PERSONALITY, SPEECH, and CURIO 78s LOUIS ARMSTRONG and HIS HOT FIVE 4975. 10” Blk. Okeh elec. 41157 [W400961A/W400991B]. SKIP THE GUTTER (Williams) / KNEE DROPS (Hardin). One silent (when checked here) hair crk. side two and a few depressions which should be harmless. Otherwise looks as new, just about 1-2. $15.00. FRED ASTAIRE [singer/dancer] 4946. 10” Dk. Blue elec. Eng. Columbia 3969 [WA3184/WA3185]. LADY BE GOOD: Fasci- nating Rhythm (Gershwin) / LADY, BE GOOD: The Half Of It Dearie, (Gersh- win). Side one with ADELE ASTAIRE [s]. Both sides with GEORGE GERSHWIN [pianist]. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $35.00. GEORGE BAKER [b] 4187. 10” Victor Picture Record 17-4003. HOW DOTH THE LITTLE CROCODILE; FURY SAID TO A MOUSE / ‘TIS THE VOICE OF THE LOBSTER; THEY TOLD ME YOU HAD BEEN TO HER (H. Fraser-Simson). All from Alice In Wonderland. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

LUCIEN BAROUX [entertainer/singer]. Toulouse, 1888-Hossegor, 1968. A celebra- ted entertainer and actor, Baroux appeared in over 80 films between 1912 and 1962, as well as on the stage. Among his stage creations was the role of Jim in Reynaldo Hahn’s 1931 operetta, Brummell. 4393. 10” PW French Odeon 238.316 [KI-4075-2/KI-4076-1]. BRUMMELL: Quand on est dans les pommes / BRUMMELL: Cherchez la femme (Reynaldo Hahn). Creator performances, directed by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00. JOHN BARRYMORE [actor] 1703. 12” Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 6827. HAMLET: Hamlet’s Soliloquy / HENRY VI: Gloucester’s Soliloquy (both Shakespeare). Great pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1493. 12” PoW Red Victor 6827. Same as preceding listing (item #1703) but post-War pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00. STEPHEN VINCENT BENET [poet] 4895. 10” Red Nat. Council of Teachers of English 43/44. JOHN BROWN’S BODY: A Portrait of a Southern Lady (Benet) / THE BALLAD OF WM. SYCAMORE (Benet). Few lt. rubs, one small PB. Cons. 2. $10.00. SARAH BERNHARDT [actress]. 1844- 1923. 4109. 10” Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 22035 [ ? / ? ]. PRIÈRE POUR NOS ENE- MIES (Unknown) / L’ÉTOILE DANS LA NUIT (Guerinon). Side one, SARAH BERNHARDT despite the label crediting the author as “unknown”, is by Louis Payen, which Bernhardt announces at the beginning of this impassioned performance. Recorded late 1918. Extremely rare. Just about 1-2. $350.00. WULF BLEY [speaker]. Berlin, 1890-Darmstadt, 1961. Bley was a German writer, play- wright and radio announcer in the era of National Socialism. The item below is a live recording documenting the noise, crowds, bands, and so on and described by Bley of the festivities of 30 Jan. 1933 when Hitler became Germany’s Chancellor. 5117. 10” Viktoria 4043. DIE HISTORISCHE NACHT, 30 Jan. 1933. Two sides. This and the few other Nazi related records on this list came originally from the collection of a Jewish doctor who emigrated to the U.S. in 1938 and was able to bring his record collection. It’s indeed surprising that he retained these souvenirs. Pressed on some sort of heavy plastic. Harmless superficial rubs (no reproduction problems), gen. 2-3. $100.00. - 202 - PERSONALITY, SPEECH, JAZZ and CURIO 78s

General WILLIAM BOOTH [Salvation Army Founder]. Nottingham, 1829-1912. Booth was a British Methodist preacher who founded the Salvation Army and became its first General. The movement’s main thrust was being a distributor of humanitarian aid and related Christian ministry work. During his lifetime, Booth’s Salvation Army was extended to 58 countries and colonies. The poem General William Booth Enters Into Heaven was written in his honor by Vachel Lindsay. The royalties for his recording work were added “to the Salvation Army’s Fund for reclaiming the outcast and criminal, and aiding the unemployed.” 5035. 10” Blk. Columbia 2075 [26054/26056]. THROUGH JORDAN [an address in verse]/ PLEASE SIR, SAVE ME! (address). Excellent mid-20s pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN [three-time U.S. Presidental Candidate, 1896, 1900, 1908; Secretary of State, 1913-15, Attorney, Scopes “monkey” trial, 1924]. Salem, IL, 1860-Dayton, TN, 1925. These vinyl pressings of Bryan and of Taft were pressed in very small quantities decades ago. 5236. 10” White lbl. vinyl (no label) Victor 5535. THE TRUST QUESTION (Speech). This and the items below recorded by Bryan during the 1908 Presidential campaign. Just about 1-2. $30.00. 4082. 10” White lbl. vinyl (plain label) Victor 5536. THE TARIFF QUESTION (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. 5237. 10” White lbl. vinyl (plain label) Victor 5537. PUBLI- CATION OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. 4072. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 5538. POPULAR ELECTION OF SENATORS (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN as U.S. Secretary of State, 1914 5238. 10” White lbl. vinyl (plain label) Victor 5540. THE LABOR QUESTION (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. 4385. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 5541. IMPERIALISM (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. 4073. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 5542. THE RAILROAD QUESTION (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. 4994. 10” Brown Silvertone 4034 [11529a/7497a]. THE IDEAL REPUBLIC (Speech) / SILVERTONE MILITARY . NATIONAL EMBLEM MARCH (Bagley). Recorded by Gennett on July 3rd, 1923. This is a pressing made for Sears, Roebuck’s Silvertone label. Just about 1-2. $25.00. CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS 4578. 10” Blk. elec. Edison lateral 14045 [N-1053-B/N-1054-B]. OF THE BLUES (Jones). Vocal Chorus by Phil Dewey. / BROKEN IDOL [Squires]. Absolutely harmless shallow inherent pressing indentations side one. Just about 1-2. $35.00. GEORGE M. COHAN [entertainer/composer] 4778. 10” Pats. “A” plate Victor 60042. LIFE’S A FUNNY PROPOSITION AFTER ALL (Cohan). One very tiny nick (three or four ticks), otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. RUTH COLEMAN [blues singer] 5242. 10” Blk. acous. Pathé Actuelle 021061. SHE WALKED RIGHT UP AND TOOK MY MAN AWAY (Williams). Piano acc. L. Hutchinson / EMMA GOVER [blues singer]. M. T. POCKET BLUES (Oliver). Piano acc. Fletcher Henderson. Just about 1-2. $40.00. - 203 - PERSONALITY, SPEECH, JAZZ and CURIO 78s JAMES M. CURLEY (Massachusetts House of Representatives; U.S. House of Repre- sentatives; four term Mayor of Boston, Gover-nor of Massachusetts). Boston (Roxbury), 1874-1958. A fascinating politician, Curley was elected to Boston’s Board of Aldermen in 1904 while in prison on a fraud conviction. His father had been a petty criminal who died when James was ten. His mother then worked scrubbing floors. Curley “rose rapidly” through “corrupt machine politics” as a result of “his easy affability combined with his connections in the underworld”. This allowed him to quickly “use graft and corruption in the city services to solve constituent problems”. He served four terms as Mayor of Boston between 1914 and 1950. During his last term he was convicted of mail fraud and served five months in prison but was granted full pardons by President Harry Truman for both his 1904 and 1947 convictions. 4712. 10” Blk. & Gold acous. Gennett 5472 [8877a/8878a]. ADDRESS OF WELCOME TO BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS, Boston, July 7, 1924 / THE ELKS’ ELEVEN O’CLOCK TOAST (Speeches). A very rare private issue. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $40.00. Col. FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCQUE. Lorient, Brittany, 1885-1946. De la Rocque was leader of the French right-wing league named the Croix de Feu from 1930–1936, before forming the more moderate nationalist Parti Social Français (1936–1940), that can be seen as a precursor of Gaullism. -Internet 5045. 10” PW Plum French PW Disque Gram. K- 7550 [OLA589-1/OLA588-1]. ALLOCUTION PAR LE COLONEL DE LA ROCQUE (Spoken Remarks) / CHARLES PANZÈRA [b]. CHANT DES CROIS DE FEUX ET DES VOLON-TAIRES NATIONAUX (Claude Delvincourt). Small JAMES M. CURLEY (in 1914) lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00. DODGE BROTHERS INDUSTRIAL BAND 4799. 10” acous. Emerson Private Recording for Dodge Bros., 1920 [41569-3/41574-4]. DODGE BROTHERS MARCH (Victor Herbert) / UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER. “BROTHERS” (An Editorial from The Detroit News, Dec. 13th, 1920). Gen. 2-3. $20.00. ENGELBERT DOLLFUSS [Austrian Chancellor, 1932-34/Speaker]. 1892-1934. Views of Dollfuss from a historical perspective are, at best, mixed. He came from modest circumstances (an illegitimate child raised on a farm) and was a brave officer in World War I. His distinguishing physical feature was his height: he was only 4' 11''. Dollfuss was, from most reports, an amiable, likable, well-intentioned man. When he was selected to be Chancellor in May, 1932 -- a very difficult time in Austria when the economy was in near free-fall -- he was the youngest head of government on the continent. At the time, his party had a one-vote majority in Parliament. He immediately came into conflict with German Nazi interests because of plans to maintain Austrian independence. He proclaimed a dictatorship (March 7, 1933) and, soon after, dissolved the Federal Assembly and abolished freedom of speech, press and assemblage and the use of Nazi distinctive uniform. He was shot and killed on July 25, 1934 by Austrian Nazi rebels who then seized power. – Wikipedia. 4616. 10” Red and Silver D.Pl [SDWHA-13-2/SDWHA-15-1]. ÖSTERREICHS-SENDUNG / Dr. PHILIPP DE LA CERDA dir. ORCH. and . ÖSTERREICH ÜUBER ALLES, WANN ES NUR WILL! (Richard Schmal). Cons. 2. $75.00.

JIMMY DURANTE [comedian]. See: HELEN TRAUBEL [s] in Vocal Section. - 204 - PERSONALITY, SPEECH, JAZZ and CURIO 78s

TESS GARDELLA [singer/actress]. Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1894-, NY, 1950. A vaudeville artist of Italian-American ancestry, Gardella most frequently performed in blackface as Aunt Jemima. She created the role of Queenie in , 1927, the only member of the cast in blackface. Her career began at ’s Palace Theater in the late ‘teens and also ended there in vaudeville in 1949. She died of diabetes. 4905. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1304-D [W145641-3/W145535-6]. SHOW BOAT: Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man / GOODRICH SILVERTOWN QUARTET. SHOW BOAT: Ol’ Man River (Hammerstein-Kern). Side one creator performance. Just about 1-2. $15.00. YVONNE GEORGE [Belgian singer and feminist actress]. , 1896- Genoa, 1930. Born Yvonne de Knops, George was discovered in a Brussels cabaret by Paul Frank, director of the Paris . She made her Olympia debut in 1922 and was greatly admired except by those who were “hostile to her intellectualism and emancipation”. In 1924, she had a passionate affair with poet Robert Desnos, who “initiated her into taking opium”. “George’s performance style is considered as embodying the principles of the French realist song. … Weakened by the excesses of her lifestyle and especially her drug habits, George fell ill with tuberculosis”, She died in a hotel room near Genoa at the age of 33. - Wikopedia. 4958. 10” Red PW French Columbia D12022 [WL309-1/WL310-1]. PARS (Jean Lenoir) / CHANSON DE MARIN (Georges Auric). Piano acc. Georges Van Parys. Just about 1-2. $15.00. GEORGE GERSHWIN [pianist/composer]. See: YVONNE GEORGE FRED ASTAIRE [singer] BEN GREET [actor]. 1857-1936. Greet (Sir Philip Barling Greet) was a noted Shakespearean actor, director and impresario. He made his stage debut in 1879 (another source states 1883) following experience as a teacher and was involved in one capacity or another with the theater until his death. In one five year period, he is said to have played over three hundred roles. He toured the U.S. numerous times with the Ben Greet Players and even performed for President Theodore Roosevelt on the front lawn of the White House. Later he produced and directed at the Old Vic. 4840. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 17115. HAMLET: Hamlet on Friendship / MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: Benedick’s Idea of a Wife (both Shakespeare). Just about 1-2. $12.00. LOUISE GROODY [singer] 4483. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 20609. HIT THE DECK: Sometimes I’m Happy. With CHARLES KING [singer], piano acc. / THE REVELERS [male vocal group]. HIT THE DECK: Hallelujah! (Vincent Youmans). Side one creator performance. Just about 1-2. $12.00. EDGAR A. GUEST [poet/speaker] 4563. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45320. THE OLD WOODEN TUB / THE LOST POCKET- BOOK (both Guest). Just about 1-2. $15.00. YVETTE GUILBERT [diseuse] 4404. 10” SS Dog Con. Gram. GC 3736 [5275h]. I WANT YER MA HONEY (Fay Temple- ton). Piano acc. In English. Gen. 2. $35.00. 4318. 10” Green elec. VdsM SCL 69 [OLA2-1/OLA3-1]. LE FIACRE (Xanrof) / MADAME ARTHUR (de Kock-Guilbert). Piano acc. Irêne Aitoff. This and following issue have English translations affixed to sleeves. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

- 205 - PERSONALITY, SPEECH, JAZZ and CURIO 78s 4317. 10” Green elec. VdsM SCL 70 [OPG897-1/OPG898-1]. L’ÉLOGE DE VIEUX (Guil- bert-de Lattaignant) / VERLIGODIN (Guilbert). Piano acc. Irêne Aitoff. Just about 1-2. $8.00. SACHA GUITRY [actor]. See also FEODOR CHALIAPIN [bs] and [Sir EDWARD] SEYMOUR HICKS. 1137. 12” PW HMV DB 3761 [2EA7671-I/2EA7672-I]. YOU’RE TELLING ME (Guitry). “From the Sketch presented at the Royal Command Performance, India Office, on 23rd March, 1939, in the presence of Their Majesties The King and Queen and President Lebrun.” In English. Two sides. Just about 1-2. $35.00. CHARLES HART [t]. While Hart’s career also included leading operatic roles, he is here a “pop” World War I song. 4984. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 18467. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO HELP THE BOYS? (Gus Kahn-E. Van Alstyne) / AMERICAN QUARTET. KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN FRITZIE BOY (Lieut. Gitz Rice). First World War . Just about 1-2. $8.00. ELSIE HOUSTON [vocalist] 4472. 10” PW Plum HMV K-7075 [OPG1016-1/OPG1017-1]. EH! JUROPANAN-Côco / BERCEUSE AFRICANO-BRÉSILIENNE; OIA O SAPE-Embolada (all Brazilian Songs, arr. Houston). With Carlitos Brésilien Orch. Lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00. JOHN F. HYLAN [politician/speaker]. Farm near Hunter, NY, 1868-Forest Hills, NY, 1936. Hyland was the Democratic mayor of New York City, 1917-24, supported by William Randolph Hearst. He was a lawyer and a judge before and after his terms as NYC Mayor. Much was made of his interest in and how his staff provided New Yorkers “numerous [free] concerts of great variety”, including park concerts with artists such as Ysayë, Elman and Caruso. Staten Island’s fourteen mile Hylan Boulevard, formerly Broad- way, was renamed after the Mayor in 1923. 4749. 10” Special label (see illustration) Okeh mat. S-70236a/S-70041a. SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE ON HIS RENOMINATION OF MAYOR (1920?) / GREEN BROS. NOVELTY BAND. PEGGY O’NEIL (Dodge). Lightest brown lbl. spots. Harmless hair edge crk. side two into grooves about ¼” (not broken through to side one). 2-3. $40.00. JOHN F. HYLAN MAY IRWIN [comedienne] 4849. 10” Blk. Victor 17253. MAY IRWIN’S FROG SONG (Irwin) / CLARICE VANCE [comedienne]. I’M WISE (Van Alstyne). Few harmless lt. superficial (scuff type) scr. side one, 2. Side two cons. 2. $8.00. JOSEPH JEFFERSON [actor] 4737. 10” Blue vinyl CRS 5. RIP VAN WINKLE: Mountain Scene / RIP VAN WINKLE: Return Scene (author?). Good quality dubs from 1904 Columbia cylinders. Few lightest marks, cons. 2. $7.00. General JOSEPH JACQUES CÉSAIRE JOFFRE [Commander-in-chief of the French army, 1914-1916]. 1852-1931. Joffre became a career military officer and was one of the leading figures in France during the World War One era. No recordings of his voice were commercially issued, the record listed here being a vinyl test pressing (matrix signed by Joffre) of a recording from about 1917 when Joffre visited the U.S.. An English translation of these short remarks is included. 4093. 10” White lbl. vinyl Columbia 69331-1. FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES (Remarks). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $60.00.

- 206 - PERSONALITY, SPEECH, JAZZ and CURIO 78s M. Z. Führer MARTIN EWERS dir. KAPELLE DES S. STURMBAMM XII unt CHORGESANG 5125. 10” Brown Grammophon 1342 [5323½bd/5324½bd]. BRÜDER IN ZECHEN UND GRUBEN /ES PFEILT VON ALLEN DÄCHERS (Jung). Marching troops, band, singing. Side two ends with three cheers for Hitler. Superficial rubs, gen. 2-3. $35.00. Sir HARRY LAUDER [Scottish entertainer] 1176. 12” Red RCA Victor 9012 [Cc8002-I/ ? ]. I LOVE A LASSIE / ROAMIN’ IN THE GLOAMIN’ (both Lauder). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1177. 12” late Red RCA Victor 9024 [Cc8039-II/ ? ]. WHEN I MEET MACKAY / THE END OF THE ROAD (both Lauder). Just about 1-2. $7.00. ANDREW BONAR LAW [British States- man, Prime Minister 1922-23]. New Brunswick, Canada, 1858-London, 1923. Law was a leading British Conservative Party statesman. His became British Prime Minister on 23 Oct. 1922 and left office on 22 May 1923, suffering from throat cancer. Law was the shortest-serving Prime Minister in the 20th Century. His solitary recording below dates from January, 1908. 1261. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 01007 [2190f]. A MESSAGE (speech). Just about 1-2. $40.00. KAPPELLE OSAF-OST with S. A. CHORUS dir. J. FUHSE 4622. 10” Green Nationale Ton-Platte 502 ANDREW BONAR LAW [11764-1/11760]. HEIL HITLER, DIR! / BADENWEILER MARCH (composers not cited). The uninspiring S.A. Chorus (male group with non-musical voices trying to perform in unison) sings of Hitler, blood, and so on. Edge crk. side two about ½” shouldn’t sound (indentation visible on side one but not broken through), otherwise 3. $50.00. MC KINNEY’S COTTON PICKERS [African-American Jazz Band] 4744. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 21611. MILENBERG JOYS (JellyRoll Morton) / SHIM-ME- SHW-WABBLE (Spencer Williams). ULCs side two, otherwise nice copy, gen. 2. $12.00. MORAN and MACK [THE TWO BLACK CROWS]. George Moran ( ? -1949) and Charles E. Mack (1888-1934 auto accident). The team of Moran and Mack became major recording stars in the later 1920s as well as the leads in a weekly “Two Black Crows” radio show in 1928. Although Moran and Mack's gags were mostly corny (and very often non-racial) and the characters were stereotypical (one practical but naive, the other seemingly slow and lazy yet quick with a quip and a certain skewed logic), the relationship depicted plus their laconic delivery made them one of the most successful of comedy teams. The team was known for two catchphrases. Moran would remind Mack of some unfortunate event, causing Mack to say, "Why bring that up?" Mack frequently would interrupt Moran's description of something with a drawling "What causes that?" –Wikipedia 4709. 10” Blk. Vinyl Columbia no-label test, matrix no. scratched out, dated 9 Aug. 1928. TWO BLACK CROWS IN THE A.E.F. (AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE). I can’t trace this in the Columbia Master Book. Unpublished. Cons. 2. $40.00. 4650. 10” Blk. Vinyl Columbia no-label test, matrix W148572-3. NO TITLE LISTED IN THE COLUMBIA MASTER BOOK DISCOGRAPHY. Unpublished. Cons. 2. $40.00. 4651. 10” Blk. Vinyl Columbia no-label test, matrix W148574-3. THE TWO BLACK CROWS AT THE PARTY. Unpublished. Cons. 2. $40.00.

- 207 - PERSONALITY, SPEECH, JAZZ and CURIO 78s HELEN MORGAN [singer] 5098. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 22149. MORE THAN YOU KNOW (Rose-Vincent Youmans) / WHAT I WOULDN’T DO FOR THAT MAN! (Gorney). Just about 1-2. $10.00. BENNY MOTEN’S KANSAS CITY 4331. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 20955. MOTEN STOMP (Moten-Hayes) / CLIFFORD HAYES’ LOUISVILLE STOMPERS. BLUE GUITAR STOMP (Cal Smith). Lt. superficial rubbing, plays as new. 3. $15.00. TYRONE POWER, Sr. [actor, father of film actor Tyrone Power, Jr]. London, 1869-Hollywood, 1931. At the age of 14, Power was sent to Florida by his parents to learn citrus planting (shades of Frederick Delius). After two years, he ran away to join a theater company. He returned to England and developed an exceptionally successful stage career. In 1914 he made his first of a number of silent films. His one completed sound film, The Big Trail in 1930, featured John Wayne in his first starring role. While at work on a film the next year, the 62 year old Power died in the arms of his 17 year old son, future actor Tyrone Power Jr, as a result of a massive heart attack. This was the same fate suffered by his son at the age of 44. Power Sr’s only issued recordings are two exceptionally rare 1902 London G&Ts. 5004. 10” Blk. London G&T 1230 [1959g]. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE: Street Scene (Shakespeare). Nice copy. Lt. lbl. rubs. Small ND, lt. surface rubs, cons. 2-3. $150.00. TYRONE POWER, Sr. H.R.H. the PRINCE OF WALES 1730. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 35743. SPORTSMANSHIP (Speech) / Lieut. R. G. EVANS dir. COLDSTREAM GUARDS BAND. God Bless the Prince of Wales (Richards). Special label with portrait of the Prince. Just about 1-2. $12.00. PROHIBITION PARTY CANDIDATES, 1912, for U.S. PRESIDENT [EUGENE W. CHAPIN] and VICE-PRESIDENT [AARON S. WATKINS]. 4803. 10” Blk. Notes acous. Columbia A7001 [14510-1/14511-1]. EUGENE W. CHAFIN [read by Rev. E. L. EATON, D.D.]. WE SHALL WIN THIS FIGHT (Chafin) / AARON S. WATKINS [speaker]. THE GREATEST OF POLITICAL PARTIES (Watkins). Why Chafin didn’t speak for himself on this record isn’t known, but his speech reader, Rev. Eaton, was a noted orator and debator, famed in his time for a six-day religious debate in Pittsburgh, 1903, with Pastor C. T. Russell on Eschatology. [That may be one you’ll have to look up!]. Aaron S. Watkins (Ohio, 1863-1941), who is presented in his own voice on side two, was President of Ashbury College in Kentucky and a prohibition candidate for Vice-President in 1908 and 1912, and in 1920 as President. A very rare item. 2-3. $40.00. MANUEL L. QUEZON [Pres., Philippine Senate, 1916-1935 when this re-cording was made]. Baler, Philippines, 1871-Saranac Lake, NY, 1944. Quezon was elected President of the Philippines in 1935 and was reelected in 1941, a position he held until his death in 1944. In 1942 he formed a government in exile in the U.S. after the Japanese invaded the Philippines. He died of tuberculosis in 1944. 4436. 10” PW Orange Microphone Columbia 2889-X [W96056-2/W95337-2]. MY MES- SAGE TO MY PEOPLE (Speech) / JOSÉ MOSSESGELD SANTIAGO [b]. PHILIP- PINE NATIONAL HYMN (J. Felipe). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

- 208 - PERSONALITY, SPEECH, JAZZ and CURIO 78s BLANCHE RING [comedienne] 4168. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45188. I’VE GOT RINGS ON MY FINGERS (Weston) / YIP! I ADEE! I AYE! (Cobb). Few minor rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. WILL ROGERS [humorous monologist] 4160. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45369. WILL ROGERS TELLS TRAFFIC CHIEFS HOW TO DIRECT TRAFFIC / WILL ROGERS NOMINATES HENRY FORD FOR PRESIDENT (both Will Rogers). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 4995. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45374. WILL ROGERS’ FIRST POLITICAL SPEECH / WILL ROGERS TALKS TO THE BANKERS (both Will Rogers). Just about 1-2 $10.00. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT [U.S. President] 4450. 10” Orange Microphone Columbia 36516 [co31934/co31935]. PRESIDENT ROOSE- VELT’S WAR MESSAGE TO CONGRESS AND THE NATION, Dec. 8, 1941. Two sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00. FRANZ SELDTE [speaker]. Magdeberg, 1882-1947. He lost his left arm during the First World War. In 1919, Seldte founded the Stalheim, originally “an organization of World War I veterans … agitating against the Treaty of Versailles and German war reparations”. It became an “increasingly anti-democratic and antirepublican” group, merging with the Nazi Party in 1933. Seldte was, in turn, made Reich Minister for Labor, in which capacity he served throughout the Nazi rule (1933 to 1945). 4740. 10” Blk. on White elec. (no manufacturer given) 550, mat. 01119/01130. KAMPF UM PREUSSEN (Speech) / RICHARD KNOCH dir. STAHLHEIM-BUNDES-KA- PELLE-GROSS-BERLIN (BAND). STALHEIM-MARSCH (Composer?). Small lbl. stkr. 2. $60.00. E. H. SOTHERN [actor] 1363. 12” Red acous. Vla 6295. JULIUS CAESAR: Antony’s Oration [Act 3, Scene 2]. Two sides. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $8.00. JOHN STEEL [t]. 1900?-New York City, 1971. A leading Broadway singer in the earlier 1920s. There’s a very interesting “Bio-Discography” of Steel and his adventures (and mis- adventures) on the Mainspring Press website: http://www.mainspringpress.com/steel.html 4821. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 18844. THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE (Seitz) / I’LL FORGET YOU (Ball). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 5123. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 18990. WILL SHE COME FROM THE EAST? / LADY OF THE EVENING (both Irving Berlin). From Berlin’s Music Box Revue in which Steel appeared. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 4597. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 19219. LITTLE BUTTERFLY / AN ORANGE GROVE IN CALIFORNIA (both Berlin). From Berlin’s 1923 Music Box Revue. Cons. 2. $6.00. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT [U.S. Pres., 1908-12; Supreme Court Justice] 4022. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 5552. THE EFFECT OF PROPOSED JURY TRAIL IN CONTEMPT CASES (Speech). This series was recorded in 1908 when Taft ran against William Jennings Bryan for the U.S. Presidency and won. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 5239. 10” White lbl. vinyl (plain label) Victor 5554. THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE NEGRO (Speech). Just WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT CAMPAIGNING about 1-2. $30.00. 4023. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 5555. DEMOCRATIC POLICY PREVENTS PROSPERITY (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. 4024. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 5556. POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. - 209 - PERSONALITY, SPEECH, JAZZ and CURIO 78s 5239. 12” White lbl. vinyl (plain label) Victor 31709. FUNCTIONS OF THE NEXT ADMI- STRATION (Speech). Just about 1-2. $35.00. 5240. 12” White lbl. vinyl (plain label) Victor 31710. WHAT CONSTITUTES AN UNLAWFUL TRUST (Speech). Just about 1-2. $35.00. 5241. 12” White lbl. vinyl (plain label) Victor 31871. PEACE (Speech). This was recorded for the 1912 presidential campaign. Just about 1-2. $35.00. ALF. TAYLOR [Speaker, Ex-Gov. of Tennessee] and his OLD LIMBER QUARTET. Carter Co., TN, 1848-Johnson City, TN, 1931. After studying law, Taylor was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Jonesborough, Tennessee. His first political post was as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1874. He subsequently was elected as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889 to 1895 and finally a Republican Governor of Tennessee from 1921-1923. Taylor first ran for Governor in 1886 against his brother, who won. On the 1920 campaign trail, Taylor travelled with a four-piece quartet (consisting of three of his sons and their friend), and told the story of "Old Limber," a foxhound who, in spite of his old age, could still outrun the pack, The rare record below, based on this story, probably had only regional issue. A different copy of this was listed and sold last year. This is only the second copy I’ve ever come across. 4660. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 19451. PHAROAH’S ARMY GOT DROWNDED [Spoken by Taylor: Jubilee Incident to a Fox Chase in the Appalachian Mountains] / QUAR- TET ONLY. BROTHER NOAH BUILT AN ARK (composer?). Just about 1-2. $25.00. Lt. General JOSÉ FÉLIX URIBURO [Argentine President, 1930-32]. Salta Province, Argentina, 1868-Paris, 1932. Uriburo was a member of the Argentine National Congress from 1914 and the inspector general of the army in 1922. He led a successful military coup against democratically-elected President Hipólito Yrigoyen in 1930 and was the de facto President until his death from stomach cancer in 1932. 1779. 12” Special Label Argentine Victor 90501. PROCLAMA Y JURAMENTO (Speech) / PEDRO MIRASSOU [t]. HIMNO NACIONAL ARGENTINO (López-Parera). 1” crk. from rim side two (visible but not broken through to side one). Rubbed. 4, but mostly superficial. $15.00. CLARICE VANCE [comedienne]. See: MAY IRWIN VESTA VICTORIA [comedienne] 5243. 10” Blk GP ’07 Victor 4181. THE NEXT HORSE I RIDE ON (Murray-Everhard). One tiny (harmless) PB. Cons. 2. $15.00. 4767. 10” Blk. ’08 Pats. Victor 5182. WAITING AT THE CHURCH (Pether). 2. $15.00. 4100. 10” Blk. GP ’07 Victor 5221. MAN, MAN, MAN (Murray-Heilbury]. Minor harmless lt. rubs, 3. $10.00. 5032. 10” Blk. GP ’07 Victor 5251. IT AIN’T ALL HONEY AND IT AIN’T ALL JAM (Everard). Gen. 2. $15.00. NANCY WALKER [singer/comedienne] 5017. 10” Blk. Decca 23396 [72723AA/72724AA]. ON THE TOWN: Ya Got Me / ON THE TOWN: I Can Cook, Too (Comden-Green-Leonard Bernstein). Walker was in the original 1943 cast of On the Town. Orch. dir. Leonard Joy. Just about 1-2. $8.00. THOMAS “FATS” WALLER [pianist] 4577. 10” Plum HMV JF 4 [BVE-49496-1/BVE-49497-2]. VALENTINE STOMP / GLADYSE (both Waller). Just about 1-2. $10.00. WHITNEY BROTHERS QUARTET [vocal] 4817. 10” Blk. ’08 Pats. Victor 5727. DIXIE (Dan Emmett). Cons. 2. $7.00. BERT WILLIAMS [comedian] 4576. 10’ Blk. acous. Columbia A-915 [4683-2/4684-1]. I’LL LEND YOU ANYTHING [EXCEPT MY WIFE] (Von Tilzer) / CONSTANTLY (Bert Williams). Excellent laminated later ‘20s pressing. Couple harmless small lam. crks., otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. 5014. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia A-3589 [79484-1/80191-1]. YOU CAN’T TRUST NOBODY (Layton) / NOT LATELY (Prince). Another excellent laminated later ‘20s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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