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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-27
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD
Nv PAUL. HARRISON
HOLLYWOOD,

HoIINWoOD-Ihe remotcness Of the theatsrs II teal
war and the scarcity Of detailed from them wi hiring
and movies into this continents theaters
During the first world fracas there much
much less anxious speculation and good deal Of the
most popular screen fare was escapist stuff
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06
ANN ARBOR NEWS


Chief of the Young Peoples AZ
fairs last week was The GLORIA
Reeves Girl Reserves formal par
~ last Friday. The members wore
quite a variety OF lovely formsls
The favors were white CROWNS win
bold stars. The members. of Ladies
In Waiting a. they were called.
included Doris Howard. (pres.-
dentl. Theodosia Lee. Arlena
Scott. Laura johnson. Mary A.
Hutton. Edith McFadden Colcnc.
Pearl and Hortenre Bacon. Iva
and Ruth Jewett. Thelma Howard
Patricia Newman Lois Wilson
Phyllis Brown. Mildred O'Ncil, Mar,
l.. Wells Dolly Fondren. Jean
Fields and Agatha Knox This a'-
fail marked the close Of the nor
ma activities % he club Tor the
eeason. Tuesday. the Blue Bird
Club closed It's activities with a
wiener roast at the home ~ Mrs
Charles Cromwell tihe clubs spon-
sorD on West Kingsley street
On Sunday. The Earnest Helper
Circle Of Kings Daughters Mrs
Eva McComas. LEADER will hold
It's annual tea IN the afternoon.
4 10 6. az the Dunbar. The public
is invited.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06
NOTES OF INTEREST UP AND
DOWN P.V.

Saw where Sonnie Wilson, cocktail
bar owner, was in the big apple last
week and attended the banquet at the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06
Stage
the
JUMPN 1--WE
by ulysses boykin

welcome to the month of June This is the time of
vear when the newlyweds hold the spotlight and the
.muement spot start advertising ar-condtonng
As the main feature.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06

Odd Fellows hail. given by the Revee club honorng Joe
Louis Other members of Sonnies party Mrs Lille
Brooks the champs mother Marva and also Nal Frasher
The of the Paradise theater, the house that
played the majority of the big in the amusement
world last making preparations to open the
this Fall with that will knock you for
ngton Cab Galloway, Ella Fitzgerald Fats Waller, Err
ne Hawkins and several aggregations will play the
season from October to next May. Tiny Bradshaw will
also return.
Tiny had accident just before he opened here the
last time but he went with the show Word from the
WINDY City has that Tiny is keeping the rafters jumping
The whole night long at the Rhumboogie cafe His dynam
contagious, terbug style is making Bradshaw click
The success of floor show depends largely on the master
ceremonies Detroit boast of two very clever NJ Cs
who have everything it takes to put them They
Leonard Reed and Sammy Fouche Word has it that Ray
Goe viii introduce sepa swing aggregation to the
middle west in the future. Wade Boykn and Pauline
Gibbs are composing the arrangements
Marcellus Wilson, NC. at Broads Club Zombie is a
licensed morcian He prefers the footghts the other
lind When Paul Robertson came to Detroit this week he
requested that the Ford Workers chorus from Ford Local
600 be used in his Ballad for Americans" but many of
he members had made beaten path to the country before
they could be notified Of the request.
Folks from out-oftown boast of their fine eating spots
where you can dine and dance. Well the Motor City is
|ko proud of some famous places that known from
|WS-tocoast There is Uncle Toms Club Plantation
This spot famous for its southern barbecue and have
IVES Log Cabin out Oakland way and Peck's Barbecue
Palmer at Hastings The Joe Louis Springhill Farm
where you can get mighty fine meals plus excellent
service presided over by Billy Burke
The Club Congo, besides having grand floor shows
and atmosphere boasts of good dinners and lunch
cons Then there is spot down the Bltmore hotel
called the Hole" by the people of the amusement world
where you get fine home-cooked means For
quick hot lunches select any of Sidney Barthwe
drug stores Dr. Goldsten's drug store. The Champion
Bar features kosher food The Cory Corner Grill
aged by Raymond Jackson sharp and dapper man-abou
town. offers fine food and drink with entertainment and
dancing. The Blue Bird Inn is noted for American and
fnOda 10 al MF Iark
add this week. too.)
The Club Congo has good band but we don't think it
sready for the road little airing national hookup
would put the boys into big time. Take the tip, Rolo.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06
General

week WAS surprise birthday par
~ given by "Wally' Franklin for
his wife Mrs GLADYS Franklin IN
Monday May 25. on Wednesday.
-, Mr. and Mre Clay Owens Of sos
y. Fifth Ave celebrated their lG,r
anniversary. On hand to aid n tile
celebration were the members and
guests az he Ann Arbor indie
pendent Club Back in the city after
an extended trip throughout the
Southland is Mrs Celia Johnson Ct
500 y. 5th Ave She spent taa
months In Florida and Alabama
visiting her sister and mother
Short trips over the weekend and
some not 50 short were taken by d
number Of Ann Arbor peonle Mr.
Sarah Johnson spent the weok-enn
ia Lansing Her cousin who was So
seriously injured in an automobile
accident year ago is able 10 wa Is
again. Mrs John Haiberd is IA
Dayton Ohio. She and Judy" Nll
be in Ohio until the 10th. Mrs Wal
ter Logan left the city about The
same time for an extended visit IN
Pittsburgh. ia Mrs Jones moth
or of Mrs David Robbins OF East
Ann street. has returned 90 her
home in Indiana taking Niile AN.
drey Jeanne with her The rest
OF the family will Join thei baby
sister as soon as school is out
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06
By HARRY LEyETTE

LOS ANGELES-(ANP) - Eddie
Rochester" Anderson wac the last
person to hold the hand of John
Barrymore, internationally famous
stage and screen star. a few MN
pies before he died last Friday night
at Hollywood hospital.
Rochester. whose fame as A
featured screen and radio star =
also great. had come to the hoe
pital to visit the bedside where
Barrymore had been confined Tor
several weeks with genera
breakdown. A staunch friendship
had grown between the two, dat
ing back to when Barrymore. ever
a lover OF colored night spots. used
10 visit the old "Humming Bird
on east 18th street. which in the
Roaring Twenties" was the heart
of the colored district. Eddie. fea-
turing an eccentric song and dance,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06
Network Ready To Hire Negro Musicians
Runner Persistent That Tiny Bradshaw
VIII Come To Slim Jones Club Congo

Tiny Bradshaw the JUMPING
jack maestro. was in Detroit this
past week for short visit with his
wife Benny Bradshaw. membe. q.
the ensemble al Club Congo. and
his presence provided more am
munilion for the riimor that the dy-
mamie leader and his band Will
open slim Jones Adams Avenue
niiery soon.
Bob Parrish and his Club Congo
band. featuring Kelly Martin on be
yibraphone. are scheduled 10 leave
Club Congo June 10 on tour that
opens in Grand Rapids on thai date.
Tiny. who spent that day here
before returning 20 Chicago where
he's now playing At the Rhum-
boogie. would not talk on the pos
sibiliiy OF him taking over the
band stand at Club Congo owner
slim Jones said il was news 70
him that Tiny was 10 open al his
club
Howc,e the report wae persls-
tent In fact, It had spread as far
east as New York. But perhaps
Tiny just made he trip over 70 sec
his wife And then again he could
have combined business with pleas
ure Who knows?
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06
Eddie Rochester Anderson Was The
Last Barrymore Visitor Before Death

wac one OF the entertainers there.
AS II on a presentment that this
would he his last time TO see his
old friend who while already noted
had encouraged and enjoyed cha.-
ting with the then unknown An
derson, he postponed other engage
ments and although tired from viz
iting the ranch he plans purchas-
ing. drove TO the hospital. The
nurse politely admitted Rochester
and a friend who had accompanie l
him 10 the private suite Of the sick
but still conscious man
zone Little Drink Please"
His typical humor and cheerful
ness evident even though hos
pital attendants had long felt
that he could not recover. he
smiled as Rochester approached
his bedside and feebly held out
his hand.
Hold my hand Eddie" he SAID
Glad to see you. Listen he whs-
pered they won't let me have a
little highball."
Anderson knew that Barrymore
had been forbidden any kind Of
alcoholic stimulant during he
hard battle the physicians wee
waging to try 10 save him so he
shook his head al the stricken
mans request that he bring him
"one little drink please" Mean
while kilograms and messages were
pouring in from all over the world.
the nurses piling them on the Ia
BILE until such time as they could
he read to him on the morrow.
Included were wires from George
VI. Cohan. Cissie LOTUS. Nome
Blue and others. But the morrow
never came for the great per-
former" when HE hand fell limp
" from Rochester's the colored
str thought he was falling asleep
and he and his friend tip-toed soft
ly out just as nurse came on.
They stood for a while just out
side the door. but in a few min
utes the nurse came back outside.
lis there anything we can do be-
fore We 20. nurse?" asked Roches-
ter. To his great surprise she an
swered very softly "No. am
sorry to say. Mr.. Barrymore has
juet passed" She hurried down the
hall 10 make her official report
and the two colored visitors walk
ed sadly away.
"a fine man. a fine man. | am
so sorry Rochester kept repeat
ing. and at once phoned 10 have
his last token Ct friendship sent
10 the bier on the morrow. large
bouquet OF Barrymore's favorite
fiowera
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06
Roseville, Mich.
BY RUSSELL FILLMORE

Graduation exercises will be held
for Rosel Jefferson, a graduate OF
the Roseville High school. Sunday
afternoon. May 81, at the Second
Baptist church
Miss Katie Jones. Pearl street,
the granddaughter Of Mrs. Stella
Jones. is visiting in Chicago. H.,
with her mother.
Six-year-old Doris Fullmore, the
sister OF Russell. sends in this
poem. entitled My Poem:
The rain is dancing, the rain Is
splashing,
Away. away. away:
The Brownies are dancing. all
day. all day.
II rains all day. 1t rains all
night,
Ii sounds as II the Brownies
have taken flight.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06
Most Openings
In Dance And
Groups
First Time
Race Is So
Honore d

NEW YORK-A whole new field
OF opportunity for Negro musicians
rs now open as result OF COM
mitment by the National Broadcast
ing company and the Blue network.
here to hire qualified Negro must
clans who apply for work.
Both networks went on record as
opposing discriminatory hiring aft
er conference. May 26. with John
Hammond. NAACP board member
and publisher of the magazine
Music and Rhythm; Mark Woods.
president OF the Blue network:
Samuel Chotzinoff. musical advisor
for NBC. DR.. Frank Black. must
cal director for NBC: Joe Rines.
musical director for the Blue net
work, and Leopold Spitalny. chief
contractor for the networks.
The STATS Of the networks have
already been instructed 10 hire Ne
gro musicians.
Mr.. Hammond said that most
openings will be in dance and sa-
Ion groups He stressed the fact
that musicians who are expert in
reading and those whose back
ground and training fit them for
doubling" in variety OF types OF
music are most desired.
The NAACP director said that tho
broadcasting companies hire only
on application. and that company
officials maintained that no Ne
gro had applied for jobs The Of
ficials all were convinced that there
would be no friction between color
ed and white musicians working
together because OF their experience
with Dan Dixon. young Negro con-
ductor who has worked harmoni-
ously with the MIC symphony or
cestra.
Woods declared that he and
David Sarnoff. president OF the
Radio Corporation OF America and
member OF the Presidents Commit
tee on Fair Employment Practice.
would be delighted If Negroes can
be hired as quickly as possible at
MIC 10 show the world that NBC
does not discriminate.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06
Our Sympathy To

The family of Mrr Dorothed
Howard OF WadsNorth Ohio who
died last week. Mrs Howard was
the daughter OF Nj William Mon
anus. local Elk. and Mr. Howard
is the brother Of Russell Howard
president OF the Dunbar Both the
Towards and the Monamus went
TO Ohio 10 attend the funeral To
the family Of Sylvan hickman who
died following an accident near
Albion while en- route 10 his home
in Battle Creek from Ann Arbor
To Mr.. and Mrs. Donald HUI
whose infant baby is reported
eravely III at the home OF Mrs
Hills parents. tho Charles Bakers
Of y. 4th Avenue and host OF
others Of whom We may not have
heard.
Among the parties given past
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06
CITY OF SIN

Shanghai-city OF sin. revelrv.
garish wealth. crawling poverty,
the earth's last melting pots the
setting Of the new Arnold Press
burger production. THE Shanghai
Gesture" which shows at the
Echo Theatre Sunday and Monday.
June rs.
The story which unfolds against
the background OF this color
splashed city Is raw. stark stuff OF
lie. No character in the story
could pass as a model man or
woman. Hate. greed, avarice. venge-
fulness. insanity passions-a,l
stalk and strut. painted on a back
ground OF gaudy light, color. move
ment.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06
"Blues In The Night"
Returns To Zombie
BY Special Request

Leonard Reed premiered
brand new show at Broad Club
Zombie Monday neht which gain
ed more Than It's share Of acclaim
and applause
The show Blues in the Night"
features repeat number from a
couple shovN az, which gained
such public iancy hat il was nee
essary to repeat 1t is built around
he song hit Of the same name
and Is blended with one Of Reeds
OWL compositions "LoNdo~n
Lonesome Blues"
The opus ~ Whole Is fast
moving vehicle tina, is vel BAT
anced with enterisinment-plenly
singing dancing and comedy Bat
a. is expected the Bluee IN The
Nigh number is the hii Of the
show
Also included IN 'hf show is
aunber around Reed swing dirty
called Don't Let The Rhythm 90
To Your Head--Let Il TO To Your
Feet Il IS fast and furious aud
one q those rival things where
one of The company tries 10 out
sing and dance the other A. the
copclusi the music gets erooyey,
the cast gets into frenzy and ev-
cry one forgcts what's what and
calls Il a draw
Inc uded in The show l. Juanita
( Bown who SINGS The hluee Rcd
Pearl opetafic swing sins-
err The Three Buds harmony
singers Willie and Wookie dane
cr~ Fink Moore comedian Mar
cell Wilson master OF cere-
monies Mary Stevens and the
Reedores and Cecil Lees csches-
ira The show will hav, three
week run
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06
Instructor P. Curtis
To Have Hot Jazz In
l1udson's Hobby Show

Pan Curtis director Of the gym
department a Bishop school will
exhibit his hobby OF many years.
"Hc' Jazz AZ the J l. Hudson
Hobhy show June ! through in
the twelfth floor auditorium
on display Will DO Cl A short
history II swing ~ collection
% rare records OF finest hot Jazz:
go famous senders. and a. Sec
titn on Duke Ellington
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06

Among The parties given past
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-06

June also brings out some light and
colorful revues at the local mite clubs and
welcomes to the city large number of
gay visitors. Because of the war and
defense work the male visitors might be
at new low, but we are confident that
the ladies will come as usual.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
.Fishman Loses
No-Hitter in 9Th

ANN ARBOR. May 9 (UP).-
A lone single with two out in the
ninth inning robbed Big Mickey
Fishman. of no-hit victory over
Northwestern today, but did not
stop Michigan from banking the
Wildcats. 9 to 8. in a Big Ten
baseball game here.
Fishman mad a perfect game
going into the ninth. He retired
the first two men up in order be-
fore Ed Hirsch drove a clean
single into right field. Then Fish
man struck out the third batter
to end the game.
The score by innings:
Northwestern 600 600 600 2
Michigan s20 10l 01x-s 10 o
Motl. Busse and Gargas, Bowen; Fish
man and Harms.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

cuses." George Woolf. Jimmy
Stout, Wayne Wright and Carroll
Bierman all agreed.
Trainer Sarge Swenke. who was
criticized for the methods en-
ployed in handling Alsab, said
"Alsab saw the man today
turf colloquialism for a horse who
sees the pay off" man at the end
of a race. He and Owner Sa-
bath said Alsab will run next in
the Withers at Belmont and then
in the Belmont Stakes.
Other trainers who could be
reached agreed that AlSab was
just too good today for the rest
of the field. Ben Jones was jul
bilant at Sun Again's tie for Sec
ond while Blackie McCoole was
satisfied with the showing of Re-
quested. saying-"Well, we wiped
out that fourteenth in the Derby,
didn't WEI"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Normal Drubs
Wayne u, 16-4

Michigan Normal baseball team
drubbed Wayne University, Satur-
day at Northwestern Field. 16-4,
the Tartars' seventh straight loss
on the diamond this season.
Wayne made the victory easier
for the Hurons by committing II
errors. The winners scored in al
but one of the eight innings played
Rain prevented the ninth from be-
ing played.
Ed Gilday and Ed Caracostas
divided the pitching assignment fol
Normal, while Wallace Heating
and Bob Larson pitched for Wayne
Clare Krawczak of Normal pacec
his teams 14-hit attack with &
homer, double and single.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Shdvetdi| Spike
At S183 a Month

Walter o. (Spike) Briggs Jr.,
son of the multi-millionaire owner
of the Detroit Baseball Company,
was sworn in as a S1S3-a-month
second lieutenant in the army air
force Saturday by Lieut.-Col Her.
bert V. Pusch.
THAT means I've got n So
raise already" Spike grinned
when officers figured out what
he'd get with allowances for his
three children. They'd previously
arrived at figure of SIT.
Spike, who gave up his position
as treasurer of the Briggs Manu-
featuring Company, which is now
in defense work, will re-
tain his position as vice president
of the ball club although remain
ing inactive. He saw his last game
Saturday before leaving for Day
ton, O., where he'll be stationed.
A graduate of Georgetown Uni
versity, the younger Briggs had
two years of training in the Re-
serve Officers Training Corps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
DetrOit's Old Guard
Out to Test Demaret
BY NJ. F. DRUKENBRoD

How good is Jimmy Demaret.
or. TO get to the main point in a
hurry
How will Detroit's older repre-
Sentatives in the pro ranks stack
up with the Ryder Cup star who
has taken over at Plum Hollow :?
At least a partial answer will be
gained this Sunday afternoon at
Detroit Country Club in the exhi-
bition match for the benefit Of the
Army and Navy Recreation
League.
Sponsored by the Women's Dis
trict Golf Association, the macth
will see Demaret and the veteran
Walter Hagen pitted against Al
Watrous of Oakland Hills and Joe
Before of the home club.
Watrous and Before long have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

BALTIMORE, May 9 (UP).-A
bookmaker who set out today to
win a freak bet inadvertently
touted Baltimore residents on
Alsab five hours before AL Sabath's
colt won the Preakness Stakes.
The bookmaker, whose name
was not known. wagered $1,000
against $1,000 that Alsab would
be favored in the Preakness
mutuels. To help his cause he
printed and distributed through
town 10000 cards on which were
printed "Alsab Can't Lose"
Whether the cards helped turn
the bettors to Alsab is moot
point, but the SABBATH colt did
close as the favorite. He was
2.05-1.00 against 2.40-1.00 for the
Greentree entry of Devil Diver
and Shut Out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Major League
Standings

SATURDAYS RESULTS
DETROIT Ito; Cleveland o-2-o. (Called
md OF & inninKs.)
Chicago $50; 81. louis $50
Boston at Philadelphia. postponed.
Washington at New York, postponed.
SUNDAYS GAMES
DETROIT at Cleveland (2).
Chicago at st. Louis, (2).
Boston at Philadelphia (2).
Washington at New York (2).
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
No Vikinq-No Sailing

The Viking spirit must be lack
ing among Detroit sailors. The
weekly catboat races of the De-
troit Yacht Club were called of
Saturday on account of threaten
ing weather. Last weeks races
were postponed because of strong
winds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
NATIONAL LEAGUE

SATURDAY s RESULTS
Boston s-12-0: Philadelphia 2-6-5.
Cincinnati S-s-2 ST. Louis 2-6-2.
Chicago $50: Pittsburgh l6.i.
New York at Brooklyn, postponed.
SUNDAYS GAMES
Pittsburgh at Chicago (2).
Philadelphia at Boston.
New York at Brooklyn.
ST. Louis at Cincinnati (2).
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Shut Out Back
In Fifth Place.;
Winner Pays II
SABBATH Colt Stages
Stretch Rush; Two in
Dead Heat for Place
BY JACK GUENTHER
United Press star Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Md, May AL
sab. the kid from across the
tracks, graduated summa cum
llaude today.
Bought for 500 in the Saratoga
yearling sales. believed burned out
by too much work and turned
down by every expert in the trade.
the raggle-taggle little son OF
Good Goods COMPOUNDED his critics
with a soaring stretch drive that
swept him home to glory in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Barney EweII Sets
Unofficial 220 Record

PITTSBURGH, May 9 (UP).-I
Norwood Barney Ewell, Penn
States Negro sprint star, set an
unofficial world record in the 220-I
yard dash, around one bend, during
a meet between Pitt and Penn
State at the Pitt Stadium here
today, which Penn State won, 81
IN 40
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

fifty-second running of Maryland's
richest and greatest race-the
Preakness Stakes.
Sun Again and Requested ran a
dead heat for second.
Alsab won the Preakness by a
length and ne won ii the way a
good horse should. Next to last
for three full quarters of a mile,
the little horse with the big heart
saved his legs until he needed
them. Then he said It with speed.
Responds to Cheers
While a record crowd Of $4,000
persons rocked the Pimlico grand
stand with their pleas, their pray
ers and their anxious cheers, tiny
Alsab started to roll. Around the
bend he came, passing them one
by one on the sharp curve. until
he reac hed the straightaway,
where all races are won or lost.
Once he got this close, there was
Just no holding him back.
With glum-faced Basil James
perched on his shoulders like a
monkey on a stick, AL Sabath's
Baby bobbed down his head and
drove. He passed Calumet Farms
Sun Again without an effort,
cooked his sights on the wind
cutting Requested and just rolled
on like Old Man River until he
was safely under the wire and
winging on beyond.
1t was truly great show that
Alsab gave the stubborn two
dollar bettors who refused to be
touted off him by the experts.
While the horse who whipped him
by almost three lengths in tina
Kentucky Derby a week ago
Shut Out-trailed in a sad fifth
and Sun Again and Requested
dead-heated for second, little Alsab
equaled the Preakness record OF
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