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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-19
Club Congo Star Was
Headed For. Medicine

Lewis Brown wanted 10 be a
doctor when he was attending
school in his home town, New York
City. BUT Lewis did not acquire
the knowledge of unraveling the
intricacies of the machinery OF the
Instead. he learned a lot
about dancing, and Is, now the male
member of the dance team, Brown
Twins, currently Appearing in the
floor show at sim Jones Club
Congo.
But Lewis didn't Ihsye any, plans
about getting into tSe)held OK en-
tertainment when the door was
opened for him. 1t was back "a
few years ago while Lewis was
holding down the job of assistant
manager at one Of the Harlem no.
tells when opportunity raped at
his door. 1t came about in this
manner.
One Of the chorine- then en-
ployed at the Cotton club was one
of the residents Of the hotel, and,
one morning told Lewis that the
management Of the Cotton club was
planning to use a group Of male
dancers in the show. She urged
him to try for one of the positions.
Lewis FASTENED down to the club,
had an interview with the owners,
was hired and became a member
of the original Cotton Club Boys
His sister, Vivian, was also
member of the show.
The Cotton Club Boys broke
couple of years ago, and Lewis
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-19

mess hall OF the l84th Field Ar
tillery at Fort Custer.
Future Plans
Future plans center around en-
tertainment and companionship Of
soldiers on leave in Detroit over
the coming holidays. Miss Patricia
Young plans to entertain 10 SOL
diers and their friends at her home
on Christmas day.
Others Of the club expressed SINH
lar plans
Weekly new club PLEDGES ex-
press their willingness and eager
ness to join the ever-growing War
Widows club and help to better
their mental, physical and moral
selves through an interesting and
beneficial program.
Club officers now serving tenra-
lively are chairman, Mrs. Ruth
Simri1, secretary, Patricia Young
and Dora Williams as treasurer.
Join Now
Any women with a son, boy
friend, father, brother or loved one
now serving in the nations armed
forces are eligible to join the War
Widows club.
Fill OUT the coupon found on this
page and mail to club organizer,
Larry Chism, 1858 Eliot street,
Chronicle.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-19
Fitzgerald
Show Fine
Stage Fare

Offering white Christmas"
Flying Home" Mr.. Five BY Five
and several other numbers Ella
Fitzgerald and Four Keys prove an
outstanding attraction this week at
Paradise theatre.
The quintette, with Miss Fitzger-
aid, long a favoriie song stylist.
taking the lead in the song rendi-
tons, is highly applauded as the
Four Keys provide. a mellow back
ground for her vocalizing.
Doc Wheeler and his Sunset Roy
al orchestra open the show with
I'm Happy As Can Be" with fine
solo work being performed by mu-
sic note readers idward Loving and
Shirley Green and Julius Watson.
Best offering of the band was the
crowds request Of How Bout That
Mess" and I've Got Rhythm" as
other band offerings with several Of
the musicians taking applause for
their solo work on their favorite
instrument
The revue consists of Long and
Short, acrobatic sailor do; Come.
dams Mason and Vigel and the
whispering tenor Of Orlando Rob
erson who sent the patrons with
their request of Trees, along with
When Lights Go On Again" and
My Devotion" as7 band back.
grounds to the latter songs.
Hall johnson choir gets the spot
light honor in the film Heart Of
Golden West" a story Of cowhands
and rustlers Starring Roy Rogers
and "Gabby."-CIism.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-19
Sang On Radio
In Columbus, Ga.

FORT BENNING, Ga.-Recently.
units from the 2lst Quartermaster
Regiment tTruck), of Fort Bennine
Ga, through the courtesy Of Col.
Ellis F. Altman, commanding off,
Ger, presented a short radio broad
cast from the USO Building in
Columbus, Ga.
Appearing on the program was
a quartet composed Of Sgts Preston
johnson of indianapolis, Ind, ana
David Smallwood, Philadelphia,
Pa; Cpl, Hughie Davis, Anderson,
S. C.. and Pvt. James Matthews,
Atlanta, Ga. They sang one OF the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-19
Tin Pan Alley Comes
To Men In New Guinea

pianist, accompanied by a three.
piece swing unit keeps the Khaki
boys in practice on ter dance
steps, Pfc S;ephanie, who sings
IN an Orlando Robson style. really
does ju-tice 10 the "A Soldiers
Dream" number.
Both Byrd and Stephanie hail
from the music world Byrd for
the most part Of his ivory finger
.nS life has played for church
choirs, however. YES an adroit fol-
lower Of the Count Basic swing.
Stephan has done impersonations
as well as sung in some of New
York's night spots.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-19
Native Son Kept Open Following Vigorous Protests

sentimental tunes OF the day and
thrilled the large studio audience
with their music. Pvt. Larry Reid.
from New Jersey, played an orig
inal piano composition, and Miss
Lorene Jackson, regular soloist on
the weekly broadcas.s, sang the
lyrics. The regimental chorus. di-
rected by Lieut.. Henry A. Talbert.
Pasadena, Calf, offered an original
theme song, a spiritual, and closed
the program with a porular tune
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-19
MARY EWING FETED

CHICAGO. III - pecisD -
AIRS Mary Ewing was honoree of
a lovely surprise birthday party at
the home Of her son and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Montgomery,
COLA Vernon avenue. November %.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-19

Show Has Variety
At his finest when he offers a
unique Interpretation through his
choral arrangements, Reed features
White Christmas" for your APP
proval as executed by the chorines.
Dell 81. John and the band.
Cecil Lee is responsible for the
dance music and background for
the show attractions with the music
played in such a way it adds spice
to the entire floorboard offering.
Since the premiere OF this show
last week patrons have been enthu.
siastic in their praise OF Reeds
Christmas Revue" now at Club
Zombie.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
ny PETER EDISON

BY PETER EDSON
Praise the Lord and pass the
aspirin!
A full report of what actually
happened in the election is as
dismal reading as a Navy COM
munique.
If the Democratic party feels
like the Navy after Wake Island
and il the Republican party feels
like the untried but cocky Army
talk about q unified command is
again In order. The war can't be
won now as a Democrats war.
It must be won as an American
war. with both parties united,
both parties sharing the respon-
sibilities, both parties taking
the credit for bringing the
country through the war to ul-
innate victory.
IL you think washington was
all confusion before, what do
you think it's going to be now?
Saddest lame duck spectacle
of the election is of course Sen.
George Norris of Nebraska, a
Progressive caught in a three
way election traffic jam. And
by the way, since there's va
cacy on the Supreme Court, why
wouldn't Uncle George be a
good man for the job, even If he
is over 70?
This election makes good the
old saw that the American peo-
pie may never vote for" any is
sue but they do vote against"
when things 60 wrong. This was
one of the biggest little protest
votes in history.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14

to gain additional information
on the Leagues new activity.
War Orphans Scholarships.
Morgan Howard of San Fran
cisco, president of the League,
hopes to bring Maureen O'Brien
and Earl Alderman, also of San
Francisco, with him to represent
the Pacific Coast division of the
League.
On my visit to California last
year, l played this interesting
hand with Morgan Howard dur
ing a rubber bridge game one
evening. At all the other tables
where North and South reached
six clubs, East and West saved at
six hearts and North-South
doubled, collecting 900 points.
But Morgan (North) refused
to give UP the slam. so he tried
it in spades. l made the contract
by an eyelash. ! had just enough
entries, and the splits were just
right, so I could ruff out three
hearts and discard the other on
the king of diamonds, then take
out the trumps and cash the long
clubs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14

A policy based on domination
of the world by one nation is
impossible. Events in the future
will show even more clearly
that small nations as yell as
great ones have the right of free
dom and existence. President
Ismet Inonu of Turkey.
Unless the post war world can
operate within new frame
work in which the last word
rests with world law, a world
law paramount to national SOW
ereignty, the condition of the
people will remain in the rut of
chaos and anarchy.-Dr. Joseph
F. Thorning of Mount St. Mary's
College.
Relentless rejection of all that
the German and Japanese op-
pressors try to persuade you to
accept is your grand contribu-
ton toward the struggle we dali
ly wage with weapons daily in
creasing in strength. Prime
Minister Jan SHUTS of South
Africa.
We must insist on the enjoy
ment by all states of access on
equal terms to the trade and to
the raw materials of the world
which are needed for their pros
perity Frances B. Sayre, for
mer Philippines high commits
sioner.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
SYSTEMATIC SAVING

Only through systematic sowing on the port OF
everybody con initiation be diverted, Assistant Treos-
ury Secretary John L. Sullivan told savings bank Off.
eios the other day.
He might have gone further and said what is in
the beck Of every official mind and many others: Only
by systematic voluntary saving con on otherwise OBJ
jectionobIe scheme for compulsory sovines-going
far beyond the tentotve stort made in the Victory
Tox-be avoided
In other words, you can sove voluntarily or under
compulson, but save you must.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge of cor
rect social usage by answer
ing the following questions,
then checking against the au-
thoritative answers below:
I. If you have a house guest
arriving by train, should you
meet him if it is possible to do
so?
2. Should a hostess try to re-
member the food likes and dis
likes of those she entertains?
3. If a hostess serves a guest
a dish that she has heard him
says he likes, should the guest
mention her thoughtfulness?
4. Is it mistake for hostess
to jam a small house with
guests, instead of scaling her
parties to the size of her house?
5. Is it important to have
books and magazines in a guest
room?
What would you do if
You are a mother and your
children bring home some
friends from school
(a) Speak to the children?
CO. Ignore them?
Answers
!. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.
4. Yes.
5. Yes.
Better What Would You Do"
SoltitiOp-(al
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON


Exclusively yours: Film tai
ent, like gold, is where you find
it. On 2 recent trip to New York,
Director Gregory Ratoff went to
a night club. But he spent more
time watching a waiter than he
did the floor show. They got to
talking and now the waiter,
Jack Dundee, an old vaudeville
performer, will play an import
ant bit in Ratoff's next filmusi-
cal for Columbia, "Tropicana."
f.. Hollywood first war bride
contract has been written by
RKO. Starlet Ann Summers, a
recent bride of Air Cadet Rich
ard Strong, will be permitted IA
days leave every three months
to visit her husband as long as
he remains in the United States.
She just completed work in a
film ironically titled, Seven
Days Leave"
Mercedes Marlowe, the tennis
champ, and Townsend Netcher
are playing a love game. -.
Screen villain Porter Hall re-
ceives a long sought opportuni-
ty to play comedy in a new
MGM film, "Mr. Justice Goes a
Hunting" He'll play a small
town Judge who sentences a u.
S. Supreme Court justice to Jail
for minor infraction Of the
law, precipitating a national in
cident.
OLD STORY, NEW ANGLE
The Ann Sheridan George
Brent marital difficulties are the
old Hollywood story in reverse.
They are NOT good friends.
It's Pat O'Briens story about
q Hollywood attorney who was
drafted. First day in camp the
attorney demanded special at
tention, pointing out his many
important cases, his judicial
knowledge, his brilliant briefs.
Finally a sergear. stopped him,
saying. Look, fellow. We're
going to fight TIE Japs. Not sue
them"
Betty Kern, daughter of Com
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
. IN HOLLYWOOD

poser Jerome Kern, and hus-
band Artie Shaw are denying
those separation rumors. :.
Eleanor Powell and her pianist,
Walter Ruick, have composed a
new tune, MY Irish Lass"
Swell gag in new Leon
why Japs call their fighter
Schlesinger "Merrie Melodie"
titled Tokyo Jokio," a Jap
newsreel travesty. Explaining
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
WHAT, NO CONTROVERSY

The two major radio networks stirred up hornets
nest when they decided not to permit the Consumer
Cooperative movement to buy time the air in which
to promote their philosophy and program
Originally the networks seemed bit uncertoin OF
their reasoning Columbia explained that it was bor-
ring the program to protect the cooperative move
ment against counter-ottocks from powerful oPPon-
ents who might buy time in which to blast the eo-oPs
NJ B. c. cited Ione-stondine rule against controver-
sizes other than political.
Now the two have got together and oeree that the
philosophy Of consumer cooperation in purchasing is
controversial and must not be placed upon the ether
waves.
In common with many others who have been bred
in the democratic tradition, shocked And our
reaction has nothing whatever to do with out attitude
to~ord the cooperative movement
Of course the movement is controversial. II it
WEREN'T either there would be no such movement at
all or it would be universally accepted In that event
there would be for its sponsors to seek time
on the air in which to explain and argue their theories
and practices.
And what Of that? Have we reached stage in
which puveyors Of information and opinion, licensed
by the government to utilize the air which is common
public property can decide what controversies their
listeners shoI be privileged to hear, and from whcn
they must be protected?
We ore fighting todoy to preserve democracy. #
democracy means anything at all, it means the right
Of the people to hear arguments every side OF every
question to repeot and elaborate hen to decide their
merits ond-reht wrong-to oct on those de-
cisions.
Who are the nobobs Of rodio to soy whether we
shoI be privileged to hear the cooperotors tell their
story and them opponents choose to hear the con-
trory arguments?
If the cooperotives had besoueht the networks for
free time then the nobobs would have ght to de-
eide whether the proposed program would have pub
lie appeal.
But the eooperotives did not seek something for
nothing They offered to pay for their program just
like any advertiser. Their proposed program contain
ed nothing offensive to good toste, nothing injurious
to public morals, nothing harmful to notiono sofey.
Democracy has survived adm fIourished in this
country because up to now every medium Of public
education has been wide open for presentation Of the
most controversial deos so thot the people could &C.
cept what they chose, reject what they pleased
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
. BARBS

Too many folks think that
what's worth having is worth
going after-after while.
A Chicago mounted policeman.
declined promotion to the detec.
tive force. Some people just
won't come down off their high
horse.
The General Sherman tanks
in Egypt are living up to their
name giving the Germans
what Sherman said war was.
A light conversation often has
plenty of scandal power.
With women discussing fall
styles, the telephone has be-
come a clothes line.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
WILLING X. P.'S

DENVER - Lieut.. E. M.
Stopher, Buckley field mess Of
ficer, today started taking the
names of volunteers for X. p.
duty at the base Thursday, Nov.
26.
Because of the expected rush,
only the first 100 volunteering
at each mess hall will be accep-
ted.
Lieutenant Stopher explained
that K. P.'s that day could eat
all they wanted of the Thanks
giving Day menu.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14

ZeroS dOWned. We add nine Ze-
ros. This makee no Zeros lost. |"
BRYAN DENOTED
Jane Bryan, who retired from
the screen when she married,
has never been dropped from
Warmers contract list. But she
has been denoted from the rank
of star to that of featured play
er Tunesmith Lew Pol
locks latest hit, "Sweethearts
of the U. S. A will be the title
of Producer Lester Cutters next
filmusical No truth to re-
ports that Warmers will star
Enrol Flynn in a film version
of Booth Tarkington's Seven
teen" Or that the Red
Skeletons are fighting over Gus
tody of their gasoline, sugar
and coffee ration books.
Bar bara Bushman, grand
daughter of the famous Francis
x. Bushman, is hoping for a
film career. She's studying dra-
mates at the Geller Workshop
Odd situation at RKO,
where Edith Barrett is playing
the mother of James Ellison and
Tom Conway in new film.
She's younger than either of her
film sons"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
SMART BIRDS

SAN FRANCISCO This
would be the year for a plenti-
full supply of pheasants and
quail.
It'll be a good season all
right" says H. Lyons, local
game authority, "a good one
for the birds"
But the sportsmen aren't hap
py.
The war has brought a short
age of shotgun shells.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
RASH DECISION

BERKELEY, Calf. - Twelve
University of California girls
held a party for "a soldiers.
They decorated the house with
autumn foliage collected in the
Berkeley hills.
Seven of the girls, under
treatment for rash, know now
that the pickers would have
flunked botany.
The foliage was poison oak.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

The election proved Roosevelt
right In one respect-the coun-
try certainly Is way ahead of
Washington. Instinctively the
American people seem to know
when things aren't going right.
Wonder what q good fireside
chat would sound like now?
POLL ABOUT POLLS
All the prediction polls Of
public opinion having predicted
the Democrats would maintain
their controls Of Congress by
ample margins. the next step Is
to take q post-election poll to
find out why the prediction
polls went wrong.
Election post-mortems will
probably last as long as the war.
The voters obviously didn't like
what has been going on, but
whether they were registering
their disapproval of military
and naval setbacks or whether
they were registering disap-
prevail of civilian matters -
price ceilings, rationing. lack of
manpower, shutdown Of small
business, farm revolt, higher
taxes-those are the things ev-
cry politician would like to
know and has no way to find
out.
Watch for a soundoff from the
Democratic politicians the de-
feated ones particularly - to
blame Leon Henderson for all
this.
If the result of the election
can be attributed in any degree
to revolt of the farmers, the
farm bloc congressman who
baked at parity ceilings on farm
prices will be able to say. I'VE
warned you!" and no doubt will.
SETUP FOR A SPLIT
At any rate. here is the basis
for a split in the Democratic
party over administration policy
on the conduct of the war. II
will be split over policy as die
tated by the executive end OF
the administration in opposition
to policy as the legislative end
of the administration would like
to have it.
Reelection of Ham Fish,
Clare Hoffman and nearly every
other isolationist proves that
pre-Pearl Harbor views and
voting records didn't mean a
thing.
How much of personal licking
the election was for the Presi-
dent is debatable, and will be
explained both ways by experts,
with reasons. Voters might. reg
lister disapproval of results with
out reflection on Roosevelt him
self. A popularity poll now
might show the President still
had as much confidence of the
people as he had two years ago
The voters desire to see new
faces in Washington might be a
reputation of the record OF
Congress itself. not a repudia-
ton of tie President.
Just the same, any talk of a
fourth term should now be still
ed.
But to think that two years
ago, everyone was admitting
Al -
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
McKE@@Y ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

While the American Contract
Bridge League has developed
duplicate contract to the point
where il is one of the outstand-
ing competitive games, many OF
the representatives who will At
tend the 18th annual national
tournament at the Hotel Onon.
daaa at Syracuse, N. Y, the
week of Nov. 80, will be there
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14

Most northerly part of the
British Empire Is Ellesmere Is
land, in the Arctic.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
SURE, ITEMS ONLY GERMS

SURE, ITEMS ONLY GERMS
ST. LOUIS-In filing a con-
demnation suit against eight
packages of absorbent cotton in
a warehouse here, U. S. District
Attorney Harry G. Blanton
charged in federal court that:
The cotton did not conform TO-
tests for the. sterility of solids ap-
pearing in United States Phar-
macopoeia, but was contami-
mated with viable aerobic and
anaerobic microrganisms.
In everyday street language
the cotton contained tiny
germs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14

The life of a single hair on a
persons head is estimated to be
6 to 10 years.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14

Europeans refer to our "uh-
huh" expression as the Amer
lean double grunt."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14

Ninety-three per cent of the
worlds 34,000,000 telephones
are inter-connectable.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY The Associated Press
JUST PART OF THE JOB

COLUMBUS, Ind. - Miss Ha-
Eel Fodres, a teacher at Gar
field school, was about to dis
miss her first-grade class when
she caught sight of dog, evil
IDENTIFY mad.
Ordering the children to re-
main in their seats, Miss Fodres
ran to the nearby home of
friend, returned with a shotgun,
killed the dog and went back
into the classroom.
You may Co." she told the
pupils.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
SPECIALIST CORPS

The reoi inside story Of what happened to the Ar
my Specialist Corps experiment hos yet to be told.
Until il u.s. one not be blamed for suspeone that
~ basic trouble wos the Arnys Jealousy Of any uni
}ormed wor oeency not wholly under its control. We
- 49,
l X sodio eon not live up to this fundamental Of
(6k = - ts6n HE time may have come to reossess
fSodio in our educational system
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14

VI Ohhn AVE
LOS ANGELES - A drive-in
restaurant got service when it
started to burn yesterday.
The Los Angeles Pasadena
boundary passes through the
middle of the building.
Firemen from both cities an
swered the call and divided the
blaze between them.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14

But to think that two years
ago, everyone was admitting
that the Republican party was
dead.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-14
UNEXPECTED TRAINING

CHICAGO-Navy recruits at
Camp Green Bay, part of the
Great Lakes Naval Training
Station are getting action un-
der fire earlier than either they
or Great Lakes officers expect
ed.
Lieut.. A. j. Herd notified the
Lake county sheriff that pellets
from pheasant hunters guns had
ratified off the walls of bar
racks ut the south end of the
camp several times, menacing
the sailors.