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FOR PARADISE THEATI

Nite Lifein NewYork

By ALVIN ~MOSES

NEW. YORK~(ANP)--A. beautiful ~~bigwn-skinned ~doll

majoring in physics at Hunter: College asked me. point-blank a:
apastige 4.could not immediately. answer -the other might. |
* Who is the highest aid Negro musician in the world?~
ois the fair.one. ~ I'm: still 1. not scertain that i'm 100.per cent:
right but I. promised her.my opinjon: in this column and I'm
not. going: ~to fail her. LR believe that: Louie:WBatchme) Arm-~
one: ig.
~That Armattung h has hed a colorful career. Colled: by: the
~conie up to see me sometime~ girl, Mae West, the most pleas-ing'stage pérsonality she ever met, Louis. has appeared ~in, | 2
~eémmandpetformances~~ for: the! king and queen of! England.
His world-famous band ~has'played ~in London, Paris and:Copenhagen. Born 46 year ago in the squalid tenement section
of: New Orleans swith its: nbiguitous rats; he: ~omaneten, from tthe
so-called ~~Cradle'of Jazz.~~ -
THAT ~DAWN PATROL~ BEAT |

JOE WELLS, widely discussed owner of the music room,
lounge and bar- ~grill, bearing that name, has added 4 new d~stinct feature to his popular~ 132nd Street establishment A on: Commencing Sept. 17, he will present CHARLES STEWART,
organ genius with the insured hands, recently of the exclusive
PAUL'S EDGEWATER: CLUB, Asbury Park, N.J. ~Mr. Wells
showed me the spanking-new $2,500 Hammond organ~ built
to maestro Stewart's specifications and ~which constitutes one

of the highlights of the Wells Musicraom, a retreat for those

who like the ultra-in musical entertainment.

LUIS RUSSELL and Ork, always a prime New York attraction, appeared with Don Wi!son (white) musical aggregation at Renaissance Sasino Labor Day. BILL (Bojangles) |
ROBINSON took Club 845, Prospect Wveaiss. Bronx, by
storm Friday eyening two weeks ago... The bt year-old tap
dancing marvel was at his joke- crackite aad ~dancing best.
Like the river, Bill goes merrily glong, singing and dancing his
way, into the hearts of the youngsters of today, just as he did
with their mothers and dads before them.

AL MONROE, Chicago Defender columnist, did a nice

MARVA LOUIS
To Star in 7 First Movie

news strip on that hice straightener ad that allegedly has taken
the cast of ~Anna Lucasta~~ into its complete confidence
Members of the chorus line of two local cabarets~ have auked
me to check on the slick stuff.:.. Wonder*:f they~ want-me to
go out and try it first then, if | rhbure looking like Billy Eckstine
with respect. to the headpiece, | they 'Ilf then~ pliingé ~héad* first
into the swim? Back in the real estate end, we are certainly
going to try to interest bandsman JIMMIE LUNCEFORD in a
nite-spot since he has annouriced his nbeRtAD | to buy a suitable
place in these parts.

In answer to Len Helloway the makeup of REX STEWART~s combo is as follows: Stewart, Hank Wells, Chuck Williams (Chocolate), bassist; George Johnson, alto and Gearge
Kelley... MARVA LOUIS, the gorgeous ex: -wife of Joe Lduis,
seems io st, in the money, Writing in the N.Y. Daily News,
Aug. 27, ED SULLIVAN scribbles the following lines: ~~Marva
Louis signed to star.in her first motion picture, which goes into
production at the Fox Movietone Studios under the direction
of Art Leonard of Herald pictures, and will be released to some
600 Negro movie houses. After finishing the movie, the

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| Negro and white blood

Forty-Twe Percent of Public
Aware Negro and White Blood Alike

DENVER ~ ANP ~ Although
most experts conSider all human blood basically the same.
about one-third (31 per centof whites in the United~ States
ave a mistaken ida regarding the ~~differentness~ of Ne
blood, or is it different in som?
way,~
The Same~42 per. ct.~ 36 Pe

Tae same~1946: 42 per cent;
1944 -~ 36 per cent.

Differ2nt~1946: 31 per cent;

gro blood. Twenty seven per} 4944. 32 per cent.

cent frankly admit they don~t) pont know: 1946~ 27 per
know ~ making a total of 58 cent; 1944: 32 per cent.

per cent either uninformed or It is.-significant. that 62 per

misinformed on ~the question.
In contrast, only 42 per cent
are,aware that Negro and white
bleed are essentially alike, according to nation-wide survey
resuits released today by the
National Opinion Res2arch center, University of. Denver.

cent of persons with a college
background, but only 45 per
cent of those who have at-,
tended high school! and 31 per;
cent of those who have never
gone beyond the eighth grade
indicate correct information on,
the point. When the same qutstion was asked of Negroes, 68
per cent, on the basis of either
~knowledge or sentiment, answered that Negro and white
blocd are. the same.

Information on. the similarity
of Negro and white blood plas
Popular information on _ this
point is increasing, however.
When the same question was
asked two years ago, only 36
per cent of whites knew that
were

basically~ the same. (At that

time, 32 per cent answered] Ma seems closely related to
~different,~ and 32 per cent~} other white attitudes toward
an even larger percentage than Negroes. For example, among
| today ~* said they aid not! whites who know that Negro
know).. and -white blood: are alike, 60

On ~both~ 4 survieys> ~ NORC's per cent think Negroes and
trained interviewers asked aj whites should have equal em
ployment ~opportuniti2s. Of
whites who think that racial
differences are blood-deep, only
36~ per cent would give Negroes

representative ~sample of white
civilians in alt Walks of life:
~ "As far as you know, is Negre bloom the same as white

champ~s wife flies to Paris for a 16-week engagement at the
Folies Bergere.~~

CLIFF JACKSON, looking as well as he did back in 1928
when his band was starred at JEFF BLUNT~S Lenox Avenue
Club over on Lenox and 142nd Street, is riding the waves of

/nite club popularity with his great 88 plunkin~ these evenings

~of course we mean, in the higher-paid down town section of
our great city:.. ABE HAIRRIS, great teacher and Union
alumnus, -was the gurst of writer Kenneth Bright at PERCY
HARRIS~ Rainbow! Dining Room of which ~Tex~~ Fonteneau
is manager... EARL (Fatha) HINES, for whem the world of
amusement sorrowed for some weeks back when he was in an
accident. opened the newly renovated APOLLO THEATER,
West 125th S'reet, on the 30th lest.... It was a distinct pleasure to talk with some of the nicebaies of the Hines ogutht such
as JOHNNY VIGAL, VALDA, the exotic dancer, EDNA
(Yak) TAYLOR and JOHN MASON, to name but a few of
| troupe we happen to know intimately over the years.

Harlemites are glad to know that LUCIUS (Lucky) Mil
and WALTER DOUGLAS, are doing all ri
with the HEAT WAVE show place, 266 W. 145th Street.
The RED ROOSTER. 501 W. 145th Street, with GEORGIE
~WOODS Jr., at the helm, rolls along with a patrons~ list not tco
hard to take at all times.. "CHUCK" TYNES, popular manabout-town, opened Labor Day (Sunday matinees) at the 843
Club, Prospect Avenue, Bronx.

JQE LOUIS, this column wishes you endless succe-s in
your local business venture at 5 W. 125th Street.
it. all.awey, Joe, brush.off most of those ~ ~give me gomething~
lads and: Jassies for your own good. *~Amateur |, Mane,
zine,~ hits the street before this reaches you~it mi

well, let's see, let's see. ~ADIOS.

lender plans opening a coop nitery out Los Angeles way;~~AL |

t (thank you). don't give|

COBUMBUS, Ohio. ~ APNS
And now a few facts: John
that he has some kind of claim
to fame, is, without a doubt,
making a big mistake, like taking. credit for a ~Battle of Music. What Battle of Mus~c: ae ~he, and any of the rest
of the so-cal'ed big shots given? [| challenge Mr. Gip to
riame one! in Columbus~ of}.
course. I dare him to declare
himself, and, then let the public laugh, and then see who
shall bow his head in Shame.
Yes, the public and I know
who the real creator is.

Billie Wilson and Bernadine
Johnson, alias Winehead, are
at it again.... Barbara Winston was seen sipping a coke
with none other than James
Smith at the Labor Day dance.
| quote James as saying: ~That
he loves that woman... and
no one else will do.~

More About Music Battles:

Mr. Gip, since you have taken so much for granted, I had
better remind you who the best
music battle promoter is: He is
none other than that colorful!
and reuglar fellow of the Avenue, Ingram Carter. Oh yes,
the public already knows so
you have not or can start fooling anybody but yourself...
if your face gets a little RED
I can always be located at
Garfield and Mt. Vernon Avenue (the other end of the road
they call Burma) and here you
can also get infromation leading to my whereabouts just in

same chance as whites to

the

get any job.

~Likewise, of whites who
know that Negro and_ white

vlood are the same, 62 per cent
say it would be all right with
them to be cared for by a Negro nurse in a_ hospital. Of
whites who think the two races
have different blood, only 35
per cent would accept a Negro
nurse.

(The comparative questions
read: ~Do you think Negroes
should have as good a chance
zs white people to get any
kind of job, or do you think
white people should have the
first chance at any kind of job,
or do you think white people
should have the first chance at

Avenueing with Walter Jennings

ny Gipson, who seems to think}

-hands in front of the Lincoln

eny kind of job?~ and ~if you
were sick in a_ hospital, would.
it be all right with you if you
had a Negro nurse, or wouldn~t
you like it?~

WHAT EXPERTS SAY

In the Public Affairs series
pamphlet. The Races of Mankind, Professor Ruth Benedict
and Dr. Gene Weltfish of the
Department of Anthropology,
Columbia university, report
that modern sciénee has
vealed as ~pure superstition~
the belief. that blood constituency- determines~ skin color,
hzad shape, hair texture, or
other physical and mental characteristics.

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case, as I can and will prove
any statements made.

Theodore Bivens and Doro
thy Burris were seen holding

Ballroom Labor Day night.
From what | gather there was
more to it than just a friendly
hand shake. Now I wonder
how Nate Lawson feels about
that? Thelma Homack, who
is known as the tan Bacall, was
really living up to the name
with a down under look at
Waymon Ford, whom we cail

~Cash.~~* Doris Carter, who
was wearing a blood red dress,
and Janette Chapman, who
Was wearing a crazy powder
blue and black dress, were
luoking much good in anybody's book, language, and
country.

Anything that you want to
know that is not on the radio
contact Bessie, Evelyn and
Agness.

Much About Little Chops
and His Companion: Barbara
Lash lite up the lobby of the
Lincoln Ballroom like a bit of
old Broadway itse!f. She was
escorted by that gentleman of
the social and sporting world,
the great and only Robert Rogers, better known as ~~~Little
Chops.~ And who did I see
escorting Beity Sawyer to the
dance the other night.

John L. Webb

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sippi. -

in 1901 he married Miss Carrie E. Branson, daughter of a
prominent family of Marianna,
Ark. A daughter, Mrs. Emma
Elease Lawson, their only child
and his wife, who is an invalid,
are the survivors.

Long one of the most colorful figures of the South and of
the nation, John L. Webb won
his greatest recognition and
most outstanding success as a
fraternal leader. In 1913 he
became the supreme custodian of the Woodmen of Union, then on the brink of failure, and under his direction the
organization spread from Mississippi to include Arkansas,
Tennessee. Louisiana, _ Illinois,
Florida, Oklahoma, Georgia,
Virginia, Texas, Pennsylvania,
New Mexico, West Virginia.
Maryland, Kentucky, Cuba and
the District of Columbia.

The famous hospital, bath
house and hotel at Hot Springs
was built by the Woodmen of
Union while under the direction of John L. Webb at a
total cost of more than $5,000,000.

Among the high | positions
and honors which John L.
ebb received during his colorful career was president, Negro Insurance Men's Association; Nationa] Baptist Lay
men~s Convention, Arkansas
Baptist Laymen~s Convention,
president, Arkansas Negro
Business League, first vice

president, National Negro Busjiness League; supreme custo
dian; Woodmen of Union, and
deputy grand master and grand
master, Grand Lodge of Masons of Mississippi. He also
served as president and chair
|man of the board of the now

defunct Century Life Insurance
Company which was organized
out of the Woodmen of Union.

In 1933, following the death
of W. T. Phillips, of Kosciusko,
grand master of Stringer Masonic Grand Lodge, F. and
A.M. of Mississippi, having already served as grand lecturer of the Masons of Missis-ipp~
in 1912, John L. Webb, who
was then state deputy gracd
master, succeeded to the grand
master of the Stringer Masonic
Grand Lodge of the State

Despite some of the dissensicn

| due to his being a citizen of the

State of Arkansas, the Strineer Lodge under the Webb lead~ership, made the greatest prozress of its h~story. ~ Jackson

| Advocate.

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Amateur Contest to Be Weekdy; 2.
Feature at Theatre Every Tuesday -
Night; $100 In Prizes Weekly a

EARL ~FATHA~ HINES~

DETROIT, Mich. APNS~
Amateurs of Detroit and Michigan will hold the spotlight at
the Paradise Theater every
Tuesday night at 7:30 p. m.
Many of today~s great stars of
the entertainment world were
first discovered in amateur contests throughout the country.
Such stars as Ella Fitzgerald,

the new song Stylist; Lena
Horne, Jimmie Rogers, Sugar
Chile ~ Robinson and many
others.

LIST OF AMATEURS

The first auditions will be
held Saturday, September 21s:
at 10 a. m., backstage of the
Paradise theatres...The,judges
will be Rollo S. Vest, direetor;
Lanky Bowman, Paradise thea~
tre musical leader and Casey
Jones, pianist.

The contestants include Thur
~man N2wsem, Ray Mack, Be?
ty Miller, Warner J. Daniel,
Dolores C.
Barnes: Alice C. Taylor, Vera
Hunter, Josephine Hightower.
Elizabeth Micha?]l, Ruth M.
Smith, Irving Raddler, Ardine
Loving, John A. Jackson, Nathaniel ~Hill, Earlyne Terry,
Eddie Carter, Blanche ~ Hall,
Bernard McCary, Maxine Nicholson, Charles Ginn, Barbara
Macatee, Etta Tric?, eGorge
Hammond, Charles Walker,
Roy Daniels, Phillip Acquaro,
Jr., Charles. Rowland, William
Murray, Josephine Thompson.
George Parrish, Ulysse Hollowell, Doretha J. and Julia H.,
Mazy Martin and Donald Stimson.

$106.09 in prizes will b2 offered each week, ~first prize
$50.00; second prize $25.00:
third prize $15.00. and fourth
prize $10.00.

OPENING STAGE SHOW

Earl ~Fatha~ 'Hines, on2 of
the most famous nam~s in the
annucls of popelar American
iwusic, will bring his famous
orchestra to th? Paradise. thratre, is currently at the height
of his carezr according to cri'~
ies and showmen. throughout
the country.
Showman, critics and public

alike agree that this is Hines~
greatest year.

Williams, Delores!

The Hines show will be,. a
fast moving stage revue, ~ ~this~
compact unit of entertainmt:
has proved as the ace show ~n
the road. Featured member of

Hines crew includes Dolo*2s
Parker, singing songs of {1~
sentimental side; Arthur -Walier, Essix Scott, and ~scoo?s~
Carry. Other stars include Hc -vell and Bowser, and Holr:ss
and Jean. ie
NATION-WIDE BROADCAS

On Saturday, Sept. 2Ist 3:

4:30 p. m. direct from the s-2ge
of the Paradise th2ater, jar~.
~Fatha~ Hines will broad-ast
his famous ~ ~Jazz Cone~rt.~

CKLW will be the local outlet. The broadcast will be un
cer the direction of. L'~:y'~
Gentile. '
The Jazz Concert Broadcast

will be in addition to the reg
ular stage show at 5 p. mM.

THE FRED DAVIS RECE;VE >
NOTED HOUSTON RELATSYVES
COLUMBUS, Ohio.~ ~ APNS:

Mrs. Fr2d Tyler Lee, wife ofRey Fred T. Tyler, of Moeus-.
ton, Texas, who is the pastor.
of Quincy Chapel Meth odist
Church, has been visiting. her
sistes and brother in law; Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Davis, of 226.
Clarendon Avenue and also h?2r.
neices, Mrs. Bessie Alsten of,
184 S. Oakley Avenue, an! Mr.,
and Mrs. Edward Taylor c? i17,
Monroe Avenue. Mrs. Lee, own-~
er of the Lee~s Flower Nook,
1806 Dowling Street, Houston,
a lively business, left Sai irday
to, visit. relatives and_ friends.
in New York,, and while there.
she will specialize ~in d?s ining
and corsages. The following en-.

tertained for her durinz her
stay here: Misses Berth- and
Ada Edwards, 175 N. Morroe
Avenue, Mr. and Mrs. /-rthur
Hamilton, Hamilton Grove, Mr.
~and Mrs. John D. Turne~. 363
Central Avenue, Mr. anc Mrs,
J. Dickson, 167 Wayne, M:. and~
M:s. Robt. Fowlis, Poin~ecter,| Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis, 226
Clarenden Avenue, Mr. and
Mis. Jos2ph Longstreet.

ACCUSED OF UNLAWFULLY:

WEARING U. S. ABMY ~
UNIFORM )
COLUMBUS, Ohio. ~ APNS
Jckn Daniel Riddle - was

nanied Sept. 5 by the as istan}United States Attorney fo: +he.
Southern District of Ohio for
knowingly and unlawfully
wearing the duly pres-ribed
Eniform of the U. S. Armya%*

ray.

TOOK U. S. MAIL Ce
COLUMBUS, Ohio. ~ apNS
James Everett Canirell, Was

named Sept. 5 by the Assistant

U. ~. Attorney. for the Soyth
ern District of Ohio, Eastern

Division, for stealing~ a letter

containing a $25 check, from

a mail receptacle in the Grand

Theatre bldg., 55 E. State St

Water which age 3
ater ch comes into a buildin,
through a leaky roof spreads out ing
ier the roofing. to the roof boxrds.
the plates and studs, and into the
valls and floors

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