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The Phoenix index., 1940-09-28
Four Tones End
Record Stand At
Million Dollar

LOS ANGELES. Ca1if.-(WS) -
The Four Tones concluded an en-
gagement at the Million Dollar
Theater last week and after their
offerings were sa we'll received,
t h management promised
them return engagement in the
rear future Four boys and a gui-
tar, they have punched the bells
OF success on many occasions.
These lads have made more
pictures recently than any of the
other singing groups in Holly
wood
Dusty Brooks and The -Four
Tones first received national at
tention when they appeared with
Herbie Jeffries in a series Of all
Colored motion pictures. Follow
ing their fine reception by the
theater public, they went on a
personal appearance tour with the
Bronz Cowboy,
The boys were heard as far as
Pittsburgh, and since their return
have been steadily employed at
Curtis Mosby's Theater Cocktail
Lounge. After their stint at the
Million Dollar, they returned to
Mosby's.
Lucius Dustv) Brooks. Rudolph
Hunter, Leon Buck and Johnnie
Porter make up the quartet. The
three first named went to school
at Lane College and Porter is
California boy who Joined them
latter a spot with Don Redmon's
band.
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-28
BY HARRY LEVETTE

HOLLYWOOD-(ANP)- Plan
ming a column should be done just
the opposite from the order of a
meal, which serves the dessert last,
for with news or comment the
pleasant matters should be offer
ed first, so that if the reader does
not read all the way down, or does
net care to read the unpleasant
part, he can stop when he gets to
it, Then those Blitzkriegs I have
been threatening to drop on the
heads of culprits who have it COM
ing to them, are meant only for
hem, SO anyone who has not Of
tended the public needn't partake
IF the sharp but beneficial medi-
cine wrapped up in printers ink.
So news comes first, grouches at
The end of the or Kolyum.
Mr.. Ant Tells Mr. Grasshopper
Sept. 10, As I live and navigate.
and by the great horn spoon, girls
and boys, the summer has gone!
just this morning I overheard
conversation between Mr.. Ant and
Mr.. Grasshopper as they met i'll
my backyard 1t went like this: Mr..
Ant: "Say brother, winter is just
over the hill, why don't you stop
skipping and dancing and lay away
your fuel and groceries for the
winter like I'm doing?"
Mr.. Grasshopper: "Ain't got time.
Small Fry, get out Of the way!"
Mr. Ant: "Okay, big-timer, I'll
be seein' you with icicles on your
turned up toes" Moral-Go to the
ant, and get wise.
SHIP OF ZION STILL SAILING
According to reports from the
boX-office of the Mayan theatre
'"The old ship Of Zion" Negro folk
play produced and directed by
Clarence Nfuse, has been playing to
good crowds ever since its open
ing on Wednesday, Sept. IL. Aack
Williams, widely known movie
player, is the author with music
interpretations by Elliot Carpenter,
Harry Carol and Pauline Carol.
The choral direction is under the
able Jurisdiction of Thomas Will
kins, With outstanding performan-
ces too numerous to list in a col
numn, suffice to say that the play
is interesting as a vehicle for the
adored Negro spirituals that need
all the outlet they can get to keep
them immortal as the only genuine
American traditional music.
The -Four Tones filled their first
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-28
TAPPING WIRES

enumeration with the inquirirg
eyes.
Employers who pay $25
week and abuse and expect you
o make a career of the job
-. Employers who want you
to share their bed and board as
well as their office. Employ
ers who think the way to pre-
vent sten0grapher's spread is
by keeping their finger on the
office Iuzzer sulnmOning you to
more dictatiOn.
Secretaries who consider an Of
flee a marriage bureau. .Secre-
taries who use Chanel No. 5 and
Harriet Hubbert Ayers from 9 to
5 instead of 5 to g.. Secretaries
who think all employers want tire
chance to reject or refuse a Grano
Canyon view of their unbilius via
a low necked blouse.
Public spirited citizens with dirty
private lives. vic-minded clul
women with neglected children anc
misunderstood husbands. ;. .Politi.
clans who favor florid oratory. go.
Relief clients drunk :. Relief in
vestigators natsy-tempered. E. De.
partment store barkers. .Chumm.
walters. . Chummy salespeople.
Harlem's trolley cars. {. Harlem
streets after a heavy snow. =. Har.
LENS tenements. Halem exorbi.
tant rents p. .Harlem's voraciou!
cats. =. Harlem at high noon.
AND People like us who write
columns like this for folks lk'
you.
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-28

WASHINGTON-(A N P)-The
defeat of Senator william King
of Utah for reelection meets with
general approval among colored
Washingtonians Long a foe of Suf-
frage for the district OF Columbia,
it is alleged that his .antagonism
to the proposal was due ii his "feac
of Negro domination" of the dis
trict."
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-28

According to Mr.. Blake, Duo
Art Pictures have been producing
tor the last six years and have been
using New York City as headquar-
ters. They decided to come to the
Pacific Coast and are making this
picture as their first effort. Mr.
Blake also stated that more money
will be spent on this picture than
has ever been spent for colored
picture by an Independent studio.
SELECT STAR
Bobbye Gwynn, talented singer
and actress who has been a top
notch performer for years in night
clubs. theaters and radio has been
selected for the top role in the
film. The story is based on an
original by Thaddeus Jones, vete-
ran actor of stage, screen and
radio and will touch the hiehlights
of the little song birds life. The
author will also have a meaty role
in the film and believes it will be
the finest thing ever done by an in
dependent company.
Upon learning that Laura Bow
man and Leroy Antoine were on
the Pacific Coast Mr.. Blake secur-
ed their services and a special part
will be written in the script for
them. Madam Sul-Te-Wan re-
membered for her outstanding work
in maid of Salem, will be cast
in a very good part.
MANY TO HAVE ROLES
A bevy of actors. actresses, sing
ers and dancers will have spots in
the film. according to Mr.. Blake
who will trv to capture the spirit
of such stage vehicles AS Shuttle
Along" Lew Ies1ie's Blackbirds."
RUN Little Chfllun" and Lucky
Dav' which have made those con-
nected with them rich. '"T'he -Four
Toppers." "The Hi-Hatters. for
merly with Ted Lewis and many
others have been signed for Spe-
cialties.
Joe Greene. at one time an as
sociate of Midge Williams while
she was on the Pacific Coast, has
been engaged to write the music for
the picture. Don Brodie. veteran OF
Hollywood, is the director and
Howard Fawcett, assistant director.
The remainder of the cas- and
technicians will be announced this
week.
In sneakiug about his company,
Mr.. Blake explained that they bad
been in the business for the last
six years. They have been making
pictures for the Jewish Theater
and have six COMPLETED all colored
short subjects which will be placed
on the market in the near future.
The picture will be started in about
two weeks. according to Mr.. Blake.
Joe Greene has turned out SIX
tunes already and the story is
ready for the camera MANY of the
bit p1avers of HOLLYWOOD will have
their first real chance to play
meatv roles and that is what the
colored bit player of Hollywood
has been asking for many years.
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-28
DENTIST ATTEND NATIONAL

CLEVELAND, GA N P)-
When the American Dental Asso-
citation met in Cleveland last week,
number of Negro dentists were III
attendance. This is the largest and
mostl import tandnate Ee
most important dental body in the
world,
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-28
TO VOTE ON NEGRO HYMN

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-(ANP)--
An old NEGRO spiritual, Were You
There When They Crucified My
Lord?" and number of gospel
songs will be placed before the
EPISCOPAL church convention here
next month. .-
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-28

tic in ems
Million Dollar Productions Gilmore
giving instructions of his they battle
undefeated ard bid to play in the Peach Bowl cs
Reginald Henderson (Phl Harrington
Kenny, Kenny Washing
on (Kenny Harrington), and Mantan Moreland (Nash)
leading grdron
lie radio and who, like
educated University California Angeles.
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-28
New Picture To Be Based On The
Life Of The Late Florence Mills
To Memoriatize
Little Songster

HOLLYWOOD, Calf (WS)-Duo-Art Pictures have
completed arrangements to make full length all coored
picture entitled 'The Little Blackbrd" based the life
of Florence Mills according to announcement by Sid
Blake, producer for the company the Pacific Coast.
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-28

great progressive race-That's all
today, more air-bombs for other de-
serNng victims next issue.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-20
FLU STILL BATTLING;

In spite of all the research and ex-
perimental work that has been devoted to
trying to find preventive or cure for in
fluenza, little of practical value has been
accomplished, according to DR.. Bundesen,
president of the Chicago Board of
Health.
Even the length of time which must
elapse between exposure and the develop
ment of the disease is not definitely
known, but it is thought to be about 48
hours. The infection probably gets into
the body through the nose and throat. Per-
sistent efforts to discover vaccines or
serums to overcome this infection have
been unsuccessful.
Influenza begins suddenly with a
chilly feeling and fever, sneezing and
coughing. There is headache, with pains
in the legs and arms, and usually sore
throat Other symptoms are similar to
those of a common cold.
There are no definite measures which
may be used effectively to combat the in
lection. The best treatment known at
present is absolute rest in bed, taking
plenty of liquids and such simple drugs as
are necessary to relieve the pain and
fever.
In other words, stay in bed, be as
comfortable as possible, and let nature eff
feet its own cure. This is the best pro-
cedure in case of common cold, also
Continued work, exposure and neglect
often lead to pneumonia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-20
REV. GEKELER TO ASK
PERTINENT QUESTION

At the First Presbyterian
Churc h, the "Southernmost
Church in the U. S., DR.. Geke-
Ter will discuss a question asked
by Jesus, which is as pertinent
today as when it was first asked
The discussion will take place al
the morning service, II o'clock
tomorrow.
"a correct answer, says
Rev. Gekeler concerning the
question, would revolutionize So
ciety. What difference do the
detectives and the motives to-
wards which, and from which
we act make? Whom seek ye?'
Under the evening topic hear
ers will be reminded that ''to con-
fess is to be confessed.
There will be special music al
both services.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-20
Sunday School Lesson

same principle announced CEN
turtles before when the prophet
Samuel discovered that God
looked not upon the external ap-
pearance but at the human
heart. Church members who
use religion mainly as a meth
cd for promoting their own
standing and profit should not
fail to read the rebuke which
lies within this parable.
Notwithstanding even after the
sad and earnest prediction of his
approaching death, Jesus was APP
preached by two of his apostles,
either personally or through their
mother, with the request that
they be given the two highest
places when he had established
/ his kingdom, again showing how
far the apostles had failed to
grasp the spirit and plan of Je-
sus. We would not criticize Ell
Their the mother or the sons for
their proper ambition; in fact,
we would admire the daring of
these two men who believed in
their own ability to pay what
ever price such eminence would
cost; but we would note their am
bition was more concerned with
place than with character, more
with obtaining preference than
with giving service.
Jesus answered by pointing
out that such eminence was not
his to bestow arbitrarily as a
matter of favor Obviously, such
distinction in his kingdom would
only come to those who, by their
own lives and character, de-
served it and were fitted for it.
Again he pointed out that, con-
trary to the ways of the world,
greatness in his kingdom would
come to him who sought to min
lister and to serve; the same doc
trine expressed in his other die
tum that whoever would save his
life should lose it. The individual
who consciously seeks glory and
distinction is not apt to find Ell
ther. for such honor and reward
come to those who unselfishly
and in love give their all in an
effort to serve humanity and
promote Christ's kingdom.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-20
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
ST. MarY's Star of the Sea
P. ]. Kelleher, 81, Rector
A. L. Maureau, 81, Assistant
Hours Of Co,rrricn.

P. ]. Kelleher, 81, Rector
A. L. Maureau, 81, Assistant
Hours Of Service
Sunday Masses, 800, 7:30 and
1890 a. m.
Masses on Holy Days, 6 90, 7:30
and $50 a. m.
Weekday Masses, $50 and TOO
a. m. First Friday at $50 and
800 a. m.
Sunday evenings, 1880 o'clock,
Rosary, Sermon and Benediction.
Friday evenings, 1880 o'clock,
Sacred Heart Devotions.
Sunday School, $50 a. m.
Confessions Saturday after
moons. and evenings, on vigil of
Holy Days and on Thursday pre-
ceding First Friday, 400 to 800
o'clock and from ZOO to 800
o'clock.
First Sunday of month, Com
munion at the 7:30 o'clock Mass
for Daughters OF st. Ann.
Second Sunday of month, Com
munion ct the 7s30 o'clock Mass
for Parish and High School So
dalities.
Third Sunday of month, Com
munion at the 1880 o'clock Mass
for Children of the Parish.
Fourth Sunday of month, Com
munion at the 7:30 o'clock Mass
for Men Of the Parish.
Daughters of st. Ann meet
first Sunday of month.
Parish Sodality meets fourth
Sunday of month.
Promoters of the Sacred Heart
meet third Sunday of month.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-20
DISCOURAGING ANTICS

One very substantial element of Key
West is trying with al It's strength to make
this better city in which to live and to
make a living. 1t is safe to say that
nearly everything they do is proving help
full not only to themselves, but to our citi-
zens generally. In improving conditions
for their own benefit, in other words,
they benefit all of u.s.
There is another element, a small one
to be sure, that is intent only on pulling
down and destroying the good things and
the sound projects that the majority fl
nances and sponsors. If it is something
where others, visitors and naval men, en-
Joy themselves, the destructive element
wants to tear it to pieces. This group of
mental defective resents anything that
might beautify or enhance the tourist and
recreational facilities here.
Some time ago, for example, certain
misguided individuals took great joy and
pleasure in uprooting the young trees that
were planted under a project sponsored by
the Garden Club. In tearing up the young
thing that would be for their own good.
A city without trees is like a man without
eyes, a woman without features. Planting
trees adds to the value of property, to the
beauty of city that has beauty but needs
more of it where it may be seen by chance
observers.
Now it has been brought to the at
tention of The Citizen that someone has
stolen six of the cues bought by private in
dividuals from their own private funds for
the SWITCHBOARD courts at County Court
house. The courts were placed at disposal
of our own residents and the sailors and
marines who have been brought here I'M
der program that is enriching our COM
munity life and adding to our prosperity.
1t may be that the cues were stolen by
residents who resented their use by WISH
tors and sailors.
Whoever stole the cues committed a
crime against this entire community. Key
Vests principal income comes from the
tourist and the men of the army navy and
marine corps. These people need recrea-
ton and civic group is doing all it can to
provide adequate recreational facilities.
That was the purpose of fixing up the
Switchboard courts-to give recreation to
those who supply Key Vests principal in
come.
It IS about time for the enlightened
citizens of this community to get wise to
the fact that they must cooperate with the
authorities in bringing about the arrest
and conviction of vandals and thieves who
are destroying our beauty and recreation
facilities as fast as they can be provided
It is serious thing this city is confronted
with. Our thinking citizens cannot let the
unthinking and the ignorant break up
every attempt to improve this city.
The cooperation of all who are work
ing for Key West is needed to stop dis
couraging and destructive mischief by
those whose minds are too small to enter
tain decent, constructive thought.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-20
TODAY'S DAILY QUIZ
Can you answer seven of these
ten Test Questions? Turn TO
Pace for Answers

/. Into which river does the
Snake River empty?
2. When ascending a mountain
in an automobile, will the
tires become harder or
softer?
3. Name the vast desert region
of Central Asia.
4. How is. any number squar-
ed?
5. Name the governor of Il
lincis.
6. What is the hydrosphere?
Z. What is the correct pronun-
citation of the word cosmo-
polite?
3. Name the U. S. Secretary OF
War.
8. Should an airplane pilot
take off with the wind
across the wind or into the
wind?
10. With what sport is Little
Dado associated?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-20
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Told Stonel

Rev. G. w. Hutchinson, Pastor
Corner Eaton and Simonton SITS.
Church school, GAS a. m. Ger.
aid Saunders, superintendent.
Morning worship, IL o'clock.
Sermon subject: "The Great In
vestment".
Epworth League, $50 p. m
Evening worship. 1880 o'clock
Sermon subject: ''Our Supreme
Task.
Prayer service, Wednesday, 7:3l
p. m.
Choir rehearsal, Friday, 7:45
.. m. Mrs. Joseph Sawyer
Organist; Gerald Saunders, direc.
tor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-20
SERMON SUBJECTS AT
FLEMING ST. CHURCH

Pastor Jim Lilly will preach
on Under The Juniper Tree" to-
morrow morning at Fleming
Street Methodist Church, treat
ing on the old prophet Elijah,
who was not always on the sum-
NIT of Mt. Carmel. "even as all
of u.s..
In the evening. Rev. Lilly will
have as his subject, Thou Art
Not Far From The Kingdom. He
will say that "our Lord was al
ways ready to give credit for
progress. but in His teaching,
there was always the line of de-
marcation".
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-20
Lesson Text: Matthew 2O:17-28

Even the closest followers of
Jesus failed to grasp the real
character of the Kingdom which
he was seeking to establish. The
little band of twelve apostles was
not an exception and his members
were expecting some form of ma
terial power and glory rather
than the spiritual reign of etern-
al principles with which Jesus
was concerned.
/ Time and again during their as
ISOLATION with Jesus they were
perplexed to apply some of his
teachings and very often failed
to assimilate his doctrine by their
own actions. More than once we
find his followers concerned with
their own reward, arguing as to
which one would be greatest in
the reign of the new day. Our
lesson today brings out this seek
ing for preference very plainly.
Jesus had made one of his
paradoxical statements, that the
first would be last and the last
first, which his intimate follow
ers could not understand. They
were on the last journey from
Perea to Jerusalem, a compare
lively few days before the death
of Jesus. Realizing their mental
perplexity, Jesus called them
apart and predicted in detail the
suffering and death which await
ed him at the hands of his Jew
ish critics. He pictured himself
meeting e felon's death, the low
est imaginable fate for a man,
but it was beyond the power of
his apostles to imagine the di-
vine process by which this sac
rifice was to raise him to the
highest level of human achiev-
ment and to bring him the great
est devotion ever received in the
worlds history.
Peter had asked on one occa-
sion as to the rules the apostles
would play in the coming king
dom, entirely unconscious of the
distinction which Jesus always
made between the standards OF
greatness in his kingdom and
those recognized by the world.
According to human valuation
various individuals ranked first
but many of these would find
comparative positions reversed
when their lives were asSayed by
the eternal principles of worth
mess by which genuine nobility
would be given precedence in the
divine kingdom. Likewise, some
individual considered insignific-
ant by the world would be raised
to preeminent heights when
valued in eternal reckoning.
/ Jesus told his followers the
story of how the owner of vine
yard had gone out early in the
morning and hired laborers, who
had bargained and been promis-
ed a stipulated wage. At va
rious other times, later in the
day, the owner had called in 9TH
er laborers, only promising to pay
them what was right, and this
had continued until late in the
afternoon. At the conclusion of
the days work all received the
same wage. Those who had la
bored throughout the day could
not understand the justice but
the owner defended his right to
be liberal if he chose.
In this parable Jesus sought to
emphasize that reward in the
kingdom was not a matter of sell
fish bargaining or calculating
avarice; on the other hand it
was the diligence and purpose of
service, rather than the amount
that determined the final wage.
This doctrine goes back to the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-20
SPECIAL MASS
FOR PIODELAS

Rev. A. L. Maureau, 81, of st.
Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic
Church, will say a mass for Mr..
and Mrs. J. G.. Piodela. who re-
side at 420 Fleming street, next
Monday morning, January %, at
800 o'clock.
Friends of the couple are invit-
ed to attend this special service
which is beng held as continual
ton of their 50th wedding ami
versary celebration.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-20
1tll5ll7tf 1235]l5
FLEMING STREET METHODIST
(Uptown) CHURCH
Rev. Jim Lilly, Pastor

Rev. Jim Lilly, Pastor
Fleming at William Street
Church School meets at GAS a.
M. Norman j. Lowe, general
superintendent.
Morning worship, IL o'clock
Young Peoples worth
League meets at $50 p. N. Jack
Weech, president.
Evening service. 7:30 o'clock.
Mid-weck Prayer and Bible
Study, Wednesday. 800 p. m.
Choir rehearsal, Wednesday,
900 p. m. 1T
Tuesday evening, 7:45 o'clock,
Brotherhood Banquet, GIG Will
liam street.
You are cordially invited to at
tend these services and bring a
friend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-20
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH
William l.. Halliday, Pastor
SGT William Street

William l.. Halliday, Pastor
527 William Street
Sunday school at GAS a. m.
Morning worship, IL o'clock.
Sermon subject: Willingness
In Serving Cod.
Christian Endeavor, $50 p. m.
Topic: "What 1t Means To Pray
and Read The Bible. Leader:
Miss Eloise Curry.
Evening worship, 7:30 o'clock.
Sermon subject: "The Love Of
God At Calvary.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday
evening, 7'30 o'clock.
God so loved the world, that
He gave His only-begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have ever
lasting life". N
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-20
SAINT PAUL'S CHURCH
DuvaI and Eaton SITS.

Duval and Eaton SITS.
Services during the winter
and until further notice:
Low Mass with Communions
700 a. m.
Sung Mass with Catechism
9::30 a. m.
Morning Prayer, Sung Mass,
Short Sermon, II o'clock.
Evening Prayer. Sermon, Bene.
diction of the Blessed Sacrament
8 p. m.
Week-Days-
Morning Prayer, Gas o'clock.
Low Mass, TOO a. m.
Evening Prayer, $50 o'clock.
Wednesday,
Low Mass, TOO a. m.
Morning Prayer, 8:45 o'clock.
Low Mass, a. m.
Evening prayer, $50 o'clock.