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The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04
FootIight FIickers

band, voted they had no regrets
over signing up Ali, and next sea-
ION, he gets the date again The
man must have something, or am
| wrong????
STROLLING FROM DlCKIE
WELLS around about 4 a. M. sun
day morning, was the character
known TO Harlem as the Beach
colnber' with a PUHlenty tipsy
dizzy blonde gal, and her two
"A1yan" companions Obviously,
Dley had all fooled around too
long with the gin bottle for their
steps ran in figures like IS" and
q" of the we'll known alphabet.
The lights were against them, but
the brave, guardian-like bronzed
brother insisted on risking his
life (for their amusement by
Jumping in front of speeding cars
not so feet away from him and
''1CCHIAlS OllCll OOul DC III u dAAAN up
fashion
Finally the blonde sooered up
e11ough to shrilly shout. .. oh,
don't make such a damn fool out
of yourself, that's all you've been
doing all night long" AS ossifed
as he appeared or pretended to
be. e.. that dirty crack seemed TO
sober the brother to such an ex-
tent that he shut up like clam
and had to be coaxed into the taxi
they nailed some five minutes la
ter MORAL: "Confucius say
Many time man and boy think
him WHOLE SHOW, when him
MERELY CLOWN OR COURT
JESTER!'
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04
Cosmetics
You Find In
The Kitchen
Nv HELEN JAMESON

No matter now efficient a Woln-
an may be in running her home
and keeping it supplied with the
thousand and one items necessary
for the comfort and happiness OF
the family, she will now and then
run out of something or other. She
will pick up her favorite lotion.
find that there is not a drop III
the\ container. Or the cold cream
lar has only d light film and her
Door complexion is Wind-torn ano
weather-beatep. Well, there are
cosmetic substitutes at hand.
We won't say that home beauty
remedies can compare with COM
mercial products. If we SO much as
limited at such an idea, we'd have
the cosmetic chemists in our am
brosial locks. What they have done
for the good appearance of the
phrail sex is plenty, improving
their wares each year, fulfilling
every pulchritude need.
Getting back to the cold cream
lar: until you can buy some more,
use the thick rich top cream that
the milkman brings. 1t will soothe
chapped skin, it will take the
sting out of a sunburned surface.
1t can be used with excellent re-
suits after the soapy face washing,
in case you have the kind of a
complexion that kicks up riot
when it is lathered.
Smooth it in with flattened
fingers Follow along with a brisk
tapping movement.
If the hand lotion bottle has gone
dry, wash your mitts with soap
suds and cornmeal, rinse well with
warm water, dry gently and mas
sage the hands with olive OIL Force
it into the cuticle around the nails.
Work it into the knuckleS. Wiring
your hands together to hustle up
circulation.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04
BY MARGUERITE L. MARTIN

NEW YORK (ANP)-As NAL
Colin Fulcher, Brooklyn'S Little
Boy Blab", said some years ago
"A cocktail is a funny thing,
1t is so inconsistent.
Consisting as it does of stum
To make you non-reSiStant.
You put in liquor first. and that,
OF course, should make it strong;
But then you add some water,
which is
Week-or am l wrong?
You put in lemon next and that
Id some to make it sour;
And then 70 uput some sugar
TO dim the lemons power;
And next you add some ginger
with
Intent to make it hot
Bright after which you add some
To chill it on the spot;
When it's completely done up
brown,
You say We'll. fella-here's to
you'll
And then YOU drink it down."
All of which is by way OF intro
duction for our discussion of the
cocktail party for the benefit of the
National Negro Congress held last
Sunday at the Harlem Commun-
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by FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS
AMP.
BECHET ON TWO FRONTS

u
Sidney Pops" Bechet, the old
New orleans jazzicist who is still
the worlds foremost soprano saXist
and one of the greatest clari-
netists, shows up on two fronts
this week. Under the name of the
Bechet-Spanier Big Four, the Hot
Record Society of New York issues
two newly WaXed IL inch platters,
SWEET IsARRAINE and LAZY
RIVER; FOUR OR FIVE TIMES
and CHINA BOY. Blue Note Quar-
tet entitled LONESOME BLUES
and DEAR OLD SOUTHLAND;
BECHET'S STEADY RIDER and
SATURDAY NIGHT BLUES. the
latter 10 incher.
It's impossible to treat these
performances adequately in the
limited SPACE aviilable, but it can
be said that this is the genuine
jazz article, as far over ordinary
band efforts as champagne is above
root beer. With Bechet and MuggSy
Snanier on HRS are Carmen
Mastren. guitar. and Wellman
Braud bass. The weakest of the
four is Mastren, but otherwise it is
glorious stuff. Muggsy and Pops
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RATING the RECORDS

find their styles admirable suited.
For real kicks, catch the Spanier
muted cornet on -Four or Five
Times" ana Bechet's frt\icking
sax >on China Boy
With Bechet on Blue Note are
Teddy Bum, whose guitar is far
better suited for this type of work
than Mastren's; Pop Foster on
bass and Sidney Catlett on drums.
He uses clarinet exclusively, with
Saturday Night and South
land' the best of the fine group.
These pieces are not the least bit
commercial, and will sound as
fresh and inspired two decades
from now as they do today.
Decca, which scored heavily with
the Chicago Jazz Album, again
rings the gong with Album No.
ia, a recital of original guitar
solos by Carl Kress on three pat
ters. Titles are 'Afterthoughts',
Parts 1, 2 and 3; LOVE SONG and
PEG LEG SHUTTLE; HELENA
and SUTTON MUTTON. There is
swing on these but there is real
brilliancy and thorough mastery
of this instrument. Kress, long
recognized as one of the greatest
guitaristS, adds to his stature IN
this album.
Lionel Hampton got together a
powerful group at Victor to cut
DINAH and SINGIN' THE BLUES,
and the boys produced something
on the latter. Of course. it's not up
to the old Trumbauer-Beider-
becke classic. but it's stirring jazz.
Coleman Hawkins has a moving
rhapsodic tenor solo in front OF
Lionels vibes that sends. But
"Dinah" is a bit of flop, with
Benny Carriers trumpet and
Hawks work not up to par.
Although they are pop tunes, 1T
NEVER ENTERED BY MIND and
THE SKY FELL DOWN, as played
bv Benny Goodman on Columbia,
have gangs of bounce and rhythm
Both sides are excellently arranged
Here's a real gem of rhythm
singing and credit it to the An
drews Sisters on Decca. They go
70 town on TUXEDO JUNCTlON
and RHUMBOOGIE, the latter
especially effeclve.
Here's another Cab Galloway
living swingaroo built to order loi
the iitterbugs. Paired on TINS
Vocation are the new tune, BOOG
1T. and a novelty. CHOP CHOP
CHARLIE CHAN. Gene Krupas
version of TUXEDO JUNCTION
on Columbia is SO low and geCCy
end gets across well. The coupllils
is so LONG, and of the season D
better tunes. I'm not too en-
Unused over YOU'VE GOT ME
VOODOOD and HARLEM Stomp,
as played on Decca by Louis Arm
strong. one of his inferior discs
For an extremely danceaole
pair grab the Ziggy Elman Blue
bird of I'm THROUGH WITH
LOVE and SOMETHING TO RE-
MEMBER YOU BY. Good solos
and ensemble. Bob Crosby has
quartet of commercial tunes on
Decca. CECILIA and t H E
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Rochester Records
Four New Numbers

LOS ANGEL LES.-( (ANP)-Eddie
Rochester) Anderson soon may be
heard on two new records, singing
three songs Of colored composers
and one from his most recent pic
ture, Buck Benny Rides Again,
according to an announcement this
week by Paramount Studios Mu-
sic Publishing company. Recorded
for Columbia Record company, the
songs are: IF Money Grew On
Trees, by Leon Rene; "Waitin' for
Jane, by 10 Trent; Lets Scuffle"
by Harvey Brooks, and my! My"
sung by Rochester in the picture,
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04

A REPORTER AT LARGE
Dick Wheatons Cafe-Restauran
will put its house in order and fea-
ture entertainment once again in
a fortnight. Edna Mae Harris,
lovely idol of screen and stage, is
the current hit attraction at the
Howard Theatre in Washington,
D. c.. THE COLUMN PRE-
Diets: That Thomas E. Dewey
and Robert A. Taft will be the
Republican slate in the 1910 Presi-
dental race A HANDSHAKE
to Republic Pictures for that
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04

Wilson is enthusiastic about this
piece of music because it combines
his love for the classical back
ground with his virtuoSity for play
ing swing
Il got hold of this fine piece
of music from a nineteen-year-o old
white New York boy, Albert Tep-
per-" Wilson said. HE is a stu
dent at the New England Conser-
vatory Of Music in Boston, and he
brought the score to me last fall
/ had been looking high and low
for just such thing" he contin-
ued. "but had no luck in finding
it This was the answer 1t is call
ed "A Chip Off The Old Bach"
Wilson said that after he OBJ
tanned the composition bis prob
lem was to find the right arranger
who understood both the jazz and
the classical forms of music, and
Who could adapt it to his orchestra.
He finally prevailed upon Charles
Hathaway, he said, fine arranger,
70 do the Job Hathaway, Incl
IDENTIFY, also knew Topper.
The jazz fugue was first sub
mitted by Topper as an assiar-
ment in a course in Counterpart
taught by Warren Storey Smith
at the Conservatory Mr. Smith is
not only a teacher, but critic on
the Boston Post He encourages
original American music, including
.iazz. He commended Topper. Tep-
per, after recording the fugue
with some of his classmates, show
ed it to Wilson.
Albert IS the son of Saul Topper.
well-known illustrator, and one of
The contributors of music to the
annual Illustrators Club musical
shows in New York City.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04
BAPTIST 18TH SESSION

NEW ORLEANS-(A N P)-The
fifteenth annual session of tile
FIRST District ASsociational Bap-
list Haaning union mea here
Wednesday at the Beulah Baptist
churcEl. With James e. Gayle,
president of the union, acting as
host, the convention brought To-
eether Baptist youth leaders ana
delegated from every section of
The state
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Legion post hand to play music du-
ring the celebration. A nice handful
of colored people were present.
Spending of real money in any
mans store engenders respect as
| two recently found out Journey
| ing downtown to one of the more
exclusive furniture stores with a
young lady who wanted to buy
furniture for her bachelor apart
ment, we were greeted III a lacka-
daisical manner by one of the
clerks in the store. The salesman
indolently asked our wants and
never put himself in the mood to
sell until the lady inquired about
the higher priced articles.
He casually asked about her
credit references and when she
said she wanted to pay cash, his
eyes opened wide but he said moth
ing. After spending three or four
hours in the store, the lady had
bought some $400 odd worth OF
furniture, gave a check for it and
left the store, the cynoSure of all
sales persons eyes. We were treat
ed with the utmost courtesy and re-
SpeCt by everyone with whom We
came in contact. altho We could tell
they we're not accustomed to hav-
ing colored people buy at this store.
Eddie Rochester," Anderson, fea-
tured player in the new Paramount
flicker, Buck Benny Rides Again,
entered the ranks Of the Caesars
this week, for ne came, saw and
cOnQuerer the town. Some three to
four thousand people filled 125th
street from side to side for more
than an hour one night this week
as Rochester made a personal ap-
Ee3ranCe at one OF the local thea
tres.
Harlemania: First organized gang
activities in Harlem uncovered
when a raid by cops on the Rhythm
out, revealed a gun renting agency.
out, revealed a gTSs renting agency
The Hotel Theresa has a reSplen-
dent doorman who rests all day
long. Few guests come by auto so
his work is easy. -. Young Harlem
girl told writer that she had lived
here for Is years and just recent
ly met man for the first time who
was a gentleman. He met her at a
dance, took taxi to a mite club,
did not insist shat she drink, bought
food at barbecue place, spent
plenty nickels III the picolo, dane
ed with her once, took her home
in a taxi and then did not ask to
stay all night. Size WAS surprised
YE MITE LIFHie IN HARLEM:
Dusty Fletcher, one Of the per-
ennial comedians of Harlem, fl
nally changed his routine and
Jokes. He was funny for the first
time In his life as he appeared on
the stage Of The Apollo Theatre
0AAA1 P''00 VIVA 'LQuI6 CdIlGOI lo |
reported as trying to sign Ethel |
Waters, Clarence Muse and Eddie |
Rochester" Anderson for a orth-
coming musical, Sweet Land Of |
Ligerty" Broadway is rumored
to be taking more than a passing
in staging Richard
Wright's best selling novel, ma
tive Son.. Marc Connolly wants it
and has offered Robson n role in
it
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04
Proceeds To Benefit
Spanish Relief Fund

NEW YORK-(SNS)-Many Ne
gro artists will be prominently fea-
tured in the forthcoming American
Music Festival which will be given
for the benefit of the Dorothy
Parker Spanish Children's Relief
Fund Wednesday evening, May 8,
at the Mecca Temple, 1873 West SIS
Street.
The program to be presented at
the festival is lively and varied
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04

splendid production, Ozark Com
mand" in which the sepia stars,
Marie Cover and Clinton Rosa
mond share honors with Clair
Trevor and John WAYNE. The Hall
Johnson Choir is also in this
motion picture which definitely
finds Negroes doing some very fine
acting i'm one of the years best
films DR.. Charlotte Hawkins
Palmer Memorial Institute, Sa-
Brown, president and founder OF
della. North Carolina, is to Ne
grces what Emily Post is to Cau-
casions. Her brilliant articles on
etiquette appear in the Norfolk
(Va0 Journal and Guide. Worth
reading, too! N. Y.'S worst bus
wreck which occurred on Mondays
rainstorm has taken three lives-to
date. The Chicago political
war is in its early stage. Wait until
June! The Windy City will be we'll
pohced. however, and the order
will be to "act'' and "let them
talk later!" When the N. Y.
Yankees, American League and
worlds baseball champions open
their season on Friday, April 10,
plaque will be unveiled in the cen
terfield bleachers in memoty o1
the late Colonel Jacob Ruppert.
Ruppert had always sanctloneo
Negro baseball in major league
marks and he donated heavy to the
cause. The Jacob Rupert Trophy
is the prize catch of the Natlonal
Negro Baseball League.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04
Wilson Turns To Classical
Form For New Blues Number
Called Chip Off
The Old Bach

NEW YORK CITY, -(SNS)-Teddy Wilson, formerly
pianist with Benny Goodmans quartet and leading his
band will feature blues composition done in the classical
form of the Fge made famous by the great composer Bach and
having the effect of jam session. according
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04
DEDICATE DORMITORY

CHARLOTTE, N. Ca N P)--
Dedication of the James B. Duke
Memorial hall at Smith univer-
sity here last week marked official
opening of the first dormitory for
women to be erected by the school.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04

OUGHT TO WRITE A BOOK
ABOUT YOU; FROM ANOTHER
WORLD and OVER THE WAVES
with the last the nearest approach
to good jazz.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04
By ALVIN MOSES
BACKSTAGE CHATTER-AND
THINGSu

BACKSTAGE CHATTER-AND
THINGS!,
Would it be in order to throw
a swell shindig for EDDIE (Roch-
ester) ANDERSON. -. without in
viting that 6velte wife?. asked
stageStruck lii chlorine who has
invaded the privacy of more hap
by married lives than ADOLF
HITLER has the borders of small
neutral countries
HER, ANSWRINGt ECHO lin
the persons of a chorus member)
yelled back 49,. Nov you know Mr.
Marshall (Apollo Theatre) would
near about it before the first drink
was served and you'd be RIGBT
BACK ON SEVENTH AVENUE,
standing in the relief line where
we snatched you from" ooh, WHIT
the heck. =. just forget ever men
toned the subject" said the baby
voiced other individual . =. skip it
siSter,-skip IT." Later, and we
mean only minute or two later,
the young lady ran smack into
MIR. ANDERSON, on leisurtly
walk from his quaters in THERESA
,.HCTEL, long cigar and all. We
v{'nder what her thoughts we're
as they passed each other like YES
sells in ship lanes OH dark and
foggy night???
BARDU ALI went over big with
his band at the Teachers guild,
Congress casino, last Friday night.
The guild members who were all
for signing a better known name
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04
DIR. JOHN w. WOOD DIES

INDIANAPOLIS-(A N P)-
Bishop John W Wood of the sec
0nd district Of the AME Zion
church, ana prominent churchman
Tor mere than 80 years. died at his
home Thursday april 8, at 1875
q. IN. He succumbed as the result IF
a stroke suffered at Lawrence
burg, KY, Sunday while ne was
enroute from Asheville, N. c..
hn aluminium rolling mill will be
erected in India to work with i'm
ported raw materials and event.
ually with aluminium obtained
from domestic bauxite.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04

Legion post hand to play music du-
ring the celebration. A nice handful
of colored people were present.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
|ALSATIAN SHOT
 BY FIRING SQUAD
StrassbOurg's ViCe-MayOr Executed on Espionage
 Charges

Nancy, France, Feb. 7-(UP)- Karl Roos, an Alsatian autonomist, was executed today by a firing squad on charges of espionage. He was founder and leader of the "Gren Shirts" vice mayor of Strasbourg and president of the Haut Rhin gen- eral council.
 Jean Lobstein, a soldier, who was condemned with Roos, had his sen- tsnce commuted to perpetual hard lyabor by President Albert Lebrun.
 Roos was arrested for his autono- mist activities after a raid on his headquarters. He had published a series of documents in Alsace which were designed to convince Rhine flanders to speak German instead of French.
 Other Alsatian autonomist groups, all independent of the Roos organi. ration were dissolved and one of their leaders, Dr. Fritz Spieser, and his German wife, the Countess Dora won Shlobitten, disappeared from their castle near Saverne the day before the war started.
 Roos was founder of a newspaper and his group was the oldest autono- mist movement in Alsace. He became a Nazi openly after Adolf Hitler came into power in Germany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
Good Record!

The Watertown Undergarment corporation has been awarded a bronze plaque for its Outstandin. safety record. The plant operated from July 30, 1887, to August 25, 1889, without a lost time accident, representing a total of 1888, ,126 man-hours. The presentation was made to Murray Silverman, super intendent, by the loss prevention department of Liberty Mutual In- Surance company.
 This is the second safety award earned by the WatertOwn Under garment corporation. The first record covered 465,519 man-hOurS without a lost time accident.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
Suit Settled

The 5000 suit of Signe Lar son against the Waldorf System, Inc, was withdrawn from the court of common pleas today Settlement of the action was re- ported.
 The plaintiff claimed to have suffered serious injuries in a fall on an alleged. defective stair way on North Main street prop erty of the defendant company, November 6, 1887.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

Hennessy said today he will ques- tion Calvin and Miss Truelove this afternoon at the Waterbury hospi- tai where they are both reported improved. Hospital authorities said that the coroner ordered that neither Calvin nor Miss Truelove could have visitors, not even rela- tives.
 Denied Admission
 It was learned that a sister of Calvin went to the hospital yester- day but was denied permission to see him. Miss Truelove, 1t was said, has not yet been told that the acci- dent was fatal to Leary, whose fu- neral services were held today.
 Hennessey said this afternoon he will notify the hospital that Miss Truelove's relatives may be admit ted. They were not admitted for the past two days.
 The coroner denied the report that Miss Truelove was refused wis., itors because she was not coopera- tive during the preliminary quest ioning. He said the condition of both patients has prevented detailed questioning concerning the circum- stances of the fatal accident.
 Calvin, however, has not been given permission to see anyone, the coroner said. He was driving with out 8 license when his automobile struck tree and turned over Mon- day morning.
 The coroner said that the fact that Calvin has no operators li- cense is not sufficient, however, to make out a prima facie case against him.
 State Police Probe
 While the coroner continued his investigation of the Calvin case, state police were active completing their probe of the head-on collision that took the life of Mrs. Walter Painter, 38, 190 Monmouth avenue, Monday afternoon on the Beacon Falls-Naugatuck highway.
 It is expected Deputy Coroner Miles F. McNiff, Jr., will be asked by state police to hold Domenic For- inc, g, 294 South Leonard street, as a coroner's prisoner. Forino, im- proved at St. Mary's today, was the driver of the car which crashed irl- to the one operated by Mrs. Paiia- ter's husband.
 Painter is also in better" condi- ton at St. Mary's today.
 Mrs. Painters funeral will be held at the Alderson Funeral home, to-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
Mrs. Marie eSchildgen, Mrs. .Sumpf Succurnb
Prominent Naugatuck Women MOnrned By Towns
 peOpIe-FOrmer WeII.KnOwn in Waterbury

Naugatuck, Feb. 7.-Mrs. Marie Iiehr) Schildgen, wife of Henry schildgen, ST., of East Waterbury road. Naugatuck, died early today at St. Mary's hospital, Waterbury, after a weeks illness.
 Mrs. Schildgen was born in Karls- bad, Austria She resided in Water bury for 10 years befors coming 70 Naugatuck and lived here 28 years. She was a member of the St. Eliza beth societs of St. Cecelias Roman Catholic church, Waterbury, was a member of the Concordia Ladies' so- ciety of Waterbury, and of the Bea- con Valley grange of Naugatuck.
 She leaves besides her husband, two brothers and several nieces and nephews who live in Germany.
 The funeral will be held Friday morning from the Lunny funeral home, 25 Central avenue, Water bury, and burial will be in the Col ony cemetery, Waterbury, time and other arrangements to be announced later.
 Friends may call at the Lunny funeral home after 2 o'clock tonight.
 Mrs. Alice Catherine (Lilly) Sumpf, widow of William Sumpf died at s:30 o'clock this morning at 147 City Hill street after a finger ing illness. She was a resident of this town for 5l years.
 She YVES born in Belfast, Ireland,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
DR., MRS. WALKER
 GUESTS OF LEGION

Rev. Dr. and Mrs. John c. Walk CT of the Second Congregational church will be the guests Saturday evening of the Canadian Legion in their rooms at 109 Bank street. Mo- ton pictures of the visit of the king and queen of England to the United States last summer, the Gaspe Bay Trails, the Worlds World and the regional convention of the Canadian Legion in this city year ago will be shown.
 A box lunch will follow the pie lures. Welcome Condell is chairman of the committee of arrangements.
 The regular post meeting will be held Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Commander Harry White will pre- side. Plans will be made for the smoker and entertainment which the post will sponsor Feb. 28th.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
: Joins Brother

William Aaron Finnegan, ap- prentice seaman, U. s. Navy, the son of MT. and Mrs. Joseph T. Finnegan, of 225 Meriden road. was enlisted yesterday at the Navy Recruiting Station, New Haven. He was included in a group of several successful can- didates who were selected throughout the state as being the best qualified for enlistment. With other members of this group, he was transferred to the U. s. Naval Training Station, Newport, R. l., where he will be stationed for the next two months, receiving training and instructions in the fundamentals of naval education prior to be- ing assigned to a naval school, or to one of the newly con- structed ships of the U. s. fleet.
 His brother, Joseph John Fin negan, enlisted in the naval service October 10th, 1889, and it Is anticipated that the two brothers will serve their enlist ment on board the same ship.