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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05
This Is Old Stuff
Stavin Chain Playing Boogie Piano Way
Back Yonder In 1904, Says Writer

rambling around on the key
board. then he told some onlook-
ers he was going to play a tune
he called Lazy Rags which fea-
tured a lot OF walking bass. Gus
toners started coming into that
saloon like gangbusters when they
heard him co.
Roll that walkin' bass, Papa
Stavin Chain Roll It week. ]
remember them all shouting"
While Chain became more pop
ular, the women from the sur
rounding levecs would como in
and so into a sort OF can-can
dance. To this same music, the
crowd did what they called the
"Pop open which today Is known
as "Lindv Hopping
HOTEL MAN REMEMBERS
Edward Neal. at Chicago's Ritz
hotel. recalled an old folk song
he heard when he was boy MANY
years ago in Mt. Bayou, Miss. Ii
went like this
I'm a whining ball
And don't deny my name,
Sometimes I shake
Like Para Stavin Chain.-
Chain. Of course, neFer made
any records. He died before the
World War. And II Wasn't until
* years later that Pinstop Smith
came along. also unsung and un-
known, with the same boogie-
woorie STYLE.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05
Eddie South
Wins Law Suit
Refused Service
In Restaurant

Los ANGELES-Judgement for
$4,000 was granted Eddie South,
Kathryn South. Ferne Dowdy and
George Dowdy Tuesday against the
Clemente CAFE by MunicipaN
Judge william r. Mckay. The Judg-
ment was for damages for refus-
Ing to serve them because they
were colored.
South, world famous violinist,
has been in the city for the past
three months under contract at
the Trocadero Cafe in Hollywood
as a special invitation. II was
brought out during the trial that
South had eaten all over the world
and that this was the first time he
had ever been refused service for
any reason whatsoever.
Attorney. for the cafe corn
grafton contended that the Civil
Rights act was intended IA a
shield and not as sword and
that In this case they believed
the plaintiffs were not using the
act for the purpose it was con-
tended.
Attorney Thomas L. Griffin. Jr..
IN representing South and the three
others, disagreed with the argu-
ment. stating that the law gives
a right OF action whenever there
IS refusal as was In this case.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05
Mrs Mae Mckinney
Heads Cast To Make
West Indies Pictures

SEv YORK Ny. - The FRS,
a.--colo-ed fin % re made entirely
o. location vii 20 into produc-
.ion The third week 2 August when
Protucer-D.recto- Arthur Leonard
WIRE. takes camera crew ard
cox 7ary OF IS se9.a ACTORS to The
West ladies' so- p.c'l-e.
Producer FOR Doni-o Produc-
IONS. Inc. and with a cast headed
III Nina Mae McK.rrev. Mae JOHN
SIR. Jack Carter iIarfreA Har.
ron and Percy verway-e. the
o- deals with two sisters whose
.- owns ra5he- plantation
q Nos' Indies.
Ore Of le sisters goes % New
yfsx 20 become a soc CIV favori'e
vt'a re other STAYS on The pam
fs-on When the father DIES nc
us TIE PLANTATION ~ Ne Nrw
York sister who re-srrs home
I q other girl, resertsa' sskes
voodoo rifes 70 fsics'er hor
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05
Herbert Jeffrey Rides
DOWN. ameInP Pictures

It's been all OF three years since
Herb Jeffery. nursing an ambition
10 ascend the heights surrounding
fame in the field OF the cinema.
went 10 California In that time.
while Herb has not completely
subdued fame. he has a strangle
hold on the old rascal which he
threatens 10 maintain until his adj
arsary cuts patterns on the floor
mlar 10 those made by Tony
alento in the fourth round OF his
shi with Louis.
Although Herb encountered many
licultles before he could even
get near fame, when that opportu-
nifty arrived. Herb reached right
out and grasped the old boy 10 his
puls!ng breast This opportunity
rode IN az singing cowboy IN
Harlem on the Prairie"
Put On Dark Powder
At FIRST TIE directors were skep-
teal about givinS Herb The assign
ment. pointing our thar he was
shade or 81 100 'ght for the part
Of a colored cowboy. But this op-
position was soon removed by APP
pl.cations OF dark powder. and the
president az Harlem Productions
shouted, Camera"
When Herb. following a course
Of ho-semanship and lariat tossing
under proper supervision at a
nearby ranch came riding licbety-
split across the plain as a singing
cowboy on pgancing steed be had
frmer grasp on fame. He added
another notch VIXEN he sang his
way into the heart OF the heroine.
Three Others Followed
Following the dining OF "Har-
lem on the Prairie" Jeffrey came
right back as a hard-shoot!ng ga
loot 81 "Two-Gun Man from Har-
lem." swashbuckling type OF
cowboy who scrambled al. The
hanjo-eved Williams ard saved "our
little Nell" Harlem on the
Range" ard Bronze Buckaroo"
followed 4, rapid succession.
IN fact. Iefferv's pictures came
70 fast that he soon vauited into
the TOP ranking position as a f'ck-
or star. He Is The only colored
cinema actor % be starred in four
pictures. and his Harlem On the
Prairie was The arsr ail-colored
picture 70 premier az downtown
theatre n Los Angeles, and later
play Broadwav.
Completing a personal tour
when had ,aken him through
Texas Arkansas and Louisiana.
Herb cana 70 Detroit LAST week "a
take vacation q, month Tie
WI. spend thar meath ia Detroit
The son OF The late Howard jes-
FREY Detroit baritone. thinks thar
the future = very bright for COL
ored a,ns. within the next aSe
years hope 70 see whites making
nary pictures starring colored ac-
tors jeffrey sad.
Bsso-e SONG 70 Los Angeles
y p had beer vocalisf wiki Earl
rt'-ss orchestra Blanche Gallo
Way ari Duke E,llrg.or
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05

CHIcAGO-ThA true story OF
The boogie-woog.e has never been
told.
That Is. up until now. For ac-
cordirg 10 Richard ". Jones, ma
,ionally known songwri'er and
musician OF the cary days OF
Jazz. II wasn't Pineiop Smith,
Cow Cow Davenport. Romeo Mel
son or any Others Of the 19o0-la30
crop who introduced the style, but
another Negro pianlst who in 1904
rosmed from his home In Arkan-
sas down 20 the Louisiana hayous
PLAYING the fves" wherever he
wtnf.
Jones. who came I'D with King
Oliver from New Orleans when
Jazz was a baby, tells This story
4 was back 2 1904. when ;hey
were putting The Texas & Pacific
railroad through the timber coun-
Try o. 81 james and Shreveport.
La. thar there came 10 the LITTLE
town - Doreisville. La. big hus-
ky broad shouldered ircuhadour Of
the barrelhouse variety hy the
name Of Siavin Chain. lie was
really hell on wheels, and was
PLAYING hoog ie-wooEie then"
DIED OVER A DINE.
Chains life later was almost
para,leled BY Clarence ePine,op)
Smith. who, Ike Chain. was an
Arkansas product and who Ike
Chain again, net death in an al
tercauon. "Chaln was shot and
Killed when he got n az argument
over a dime n coon can game, :"
Jones declares
II was Dorelsyl'e. az Bayou IA
Fouche on the Mississippi river.
that S'avin Chain made his name
"a rame that somehow has been
forgotten down through The wears
he arrived Ia town ard went 10
RAY az Billy REYNOLDS T p sa-
loon a tough hzrEout for roust-
ahouts.
ROLLED THE WALKING BASS!
"Chain walked into that saloon
one night was s'lll in 19o4-
and SAL down al an old piano. :"
SAYS Jones. I was A youngster.
But ! remember him he started
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05

With the beginning Of N. :.
rent snow season this tall NV.
tive oners are being weighed '1S y
OF which Is an offer 10 srS N
bing Crosby's new flicker ,Sa,
OF which has not been apn ,ov y,
Like the Mills Brothers ,Ss saVs
from the middle west tn
organized their quarie, N "a. 10y
natl. Ohio. After some rehssr rS
they applied for a job al ras' s Y.
ton WLW. Twenty-fouy hous. va
er their addition, con,rac,s ' y
signed and they were annoss, NeI
regular artists OF WIN c,,.s,
rom the very start. the bows ~.
held by the station for s. @s''
years. Many OF their nros
were sponsored by some ~
country's biggest firms VI ~
Nothing in the word 70,
vince these musicians ths, W.
hard TO become a success !.
business. Not content Win ~. s.Ss
ms overnight fame locally ~
-Four Spots started looking III
broader and greener pasturs, ",
gain the recognition tbey va.
they went to New York "'1ea
Jack SHylton. the British or,,.
ira leader. heard them on r rls''
and, you've guessed II Sa,r.S
morning at IL O'Clock thev s.ss,
for England. "s' saAsa|
The enthusiastic reception ,A..|
receiycd5across the pond hrns y,
British box office records A. as.'
a record ten weeks run IN Frr,.',
they returned TO this countrr s.s
begRn casting for a lob on tbs ~ =.
works. This time thew fourd
very difficult. The long slow "a
ious struggle took them Two al
a half weeks. a''|
sui not content with beins ,u,,
another quartet. the foursoms = i,
swing revamped their stvle ,,,|
recorded tune that swent ~.
country like dust storm
Overnight a m . imnossihl,. j
Nav - Easy" saws The III
Spots. ga
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05

In The world OF song. both Miss,
Fitzgerald and Clinton White. are
we'll known figures. and have pro-
duced some Of the beet and big
gest song hits OF the past and pre-
sent season. Under the Fitzgerald
banner there are. OF course, such
beloved songs as "A Tisket., A
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05
New Fur Store To Be
Opened l n Detroit

Friday, August 4, Llovd's Furs
will open at 10 f. Grand River, just
of Woodward avenue.
The management states that they
Will bring 10 the women OF Detroit
and Michigan finer furs from all
over the world. in the new 1910
styles. including casuals, boxy
swaggers. chubbies. Boleroes. the
popular finger-tip length coat. and
the new honey coat.
Lloyd's furs wish 10 extend 20
the people OF Detroit an invitation
70 attend their opening celebra-
ton and inspect their up-to-date
line OF furs.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05
Ross To Direct Fisk
Little Theatre Group

NEW HAVEN, Conn.-Announce-
ment has been made that John NJ.
Ross, formerly assistant director
or dramatics at Spelman college,
will become director OF the Little
theatre at Fisk university NJ the
beginning OF the new academic
year.
Since Joining the faculty OF Spell
man college in 1884 Ross has be-
come we'll known for his excellent
work with the University Players.
the dramatic organization OF At
lanta university. Morehouse coll
lege. and Spelman college. His
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05

versatility in the theatre also has
been recognized during the six
years he has been assistant direc-
tor and technical director OF the
Atlanta University Summer the
atre.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05

Tasket," Have Mercy "You
Showed Me the Way" "Once Is
Enough For Me-" Chew Chew
Your Bubble Gum" and countless
others. On the Clinton side you
have "A Study In Brown" "Mr.
Ghost Goes To Town." "Our Love-"
MY Reverie." and many others.
In both cases the two musical
personalities have contributed
greatly to the blue and ballad side
or the game with songs that have
been known to tug at the heart
line. Now combining their efforts
Tor ballad type number, new
hearts are expected to burn.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05
Closter Currents Orchestra
Will Play AT West Virginia

Gloster Currents newly organ
lied orchestra will play at the
closing OF the summer school at
West Virginia State college. Au-
gust 3 and 10. It is announced.
In April. Gloster Currents mu-
steal aggregation played for the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05

Kappa Alpha Psi prom at West
virginia State college and Bluenela
State Teachers college The muse
was so we'll received that The spon.
sors promised return engage.
ment. The vocalizing for The o.
chestra Is done by Jerry Mitchell
and Clifford Brantley
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05
Overnight Fame Easy
At Least The Four Inkspots Found Il =.
To Attain With Their ABILITY

Nowhere else except in books have you read =.
pie becoming famous thrice over night Four n u PED
Of rhythm The Ink Spots" did and the actual ms 5
mt exceed "a hours. "'ne aid
You've heard them on the outstanding NPc 49,.
and Decca recordings and since their record station
Didn't Care" "Just For Thr' and Its Funns VI u Y
eryone But Me- the boys aren't exactly strancer ~ wv
public at large. 70 Ing
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05
Bnthing A New Song
Ella Fitzgerald And Larry Clinton
Combine Their Efforts

NEW YORK-Ella Fitzgerald, the vocal queen of
swing and Larry Clinton the Dipsy Doodler, have COM
pned their talents and are scheduled to give birth to
new song that will rival anything either of them has
done in the past
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-29
MARKET QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Oct. 2s. UP)-
Traders took profits today On what
little buying was generated by sem
ate passage of the neutrality bill
and the stock market receded froc-
tions to more than a point.
Volume was moderate. Some large
initian blocks, ranging to 1900
shares in Curtiss- Wright sent the
first hour trasactions to 10000
shares, the same as last Saturday
Thereafter the dealings lightened
Business news continued favor
able. notably in the steel idustry.
The Pittsburgh steel area is to OPP
crate at SO per Get Of capacity,
gain of l point over the present
rate, while the Chicago rate is to
rise more than point to S9.9 per
cent of capacity, a new high since
1929.
Trading was dull as the close
approached. Some of the leaders
came bac kslightly from the days
lows but there was no tendency TO
follow through on any recovery.
Attendace the street was light as
usual on recent Saturdays.
Dow Jones closing stock aver
ages: Industrial 1912, off 0.34; rail
3443, off oil; utility 26.12, off O.09.
Stock sales were 1900 shares
compared with $4,000 in the two
hour session a week ago, while curD
stock sales amounted TO $1,000 share
against $4,000 last Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-29
Loyo|a Wins by
Margin of tumble

LOS ANGELES, Oct. %. up
Loyola university capitalized on
costly Hardin-Simmons tumble in
the first quarter of their football
game last night and beat the high
ly-favored Texans 6 to in con-
test that turned out to be punt
ing duel.
Unbeaten in II starts. Hardin
Simmons fumbled the starting kick,
and Loyola, for once having shaken
the jinx that has caused its team
to be dubbed Hard Luck Lions
scored on a 20-yard pass from
Halfback Ray O'Doul to Paul
Toombs a few plays later.
The remaining three periods was
nip-and-tuck kicking, with Loyola
holding a slight edge, except for a
last minute drive by the Texans
which Loyola stopped after 40 yards
on its own 25.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-29
Pacific College
Spanks RambIers

STOCKTON, Cal. Oct. %. CUP
The College of Pacific football
team, early season victor over the
University of California, poured salt
in the Bear wounds last night by
spanking the California Ramblers,
80 to Z.
Coach A. A Stages eleven was
superior in every department, scor-
ing in each period and twice in the
final. The lone score of the Bear
reserves came in the second period
on an 86-yard march, climaxed by
an 11-yard pass from Al Darien
to Robert Nook.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-29
Ry HARRY FERGUSON
pinch hitting for
Henry McLemOre)

NEW YORK, Oct. %. tUP)-A
year ago he was only high school
coach, but now he has become the
David who knocks over the GoliathS
of west coast football.
The United Press today nomin-
ates for the coach of the week
John w. Hunton of Gonzaga.
He is known as Puggy out along
the Pacific slope, but if he contin-
ues to bring about upsets, rival
coaches are going to think up
harsher names. Hunton's latest
trick was to defeat a powerful Ore
gon team. y to 7, last Saturday.
Gonzaga is at Spokane, Wash,
and when Hunton took over the job
of coaching in March, prospects
looked bad. Last year the team won
one out of eight games.
This year Hunton has had his
troubles as we'll as his successes. He
plays a bruising schedule and was
defeated, 10 to 6, by Washington
State and 10 to 0 by St. Mary's. But
he kept the squads morale up and
bounced back to defeat Idaho, 10 to
0, and oregon II to 7.
When Hunton went to Gonzaga,
he brought with him the reputation
of being one of the best high school
coaches in the country. From 1923
to 1888 he was head coach of Con
zaga high school in Spokane. Dur
ing that time he won the high
school championship of the city Sc
ven times. At one time during that
stretch his team won 26 consecutive
games.
Hunton learned his football un-
der Gus Dorais and Clipper Smith.
He was a blocking back and never
got the publicity as a player that
went TO such men as Gonzaga's S
Francis Hunting, who in 1925 was
listed on several all-America squads.
Basically, Hunton uses the Notre
Dame system. He depends heavily
on laterals and forward passes and
stresses a tricky offense. But first
Of all he hammers into his players
the two fundamentals of football
blocking and tackling
Few outside interests take Hun
tons time. He lives football for 1865
days a year and his friends say he
is glad when leap year arrives be-
cause it gives him an extra day to
plot something for the football sea-
son.
You can expect something spec
tacular when Hunton's team take
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-29
SAN JOSE STATE IN
SCORING TRIUMPH

SAN JOSE, Cal, Oct. %. up
San Jose State college continued
its unbeaten, united, high-scoring
season last night with a % to 7
victory over Santa Barbara State
college.
The Spartans, coached by Bud
Degroot under the supervision of
Glenn Scobey Warner, have rolled
up 1913 points in eight games
against their opponents 16.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-29
IntersectionoI Grid Games
Top NdtionoI Program

between neighbors and one of the
best of those is the Carnegie Tech
Notre Dame contest at Pittsburgh.
Others in the east:
Harvard Dartmouth, Holy Cross
Colga tie, Fordham Pittsburgh,
Princeton Brown and Syracuse
Penn State.
The best game down south ap-
pears to be the one between Tulane
and Mississippi. Neither has been
beaten. although Tulane played a
14-14 tie with North Carolina 9th
ers in the south:
Alabama Mississippi State, Cen
tenary- Texas Christian, Duks- Wake
Forest, Georgia Tech-Auburn, and
Vanderbilt
Unbeaten Nebraska has a job on
its hands in the midwest where it
goes against a strong Kansas State
team. Wisconsin-IoW is another
close one in that section. North
western is favored to defeat Illinois
but no one is afire with confidence
that it will. Missouri seems ready
to take Iowa State in its stride.
The best game west of the Rock
les probably will be UCLA against
Oregon, but there is a program out
there, including:
Southern California California
Denver Utah, Idaho-Montana, Ore
gon State Washington State, Utah
State-Colorado State Washington
Stanford and Wyoming Colorado.
In the southwest, the great Texas
A. and M. meets a stubborn oppo-
nent in Baylor. Texas plays Rice
in what may turn out to be a nip
and-tuck contest.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-29
FL Centro Subdues BrawIey> 13-C
Bench Warming
By Burdette Kline
Post Press Sports Editor

BALL, story. so WHY DON'T YOU
Pay Attention." Courteous, Oh, yes.
football is a Character BUILDING
sport I Don't Think. Then Some
body got PENALIZED for Off side
and Said. why Can't They Play
SIDEWAYS" and he MOANED but
still didn't EXPLAIN it so I think
he DOESN'T Know either but men
the FUNNY; they hate to say they
don't know.
ANNOUNCER COULD HELP
Tt WOULD Be A Big IMPROVE
ment if the ANNOUNCER would
Tell you What the TROUBLE is
WHEN they STOP PLAYING and
also WHO is HURT and HOW Bad
ly, BUT I Suppose they really don't
know so MUCH either. THE ONLY
rule I approve of is the PENALTY
for TOO MANY Times out, but it is
not SEVERE Enough. If the boys
can't remember their Signals they
ought to WRITE them down in
stead of taking so MUCH time
whispering them to the DUMB ones.
The Game is too LONG as it is.
I was talking About this and
something ELSE must have hap
pened because there was another
YEu-those grown Men Look aw-
fully SILLY ACTING like COL
LEGE Boys, but ANYWAY I was
Cold so I said Let's 60 Home and
He said. Well What did You Come
For Anyway and I said Well I have
Seen ENOUGH to WRITE My opin-
ion ABOUT Football Anyway, Next
I will wear my Heavy Coat and take
a RUG and I can WRITE ABOUT
the END of the GAME Then.
And he SAID THERE WON'T be
Any Next Time as FAR as I am
CONCERNED-You Can Go BY
Yourself. So I Will and Now I am
MAD.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-29
Charity Baseball Game Slated Sun.
EI Centre to
Meet MexicaIi
In Stadium

They play baseball in El Centre
stadium Sunday afternoon, not for
the blue chips. but for charity
fund which will benefit civilian re-
fugees in China.
Matched in Sunday afternoons
contest will be the El Centre Mer-
chants. managed by Jack Stark, and
the Mexicali All-StarS. bolstered by
Manuel Valenzuela, strikeout kink
from the Mexico City baseball
league.
Buster Adams, Sacramento Sol
ons outfielder, will be the only ad-
dition to the FL Centre lineup,
which will include Al Mendoza,
catcher; Joe Andrade, pitcher;
Stinson, first: Price. second: Hash
EN-. short: Fornasero. third; and
Aaron and Porte in left and right
fields.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-29
New Mexico Whips
FLAGSTAFF $50

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, Oct. %.
CUP) = New Mexico university
which has risen in two years from
obscurity to one of the southwest's
leading football powers, added a
$50 victory over Flagstaff (Ariz)
Teachers to its record today.
New Mexico, featuring its spin
ners, reverses and passes that had
brought it four victories in five
starts. won its second border con-
ference game over Flagstaff last
night. Finlay MacGillivray, diminu-
tive quarterback whose accurate
passes have been the major factor
in MINUS victories, again led the
attack.
Flagstaff threatened but once,
advancing to the New Mexico 29-
yard line in the second period.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-29

State has won over Missouri, North
western and Minnesota. Cornell has
defeated Syracuse, Princeton and
Penn State. The other intersection
al game in the midwest is between
Yale and Michigan, and Michigan
is not looking for too much trouble.
Unbeaten teams also collide at
Philadelphia where Pennsylvania
takes on North Carolina. Other in
tersectional games in the east are
Villanova- Arkansas, Columbia -VMI,
NYU-Georgia, and Navy-Clemson.
Some of the closest games will be