FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1953 ARIZONA SUN PAGE FIVE Despite Radio, TV, Newspapers Here Student' To Slay; Special Role For Negro Press Recruitment By OLIVE A. ADAMS j sort; of a campaign to the atten- NEW YORK (Global) Last tion of any group in America, J Program needs to brought to atten- week, John P. O’Connell, com- be the The Personnel Department com- tion of our Negro citizenry. Only | mander of the New York District, pleted the first of a series of tests a job to do. We - we have two-fold 'felt L 7 Veteransh of Foreign Wars, issued to be given this year to students to must read the daily papers to keep VTyfc' i»'C'>»f u^,r«v n proclamation the 600 posts in the high schools for the re- of local _ . up under his command urging mem- with the fast-moving events cruitment of first level clerks, ner at the is im- By LARRY DOUGLAS and Broad- bers to read their newspapers. The world. But it equally typists and stenographers. Fifty- Birdland . . . MGM keep with the NEW YORK—(Global)—Tommy way’s record- eamp'aiggn, he said, was an "en- portant that we up two of the 68 students taking the Eekstine opens too. "Dr. Jive” Smalls has come into ing artist, Billy lightened public approach to the events of the “Negro world” est were successful in passing the his own as one of the nation’s top April 3 at Broadway’s Bandbox . . momentous decisions we now face.” The reason for this is simple . . . examination and achieving eligibil- disc jockeys. The congenial and The Lou LuTour Show on WHOM "Too many veterans and oth- no where else can we get a pic- ity for employment with the city popular Tommy of New York’s is rated as tops . . . Comic Timmy ers,” he said, "are carelessly rely- ture of what our people are doing n this class work. Most of the can-

own .... doing it, WWRL, made his remote control Rogers is holding his ing on television and radio broad- and how well they are didates are enrolled n business or Johnny are still no where else we get the debut last Monday night from Har- Hodges and his ork casts to enable them to make de- and can clerical courses. The students com- that hear- lem’s famous Baby Grand with his going great on their heavy road cisions now required of all citi- inspiration comes from peted with 13 non-students who "Dr. Jive Show.” The Baby Grand schedule . . . Dusty Fletcher is still zens. This leads to apathy in im- ing about our accomplishments. possessed work experience in cleri- . . . is get of it was more than jammed and packed a mainstemmer Lulu Reid portant events, and ultimately to True, wet a little more cal jobs. The ratio of failure to singing with Sonny daily newspapers than we on opening night. Members of the that sexation corruption and mis-management.” in the success in tho high school group in Gone) often must non-student; New York press came but in full (Long Thompson. If it is necessary to bring this used to, but most we comparison with the re- group force to welcome Dr. Jive. Smalls Success is like this: MGM "uncover” our own deeds. is in the students’ favor. Ex- artist, just riding high their new cept part-time basis, invaded the spot. . left vacant by cording Joni James rently with A few years agog, one of the on the stu- for $4,000-a-week deal Records release of “Laugh” dents will not be Willre Bryant who, along with his signed a King New York Sunday newspapers car- available for Pittsburgh (Tho’ Cry). city partner Ray Carroll, took their with a nite spot! Before You Feel You Want to ried a full page.story, with artist work with the until after realese, graduation in June. powerful hit-makjng show to a disc-click “Why Don’t You Be- In the first three weeks of sketches (not photographs) of a This is he sec- ond the Personnel . singer 150,000 And, year Depart- Broadway’s Birdland, still over sta- lieve Me?” the was work- it has sold over copies. little ten-year-old girl who was ... . has conducted tests of Joni has go writer like that! . ment this WHOM. Willie Bryant has left ing one-niters for $25. does this attending a Midwestern Univer- tion Armstrong is nature the high way open younger many hits on her hands she doesn’t Louis still blowing sity. She was a genius and she h nl in local schools. the' for a dee The increased interest in the trumpet . . . Sugar Ray Robin- pro- top. is know which one to plug! Her nil- his boert paraded an arry of £*y to* climb to the Willie before gram lion-seller, "Why Don’t You Be- son walking into ’s Palm to see by the schools has been guy. , psychologists and educators that sort of a doubled since a year ago. . . . Addition- Johnson and his band lieve Me?” still is in the top ten, Case week Dinah Wash- what made her tick. She was de- Btiddy al tests in stenography willbe held and- "Have You Heard?” and ington has blonde hair. Gee’. That’s scribed as a pretty, active, whole- clicked last week at Harlem’s att he six local high schools in "Cheatin’ Heart” are not too far bad. little The famed Apollo Theatre ... Annis- some genius. articles has done it again. April. teen King platter of "Baby behind. failed to say, however, that she Allen’s Glover, I’m Doing It” is still climbing over Henry vice-president in The husky song stylist is riding was a Negro. Os course, New York j charge of recording at-King Rec- -high with her waxing of "Mama papers had long since agreed not ' the top ten i . . Rumor is that ords, his Daughter Mean” will take over the has a "hit’ number all He Treats Your to mention the race of individuals j with written ; . . Billy Holiday is of radio dee jay spot at Harlem’s own. It’s "Soft” vocal still one in their columns'; but there were and done by Glover . . . Ella Fitz- America’s greatest attractions . . . she popular Palm Cass . . . Eroll Gar- many who felt that if had gerald is the top artist in Europe Last Saturday, this writer gave a hacked her grandmother to death V says... on Norman Granz’ at the surprise "expectant father” stag with a meat ax, she would have & . (A aUCS. Highest Prices Paid for Philharmonic Show . . Sarah party for R been identified as a Negro in no If we are really anxious, to opinion, the King Records). Glover’s - - Vaughan is still, in my man for meet the issues of life squarely, Old Gold « Guns Radios uncertain terms. Be that as it may, wife, Doris, we Diamonds top female vocalist, and MGM re- pretty is expecting it remained for a Negro newspa- must accept the responsibil- cording artist Billy Eekstine, is the stork any time now. Those per to uncover the fact that the ity for doing our own mature “SWEET’S JEWELRY still the best male vocalist . . . Bab who attended were Sid Nathan of child was of African descent, thinking as useful citizens in the & LOAN CO. Gonzales ork clicking and his new King Records, Lucky Millinder; whereupon the daily newspapers greatest democracy known to

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