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and that included: JiMMY~: The: Nose)~. DURA
(GRACIE ALLEN, JUNE ~(heartbreak). ALLISON.
~SPEAKING~ OF ~FIRST LADIES~. ~.
Tall, tan and: terrific ETHEL WATERS, is one of ithe great J
- women, of the~American stage.~ One reeds not rush out to their{ ~
~thesarps: fo findsome- -heavy-worded embroidery with which |
to embellish * the: story of this.lassie of the~ caressing velvet? ~
Her success-story is not a recent one. Almost from

tures~:

~voice.

syou ~the darling of pic-:

*

the day when I first heard of her singing on Fifth Avenue. for

the late. ~Punch~. Edmonds, abaret:.and bistro~ operator of al

quarter-century ago,.La Waters flamed brightly.

ROSE FROM THE BOTTOM

~Born in Chester, Pa..,

into'a large family, hers was a life

of drudgery by way of the ~second-rate hotels of ithe City of

Philadelphia. The rub-a-dub
ion be credited with providing
like

~Malindy~~ of Paul Laurence Dunbar fame.

chant of the~ laundress might

Ethel with her first urge to sing
One~ speaks of

going: to college in varying tones}. boastfully, and in a spirit~ of
deep gratitude over the sacrifice some member of the family

made in order that brother, or

Ethel Waters didn~t attend college.

~sis might gain an education.
Except if one refers to her

charwoman duties at snooty: ~Swarthmére College in her native

state.

WAS A GIRL SINGING STAR.

Quite by aeéident though we ~often feel~on this: point that
not even powerful JOE LOUIS could have prevented Ethel
from ai:ttempting to sing, she got her amateur start in a smokefilled Philly cabaret-celldt at the age ~of 14. She wag superb as

a singer even then.

Ashton Stevens next discovered her work
ing in a South Side Chicago théater and, infitsed~her with the
~Go to New York~ virus. This of us who answer to 40~ years
and beyond. remember her debut of the.Winter Garden in ~~As

Thousands Cheer.~

She: remainel on as...

millions cheered

themselves horase over her sensational way of selling a song,~

any song she elected to sing.

That was 1935, however, and we must not race over the

~heartaches~

that plagued her leading up to that debut.
ing to New York she opened in a touch cabaret-cellar.

Com
The

proprietor had been a bare knuckle~ prize fighter back in the
period pre-dating Jack: Johnson's conquest of chunky Tommy

Burns, gamecock ~French-Canuck titleholder.

else of male gender, Edmunds

Like everyone
(now passed on) lost a thou
sand-hearts to the slick looking chick from Quakertown with a

physique like a... Grecian goddess.. hubba- hubba~hubba.

PLANTATION CLUB, FIRST STOP

For years Harlemites thrilled to the magic of her voice.

A

bookie who quickly recognized her genius snapped her up for
~the swank. Plantation Club, midtown New York, and her boat

had finally docked at the right pier.

In 1927, it was AFRI
CANA; that clever colored-revue at Daly's Sixty-Third Street

Theater.

Three seasons later Lew Leslie, delineator of numer
ous BLACKBIRDS extravaganzas, offered her a contract which

~was accepted.

1931-32, Leslie's RHAPSODIES IN BLACK.

The ex-maid and laundress had graduated from the coffee and

cake class into the

~Gmportant money~ brackets.

Now we can come back to AS THOUSANDS CHEER, as

well as AT HOME ABROAD

in which Miss Waters: shared

top-billing wi'h incomparable BEATRICE LILLIE. When the
name-star Bea Lillie declined to go on tour for some reason we
never did learn~our brownskinned Ethel took over and tour
ed and starred all by her little lonesome.

What a g'tl, fellows:

COMEDY~CONCERTS~RADIO

~In late 1938 after Ethel had achieved lasting fame in ibe
movies~ arid. at New York's Carn:gie Hall:~in numerous concert
appearances, she was contactel! by ne end. Dubose Hey
ward, ' ~playwrights of renown:

She ~was shown the script of Mamba~s ~Daughters.
explained to her that the par of * ~Hagar~
dramatwed for her unusual acting talenis.

They
had: becn especially
hether acting or

in a singing role, we always found Ethel Waters | a fhrst lady of

the American stage~

in our. handbook.

~This play served to cotapult La Watets to the svii-mradesi

\aciaas of the ~theater.
presented Ethel in CABIN IN

Albert ~Lewis and: Vinton Freedley:

THE SKY, 1940,

in a Lynp

Root, written musical. It was staged: by Gears Balanchine,
words and music to the song numbers werd by lg sitio

and Vernon Duke respectively.

In this. onus Mics Waters sang

with much elation an ofdinary | number. ~Taking a Chance on.
Love,~ until critics the nation over hailed her as p the foremash

singing star of musical comedy.

Other numbers she has made Sion! saclay Aile Aila,~
Dinah, Stormy Weather, Supper Time, There~s Gonna Be Some
Changes Made, Here | Go Again; Cabin in the Sky. Love Turned the Light Out, se gi: a Heat: Wave, My Old Virginia Home

on the Nile, and;

-~scores more,

~In our watk. d-+n Memory

Lane today, we are~ ~proud to speak our: piece:in: behalf of one
of the nation~s ranking stage celebrities.

Dancer Heads African Troupe in
Midwest Tour; to! Kansas City Oct! 14

NEW.YORK ~ ANP.
infarnationally famous dancer
and choreographer, Asadata Defora, and his troupe of seven
African dancers and drummers
will leave October 12 for a limited tour of the middle west, it
was- announced here last week
by officials of the Natiorfal
Concert and~ Artists corporation
The group is scheduled to make
its first appearance Monday),

~The

night, October 14, in Memorial} of

hall, Kansas City.
The program, ~said to be new

and of % type. unfamiliar to midwesterners, features Mr. Defora
as chief danc?r. with his partner, Prirfcess Orelia, together
with other dancers such as Helen Walker, Anita McCain and
Jose Becérrill.

Prirces Orelia is a native of
Cuba, having been featured in
night clubs, theatres, and ballrooms throughout the country.
She eppeaded i a starring role

~Calling All Stars,~ and also
had a brief engagement at the
International - ancino.

in the}
HR Girls and a Sail
NTE: 4

THE FLINT SPOKESMAN

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THE NEW JOE LOUIS RESTAURANT ~ Cheering throng
which filled the spacious Joe
Louis Restaurant last Thursday
night when news of his stunning
victory over Tami Mazuriello
flashed over the radio. Patronis
and employes alike joined in
the demonstration and the cheers
drowned out the radio,- which
was especially: piped into the 11
West 125th Street restaurant for
the fight fans. Tables which accommodate over 400 persons had

been r?served in advance and

patrons. filled.th2 bar six deep.
Celebrities who were a dome a
dozen, were from all parts of
the, country. Forty police struggled to keep the crowd outside
orderly~nearly 10,000 persons
filled Lenox and Fifth avenue
just to cher the champ. Wh?n
Louis did come. into the restatramt through the 124th Stree!
entsance, he was mauled by
thuse outside mor? than he had
been. in the ring a short while
before. Growing in popularity
the Joe Louis Restaurant bids

fair to become 4 center of x.
trection for all New York~heing as it is strategically located
in a traffic crossroad and no trip
to New York will be complete
witout a visit to the Joe Louis
Corner, where the champ himself greets his customers with
a Joe Louis smile.

lr. the lower. left photo, an
American boy and an American

for sports lovers and food lov
girl~Joe Louis, champiorrs talks
with a group that includes Jinx;
Flakenberg, movie actress and

on the extreme left, George
Webber, New York. decetive,
who is assigned as the Louis
bodyguard.

Pictures made in Louis~ new

restaurant on West 125th Strest,
which is fast becoming a mecca

ers.

In the lower right photo
Louis~ famous left is -shown in

~from menu cards to miniature

action in another way as Joe /j
| Louis signs autographs for ad-}|

mirérs who throng the big bar at
the 125th Street reStaurant
which Louis recently opened. The
champ autographed everything

post cards of himself in fighting pose. The Stunt is te
have your picture taken with
the Champ~he poses at your
table while the girl photogs
make a snappy shot. Joe Louis
gives away 1,000 autographed
photos a week~to folks who
just write in for them.

NEW YORK. ~ ANP ~ For:
mation of am. independent motion-picture production compéeny
hy Paul Robeson, noted baritone
singer and actor; Howard Fast,
author; and Leo Hurwitz, dov.mentary film director, was a%rounced here last week. The
ce mbirre, known as Freedom
Road Films, Inc, will bring to
ithe screen the author~s ~Freedom
Read~ novel, with Paul Rob~son starring in the lead role of
Gideon Jackson.

Robeson has been chosen précsident, with the other two listed
as vice presidents.

~ A few yeats ago, Robesor and
Hurwitz collaborated in the
~Native Land~ documentary film
as nafrator and director, respectively. Herwitz will again take
over the directorship of the new
movie. ~

The script is beirg prepared
by both Fast and Hurwitz. and
is scheduled to b2 ready for
production in April, 1947. Filn
Paul Robeson Heads New
Independent Motion Picture Group

ing of both location artd stucio

scenes will be done entirely ribs
the east, under a tentative tud
get of about $800,000, according |

to Director Hurtwitz.

~We are making the picture
in the east outside and apart
from Hollywood,~ said Author
Fast, ~because we believe that
only by so doing car we preserve the integrity of the story
we have to tell. But we do intend to work with Hollywood
actors and technicians.~

His novel has Sold over 1,900,000 copies since its publication
in 1944, the author revealed, and
has been translated in~ 18 for?ign
languages including Chinese,
Burmese:and Hindustani.

The novel has its, s2tting in
South Garolina during the reconstruction. era. It centers
around an_ ex-Slave, Jackson,
who: becomes a member of congress, and. the plantation community farmed. in harmony by
Negroes and whites after the
withdrawl of northern troops.

LUMBERTON, N. C. ~ ANP~
In, protest against ~deplorable
conditions not worthy for human beings~ at two Negro school
units, aproximately 300 Negro
schoo] children held a meeting
and Staged a parade down the
city~s main street, here last
Tuesday. Supported by
adults, the children waved flags
and placards, and also hinted
that a state investigatjon into the

ed,

Placards bore statements such
as ~How Can I learr When I
Am Cold,~ ~We Want a_ School,~
and other messages. There were
some 25 cars in the parade. Following the march, the children
were guests of the management
of a local theatre where a showing of ~Jesse James~ was Made
for them in sympathy with
their protest.

Gus Ballard, advisor of the
local youth council of the N. A.
A.C.P termed the activities as
~only a protest~ but that ~unless improvements are made at
the local Negro schools,. the

mst

several |

school situation may be request
North Carolina School Children in
Parade to Protest School Conditions

movemertt may culminate in a
strike.~ The protest meet and

council headed locally by Charles Peterson.

Unofficial edeatiine of th?

Thompson institute and Red
stone academy buildings by Dr.
C. I. Smith, dentist, and Rudolph
Mears, carpertter, brought the
report that they were inadequate and ~not worthy for human beings.~ They declared that
there is no running water in the
buildings, no inside toilets available, windows ar2 falling out,
and there are holes in the roofs.
Many of the windows are filled
with old doors and boards, preventing proper access to light.
Heating systems are not sufficient, -either.

The academic work of the
schools was also hit by Dr.
Smith, who declared that the
practice of ~padding reports~ existed, together with ~the vevelation that students coming thru

the eight and ninth grades cannot read, subtract and add. ~

march was sponsored by the|

| Duke Writes Score
Version of ~The Beggar's Opera~

Ellington delivered his scor2*for

~the new jazz version of ~Th2
| Begger's, Opcra~ Monday to Dale

Wasserman and Perry Watkins,
producers, and r?hearsals are
slated to begin around October

14.

Plans now call for keepirrg the
new show on the road for tnree
or four weeks and then bring it
back here in. Mid-December.
First. oui-of-town engagement is
said to be in Boston around November 11. Bond already has
been posted with Actors~ equity,
it was learr.ed.:

Current casting difficulty lies

MoPeeaSontoetons an eroniodiotios,

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NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ Duke

on New Jazz

{ doors at 386 Beale Street about
| Nov. 15 Dec. 1.

that candidat~s
proficient~ in

in the fact
must be equally.
dancing and singing as well as
im, acting. Marte~ fryant is the
only performer now engaged
for th2 company ~of 28.

Duke has canceled road concert commitments and accepted
a local assignment in order to
be on hard for the various
phases of the production. He
plans to work clos2ly with
Billy Strayhorn~ on _ orchestrations for ~~The Begger~s Opera.~

Banks Buy Bonds
By. 1942 more than half of the assets of member hanks of the Federal Reserve System were government securities as contrasted with
+ proportion of less than 11 per cent
'n 1928

Pig Srooders
Electric pig. brooders help to
save one extra pig per litter and
give an earlier pig crop, especially
in the.colder sections. The brooder
srovidos a warm hover for the pigs

the me mys set So

Honey Production
Honey production varies from '
year to year due to differences ip |

weether. ciart growth and other
anditi: Ts
Movie Inte, ae;

Race Bank to
Open in Memphis
Tennessee:. MEMPHIS ~ ANP ~ The TriState Bank and Trust Company,
capitalized at $200,000, with a
survlus of $40,000 will open its

A meeting will be held the:
first week in November to elect
officers, it was learned here last
week, ard complet? organization.
Dr. J. E. Walker, president of the
Universal Life Insurance company, probably will be the bank~s
president. His son, A. M. Walk2r,
vicepresident and actuary of Universal Life, is slated for the vice
presidency.

Otkh<r possible bank officials:
Dr. T. R. M. Howard, surgeon-irchief of the Taborian hospital at
Mound Bayou, Miss., vice president; Richard R. Wright, instructor in business administration
and economics and purchasing

agent of Wilberforce unrtiversity,
cashizr; Elmer Henderson, secrétary-manager of an American Legion post in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
assistant cashier.

Those who have purchased
100 or more shares in the new

ard and D2. Delaine, Greenville,
Miss.. physician. Those who have
50 shares include A. M. Walker,
Dr. Hill, Clarksdal>, Miss.. den
sician; Dr. Walton, Memphis dentist; John L. Webb. T. H. and
Tt. ~. D. Hays, Bishop Hi &.
Wright, Jx., Dr A. C~. Hunter,
Dr J. L Allen, Robert Davidson
amd Charles Etta Ferrill

bark are Dr. Walker. Dr. How- |.2z,

tist; Dr. Kitterelle, Memphis phy- 3

~Carmen Jones~
Heads South

In Spring |:

NEW YORK ~ ANP. ~When
the current s2ason~s route for
~Carmen Jones~ was booked
several months ago, such im
portant southern cities as Co-.
Knoxyille, ~

Asheville,
Rock, Shreveport, JackM2mphis were

lumbia,
Little
son, and

commitments.

To include tnese
ings through the old south have
been postponed until no-:t
spring. The route through Diziec
will include Evansville, Bloo:nington, Nashville, Memphis, L'ttle Rock, Shreveport, Jacks:.1,
Baton Rouge, New Orleazs,

not ~
available because of previovys

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-ae

points boc:-;

Montgomery, Birmingham, A~ |

lanta, Savannah, Augusta,
tumbia, Charlotte, Winston-falem, Asheville, Knoxville,

CO...

Le

ington Toronto, Buffalo, Jan--s
town, Oil City, Altoona

Pittsburgh.

Noted Writer
In Verbal Attack

At Tenn. Trial

Lawrenceburg, Tern. ~ ANP~~~~ -

Lynn Bomar, state highway pa
American tackle: at Vanderbilt
university, unloosed a bitter ver-+ =
bal barrage at Vincent Sh2~an,
nationally known author ani *
porter, during a recess~ ay
trial of 25 Columbia, Tenn., Negroes ~for attempted murd-r -in

Feb. 25.

Ih ~Tis
Sheenarr had described Bomar as
~an angry individual~ when. he
appeared as a witness for the
stats.

put the truth in it?~ When Sheear replied that he told the iruth
as he saw it, Bomar accuse him
of being a ~lying commur.~s:~~
Regaining his composure, Sheenan said: ~Thank you very much
Mr. Bomar. I would not war: you
to say anything else. Any good
word from you would b>~ th?
worst possible condemrratioz.~

Judge Joe Ingram refused tc
recognize incident officia:ly by
stating, ~This affair is between
Mr. Bomar and Mr. Sh2ear.,~

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An apple for dessert in the svhooi
child~s lynch is a most effective
tooth cleanser and breath sweeten
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Better Tires From Rayon
Use of rayon for cords fi: tire
making promises a tire th:t wil
give increased mileage ani epera<

than when cotton is used that it wili
reduce gasolins consumption, P. ~i
Litchfield, chairman of,thé

year Tire and Rubber company.
nounced. It will be some time be
fore such tires are available for passenger cars, he states, as. rayon
manufacturers are unable te pro-.
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~All of the 2.000 shar~s of stock,
\vrhich have a $10) par value, was |
fully subscribed ky July
-A. M. Walker. The institution has
been approv2d by the Federal.
Deposit. Insurance corporation~
and every account up to $5,000
will be fully insured, Walker ad-.
ded

Opening date depends on th?
arrivel of equipment; such as
bank vault, doors, counters, etc.'
A charter has been granted in:
Nashville... Legal couns2] for the
new bank is the firm of Burch,

Minor and McKay. The Tri-state, bank is the vrst all-Negro bank
~here since the Fraternal-Solvent
iSavings Bartk and Trust Com-: pany clos2d its door on Beale St.
~in 1927.

19, said
Wor Love, Money.

Holding out the article in cne |
of the metropolitan newsp.pers, |
Bomar stormed, ~~Why didn~t you -

with so much less internal fvictinn --

and ae

trol commissioner and former all--~

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connection with the rac? riot cn ~

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