advaa~:4 to Owens.
made the object of a nation-} The outcome of an _interwide boycott by Negro and|view with Baseball Commisliberal baseball. fans. Owens,|sioner A. B. Chandler in Cinwho has just returned to the(cinnati is being watched closeUnited States after. playing. a ily by Negro fans, trade pricy
short time in the Mexican /ists and other interreeial Eratiip
League, is said to have at-|to see if Owens is batred ~from
tempted to, inject the anti-Ne-| organized baseball asd; atgro. spirit in Mexican baseball. | tempts to cash in.on his~ play
~: Mickey: is charged with try-/ ing ability. Dr..J. B.. Martin,
ing ~to sidetrack Negro ~ ball] president of the Negro Ameriplayers in preference to whites,| can League, say that none of

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while playing with the Pasquel|the clubs will be allowed to
brothers~ Mexican: League. His} play any team which has
most: recent attempt before re-| Owens in the lineup.

turning to the states came when | Present plans call for the

boycotting not only of Owens,
but of the parks in which he
plays until Ke serves his fivevear suspension.

he tried to knock Clare Duany,
egro player, down as
the Negra tried to come in for
a score.~ Duany came up. swing
ing and Owens immediately ~~~

tried to. have Duany barred} LOUIS~ LIBEL SUIT;

from playing, because, after} AGAINST MAGAZINE
DROPPED

hitting the Negro player, the
Cuban returned the blow.

~=Most of the accusation:
were denied by Owens, but
Mexican: fans took a sudden
disliké to him, and Negro playefs started to give him the silent ~treatment. ignoring ~ him
and-making him uncomfort
Returhing to the. states,
Owens found ~ himself bere

CHICAGO ~_(ANP)~ At
~he request of William Temple,
attorney for Joe Louis, heavyweight boxing champion, the
$100,000 libel suit against
Ebony magazine was dismissed
here last Wednesday by Circuit Judge Thomas J. Coyrt-.

ney. According to L.ouis~ at
promised: to print a retraction ~

in the September issue of a picture story printed i: May.~

chuiged with owing~ Bernard
~ vice president of the

torney, the magazine's editors ~ a

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