ATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1941 THE PHOENIX INDEX, PHOENIX, ARIZONA PAGE SEVEN Click At Famous Door

B. T. W. High School Band Thrills Elks ' Clarence Wilson Is • Named President Os | National Musicians Brilliant Opera Marks Climax Os NEWS OF

N Pittsburgh b, - Meet M { 6 Jill i Several New THEATRES Board Members Are Appointed Many Stars GEORGE Are By MAUDE ROBERTS PITTSBURGH— cANP)— One of the most brilliant conventions in the history of the National Asso- j oiation of Negro Musicians has closed at Pittsburgh with Mrs. On CBS Network ||ij||j&P ijjf . gS«B K Mary Caldwell Dawson as the re- tiring president. This is the 22nd NEW \ORK—(ANP) —Featured over the coast to coast anniversary of the organization and ses- network of the Columbia Broadcasting System on September the great achievement of the ’’ sion was the productions of the all- 1 was an alUNegro program entitled ‘‘Jubilee. Negro opera Aida under the direc- This program traced dramatically in a poetic narration tion of Maestro Vajda, for many ATLANTIC CITY—(SNSt Marching with created a sensation here during the Elks Con- with music and voices the history of the Negro in the en- years an assistant conductor of the early the Gale City Marching Club of Atlanta, Geor- vention. Not only did the Atlanta band draw Metropolitan Opera Co., at Syria tertainment world. Included in this program were 1 NEW YORK—(TYP) —Those sensational two songsters, Johnny and gia, the Fiotker T. Washington High School cheers from thousands during the eventful pa- Mosque. African chants, spirituals, snatches of old-time minstrel The was the dream of Mrs. George, after a whirlwind tour returned to this city last week and im- hand, also of Atlanta, Earl A. Starling, director, rade, but was singled out to perform for Elk opera shows, blues and selections from well-known Broadway plays. Dawson and she put her whole soul (Pabv Face) Maeklin and George MacLean several seasons back created officials. into the effort and had the satis- first of this program, The part mediately “wowed” diversion seekers at the Famous Door. Jcbr.ny faction of achieving her goal in a called “The Tree of Hope" came along Swift with their swing version of popular very high degree of excellence and Makes Comeback from New York and featured the quite a furor's Alley with the cooperation of Chicago Juanita Hall choir, “Hamtree” Har- Yiddish numbers. choral artists, the NYA chorus of rington, Flournoy Miller, Georgette Spots Head As Early Chicago, Forbes Music Study Club Harvey, Milton Williams and Bill Helen Carter nk of Cleveland, Moses Maurice Ellis. Will Vodrey su- Singers of Columbus, Ohio; Card- p»3rvised the musical arrange- i well Dawson Singers of Pittsburgh. merit:. Co., For Negro Imperial 'Wings' Set Detroit Opera The second part came from Hol- AtApollo Opera Co., Chicago, and singers lywood where Ethel Waters pre- Premiere IsHeld from Texas, Florida, New York, In- -all “Mam- sented a brief from Georgia. sketch dianapolis and ba's Daughters” and also included The chorus brilliantly highlight- his orchestra. Hariem Theatre Stormy Duke Ellington and ed the presentation. ap- Last year an Tours Columbia featured Seasons plause throughout brought forth all-Negro program starring Paul (ANP) Under Many other cities will be visited Dog’ many curtain with the or- CLEVELAND— ‘Puts on ‘NATIVE SON’ WILL TOUR calls These programs part new management, along with many by the choir under the new agency chestra sharing in the acclaim. Robeson. are of called “Fore- numbers to thier reportoire, of the Alber-Zwick Co., who now NEW YORK—(ANP) end New engage- Chicago contributed SI,OOO to the the annual series added Opening —At the of its York during the the celebrated Wings Over Jordan handle all bookings for the choral For support of the opera. Cleveland was cast” that are featured ments, “Native Son” will tour the road, bringing with it its lead- months. Choral ensemble will commence the group. The bookers are giving ev- second with S4O. summer to Negro ing actors, Canada Lee and Anne Burr. Tentative bookings have These scripts are written by year’s concert appearances with ery possible consideration NEW YORK—(TYP)—GaIs clad Honors Night with George H. and Cincinnati, Jean Holloway and directed by their initial program in the Erie church organizations com- n gowns, and the lads been arranged for Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cleveland, Hutchinson, national treasurer pre- fashionable Philip Cohan of the CBS staff stadium, Erie, Pa., Sunday after- munities. ,11 sporting their smart toggery Columbus and Akron. At present, the play is making a return siding, honored the following com- noon, Sept. 14, at 3:00 p. m. The The great popularity of this sing- pas posers: White, one of the highlights of Fri- engagement in the Bronx and in Brooklyn. It will be presented Clarence Cameron Erie-Dispatch Herald, leading ing group, famous for its renditions day’s “world premiere” at Harlem’s Jean Ster, W. C. Handy, Florence af- of Negro spirituals, places it tre- on September 13 in Hartford and at the Boston Opera house for To Take white daily, is sponsoring the ipollo Theatre. Flashlights spotted B. Price and Ethel Hamos Harris. Arnold fair. mendously in demand, both by the ecks, beginning September 15. The production is under the elebrities. two The special numbers were, “A CLAUDE HOPKINS. on e of the The Veterans of Foreign Wars at Negro and by the white groups. The long lane policed by New auspices of the Mercury theatre, in association with Bern Bernard, Symphony of Negro Poetry’’ from ‘‘Roaring J., have secured Rev. Glenn T. Settle, originator, ace bandleaders of the Over New Duties Atlantic City, N. finest led the to the —Helen Carter ” way and the tour was made possible by Jules J. Leventhal, who had “Sing Li’l Chillun” Twenties is currently making '* the mammoth convention hall of president and narrator, and Worth Hrk’stnd re-opening of ‘the house that Moses, composer and director; the town to present this ag- Kramer, conductor and vice presi- a financial interest in the show. comeback in the entertainment noted 'rank Schiffman created for the “Stam Steady” by Ethel Ramos Hopkins boy, nimble- gregation on Sept. 25. On Sept. 29. dent of the organization, will ac- atisfying amusement of New filed. The At Washington, D.C. York- Harris with the composer at the on the road Wings will appear in Columbia, 0., company the choir for their many rs.’ and as smil- finger ivory artist is Cameras clicked, piano and the national chorus sing- Caro- Ga.—(SNS» for the benefit of the Columbus concert appearances In North and ng sepia and now, playing SRO in the ATLANTA damsels, debutantes ing “Chorale in A Minor,” Cesar Virginia, and W. J. Arnold, widely known in Boys choir school. South America. playboys joined throng linas, West Virginia, larlem the Frank—Orrin Clayton Suthern, or- City Washington, if first-nighters. Society folks big of Florida bound. the Gate left for ganist and “A Mass in the form C. Monday, ,nd smal, bulk of D. where he took over representing the a Spiritual,” Clarence Francious. Director, as those tlie duties of Welfare key leople columnists brand Clarence Hayden Wilson of Evan- of n the know, there. It was Una Mae position of the National Alliance Carlisle ston, and of a were 111., now in charge Postal Employees. light that will long be remembered music at the Vashon High School, a theatrical circles. Louis, president by Stepin Mr. St. was elected Fetchit Almost simultaneously. RATING THE RECORDS acclamation as was Mrs. Elizabeth mail ' Topping the footlights bill were Arnold retired as a railway R MARSHALL DAVIS Coleman of Galveston, Texas; vice clerk, and was elevated to this high v FRANK America’s song sensations, the Pens Hit Mr. Wilson is a Another president,. graduate at the 11th Biennial Conven- i’our Ink Spots—fresh from their in Chicago at University Again office TED the Panther Room of Northwestern Music In most unusual By YATES Loses of ON WITH THE JIVE lumbia has the wax- Jroadway triumph. The Sunset tion the Alliance, held the week NEW YORK—(TYP)—The little the Hotel Sherman, waxed by “BG’’ school and continues to study each ing of BOOGIE WOOGIE PIGGY. Orchestra with of August 19 in Baltimore, Md. loyal lovely Fro- who gave to America its most (Columbia); Jan Savitt (Victor); No albums this week, but severai with the jive and hine singing, put gal summer. The boys carrion Stewart forth outstanding hit of the Spring Cab Calloway (Okeh), and Miss He has an excellent baritone During 36-year he Columbias and Okehs which should time. Coupled ome very stylish rhythm. Ralph song a period, everybody has a gay season of 1941 in, “Walkin’ by the Carlisle backed by John Kirby’s ork voice and has made a name in mu- Detroit Suit established an enviable record in have reached me weeks ago but is LOVE ME A LITTLE, LITTLE, srown, comics John and Mason has come with on- for Victor records. sical circles of St. Louils through the for past up at the itop peppy and potent. iandy Burns; those River” through mail service, and the were delayed. Rght rocklicking top Yes, Mae Car- his splendid training and charge groovy’’ dancepators—always other tune. Una choral 20 years was clerk in of of the list is Count Basie’s TUNE a hit has done it once again. A new record for appearances is the splendid renditions they have Failed To Rex Stewart and his bunch from -Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers lisle Comic his run, between Atlanta and Jack- TOWN SHUFFLE, Okeh, which almost in the Green Una Mae’s 10:30 p. m. to 1 a. m. at given in city wide programs of even Ellington’s band go crazy on SUB- the show. on Featured nightly sonville, Florida, which is one of jumps from the first bar and stole’ Others the bill Room at the Hotel Edison w’ith her the Hotel Edison with no Sundays. music circles in St. Louis. J. Wes- the makes the echo The drive dis- TLE SLOUGH, Bluebird. This is in icluded Eddie, Jack, and Audience At the biggest trunk lines in hop. Betty, swing trio Miss Carlisle is “Already,” Barney Young, her ley Jones, Chicago, executive sec- Draw is Best the Duke’s most advanced hot vein, ,nd six boys. slated South. played tremendous. individ- uancing The screen for a coast-to-coast radio hook-up manager, told the writer, “Holly- retary; Clara K. Hill, Indianapolis, ual hit is by Tab Smith on alto. with screwy riffs and a pounding attraction, (a wow!!) showed our because of the popularity of her wood clamoring Carlisle recording secretary; George H. Michigan House He is of Dr. William Flipover finds Helen Humes sing- rhythm. Rex growls on trumpet like >wn laugh-provoking “Pigmeat” is for Miss the father own songs, particularly, the one who, I am sure will gain new favor Hutchinson, treasurer. J. Arnold, formerly of Atlanta, ing YOU LIED TO ME, soft and a devil with indigestion while Blan- Markham in a short pix tagged, per- ton on off-beat. that is getting the rave from song and more popularity than she al- New board members, Helen Car- DETROIT—(TYP)— When a and now a practicing physician in hot. Miss Humes was in a fine plucks bass the ‘One Big Mistake.” You’ve got to hear this gutty gem pluggers, musicians, band leaders, ready has when the Hotel Edison ter Moses, Kathleen Forbes, Her- former reaches the stage that he Detroit, Mich. voice here.... Will Bradley on Co- dance puts her on the air. Interviewed by man Billingsley, Bertha to believe it. Coupled is SOME and lovers alike. Tate is paid the week in advance, he’d r “I See A Million Faces But All I newspapermen in the lobby of the Spaulding, Ethel Ramos Harris, SATURDAY, with Rex playing give up And the Can See Is You” is the new hit Hotel Theresa she was leaving for Lillian Foreman, Miss E. E. Red- better the ghost. commanding open horn and Barney has Skegee Singers number that has been broadcast her nightly showing the song stylist mond, Pearl Franklin and Millie one-time ace of comics who Bigard credited with the tenor sax composer Will Sing For Uncle Sam The last few choruses nightly by Benny Goodman from and was besieged by au- Hynson. Mrs. Mary Cardwell Daw- been seen in many cinema ghost solo. jump... tograph hunters numbering more son, the retired president, was ap- that is. Gene Krupa’s Okeh of COWBOY than pointed movies is no exception, SERENADE and ’TILREVEILIE is fifty swing-frenzied youths. chairman of the opera ""* ¦¦¦ [ . .'J MW1.H111M1.111.j..; strictly pop with nothing of By Sam Carver, theatre manager stuff ted Mb interest hot “Normandy Chimes” here, won a verdict of $75 and court for fans Benny FORT DEVENS, Mass— (ANP)— Fetchit, vete- Goodman (of all people) flops on costs because Stepin DOWN DOWN DOWN Dn invitation from Col. West A. stage and screen comic, and his for Colum- Hamilton, commanding In New Film Os South ran the officer, To Entertain Soldiers failed to put in an appear- | bia. It’s too fast and the clarinet ;he Tuskegee sing- council man doesn’t get all out of it noted Institute CHICAGO—(ANP) Common Pleas Judge John that gave a concert for the officers Graduates ance. ! he should. Other side is SOFT AS ly of the United States Naval Reserve Watts handed down the decision. ind men of the 366th infantry at Car- ! SPRING, soft and subdued. Midshipmen’s school were guests at In granting the verdict for ?ort Devens last Tuesday evening. Judge Watts a coun- a special performance of Chicago ver, dismissed Apparently seeing as how others The program featured such fav- ter suit which Fetchit had charged jrites WPA Operetta company’s famed make money that way, Cab Callo- as “Deep River,” “Go Down, he promised four weeks book- Vloses,” version of “The Chimes of Nor was way bows completely to the gods of and “The Battle of Jeri- ing and paid off at the end of many planta- mandy” at the Great Northern the- was 1 commercialism and gives a version :ho.” Included were one, which kept him from making ;ion melodies. The concert was a atre Saturday evening. IH on Okeh of I SEE A MILLION other bookings. l|jfi >reak in the daily grind of life at PEOPLE that should be a best sell- The midshipmen, who graduate ing platter. Smooth and soft, Cab Tcrt Devens an dwas thoroughly this Saturday, took over the entire Carver contended that because -1 mjoyed by all the officers and Fetchit was such a poor box office sings against a background provid- theatre to witness the Negro ver- the Palmer brothers who are nen. Several white and draw the management paid him the ed by officers sion of the old French comic opera excellent this sort of nembers of thier families attend- full week’s salary, after lour days at thing. Chu’s by Robert Planquette. The perfor- short tenor bit is also backed by :d the concert. mance was —giving the comic his walking pa- f staged just as it was boys. The members o the Tuskegee pay at Inn these On the plattermate, WE when the American Negro Exposi- pers. Fetchit’s Jefferson WELL TOGETHER, singers are Otis D. Wright, first where he was appearing, was gar- GO Cab re- tion during the summer of last verts to type.. A pashy vocal is the ;enor; William Howard and Fred and a from Fet- ver.r. nisheed statement ingredient I A Parks, second tenor,l; Daniel An- chit’s counsel stated that he was main of SING irews, baritone, and William A. putting the comic through bank- • IYMN TO HER by Al Donahue on Wiley, bass and director. Three of ruptcy. Okeh. Coupling is IS THERE A shese quintet members are gradu- Quintet Serenades LATIN I NTHE HOUSE, a mildly ates and two are students. F -'V Contrary to his theatre perfor- amusing rhumba that blooms into P. Chisholm, field secretary of Tus- mance under Carver, Fetchit has, bounce... Jack Teagarden is heard segee and business manager of the Virginia Governor however, been doing big biz with a on an Okeh reissue of his famous chorus line and Larry theme song, I GOTTA RIGHT TO singers, accompanied the group to RICHMOND, Va. iANP' A songster Fort Alexander at the Silver Slipper. SING THE BLUES, made by his Devens and made a brief talk. quintet of young boys, ranging from old band. Other side is UNITED the ages of five to 10 years, sere- WE SWING, plenty and branches. hot. naded the governor of Virginia committee and director of John Kirby makes his debut on Prisoner Who Bit his wife last Thursday evening Maude Roberts George, publicity Victor with BUGIER’S Tompkins of DILEMMA, with their own interpretation of chairman, Mrs. Grace a fast, precise and sharp number Chicago Herman Negro spirituals. Called the Rich- the Defender and that sounds a lot Ray Officer’s Sought of the Pittsburgh Cour- like a Scott Arm mond Junior Five, the group con- Billingsley composition, Charlie ier plus fancy sisted of Woodrow Wilson, 10, and complete the committee. Shavers trumpet, and CLOSE ATLANTA, Ga.— (SNS) four Durmant brothers —Walter, A woman “Geechie” The contests with Miss Camille SHAVE, a rhythm cocktail with called was 10; Carlton, 8; Lewis, 7; and Thur-' Kirby’s reported to bitten Nickerson in charge were won by bass giving plenty of lift. Saturday have man, 5. top for an aof Dave Lawrence Mellon, Pittsburgh; Wal- This is drawer certain Radio Patrolman The Harris when Gil- Through the insistence of Mayo ton Ray, St. Louis, second, in pi- the string Kirby _unit is also heard on he and Officer Golden-voiced Marian Anderson is first of a long of artists two other piatters as strap rought to arrest her for Stephens, butler in the governor’s ano; Nannie Moon, Pittsburgh, so- accompanists. lTiuse, one of America’s outstanding who have donated their services to help Uncle Sam sell defense bonds—- On Columbia he backs Maxine creating a a mansion, boys were Clarence Negro screen artists, prano, first place, and Riley Gib- Sul- disturbance at local who said the every dftatlon. Railroad good, Gov. Price and his wife is shown here as he plays the role of chief |retainer on a Southern son, Indianapolis, baritone, second. via the Columbia Broadcasting System’s Treasury Hour heard livan singing IF I HAD A RIBBON had really BOW and WHO IS SYLVIA. sought to “Geechie” to listen. They too agreed in from Dixie”, star- Harriette Davison, violinist from Wednesday night at eight o’clock, E. S. T. She was heard in the first Both quell and had consented plantation “Gentleman the new Monogram film sides are lovely and lightly classi- they reported that the somewhat swingy version Newark, N. J., received a special George failed, to the of- ring Jack Laßue and Marian Marsh. The Clarence Muse Singers, a broadcast September 10 with Loretta Young and Jessel. cal, with Maxine’s soft, whispering ficers. The officer received treat rendered by the youthful five were award due to the excellence of her * appear the film. voice at its best. dent at Grady Hospital. excellent. chorus of 50 voices, also in playing.