Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 36]

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1946

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KATHERINE DUNHAM SCORES

KATHERINE DUNHAM, ~one ofthe? most shapely ~and
talented women of thé American theater; scored her greatest
triumph the night of Nov: 7 ~at~Broadway~s Bélasco Theater in
~Bal Negre,~ a whirlwind darice and song revue. La Dunham
was never smoother in her portrayal of a Harlem-tart showering ner charms upon a timid ~cat~ (in jive language). Her
dancing causing, the crowded house to rise: and applaud her
to the echo. | 3:

Her ~curtentrevué ~carries one back to Miss Dunham~s first
presentation of~a combimation of~ tropical. Caribbéan* and Cuban dance numbers, staged right heré in New York éight years
ago at Labor Theater. The show was so well~ rounded ~one
found it dicieult to: pomt out weak spots commenting from the
lively orchestra to the;magnificent,bango drammiers: and the

_ Dunham-coached dancing troupe. As 2 chorezrapher, Katherine, Dunham, has at last proved she stands well ahead of ~modern imitators,.;. ' MTA AUT (CA ga

Scheduled to stay four weeks at the Belasco, here we find

a great colored company taking over a spot where still another

star-studded ~éast was forced ~to close:| So-.goeg ~the vagaries, of

_life'in' this ~Laugh Clown Laugh~ theater of Ti e..., Sh cies

THELMA. CARPENTER, singing genius who'skyrocketed

to fame under the: Eddie Cantor: masthead; is being slated~ for
a lead role in. revival of; Lulu Belle. Tr rbin 2 |

MME...EDNA MAE, CRENSHAW, the girl:-who:dyed her
hair red. and whose name has never been associated with failure in any of her benefit affairs, +had the famed King Cole Trio
on her Golden, Gate. Ballroom show Sunday,:Nov:'17; 5). ~

The FIVE RED CAPS, long claimed by me to be one of
the nation~s most versatile comedy acts, took~Philadelphia by
storm with their superb jhafmionizing -at popular Budweiser
Tavern. Incidentally, we greeted a transplanted Quakerite,
Chappie Willett, the other afternoonat' Broadway and 44th
Street, and he was loaded down with packages~ that seem to
spell spanking new suits, fall hats, etc., etc. Willett is:on the
way to a brand new career with his much sought after booking
agency and all-servicing (stars in every field) studio ~on B'way.

~About ANN HATHAWAY; the: gorgeous lass who adorns
one cover of Song magazine and who currently shares top honors with BILLY DANIELS at Jock~s Music-Room in Harleém,~
she is definitely a white entertainer, one who has~ the courage
to wage war again all forms of discrimination, and who is proud
to work with colored artists of equal ability.

his is pretty rough treatment foran actor and singer ot
Garth's calibre who has-been in show: business since 1925~ and
who, besides many night club and radio appeatances, has béen
in other legit productions such asthe original and the revival ~of
Porgy and Bess, Showboat,~ Stovepipe~ Hat;: Helen of Troy and
Swinging the Dream, a musical: version~ ~of:"~Midsummer Night
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Garth started his career while a student at, Western,,Uni:

versity when he sang with the Jubilee singers., After traveling
with~the Deep River Platitation ~quartet, he started doing club

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THE FLINT SPOKESMAN ~

Hamp Moves ~
To Aquarium

~ NEW. YORE. -~ ANP ~. At
the, sp.cial request cf Broad
Liv.l Hamp,on,> king _ of the
vibes and drums, mOdves into

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This action on the part of the
Aquar am
oe"6d ~A eight
yeks~the longest of any band.
~During his stay at the Aquarium, the critics say; ~Anything
Cart. Happen.~

Dell Days

Whet- is dullirzss more than this
Something of delight to miss
Walking along or straet~ alone
Blind to beauty deaf to song
Wrapped ~in self and passing -v)
Splendors with a downcast ey~
Round aboyt us all must~ be
Much to charm we fail to see
Who would catch from every
_ day

All that lics along his way
Miracle amd mystery near
Must. be wick of. eye and ear
Dull the day,that, cannot be
Dull the eye that:fails tovsee
Dull. the ear that. fails ta hear
Long~.and laughter: when. they
t ayer hear ~er syees- ~s
Dull the mind.

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th + spot ene week earlier than.,

wil~ extend over a.@
consecutive *

BEST SELLER ~ George. Wvlie

Henderson, whose new bvok
~Jule~. has been selected by two
bock clubs for distribution, the

| One World. Book club and: the

Negro Book Club. His first. rrovel, ~Ollie. Miss~ ~written in 1935

was a success also, ~ ANP.

Holly Sacrea

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gate-back to the Druids, who he
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deserted it ~and it was ther. fore
sacred. Legend also ways that ths
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~Showboat.~ Oscar Hammerstein, II, saw Garth and immed
Unfortunately, Garth's contract did not state that his biography would appear in the theater's program..
contract stipulate, that as the only Negro:
his photograph would appear in the

of his life to garner some choice, pi
all that in the offing Garth will

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MEDICAL DATA

By Dr. J. A. Thornton

ASTHMA
Asthma, is a disease that at
work of the body, marked by
_ recurrent attacks
a9 difficult
breathing, with
wheezing, cough,
sand a sense of
contraction-~ of
* the bronchi. This
ofter shows up
- on the skin us
&B he hives, or
chill blaines.
silicates (commen to the
Dr. Thornton country people
as winter heels. This disease is
caused by so many varieties, in
some it is seasonal, and in the
more sensitive persorr, the allergic manifestations are So many
it is somewhat permanent. The
attacks are at any time of the
year, lasting from a few minutes to several days.
Asthma is sametimes called a
disease of improving evolution,

as man becomes more _intelligent ald sensitive to his surroundings. As the new materials
are invented we will find that

~same are as sensitive to the old

as the old, new paints, plastics.
drugs, etc.

In seventy five percent of the
well established cases of asthMa a careful study would bring
out phases af each of these affectiors in the same individual,
foods, -woolens, ~ silks, drinks,
tobacco, alcohol, dust, animals,
cosmetics, paper on the wall,
weeds; flowers; flour; nervous- |
ness. and number of other allergic irritations..

~<The usual type of person is a
nervous and of a excitable, en.
ergetic temperment, asthma is
found moreso~ ina stocky.
strong, hearty individual, although there are exceptions in
all cases.

The hereditary factor in most?
cases is well marked, but is
uncertain in pattern ~ often. in
families shqwing successful hypertension (high blood pressure), later rheumatism, amd
as these peter out the more
marked allergic phenomenal
take place and the sufferers are
fortunate, they have outrun the
more serious cardiovascular insults that the human race is
heir too, they are singularly.
free of infection of tuberculasis..

The disease usually grows as
the. sexual power wane with
age, frequently the complication of long seizures of asthma
causes, emphysema, (stretching
of the lungs), chronic bronchitis, and leaves lasting scars, so

j that improvement is more ap
parent theq-etical than real.
Asthma is a disease that is tiring to the individual, it wears
the resistance, takes all of the
energy.
A ~straight forward colorless
existence would often bring the
health back to plagued individual, leaving o'; the fore mentioned allergics if one could
find the surroundings that would
not include. any af the irritations.
nearly 6,000 workers off the
job.

Deep Are The
Roots Set for
Lincoln U.

JEFFERSON CITY,._ MO. ~
ANP ~ Three performances of
~Deep Are The Roots,~ last
year's Broadway hit, ~will be
presented by the Stagecrafters of
~Lirtcoln university (Mo.). In
Pare auditorium November. 22,
23 and 24.

The play, written by Arnaud
D~Usseau and James Gow, deals
with problems of the Negro veteran returning to the south,

PICKET LINE CLOSING
DOWN PLANTS IN TEXAS
HOUSTON, Tex Picket
lines of the International Union of Operating Engineers
(AFL) were closing down the
huge Dow Chemical Co. plants

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at Freepart today, throwing
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nuro-muscular ret;

~Lesson By
Me~ Mae~
By Mrs. L. Powe

Dis here world is steady turning,

Think its com~ng to de end;

God~s genna come ~ami sot it
burn'ng,

But no body don~t~know when.

Te all wonder why we starving
Got no coal td keep us warm,
Dat ain~t all dat~s God~s a-think~ing

He~s gorfna do a lot of harm.

Some of us think God aint aearing

When we go and do our wrong;

If we go to church on Sunday,

Fake a prayer and sing a song.

-We try blaming it on colcr

Wishing that we all was white:
Dat wort help the situation,
We just ain~t a living right.
Tain~t no end to playing numbers

Wishing dat we get a hit;
Trying to live without a-working;
On the luck, we didn~t get.

To the clubs and all the dances
Every ore we must attend;
We will take a whole week~s
pay check

For ~some money there to spend.

And the cars, dey~s long and
shining,

And dis really is a fact~
Some a~n~t got no place to keep
them,

And no place to hang hi3 hat.

And whert work, it stop a turning, tes
We will cry the blues galore,
Got no money in our pockets
Got no food a put in store

So stop blaming it on color,
Or the luck we didn~t get

Just try working for your living

And try saving part of it.

NEW UNITED CHURCH
HAS 700,000 MEMBERS

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. The
nation~s thirteenth largest Protestant church was created to--
day as the Evangelical and
United Brethren in Christ denominations united to, become
the Evangelical United Brethren Church with more than

700,000 members.

Followmig the ~ceremonies, the
new united church began a fiveday conference to work out ie
tails of unificatiom and to elect

nine bishops.

ROOMER RESENTS BEING....
TOLD TO GO
ECORSE ~ On Nov. 17 Mr.

er Faster,
home,
Mr. Foster, not liking the idea
~began arguing with the landlord, Mr. Hudson, which developed. into a fight between
the two. Police officers were
called and tdld what had happened. After this the Polic2 -man said to Faster as much as
they regretted to tell him, they
thought that the best thing for
him to do was to move. He
then picked - up his things and
Was on his way.

a roomer ~ at- his

Better Tires From Rayon:
Use of rayon for cords in tire
making promises.a tire that wih
give increased mileage and operat
i so much less internal friction
an when cotton is used that it wili
Teduce gasolin2 consumption, P_ W
Litchfield, chairman af the Good:
year Tire and Rubber company, ansounced, Jt will be some time be.
fore such tires are gyailable for pas~Senger cars, he states, as- rayon
manufacturers are uhable to pro
dice enough material to meet demands and all that is available is
going into truck tires

Tooth Cleanser
Ar apple ~er dessert in the schoo.
child's funer ~ a most effectivtooth ciea set ane~? breath swerier

ec.

Robert Hudsor told Mr. Fletch-|

that he had to miove.|
~contradiction of the multiplica
ETROIT, Mich. ~. APNS~
-B'Uy Eckstine, the -romantic
singing maestro, who brings his
orchestra to the Paradis2 starting Friday, Novemder 22, is

bandleader who was mad
ike nation~s Jukeboxes.

Although Billy is a top name
and rates high on the bard
popularity parade, he didn~t
reach his enveted spot through
extensive radio broadeasting as
did every other name band. On
the contrary, Billy has been
so busy playing theatres and
ballrooms throughout the country that he has yet to settle
down long enough in one place
~o dit any network broadcasting.

BILLY ECKSTINE
BRINCS HIS BAND
10 PARADISE FRE

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But Billy~s music, has constantly been heard by his legions of fans, of which he is
acquiring nm2w ones every day.
via a different kind of metwork
~that network of thousands of
juke boxes in every city and
town in America, in which his
discs have ~been enjoying a tremendous play.

The first~ Eckstine disc click
was A C~tage for Sale, a beautiful -ballad favorite of a de-|
cade or so ago, which Billy!
made as am almost all vocal
record to the tune of half million copies in sales. Hit again
in jukeboxes with Lonesome
Lover Blues, an original blues
he penned himself and Last
Night and Now Tonight Again
both platters. finding.their. way
to the record hit parade in rapid fashion.

~Eckstine will sing ail his latest recording hits including
Blue; I~ve Got to Pass Your
House to Get~ to.My House;
You Call It Madness and Pris~daer of Love.

BAND LEADERS HELP
BILLY:

The first of these three leaders was Duke Ellington, who
heard Billy singing in Washington~s Cptton Club some 8

years ago, and urged him to

stick with it when Billy declar
ed his discouragement at his inability to get. a break.

BILLY ECKSTINE

Next came Billy~s assoc-a:ion
with Earl ~~Fatha~ Hines, waose
band he joined as featured vocalist at the Grand Terrace
Caf: im Chicaga in 1939.

Finally, when Eckstine set
out with his own band in tie.
summer of 1944, his mus:cal..
idol and good friend, Count
Basie, loaned him the scores~
of many famous Basie arrange-"
ments to use until such 9 time
ag Billy could set up a fai] hbrary of his own.

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Ann Baker, the beautfulStylist is the featured number~
of the Fekstine organiza:ion.

The huge Holiday revu2 includes such iavorites as. Coies
and Atkins, tall, dark and..
dancesoms; Louis and White,

~two cats on the loose; and Pie -

Nugent, tapster deluxe.

AMATEUR NIGHT te aes

Amateur sight at the Para-:
dise will again be held om Tues..
night at 7:30 p. m. under the.
personal direction of D:troit~s,.
discoverer of stars, Rolo S.u:
Vest.:

Gala Midnight Show will he..
held on Saturday at 12:30 p. m.--
The. screen fare at the Para-..
dise will be Dangerous Business =
and the latest issue of the All=
American News.:

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FRIENDSHIP BY

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(The Fruits. of Friendship)
(Edited by Robeo Taylor)

The truth of this strange
tior table is seen in the relationship of friends. Each gives
to the other, and each receives,
and the fruit of the intercours?
is more than either in himself
possesses. Every individual relationship has contact with a
universal. To reach out to the
fuller life of love is a divine enchantmertt, because it leads to
more than itsclf,; and is the
open door into the mystery of
life. We feel ours:ives united
to the race and no longzr isolated units, but in the sweep
of the great social forces which
mould mankind. Every bond
which binds man to man is a
new argument for the permanence of life itself, and gives a
new insight into its meaning.
Love is the pledge and the
promise of the- future.

Besides this cosmic and perhaps somewhat shadowy benefit, ~there are many practical
fruits of friemdship to the individual. These may be classified and subdivided almost endlessly, and indeed in every
special friendship the fruits of

HUGH BLACK -

character and closeness of the>
tis, and according to th: par-*
ticular gifts of each of tht part-+
ners. One man car give io his~
friends some quality of sympa-~*
thy, or some kind of help, or
can- supply some social need +
which is lacking in his charac-:+
t*r or circumstances. Perhaps it
~s not possible to get a better~

division of the subject then the-+
three noble fruits of frie:dshipwhich Bacon enumerates~peacé.
~n the affections, support of thejudgment, and aid in all actions:
and occasions. eee

First of all there is the gatisfaction of the heart. We cannot live a self-centered life, without feeling that we are miss--
ing the true glory of life. We.
were made for social inter--
course, if only that the high;
est qualities of our nature.
might have an opportunity fordevelopment. ia

The joy, which a true fricnd--

~ship gives, reveals tie exist=nc2.
~of the want of it, perhaps pre-.

viously unfelt. It is a sin against
qurselyes to let our affect:ong;
wither. This sense of incom:
pletenes is anargument in fa=.
vor of its possible satisfaction;
our neéd is an argument for its
fulfillment. Qur heart demand
love, as truly as our bodies dex
mand food. We cannot live az
mong. mer, suspicious, and cares
ful of our own interests, and
fighting for our own hand, with:
Out doing dishonor and hurt ti
our own nature. To be for our
selves put the whole world
against us. To harden our heart~

it will differ according to the

hardens the heart of the uniz
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