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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-04-17

vocal Just for fun and rot a
terrific hand a litilc later he
got a biz hand when he sang at
birthday party tor Duke Ell
lington. with tho maestro a; the
piano The extraordinary favorable
comments coming out OF these iwo
&C, asions caused Floyd 10 set
aside his horns and H. pui cv-
erything into singing Floyd found
"culriyainr The pipes has paid
real dividends,
All-Star Stage Revue
Other stage performers incdule
s4ch favorites as Rose CYCLONE"
Morgan. singing witty songs Bon
Bon. popular blues singer Jack
Holt and Nilady. on the horizontal
bars. and the Blue Jackets sem
saiona dancing trio
"Clancy Street Boys"
clancy Street BOYS starring
sunshine" sammy Morrison and
TIC East Side Kids Others in the
cast include such screen fayorites
as Noah Beery ST. Leo Corey
and Huntz Hall
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-04-17
Northwest News

Miss Lillian Aran and Leonard
Balden Jr spoke their wedding
WIS April S at s pm. at the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. George
Asn OF 2o0S9 Griegs. The couple
spending a three-day honey
Econ at Niagara Falls. Buffalo,
nd New York.
Yrs. J. l.. Perkins has return
ID home from her two months
'srsiion in Yazoo City. Miss.
Mrs. Virginia Sewell OF Wis
tcnsin was given an elaborate
birthday party by Mrs. Elinora
Walton Of NorthIawn. Those who
made the party success were
Mitchell Powell. Mrs. June Lat
iimore Mr. and Mrs. B. Tuson
Yrs Maggie and Ronald Scott
Yrs. c. baltimore Miss Ann
Dcnahoc Pearl Holland. and
Henry Miller.
Private Jessie Smith Is home
whiting his mother and father
Mr. and Mrs. J Smith OF Rose.
lawn street.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-04-17

On the opening program. Mischa
Elman. the distinguished violinist
performs Ballad singer Connie
Boswell. an VIC. Handy. com
poser of the "St. Louis Blues"
ale heard.
The program stresses Gould's
rnusuaI musical talent His ar
rangements OF popular tunes are
essentially symphonic in style and
effect. Among those who have
given performances OF Gould's
works are, Howard Barlow. Ar
turo Toscanini. Leopold Stokow-
ski. Artur Rodzinski, Fritz Rein
err. Eugene Goossens and John
Barbirolli.
Frank Gallon Is the announcer.
Schenley's Cresta Blanca Wines
sponsors the program.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-04-17
QUARTET A SOLID SENDER

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind - TIL
Christine chatham Quartette were
really in the groove during their
engagement here AZ the Sunset
Terrace Club Saturday. April 4.
They kept the jitterbugs jumping
and yelling for more all during
the evening Chrlstlne's singing
end playing Of "That Amt Right
was big favorlse with the
crowd.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-04-17
Poll Says Hollywood
Treats Negro Unfair
Ry WALLACE LEE
director, Negro Digest PoIl)

CHICAGO-(ANP) - Hollywood,
film capital of America. stands in
dicted OF distorted. unjust and dis
dainful treatment of the Negro in
it's movies of the past decade. This
is the result OF a poll conducted by
the Negro Digest, magazine. pub
lished in Chicago at 1907 South
Parkway.
Not only an Overwhelming num-
Der Of Negroes but a majority OF
whites believe that the portrayal
or the Negro on the screen has
been degrading and far from truth
full. according to this months Ne
gro Digest Poll.
The newest flock OF films which
have given bigger but not always
better roles TO Negroes has not
changed the opinion OF movie
goers that the conventional por-
trayal of Negroes as crap shooters.
watermelon eaters. and Stepin
Fetchit is being revised.
A cross-section OF American cit
liens was queried on the question:
us Hollywood Fair 10 Negroes In
Its Films?
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-04-17
w. c. HANDY AND
CONNIE BOSWELL
ON ETHER WAVES

Morton Gould. noted young
oomposer-conductor and his or
chestra OF fifty musicians bring
the "Cresta Blanca Carnival" TO
Columbia network each Wednes-
day night. starting April IA.
(WABC-CBS. 1890 to 1900 PM.
EWT).
Each week, we'll known artists
from the concert world and the
popular music field are guests.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-04-17
SCHOOL TO TEACH NrCR0
CULTURE

BROOKLYN - tANp I he
Schoo for Democracy has included
in rs currlculum a course Life
and Culture = tho Negro People
II Will SURVEY the Necro people
from their African background
through The various periods OF
their life IN America TO he pres
ent day.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-04-17

This dandy comedy concerns q Supreme
Court Justice who takes a holiday.
which proves no vacationl Richard
Carlson as a local lawyer and Jean
Rogers as an imported . beauty supply
the love interest-at the legal rate oil
some fine quarrels and still inner ior-
RiVhes' = 4 =
Leo says you'll be captivated by
"A Stranger in Town.
\ 4
II will win your hearth
= = =
Let your dollars do some winning. too!
Put them into the service OF Uncle sam.
4 = =
Buy More Bonds and Stampsl 10
Who's no - NJ
stranger 10 you'll
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-04-17
No Undecided
hit that RHEUMATIC PAIN
RIGHT WHERE IT HURTS
And look at the Silver Lining
in those Clouds of Pain

The big idea Is that you want to feel
better. When pain eases. your mind
eases. You get rest that means deliver
ance. So use something that gets at the
pain. C-zsz3 brings you pain-relieving
help. Now you will feel as good as
others who enjoy its help, too. Soc. and
s.. Caution: Use only as directed. First
bottle purchase price refunded il you
are not satisfied. Today, get C-aaz5.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01
Bases in Russia Would Change Pacific Picture Lodge Say

system. Our commanders over
seas feel the need for parity In
this matter and IL seems like a
fitting subject for reverse lend
lease. Talking with high Brit
ish officials about II, was
pleased to find they thought IL
was definitely a subject for ne
gOtiatiOn.
Eighth. j now come to a
topic of great dellcacy but Of
such importance 10 the Ameri-
can people that l feel IL must
be mentioned. i refer to the
questions raised by Russia's
relation with Japan.
"Certainly all Of us who have
admired the courage Of the Rus
sian people In fighting a danger
Gus enemy To the death can
understand her unwillingness to
open a war on another front.
Certainly no one II more
deeply interested than the par
ents of our American boys in
the success OF Russian arms
over Germany.
"But II Is also true that the
whole character Of the Pacific
war would change IL the United
States had access to the Pacific
coastal area OF Russia, For
reasons of security 1 shall not
say how many American lives
would he spared II we receive
this aid. I can say that IL is
major factor In the whole
Pacific picture.
Ninth. Wherever we went we
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01

ing learned i'm the white heat OF
actual combat experience.
1.-THE fact which is most strik-
ing Is the close indignation of
forces I'm land. sea and air. None
can exist without the other. AZ
Gen. Mac Arthur's headquarters,
land. sea and air are separate
y entities under GHQ. In Admiral
Halsey's theater, army, navy
and marine officers are so inter
mingled that II Is difficult 10
know TO what service a man
belongs.
BRANCHES IN CONTROL
zone outfit In this theater Is
commanded by "A major general
of the army, with captain in
the navy as chief of staff, and
a marine corps colonel as opera
tiOns officer, all three, il should
he noted, are fliers.
"Senior officers of both the
army and navy are deeply inn
pressed with the need for unity
of the services when our new
military policy is framed. There
is a surprising amount of senti-
ment among these older men
for a single department of war,
with autonomous land, sea and
air services cO-Ordinated at the
top by joint staff, with each
branch free to pursue its own
personnel and materiel policies.
sixth. perhaps one of the
most striking physical phenom-
ena TO a modern world traveller
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01

found n demand for a definite
policy OF relieving men overseas
after they have served a certain
length of time. In some Of our
smaller islands and in certain
air force units, such "A policy
exists already. There Is no
doubt that after a man spends
a certain amount OF time I'm an
overseas theater his efficiency
decreases.
shipping problems and the
danger of submarine attack
have made 1t lmpractIcable TO
send men home. 1 hope that AS
the situation improves IA depend
able policy for the relief OF
troops overseas can be worked
out. Complaints about slOwness
Of promotion were also fire.
quently heard.
The work which women have
done In the war theater has a
priceleSs~value. The Red Cross
workers have done more for the
happiness and good spirits Of
our soldiers than 1 can describe.
"They endure the heat and
dust OF Africa and the cold Of
Iceland. They work long hours
and are always cheerful.
THE accomplishment Of our
army and navy nurses should
always be remembered. They
have saved many lives and un-
seIfishly and tirelessly perform
their errand of mercy"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01

are the huge airfields which
have been constructed with
American money and American
labor, at the farthest corners
Of the earth. Most Of these
have not been constructed In
territory belonging TO the
United States, and military Sc
crecy fOrbids my stating just
where they are. Estimates or
the amounts expended on these
airfields run as high as 800 MIL
lion dallars.
as far as 1 could learn we
have no postwar rights of ac-
cess TO any OF them. We do not
seek dominance; we abhOr Inn
perialistic domination over ma
tive peoples; what we want Is
an even break.
"In the islands Of the Pa
cific there are many points
which are essential To the mill
tary security OF our country.
american blood has been
shed to get these places. Ameri-
can boys are buried there now.
Some OF these places must re-
main In American hands. de-
vOutIy hope for effective inter
national cooperation to keep
the peace.
Seventh. The question Of in
ternatiOnal communications Is
of the first Importance. There
are large areas Of the world
where our British Allies have a
complete control OF the cable
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01

discOuraging "A picture of the
fighting i'm this theater. 1t
creates false impression, I be-
lieve, 10 talk about island 10
island fighting.
1T IL more accurate to think
of the war in this area as one
which progresses from weak
point to weak point.
81 would like to mention a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01
THE RED CROSS

number Of things which came to
my attention and which are
sufficiently important To Justify
careful Investigation and study
by Congress. This information
came 10 me from American
sources which believe TO be
reliable.
FIRST, the question of oil. II IL
n matter of common knowledge
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01
Warns America
OF Need 10 Keep
Foreign AirfieIds
Special to rHF DETROIT TIMES

WASHINGTON. oct. ! Sena-
tor Henry Cabot Lodge who made
a trip by plane 20 virtually every
American war front. told the Sen
ate Yesterday that. notwithStand-
ing the dehcacy of the subject. he
could say that the whole charac-
ter Of the Pacific war would
change If the United States had
access TO the Pacific coastal area
OF Russia
One OF five members Of the
Senate 10 make frSt-hand in
Spection Of the war effort in every
theatcr, the Massachusetts Sena-
tor bluntly declared there are
large areas in the world whore
the British have complete con-
troll Of the cable system. This
should be remedied, he said.
POSTWAR AIRFIELDS
He also emphasized the fact
that the United States has spent
upwards of S500.0O0000 on air
fields all over the world without
Safeguarding American privilege
10 use them for commercial pur-
poses in the postwar world.
'It Ia absolutely lndispensa-
bIe," he told the Senate. that
we have rights Of access 10
these fields after the war"
He stressed the folly of
America in exhausting her oil re-
serves while our Allies conserve
their own, and declared we are
sending so much gasoline to North
Africa that civilians there have
more unrationed gas than do our
own people in the eastern part OF
the United States.
Senator Lodge visited Gen.
MacArthur's headquarters and
then went 10 some of the adj
vanced American airfields, CON
structed under incredibly difficult
conditions"
MacARTHUR'S JOB
perhaps the most telling
statement that can be made
about Gen. MacArthur's theater
is that although he was given
the mission of holding Japan,
he has actually cut off and
pushed back the spreading ten
tacles Of japanese Imperialism"
Lodge said.
"This Is an indication of what
can be expected when the main
effort swings TO the Pacific"
After paying a tribute to Adj
miral William II. Halsey, Senator
Lodge described his visit TO the
Solomon Islands and the character
OF the jungle warfare there.
81 do not want" Senator
Lodge continued, ito paint too
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01
CLASH IN OPINIONS

"The good cO-Ope on
achieved bctwee nthe Allies 20
date can really be avaluted at
its true worth IL IL Is realized
that there are frequent--and
acknowledgements OF opinion.
I'VE must not perpetrate any
more OF these false notions. We
invite ultimate cyncisinA dis
ilIusionment, an devon hatred Of
our Allies II we do 80.
II have sen small signs OF this
already. Many OF our young
men. for example, come 10
China imbued with the idea
that China il "A great modern
democracy with millions of men
fighting with their backs to the
wall. Upon arrival they find
This is not the case.
Fifth. The question of post
war military policy will some
day be before the Senate and I
thought IL of great Interest Co
see the lessons which were be
Evening star., 1943-08-16
BAKERY

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FOR SALE Small variety
store; large stock. Phone
30. 0412. 22s
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Where and When
Current Theoter Attroetiens
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National You Can't Take 1t
With YOU" with Fred Stone: 2:3O
and $50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"The Ox-Bow Incident
mob violence at its worst: IL am,
1:50, 4:30, tbs and 1905 pm. Stage
shows: ITO, $50, $50 and 9:25 pm
Columbia-"Crash Dive" Ty Power
in submarine: IL am, ITO, 800
$50, TAO and $50 pm.
Earle-"Background to Danger"
intrigue in Turkey: 1890 am,
12:45, sos, $50, 7:5O and 1910 pm,
1890 am. Stage shows: 1910, 2:30,
4:50, ITO and $50 pm, IL mid
night.
Keith's Forever and Day.
England through the years: Ills
am, 1:25, 3:20, $50, 7:20 and $50
pm.
Blossoms in the Dust"
salvation for innocent waits: HOS
am, lis, 3:20, $50, TAO and $50
pm.
Metropolitan-"Action in the North
Atlantic" conveys at war: 1l:15
am, Las, 4:20, 6:55 and 9:35 pm.
Palace-"Stage Door Canteen," )"
quantity on a vast scale: II am,
1:35, Ais, 6:55 and 9:40 pm.
Pix-"Lady for Day" with War
rem william: 2, $40, $50, 8 and
10 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts:
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1943-07-07
The Vanderhof Looney Bin
Still a Funny Spectacle
BY JAY CARMODY.

Time and events laid terrifying
last
rugged
who started the the
official proclamation turned again last night
vandhof Their wackery perhaps
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Studio Accumulation
Presages Advent
Of Victorian Films
HOLLYWOOD


Largest single collection of Vic
torian furniture anywhere in Amer
lea is probably that stored in vast
warehouses on the goth Century
Fox studio lot-all catalogued and
available at a moments notice for
use in film scenes.
But never has any single picture
so tapped that collection as has
Heaven Can Wait" the romantic
comedy in technicolor starring Don
Ameche and Gene Tierney.
The story covers the years between
1872 and 1912, and as the years pass.
the furnishings change in the old
Fifth avenue mansion that Is the
principal setting, with each change
an antique collectors idea of
Heaven.
One carpet alone, a genuine Brus-
sells of the mid-Victorian era, Is
valued at $1,000 by Thomas K. Little,
head of the property department
who cringes every time he sees some
one walk on it.
"It shouldn't be on a sound stage
floor" he says. 1T should be hang
ing in museum"
A red plush love seat, which be-
tween scenes bears a large sign
Keep Off the Furniture" was used
by Queen Victoria herself. 1t once
occupied a spot in Buckingham
Palace.
Most of the furniture and brio
a-brac-the Victorians went in
heavily for bric-a- -brac-came from
old American mansions, a number
of them on Fifth avenue.
Evening star., 1943-07-07

was substituted when she got her
first Broadway dance engagement
in Pal joey" that hard-boiled piece
OF sentiment which oozed from the
typewriter of John OHara in his
New Yorker days. Moore, who met
her here, was so impressed with her
dancing he got her the job.
Those 78 British cinema stars and
character players, 26 authors and 6
directors who collaborated on For
ever and Day" will be rewarded
for their efforts with a second week
at Keith's. That Is their only re-
ward, of course, since the proceeds
of the picture are to be divided
equally between English, Canadian
and American war charities. Each
of the startling number of partici-
pants worked without salary, Sir
Cedric Hardwicke for longer period
than any of the others. For more
than year his full time was de-
voted to the production.
Despite the fact that he was a
character of winning qualities in
"Casablanca" and somewhat less
than his old crusty, fusty, slugging
self in Action in the North At
lantic," Humphrey Bogart an
nounces that he is not going soft.
One of Hollywood's most competent
actors, and an available one in
period when heroes are at a pre-
MUM, Mr.. B. refuses to change
natures in midcareer. Virtue in a
man is very fine thing. Bogart
comedies, but he has learned acting
tricks which run contrariwise. He
would like to keep them and as the
first man of the box Office these
days he is very likely to get his wish.
He just cannot see himself in
heroic mould and will argue the
point any time the studio brings it
up.
X X
James Cagney. the producer, has
notions Of screen fare that differ
sharply from those which his old
Warner bosses had for him. His
latest purchase is Thorne Smiths
The Stray Lamb" fantasy which
will be the next Cagney production
effort. He probably will play the
lamb, a character which changes
from human to animal with hilari-
Gus disdain for natural laws.
Evening star., 1943-07-07

perform several feats Of legerde-
main, among theme the difficult
Saving lady in half" routine. She
appealed for aid to Morris, one of
Hollywood's finest amateur ma
gicians. He obliged and in addition
threw In a number of sleight-of-
hand tricks.
Evening star., 1943-07-07
The Football Season
Starts in Hollywood,
And With a Strike
By the Associated Pre-

HOLLYWOOD.
About this time of year the rah-
rah football season starts in Holly
wood.
That does seem a bit odd when
the American fans major concern
is whether the Cards will nose out
them Buns again. But 1t is neces-
sary 10 the gridiron movies will
reach the screen during the fall
season.
A few of the u. S. G. and U. c. L..
A. athletes usually used for pigskin
pictures are left. Most Of them are
in the Marine Reserve, which will
be called in July and some are 4-Fs
with the football players occupa-
tional disease, the trick knee. Cou-
pied with the Screen Actors Guild
regulars, these represent the dwin-
ding Hollywood varsity.
They are gathered on "The Iron
Major" set, where RKO is filming
the life of the famous coach, Maj.
Frank Cavanaugh. They get $10.50
q day.
Yesterday 1t was different. The
scene called for a pregame light
calisthenic routine from the team.
Evening star., 1943-07-07

after all, remains captivating even
through the amateurish aspects of
certain performances. In some ways,
indeed, it is incredibly arresting-
like a backward glance at a loved,
lost world populated by harmless
looms who were much smarter than
those who laughed at them.
At this point in human expert
ence, there naturally is no surprise
left in You Can't Take 1t With
You" In the play, more than in the
playing, 1t is rather just pleasant
reminder that there was time
when playwrights could imagine the
Vanderhofs and the Sycamores
and their amiably daft associates
Grampa, as played by Mr.. Stone, is
a fine old gent to contemplate in a
warning world. He still goes to
commencement exercises, and he
still refuses to pay his income tax
on the ground that he does not need
a government to protect his life
and property. He still reports to
Divine Providence, in the prayer
that begins, well, Sir" that all
is going very well in the Vanderhof
house.
1t is all enormously alien to the
way things are going in other
houses, palaces, huts and caves all
over the sphere, but there is
dreamy charm about 1t which rides
above the circumstance that Mr..
Stones company is considerably
less than the best one ever saw in
the Hart-Kaufman comedy.
Among those who succeed in re-
vitalizing the Vanderhof Sycamore
looney bin most effectively. in addi-
ton to Mr.. Stone, are Bobne Arnst
as Essie, the dancing daughter;
Daisy Atherton as Mama Sycamore
VINO never lost her sublime conf
dence that she was a great writer;
Hale Norcross as Father Sycamore
who was happy with his avocation
of making firecrackers in the cellar;
Lynda Nelson as Alice, the pretty,
sane Sycamore daughter who looked
abnormal among the mad brood,
and Robert Bernard as the roaring
Russian ballet teacher whose crit
icism of ESsie's artistry still is a
very funny line.
AS escapism, You Can't Take 1t
With You" would still be the perfect
summer theater fare if there only
were summer theater.
But we couldn't take that with us
either, a circumstance that probably
has a mighty moral concealed in
1t somewhere.
X
If the picture which ran with the
story of 22-year-old Shirley Paige's
marriage to Victor Moore. 67-year-
old comedian, looked more familiar
to Washingtonians than her name,
that is as it should be.
When Shirley danced several
months engagement at a local night
club. and in subsequent engage
ments in local theaters, she was
known as Shirley White. The Paige
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Charles Foresight
Now Pays Off
HOLLYWOOD

HULL WOOD.
Charles Bickford, who supports
Cary Grant in RKO-Radio's forth
coming romantic comedy, "Mr.
Lucky" Is selling all the hogs he
can raise on his 120-acre Massa-
chusetts farm to the Government
for the armed forces.
Just an hours ride outside of
Boston and stocked with $50 head
of hogs, this farm was bought in the
1925 settlement of an estate when
he was making his first hit on
Broadway in Maxwell Anderson's
Outside Looking In"
Five years ago he far-sightedly
turned it into a hog ranch. The war
has liquidated his South Pacific
copra- producing island and his
Northern California gold mine.
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Hello Again!

Because no actor has yet been
found to portray the title role in
"Will Rogers" Jack l.. Warner,
executive producer, has moved up
THE Horn Blows at Midnight" on
the schedule of Producer Mark
Hellinger.
The comedy, which will have Jack
Benny in the starring role, is now
scheduled to get under way the first
week in July.
Evening star., 1943-07-07

One Of the college boys, evidently .
legal major, piped up, Tor this We
get 325," recalling a Guild rule Of
extra pay for physical exertion. The
boys struck.
After consultation with the studio,
the director announced, "Alf right,
you get $3.50. and If it3 good
shot we'll make 1t SIS. And ! think
it's a good shot,"
These are the boys who would do
an hours exercise and two hours
scrimmage at college just for the
love OF the game.
And maybe soft job at the stu
dent union.
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Novel ACQUIRED

Leo Spitz and Jack Skirball, who
recently concluded arrangements to
make two films for United Artists
release, announce that negotiations
have been completed for the pur-
chase of Michael Inne's novel "Ap-
pleby on Ararat." This story will
serve as a basis for their forth
coming production starring Fred
Allen.
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Chet Wouldn't Sleight
Nancy the Novice
HOLLYWOOD

HULL WOOD.
Nancy Kelly was coached by
Actor-magician Chester Morris for
her role of the hard boiled burlesque
queen in "TarZan and the Shiek," :"
the Sol Lesser production to be re-
leased by R-K-O-Radio.
Her part calls for Miss Kelly to