Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 33]

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1946 >: VIN
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_ ~DAWN PATROL DIGEST~

NEW YORK~(ANP)~Canada Lee, conscious of the
fact that a $120,000 box-office take of his current starring veearl, has announced. ~to the press (white) that he will not drop plans to
as first

hicle ~~~Duchess of Malfi,~ means a nice winter gh
_ tour in. ~Othello~ or discard ideas about ~Macbeth~~

reported.. HAZEL SCOTT, who in private life is Congressman | lowell~ * wite,. made our- guess fairly accurate by appearing over the airwaves on Oct. 15. We predicted La Scott,
darling of Cafe Society; would return, to the 88 scenes along
about that time away back in July...

dim now running around with ~Town Hall~ lawyers who
/ take our columnpiece as a sort of ~ ~rust tead it'~ on the~reporter's listings... Since ~Pearl Harbor we've pointed out that the
most amazing gathering spots where realpeople (forgatten. man and ~woman) discuss life, have cropped up in the lush
nitespots wned-and-operated if you please, by... enterpr'sing colored business men... While it is true that in a number,of instances, the Mortgages are held by white real estate opera-.
~fors as is the case in most key cities, the ~lock, stock and barre'l~ is fast becoming the property of these investors who
clthbeid the dizzy ladder of success the hard way:
vs ~What ~do they talk about t! sini) cidiccacyehding that goes
to make up the columns of your favorite writers of the melting
_pot press, ahd by that we mean the night clubbing white pressmen, along with the brother-of-color in many, many instances. Fhe topic~ of the moment is a dual one. The manner in
~which the critics received LYSISTRATA. -and~a recent AMSTERDAM NEWS editorial anent pretiyboy~~ Adam Clayton
Powell Jr.; curzent congressional Paar ioe frem the Harlem

at I liked.about it all was Bid ay: recap
n their werkea-dayrwenld
a Sm ahaic! slant, on tee BELASCO, THEATER ~ane
by Aristophanes ~adapted by Gilbert Seldes and revived by
James Light and Max. Jel elin the evening of Gct. 17, after a|:
Taineterm postponement; a buxem secialite from the ~black
begesirel:. vind See. owning a aepsv-aodt hea West 139th
treet, owns a degree a, western was quite indigasant ck the JOHN | (N. y Daily News). CHAPMAN criticism, of the play as well as that af the erudite BROOKS {N.Y.
Times) A ATKINSON: sort of ~Geog and Mages~ in they writ- ing fields.
~ Walking Over to your favorite scribe this unnamed lady
without the need of a cocktail~ said: ~Well did you see what
these snobs (called the gentlemen by names) had te say about
Lysistrata.~~ Upen' admission~ that Thad she cehtinved: ~4
haven't ~missed an opening since GILPIN was in his heaven
and | think the cast. turned: out a geod perforjnance.~~

~In between inings when [ co soul get ia a word, which was
seldom. we gathered that the lines ef criticiam that irritated
this pillar of Harlem > society most were the Chapman puns
which read: ~It is now my~ duty t4 report upon the exhumetion of Lysistrata which took place last night at ~the Belasco
Theater!" ~~talee his other lines that said something like ~this;

~In 1930 Gilbert Seldes~-treatment of an anti-war comedy
by Aristophanes was impudent, se-cy and sexy. In 1946 the

a the impassioned manner in
logipinns summed up

HOLADOOUAEAEOOUOEOSOGGEOEE

Nite Lifei in New York

MOSES - re
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MAKES FILM DEBUT ~ Dor.
othy Maynor, rationally famOus~ soprano, is scheduled to
make her initial sereen debut
in ~A Message from Dorothy
Maynor,~ presented by the Nat
The film is being produc2d by

Emerson Yorke, a New York
City production company, and
distributior is expected to. begin by the first of the -year.~
ANP.

ional Tukerculosis association.

The Shape of Things As They Are

By Layou

We notice~ that education in
Russia, within thirty years, has~
practically wiped out illiteracy,
while in our land, the land of
the free, and the home of the
brav2, more than 350,000 soldiers
could not sign their names, and
in som2 southern counties the
jilliteracy. is as high as 36 per
cent, Wake up, Democracy,
wake up!

a2:

Judge Joe M. Ingram, a southérn circuit judge, who tried the
twenty-five Negroes for participation in race riots in Colum,
bia, Tenn., granted to John Mc
same job is only feebly prurient.~

Atkinson said among other things that warned the Srith

of our companion of the night, this: ~Since Lysistrata is a clas~ sic, oF at any rate used to be, the bawdiness of: the humor automatically becomes. irreproachable.~~. ~Apparently, there
were same complimentary: lines written. by Brooks Askinson
that entirely escaped the notice of.our_highstrung.deheder-ofthe-weak and We made her smile approvingly as we quoted
such lines: ~As Lysistrata, the goddess of peace under duress,
ETTA MOTEN i is very able indeed, interpreting female insurgency~in'a sound night- -club style.~ Then again in his doublecolumn Times piece Atkinson reflects: ~Rex Ingram is also a
stiperior actor. As the rugged leader of the Spartan women,
MERCEDES GILBERT i is likewise vastly entertaining.~

Then he says ~The Negro Lysistrata could be much funnier if it were done -wittily instead of in burlesque. But. the
project of Lysistrata with players from Harlem (not all. of
them) is sound in theory and for the most. part sound in, éxecuyions like swinging the Fifth Symphony.~~

~ One last note about Lysistrata before we pass an to Congressman. Powell. We thought ROBERT GARLAND'S column, in the Sunday, ~~Jounnal-American~ ~devoted almost exchusively to an intimate chat with Etta Moten, was interesting
and honest. reporting....In. the N.Y: Daily Post, a columnpiece ~practically ction, intself ~to the family background of
La, Moten. (grandmother, a Choctaw. Indian); her daughter's
work in Germany with,the. Red Cross, and her hubby, Claude
Barnett~s work as special assistant to secretary of agriculture
a with~ ANP.

Skid~ Joe Bonner, City College. Sui holding down a side
table at JOE WELLS~ place! ~What do you writ e; about a kiss
of death~boy, you ~are s6-0-0 right.~~ * |

That Amsterdam News editorial _ titled et tena
Wanted~ just about buried Powell whom they styled ~as ~Prettyboy,~ ~ ~Pastor of the World's biggest Baptist: Chu: rch,~ 1am
Fabple rouser deluxe (at $5.00 per spout), etc, etc.~, Master Bonner~ opined as how: ~~Every juvenile delinquent. knows. that the setup over. on 8th Avenue is Dewey-tinted from cellar to. weather vane, but they played along (cat and
mouse fashion) using. his. family scénes, new: baby. et ~al for
months until the day (last week).when they got: ready. to: be
his POLITICAL EMBALMERS. You coined that phrase ~kiss
of death.~ ~Go 'to the top of the class for mv money, ki and
a lot of other people in the know on our Harlem tanbark.~

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Kivens and Robert Gentry, the
two conyicted Negroes,a new
trial on the grounds, that he,
the judge, was not satisfied -with
the..evidence against them. In
this, we s2e hope for justice for
the: Negroes in the Criminal
Courts. Three cheers for Judge
Ingram.

The Republicans are layirtg
full claim for the anti-discrimination law but ar2 hiding from
public view the fact that 38 Re-.
publican votes were cast against
the~ passage of~ the bill. Had not
the 54 Democrats voted for the
bill, it would hav2 been defeated.
They failed to tell the colored
people, for whose vote they are
now~ appealing, that one of the
co-sponsors of th2 bill, Representative Quinr, is a Democrat.
Let the p2ople have the truth,
the truth shall make them free.

A number of short signted lo,
cal politicos are bragging about
the appointment of our own
Bertha - Diggs as secretary of

Labor, as an evidence of Dewey's
fagpebss to Negroes, but ~the day
h@eaeng passed when.the giving +

of one big job to some Negro is

sufficiertt to. satisfy the hopes
and aspirations of the rest of.
the Negroes. We do not want~a
single job: we want a sound |
poli~y that will lift a1 the peo-.
ple. This type of argument has,
outlived its usefulness,

We notice that the gamblers
are betting ~ heavily on Dewey!
to win tae Gevertiorship. You
had bette: xeep your money ~f
your, porket for Tammany Hall
is ge eared for action in this elec,
tion anJj our Jatholic brethren
never miss an 97, 1tunity 10
put a good Cal -te as Governor of th: it:te 0/ New York.

President - Truman, in his
pesch opening the UNO 6s2ssion, eertainly made an impression that was good and we trust|

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jter and long-time friend to th2

it will be lasting, Even the. subsidized daily newspapers of our
country were forced to join with
the Russian representative Molotov, that it was a great speech.
The Missouri boy is certainly
coming to the front.

Well, the people have been
clamoring for meat. Brother, you
have got it now but try and
get it without money. Maybe,
before many weeks shall have
passed, we will all see the barr?fits of a controlled economy.
God ad to hit Pharoah teu
tinzces; maybe He~ll have to hit
us zlever times before we wake
ub.~

Speaking of the American
way of life, we wonder if those
who use it, realize that our way
has produced more slums, more
umderfed people, more illiterate |,
people than any other demo,
cratic system of government in
the world today. It has produced more wealth for a privileged

WASHINGTON~(ANP) ~ The

~Joan of Lorraine~ stage play,
a Playwright company production ~starrirg Ingrid. Bergman,
opened in Lisner auditorium here
Tuesday despit? protests Indged
with it early last week by the
Committee for Racial democracy in Washington against the
banning of Negro patrons. The
auditorium is owhed by the

| George Washingtor university.

The racial committee had asked the production be cancelled
when they learned that Negro
patrons, for whom they had already purchased a number of
tickets, would. be barred from
admission to the theatre. At the
time the protest was made, Vineent Samrock, business manager
if Playwright Producing company, issued a statemert which.
said, ~glthough our company is
unalteyably opposed to the policy of the Lisner management,
we won't be able to cancel: nar 6
contract at this lat date,

~Our policy is quite tlear on

Theatre Groups Open Play Despite
|Negro Ban; Said Time Was Too
Short To Cancel Contract

before cortracts were sign
f, the whole matter might have
been avoided.~

~Samrock also said that despit?
the fract that performances would
go on, one of the company~s diyee!ors,- Maxwell Anderson, had
prepared:a resolution fir presen
dani2d entry to the hall or us?
ef the stage. Similar resolutions
wer: said~ to have beer prepared
by other groups for presentation
te Actors Equity.

ed. from funds left the university by the late Abram Lisner,
Washington merchant and philanthropist. According toe Vincemt @> Anfelus, manager of the
ha}l, Negro exclusion would be
continued in the theatré because
of. ~community customs.~,Meanwhile the Committee for
Racial democracy has sunc2eded
in having the United Nations of
Washington to break off nego
this question. Had we known the

_|attitude of the Lisner auditor
tiatioms with the theatre management.

>

Clubs Federation
of Atlanta Plans ~

Building

ATLANTA ~ ~ Some
500 citizens Cae a the Atlanta
Federation of Colored Women~s
clubs Sunday in the launching
of plans for a building program.

Mrs. H. M. Reese, state president of Women~s Federated
clubs, delfvered the principal
address on ~Working Today and
Planning Tomorrow.~ Said. she:
~The Christian family is the
proving ground for developing
tomorrow~s -world. Your world
is-as large as you make it. To
recognize our obligations is
more. ChriStianlike than to
claim our rights. Don~t forget,
unloaded guns and stray bullets
kill just as d2ad as carefully

few on the one hand, and more
poverty to the underprivile eged |
many on the other hand. If this
is the Americane way, therr it
is time for us to change it. Free |
enterprise or the philsophy of:
~big dog zat little dog,~ ~rich
men rob poor men,~ must go.

Atlanta University
Pays Whitaker
Tribute:

ATLANTA ~ ANP ~ John
P.. Whittaker, registrar of At,
~lanta university. and business
and civic leader of the Atlanta
| community, wae given tribute
last week for 30 years of unselfish ~service.

Several score ~friends gathered in the dining rooms of Atlanta U.. to pay tribute to the
leader upon the ay of the
school~s Charter day

~Dr. Alphoriie Elder, toastmas
he oree said of Mr. Whittaker:
Mr, Whittaker has worked in
many capacities rendering unique services; has without.
seeking glory and tower at Atlanta: urfiversity.~.

Two-minut2 speeches were
given by the people who ~had
worked with Mr. Whittaker
both in the institution and in
the community..

Man Assaulted
\By Four Boys; _
Robbery Motive ~

BUFFALO, N. Y. ~ APNS-~Late Friday night, William
Hollins of 306 Monroe St. was
attacked by four colored boys,

| Sailants beat the victim about
the head and body and therr proceeded tg relieve him of his
money and valuables.

Mr. Hellins was rushed to

New York 30, N. ~.

AOPOHEESSESESSESESEESO OES SOOS9OSOOTOG condition was deemed serious.

'

a

Emergency Hospital and his

while on his way home. The as-|.

aimed and purposely load guns.~

Her addréss was ended with.a quétation from the rational
president of NACW, Mrs. Christine Smith: ~The future of the
NACW is ound up in the ability of~ club women to work to
share the responsibility for the.
whole. Together is remarkable
and beautiful work. Coming together is a beginning. Keeping
tog2ther is progress; Thinking
together is unity. Warking to
gether is success.~

Mrs, J. S. Fipper, prominent
clubwoman, civic and = religious
leader, presented the challenge
to the gathering, saying amceng
other things, that until clubwomen find a suitable place in
which to meet and build securely the future for the young,
people, they are failing in their
r?sponsibility.

Some 22 club presidents, together with many of their metbers were presented by Mfrs,
Dollie J. Alexarfder, Leaders

ious clubs and start the funds | #
campaign rolling.

~It is easy to convince a wise
man; to reason with a fool is
a different undertaking.~

Modesty is att3nded with
profit: arrogance brings on de,; struction. fe

He is the son of one of Buffalo~s policemen.

To date, the attackers have
pot been arrested.

geth?r and each club woman to~

pledged to go back to their var- ~

tation to the Dramatists. guild |
which forbade th: us2 of thea-|.
frés in which Negroes are either |

+ Lisner auditorium was.erect-|

Slave Danc>.

BUFFALO, N. Y. ~ APNS ~

Princess Minnola, enterpretive ~Wer Indian dancer, is stap-.
ping the show nightly at the Club Moonglo with her African.
The story de}icted in the performance, pe...
trays the legend of a native girl, madly in love with an Af...
rican boy. She tries to. win him with all the femmine wiles.
within her power, but to no vail, Although

~him and ~tempts him, he i in turn scolds and beats her. Fin-kly, completely annoy }~ with her, he spears her in the back,
but before she dies, she sill tries to get to him. Thie Princss
does the ritual so drama'ically that the audience almost li 7e3_
the story durimg her pe:formance, Maybe thet is the rea 23
she has been held over for six weeks.

she dances for.

Dancing Teacher

~ APNS--

rs. Lillian Patton, 96 Oak!
Str et was found dead in ped
Tuesday, Oct. 22nd, as a result
of ~natural causes. The body was.
removed to the Meadows Brothdeg Funtral Home, 576 J2fferson
Avenue. |

era N y.

Mrs. Ber'ha Scott, moth:r of:

the young woman, had _ her

shipped back to Cleveland, Ohio:
om, Thursday, where Mrs. Seott |

hag been a resident for many
Wer |
~Mrs. Pattorr, who had come
here from ~Cleveland, lived in
uffalo for approximately the
last fifteen years. She was well
known in th> community.

Chinese Enierprise

The scientific ingenuity, patience
grid skill of the Chinese were re
vealed anew on a recent government mission to the Orient. In & visto u Chinese city famous the fast
8,009 years for brine wells, Chinese
e' seen drilling deep, wells ior
de and natural gas. Tne interest
ing aspeet-is thet they have pene
trated to depths of 3,500 to 4,000 feer
without any metal equipment except
the cutting edge of a dri!l, They are
aging and have used, for hundreds
at years, drilling methods developed

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