davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-09
Rel Estate To- SEE
MODEL
HONE


ss.o5o-20ss DOWN
Issas =. .ss :. 49, - - - -.
IzHse - HzseE Ez*H = =. ; ~
- = - IN a.<zzss -
ss sss - a.a 80 s..sss - 49, =
= ; ksszn<a - essn<s esnase
ana sEss ssstE< eesHr@fsn<es.
- sHeaae hasis - naEsh&s i
Chln~< -. rs lzrs~ essfr~sns
sIsh eese<F eIszza~e - -
s.s,s s'..s E., -. - s. - . =.
isss-s ~ = ~ ~es<s h<zslns
sx.sszn. IN - zza1<4. kzzlieF
eAsNhl Iafz4 eezzNf Nell<H E~NH<aIzeH
H<ea sna Aallf - az szHus fF.az
rs<nm. 80 - - ne ntnsF -
saEes - szsl.as ~ r.ns.. nsss<z
a<ss
CAIRO REALTY CO.
ss ~ - ~, s~'' ss sss = ~ Ne si
nE2uruul.
MARINE VIEW HOMES
AI.MoNr namnlssea - nte~ns rr.ns
fsaH basement suseHe8ie h<es
n<dFoum aaen m fif<rIees snd
i@Fss ss<~ sina.~s - sss1na FeczA
recreation fsssn win ffFxn|HNx IN
hz<em<n4 i 80 Hzse 80 - 80
aaan payment. - H<zIAf ~ -
each. G4ll Main 80 asYe. ~ @
e146. EVENING"
StiIpYARD WORKERS
MODERN. .eli halit snail nsze<~
nos una<f sz>nsffusssefz. ~ Cf~e=
can't Hkiahss "a All 4tsxA snHfe
shinxkEss where fnu ean xNlH -
.nf& Iusn< - eHa sHaszM FasIF
hama nov VIII - F<eaf n enxunI
eean. sd - snail anAn r4sme=sA
Cal Main $50 dkf<. ~ cN $50
evenings
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-09
WATER SYSTEMS

"a INCH band saw. , blades. In good
condition. Write or call d. NJ
Harbor, Buckley. Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-09

WEAR EvER-A few vegetable pans.
chicken fryerk. riesrs and ANAL
turkey roastsrs left. Distributor,
Main i4o9
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-07-03

PROGRAMME
OF THE
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION
sUCARNooCHEE RIVER DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION
TO Meet With
MT OLIVE P. B CHURCH. Boyd Alabama
FRIDAY, JULY TO- 1912
Reverend R Boyd,
1880 O'clock House called Prayer
conducted by Mt Olive and Pilgrim delegates
1880 Introductory by Ruch Alternate
H Coney. Collection registration as follows Elders
SIS Preachers Deacons and supentendents So
Adults 20 asking that school represent
$500 Recess for Dinner.
FRIDAY EVENING SESSION
Prayer by dele
gates Welcome address by Sister Bette AtmoOre Response
by Reverend R. Boyd Enrolment of delegates reading
letters and appointing committees.
by appontee Collection and registration continued
Adjournment.
FRIDAY NIGHT SESSION
Prayer service conducted by john Shady Grove
Bethany delegates. Temperance program by different
schools.
$50 Temperance Sermon by Reverend May of Meridian Miss
There will be State Rally Mississippi and
representing Alabama and Reverend
j. E. Grace representing Mississippi
To Elders, Supernendens and Come and let
make this Convention worthwhile.
Rev. ]. Grace, President,
Sister L. NJ. Grace Secretary.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-07-03
t3uV1
BONDS
United States Savings Bond.

United States Savings Bond.
Reverend R. L. Young, pastor of
Newell Chapel C. M. E. Church, Gem
aral Secretary of the Holbrook Bene-
Association and editor of The solent
Weekly Echo says:
Now is the t:::::.-.@c 10 come to the de-
tense of our country. Do not wait,
do not delay. ANY persons interested
On helping defend our country can do
30 In many ways. Persons who de-
sire to buy Government Savings
Stamps are asked to call Reverend
Young at his office, telephone 1917 or
at his residence, 1923, or write him at
Box 104S. Meridian, Mississippi.
Reverend Young is in position to
urnish Government Stamps from Zoe
up. Get q Government Defense AL
bum from Reverend Young and after
Il is filled it car be exchanged for =
You purchase The bond for $18.75
and in ten years it win bring you
$500. Il FOR any reason you are
forced to discontinue your savings be-
cause of having no job, etc, the full
amount that you have paid in will be
refunded to you plus interest.
Reverend Young is appealing to
Church members and to the members
Of the Holbrook Benevolent Associa-
ton III. B. Al ond other interested
persons to communicate with him i'm
mediately.
He now has the authority to make
addresses and talks in churches and
various communities explaining TO his
people how they may proceed to pur-
)hase United States Savings Stamps
Or Bonds.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-07-03
Wanted
$50 Members
By July

We want $50 new members by the
Convention, which convenes in July.
We are asking all presidents and
members to join hand and hand to
make this effort a success. We hope
to give you a list of the presidents
adding members in this drive before
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-07-03
75c CONVENTION ASSESSMENT

All presidents are asked to collect
75c per member for the Convention.
We want to pay off a few deaths in
the Convention and each president is
urged to begin now collecting 75c for
the Convention.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-07-03


/: =: - 80 -
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-07-03
BIBLE THOUGHTS FOR
TODAY

Behold, how good and how
pleasant it is for brethren to
dwell together in unity!
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-07-03

the opening of the Convention.
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14
Sweethearfs
With FIetch

NEW YORK-tC) - On Easter
Sunday, April 5th, and thereafter
the international Sweethearts of
Rhythm, acclaimed as the first all
girl band to be strictly in the
groove, will be teamed against
Fletcher Henderson's boys on a
string Of one-night dates.
The two bands will play alternate
sets ON these double-header events
winding up with a concert "fnale''
for which Fletcher will conduct the
combined bands in a 35-piece ar
rangement of his own. This should
prove to be something quite unique
in swing history.
Eddie Durham. their musical di-
rector, thinks the "Sweethearts'
are the best he has ever heard and
has enlarged their reed section tc
six and plans to bring up the brass
to eight. The girls are from Piney
Woods, Miss, school and did sur
prisingly well when on their first
tour after they decided to go "conl-
mercial.'' The Sweathearts are AIM
ing at an Eastern, location and
then air time. in he near future.
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14
RATING THE RECORDS

MASKING MY TOE, WOOPSIN
and JITTERBUG. If you're never
heard this kind of music, here's a
chance to get acquainted.
JUMP AND SWEET
Jumpiest platter of the week is
CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK by
Glenn Miller on Bluebird. A riff
romp, the boys kick like Basic in
spots. Miller has seldom shown bet
ter use of dynamics. Listen to those
trumpets stabbing that reed riff |!
F'lipover is a hot version of that
oldie, LET'S HAVE ANOTHER
CUP O. COFFEE. 1t also jumps,
but a needlessly long overly COM
mercial vocal brings down the sides
rating go. Claude Thornhill had his
tongue in his cheek on the piano
passages of the bouncing SOME
BODY ELSE is TAKING MY
PLACE, Columbia, for he couldn't
be that corney and mean it. Other
side is a popular treatment Of VA
LU-BLU in which his lacy piano
is heard mainly in the background
Minus the two-beat, Bob Crosby
swings through that wacky hit, A
FOOT SUIT, on Decca. Steadily
rhythmic, Eddie Miller's short tenor
solo cops honors. Paired is BARREL
HOUSE BESSIE FROM BASIN
STREET, a medium tempo humor-
Gus number with some DiXieland
traits, that isn't any too much.
The King Cole Trio gives with the
jump and jiye on the Decca of
CALL THE POLICE and ARE YOU
FER 1T. In between the trick vocal
stuff, there's a mess OF potent
swing Sy Oliver comes up with
another super arrangement on the
Tommy Dorsey Victor of WHAT is
THIS THING CALLED LOVE,
having the boys use the emphasized
phrase endings of Lunceford. At
ter the first few bars of sweet sax
intro, the reeds percolate and set
the wax to boiling. Connie Haines
turns in a super vocal and ziggy
Elman goes to town on trumpet.
Paired is the sweet and quietly
sentimental, LOVE SENDS A LIT
TIE GIFT OF ROSES, with an
excellent voice blend &. Milt Herth
matches a novelty Decca Of PRETTY
LITTLE BUSY BODY and THE
NADOCKY, with tub-thurnper
O'Neil Spencer singing on both
sides. Just another biscuit, how
ever,
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14

This broadcast, next to last in
the "F'reedon4's People" series, will
portray in dramatic highilghts the
lives and work of outstanding Ne
gro writer's, artists and musicians.
One is Paul Laurence Dunbar,
protege of James Whitcoinb Riley
and william Dean Howells. Al
though Dunbar was only "a when
he died in 1906, his Negro dialect
poems and other writings have
made him one of Americas highly
regarded poets.
Another is Henry Ossawa Tan
ner, whose study of art on two
continents enabled him to express
religious themes On canvas in such
noted paintings as "The Annucia-
tion," "Sodom and Gomorrah, .
and "The Raising of Lazarus
The field of American music is
studded with Negro names. High
in the roster is Harry T. Burleig1,
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14
New-Style TuxedoS
Out For Musicians
BY DOLORES CALVIN

NEW YORK - 90 - dance
band musicians will have to go back
to the old-styled tuxedos for uni
forms within the next IL months
because Of the wool shortage" says
Sy Devore, whose firm males the
uniforms Count Basic and his
band wears, as well as those uf so
other orcheStras.
present woolen stacks are rapid.
ly being depleted, and cotton and
rayon substitutes are rapidly TAX
ing the place of high-grade wool
en- material, ''Devore says.
Clothing is all being more stand
ardized, less fancy patterns and
weaveS, and because uniforms for
bands1nen are bright, as well as o
tux, there is bound to be a return
to tuxes. Maybe not right away,
but certainly before this year ends.
Uniforms which used to sell for
$4,000, now cost a musician 5000
or more. Before long, they won't
be able to buy them at ALL"
The obvious answer, Devore
pointed out, was that musicians
clothing firms and pay $1,000 or
less, for standard tuXes. There will
be only z very limited amount Of
Woolens available for necessary
clothing, and be contact with the
rayoi and cotton goods And that
means musicians tool
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14
By ALVIN MOSES

NEW YORK-(ANP) - AS Ne
grceS, we must never cease strug-
Cling for right share of the div
idends this country of ours has not
permitted us to enjoy. Without
any pressure politics, our sons
have died upon all of America IS
battlefields, and these new ones,
scattered throughout the world,
will find us fighting with our
white brother again. Never have
we experienced the feeling OF being
mercenaries or as. .Adolph Hitler
styled the 1886 Negro Olympic ath-
letes. "auxiliaries." Our country
the only land we've known and
sworn fealty too since the 10th
century (the New World en-
gagged in wars. We fought for her
that she might stand and endure
We expected her to reward us with
only one thing. "the same fair
treatment all Americans are as
Sured under the bill of rights"
Failing to receive even d sem
blance of fair treatment that is ac'
corded otner foreigners to these
shores, viz: Jew, italian, Irish, Fin
lander and Russian, to name a few
in this vast polyglot. intelligent
men and women with the aid Of
championing white friends, have
carried the brllnt of the fight. With
the chief Sachenl of. Capitol Hill
apparently unaware that. "A CELL
INC IS CLOSING SLOWLY BUT
SURELY. UPON SOME IS MIL
LION LOYAL NEGROES - the
moot query confronts What to
do???
In the midst Of total war; we
must fashion the postwar picture
fer r,lr lads who return TO us. arm
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14

But those five years were strug-
Cling years. After a period as tuba
player and bass fiddle slapper, with
Fletcher He11derson's outfit, Kirby
decided to organize an orchestra
that would play his own style of
precise and subtle hot jazz. He had
by this time established reputa-
ton as an instrumentalist and ar
ranger. 1t took him six months to
find the men he wanted.
Since the beginning there has
not been single replacement ia
the orchestra, except for a short
time when O'Neil Spencer was i'll.
He's back now. This is considered
a record, since ordinarily there is
quite a turnover of jazz musicians,
with some leaving to join other
bands and others forming their
own organizations.
In its five years the Kirby band
has had much success in three
fields-record,ngs, night clubs and
radio. Their record albums are on
the best seller lists and they have
been at Uptown Cafe Society since
the latter part of 1941. When this
engagement is concluded they are
scheduled to go to Hollywood to
play i'll a film history of hot jazz,
from New orleans at the turn of
the century to the present day time.
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14

singer and composer, who in. 48
years as soloist at St Georges
Episcopal church in New York has
not once missed service. Main
tanning this record will prevent
Burleigf from appearing on the
broadcast Sunday, though one Of
his compositions will be sung by
the Agricultural and Technical
College chorus of Greensboro, NC,
under the direction of Warner Law
son. t<&
In contrast to the long career OF
the 75-year-old Burleigh, the
broadcast will present Lawrence L.
Whisonant, 26-year-old baritone
Just achieving prominence in radio
and on The concert stage. Whison-
ant will sing LangSton Hughes
poem, "The Negro Speaks or
Rivers" set to music by Margaret
Bonds. (,
Hazel Harrison, outstanding Ne
gro woman pianist will play q
composition by R. Nathaniel Dett,
who was for some time conductor
of the Hampton Institute choir.
Many other Negro personalities
in the creative arts will be mention
ed in the broadcast among them
w. F.. 3. Dubois, Harvard -educat-
ed former editor of tT'he Crisis;
Richard Wright, author OF "Natlve
Som: James Weldon Johnson, au-
thor of the Negro anthem, "Lltt
Ev'ry Voice and Sing; and Phyllis
Wheatley, one of the earliest names
in Negro letters, whose poems writ
ten late in the 18th century were
well known in Boston and London.
HFreedoms People," through Dr..
Ambrose Caliver, who conceived
and supervises the series for the
u 8. Office of Education, was re-
Gently named to the Honor Roll OF
Race Relations for depicting "the
role Of the Negro in the building
of America The series is made
possible by grants from the Rosen-
valid Fund and the Southern Edu-
cation Foundation, together with
broadcasting facilities contributed
by the NBC.
The 12-voice de Paur chorus and
35-piece NBC orchestra are regular
features of the series. Scripts are
by Irve Tunick, and musical ar
rangementS by DR.. Charles Cooke,
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14
By FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS
for AMP
ARTISTRY BY RACHMANIOFF

Lovers of piano concertos will
be enthralled by Sergei Rachmani-
noff's CONCERTO NO. /, IN F.
SHARP MINOR, Opus /, played by
the Philadelphia orchestra, Eugene
Ormandy conducting, and with the
composer as soloist. 1t occupies six
II inch sides in Victor Masterpiece
Album M-865.
The famous Russian composer
pianist, who bridges a gap between
traditional and modern creative ef-
forts, is at his best interpreting his
own work. On this concerto, he
displays brilliant technique, making
each note sharply distinct in even
the most rapid passages, at times
loosing an angry tidal wave of
sound, at others conveying feeling
of delicate tenderness. His cadenza
on the third side is exceptionally
effective.
There is a certain serenity and
grandeur about the entire concerto,
even in its stormiest phases when
Rachmaninoff and the Philadelphia
orchestra 60 all-out, that will ap-
peal to most listeners. The recurrent
melody is delightful and the record
ing is mechanically excellent.
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14
Count Must Pay
Tax On $35O,OOO

NEW YORK CITY--6S N S.
COUNT Basic, the sepia Jump
King of Swing" will pay taxes on
a gross income of $350,000 for 1914
as the highest paid colored artist
in the entertainment field! 194l
was Basie's greatest year, but he
appears headed for even bigger
things in 1912.
The Count is booked solidly to
the end of the year, he's slated to
make a feature musical film for
Columbia Pictures this summer and
has a prominent cigarette manu-
facturer interested in his bands
services for commercial radio pro-
gramS
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14

four shorts and they are currently
being released. The producers state
that Cabs films top anything pre-
viously turned out by the studio.
Now appearing on the stage of
the Paradise Theatre in Detroit,
Cab will head for Columbus, Ohio
next week for a stay at Frank Dali
ley's Valley Dale and then back to
Chicago on April for return en-
gagement in the famed Panther
Room of the Sherman Hotel. The
entire crew is looking forward to a
summers stay in California Cab
has been signed for a six week run
at the Casa Manana in Culver City,
adjacent to the Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer studios.
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14
WEST INDIAN ACCENT

Calypso music, originating III
Trinidad, permits no halfway mea-
sures. You are either wildly en-
Unused or else you can't stand the
stuff. If you like this distinctive
type of folk music, sung with a
West Indian accent and played with
native rhythm stylings, you will well
come Calypsos, Vol. 3, 10 sides in
q special Decca album. Gerald
Clark's Caribbean Serenaders back
up the male vocalists carrying such
imaginative names as The Lion,
Mighty Destroyer, King Radio, the
Growler and Atilla the Hun.
All the songs are descriptive, some
humorous and some satirical. Ira
ditionally, calypso singers are able
to sing about anything on the
spur of the moment. The range of
their subject matter is shown In
the titles: BING CROSBY, MOTH
ER'S LOVE, UGLY WOMAN, WO-
MAN is NOT THE WEAKER SEX,
ROOSEVELT'S ELECTION, THE
RED CROSS SOCIETY, CHIP
CHIP WATER, OLD LADY YOU
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14

Making his first appearance at
the Lookout House in Covington,
Kentucky, across the river from Gin
cinnati, Cab surprised everyone by
shattering every attendance record
scored in the long history of the
swarky dining and dancing spot.
The feat is one of the highlights
in the startling Galloway career.
The current issue of Variety, the
theatrical trade paper, reveals that
survey of the nations record
stores and coin machine operators
lists the Galloway Okeh platter OF
Blues in the Night as the No. I
record.
Movie fans are viewing the fam
miliar Galloway countenance on
"soundie" screens. Two months ago
Cab and his musical company made
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14
Got Race Pride
In London, He
Tells Canadians
Reared in jersey
Amid the D. est
Of Povert :

TORONTO. c. Ia - CAMP
1T is not just a. on think" said
Paul Robson. noted bass baritone
II speaking tc. an audience at Af-
ro-Community church here last
Sunday 1tout his struggles and
achievements. My own father We
a slave, escaped. educated himself
became q nreacher was reared
n New Jersey in the direst pc
ertv. I suffered the same prejudiceS
as any other colored boy.
This trend Of Mr.. Robeson'2 talk
came after the Rev c. A. Stewart
had stated in his introduction of
the singer thai all men were not
equally blessed with physical and
intellectual gifts and pointed to
Robson as an example of man
who has made his mark in the
world.
Holding that his struggles, devel-
opment and achievements were in
separately bound up with that Of
his people, the singer told of his
search tc define the forces that
bliohted mems lives, black and
white. wherever his artistic career
took him. Tn England he found
conditions of distress and unful-
filled lives among coal miners OF
Wales similar to these he mad seen
among his own people and della
tions who are still poor sharecrop-
pers on farms of North Carolina.
It was in London that he learned
TO he proud Of the culture of Af-
RIGA, for it was in that dark con-
tinent that people with richness
of culture such as theirs reserved
the right to determine their own
destiny as others. He found in
London an African princess seek
ing aid for her own people of
Basutcland, but she could not ac-
knowledge one of his friends be-
cause she was a princess, and his
friend belonged to a tribe which
had once been slaves Of her peo-
pie.
even in my early says" he said,
"I was on the side of British labor.
ard while the labor movement was
not clear even in its treatment of
the West Indies, I feel the essen
tial problem is the same for all
laboring masses"
Fascism forces are crystallized
today to a point where they must
be smashed, said the noted artist.
Their destruction would mean a
different world for all, and there
fore it is the struggle in which Ne
groes must enter.
In his travels throughout the
United States and Canada, Rob-
eson stated he found there was
marked hesitation to recognize the
important role the Soviet Union is
playing and must continue to play
# a permanent peace Is to be won.
This was courting suicide, asking
for sudden death, he said. "If we
really want to rid the world of
Hitler and fascism, the issue must
he faced squarely. I must stress
this point because 1 refuse to live
in a. world of slavery We. as col
ored people, must be with the
forces Of progress, Let us see that
we are"
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14
Norvo Makes His
Band Men Hear
Duke Ellington

BOSTON, Mass - GO - When
Red Norvo's band opened at the
Raymor Ballroom here recently,
Duke Ellington and his famous
orchestra were set to play the
RKO-Boston the following week.
Red told all of his men that each
of them was to catch the show on
the opening or there would be Il
five dollar fine imposed on amy
one who failed to catch Duke.
That's admiration !
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14
LIGHTS THAT FLICKER

less, sightless, and dazed beyond
human repairing from the shock Of
what they'll see, and be subjected
to, as. prisoners of war, etc. The
scholarly Negro as well as those
millions lacking in formal training,
must realize one thing An
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (Mrs. F..
D. R.) and a. PEARL BUCK,
happy along once in a century
Or SO.
They cannot be expected TO WIN
OUR FIGHT FOR US. they can
only intelligently present the facts
We must, we shall, make them
proud OF us by LINING UP BE-
HIND CAPABLE MEN AND
WOMEN OF OUR RACE AND
SEEING THIS FIGHT THROUGH
TO A SUCCESSFUL ENDING. It
is a must" en- our national ex-
istence. What comes after 1914
should the War end OF not, and we
hold another presidential election?
Will Negroes find in the drivers
seat an executive who will listen
fairly to their age-old petitions?
VIII -Te permit political carpet
baggers (black or white) to sell us
down the river. due to our guilt
bility as they se1fishly. pull their
own political chestnuts out of tha
oven? Each day until we have
WON THE WAR and -PUR-
CHASED A PEACE THAT IN
CLUDES NEGROES EVERY
WHERE w H E Z JUSTICE
HOLDS HER, COURT. we must
think in such terms We can do it,
my people, if We accuit ourselves
like bond-hrothers should and bury
the hatchet. IN THE GROUND.
NOT IN OUR HEADS AZ: WE'VE
DONE UP TO lq42t,l
The Phoenix index., 1942-03-14
Picture Rights
To Be Held Up
For Settlement
BY BERNICE and DOLORES
CALVIN Exclusive to Calvin News
Service).

BY BERNlCE ana DELOkES
CALVIN Exclusive to Calvin News
Service).
NEW YORK - Co - A differ
ence of opinion apparently has
arisen as to who controls the screen
rights to "Porgy and Bess," now in
successful revival at the Majestic
Theatre. Last week, John j. Wild
berg, an associate with Cheryl
Crawford in the presentation, said
he was arranging for the sale Of
the picture rights. He added that
the transaction brought in 100000
he and Miss Crawford would re-
ceive only $4,000 each.
On March 3rd, word came from
Joseph Heidi, spokesman for the
Theatre Guild, the original produc-
ers of the play and its musical
derivation, that Miss Crawford and
Mr.. Wildberg "have no interest in
these rights. However, it has been
agreed that the picture rights will
not be released until the end of
the New York run and the road
tour. Metro ro-Goldwyn-Mayer and
Gabriel Pascal have both shown
interest in filming "Porgy and
Bess."
BY way OF further explanation.
Mr.. Heidt says the film rights to
"Porgy and Bess" have never been
under option. A screen company
once did buy the rights to the novel
'tPorgy," but they were later re-
purchased by the authors, the Guild
and the hackers of the first musi-
cal version.