The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-12

! pal8n songs Of republican conven-
lions Of the past were features.
This week through the same air
lanes dramatic highlifghts and cam
paign songs Of the Democratic par
ty Of the past are to be featured
Both shows were written By Wal
ton Butterfiola. noted radio dram
atist. The entire cast win play N
both broadcasts.
Jimmie Lunceford and his or
chestra are scheduled to open at
the New Larchment Casino this
Friday night We were informed BY
Ned williams and Hirold oxley,
,his managers.
The Casino viii be the permanent
home of Luneeford and band the
year around When he takes to the
road for stage appearances and
one night stands guests orchestras
win occupy the band stand.
The new policy established for
the Larchmont is there win be no
floor shows, no master Of cere-
monies or other entertainment. just
the dance music played IN true
Lunceford style. The old Casino
on the Boston Post Road between
Larchmont and Mamaroneck was
torn down completely and rebuilt
at q cost Of $4,000.
&c
Little Joe johnson has returned
to Chicago and into Dawes Cafe
on Garfield Boulevard with his
anappy show direct from the Plan
tation Cafe IN st. Louis where he
has held sway since leaving Chi
two years ago. The musical end
of the show is provided by Car
roll Dickerson and his band. who
replaced Ray Nance and his or
chestra who recently closed a six
teen week engagement there.
It Is not often that one of our
amateur dramatic groups get an
opportunity to perform on the eth
er, but the Phyllis Wheatley House
drama group in Minneapolis put
over q creditable performance on
Monday night over station KSTP.
Miss Gertrude Brown is head resi-
dent of Phyllis Wheatley Settle
ment House.
The Texas Centennial Jubilee
Singers, under the direction of
John R. williams, the versatile.
journalist-director went on NBC
for coast to coast broadcast
from the exposition grounds Sat
urday night $50 p. m. It is prob
able the Jubilee group win be us
ed extensively In both the white
and colored sections of the fair
This particular hook-up went over
the international short wave also.
An hour after Noble Sissle was
injured in an auto accident at
Newark, Ohio, while driving in
Billy Banks car from Cleveland to
lCipctnnati, the news commentators
had 4 chyonicle of the affair on
the air. Sissle was due to open in
Cincinnati on June 9Th. Latest re-
ports said he was not as seriously
injured as first reports indicated.
Mark Sullivan spent seven min
utes of his national hookup over
CHS the other night, extolling Col
onel John C. Robinson, the Brown
Condor"
tiARLEM's RENAISSANCE THE
ATRE FORCED IN SYNDICATE
NEW YORK, CAMP &c ontroll-
ing every theatre Of consequence
in Harlem, Frank Schiffman, rep
resenting the Leo Brecher inter-
ests. has driven out independent
operators Of these houses, thereby
increasing his octopus-like mold on
the amusement centers Of the city.
His last acquisition was the Rem
aissance theatre, long the leading
independent house in the commun-
ity The latest owner, Ben Roaman,
was forced out when he could not
compete with the syndicate which
operates the other theatres In Har-
lem, forcing him to accept the syn
dicate's ultimatum to sell or close