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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30

band he signed. and today II has
made more sides" for Decca
than any other orchestra.
Stage Hit No. 2
Stepin Fetchit Is going back TO
Hollywood. and before he does,
Stephin will appear on stage OF
the Paradise theatre. in addition
to Andy Kirk and his Clouds OF
Joy.
One OF the most colorful char
ncters to attain film fame, Stepin
Fetchit began life as Lincoln Per-
ry In Key West, Florida, on May
30, 1902. He was the typical lit
tie pickanny until he was adopted
by a wealthy colored woman
when he was IL years old, and
feared in her home. When he
reached suitable age he was
sent to ST. Joseph's college at
Montgomery. Ala.
Fetchit has appeared in medl-
cine shows. in which he was
solo entertainer. He also played
vaudeville. and his peculiar lazi-
ness and dancing soon made him
popular with theatregoers.
June Richmond on Stage
From a mistress OF swing 10
operate prima donating is n long
jump. but singer June Richmond
Is very brave, and that is what
rhe intends to do when time per-
mits.
This girl. who has vision OF
becoming another Marian Ander-
son. has been studying voice ever
since she was old enough TO
walk. Her mother, a singer OF
note In Chicago music circles, has
been training her for years. and
she has also been busy in tech
nical study with operate coaches.
June Richmond has an unusual
talent, for she can send shIvers
through a swing audience with
her syncopation and low-down
rhythm, and one minute later can
please more discerning listeners
with a ballad which would do
credit to Pons OF Flagstad.
She usually studies from seven
to eight hours daily. and has an ex-
cellent command OF the Italian.
German and French languages.
Sne started her professional ca
ieer at the age of 10, and is
known on both sides OF the con-
ilnent for her collaborating later
pvetations OF music in the mod
ern manner.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30

The Midnight Man In Chicago

certain to be hits. ."when n.
WAACS Go Marching Along !, !.
new one and has just been aired
For kicks" alone. catch the from
bone in Chico Marx band TN.
Low Land Blues" which prohsh.
is an adaptation from the SAW,
Blues"
Baby Lawrence Is being 70.
tLred In Len Reeds re,ues In Ia
trolt's Club Zombie. by the tIms
you read this Dukes son. Mere,
will be In the army. Earl Bosue
and his orchestra are swinging al
Ernle's In Greenwich Village
This guy B0stic Is a triple threat
man. Electric git box, trumnss|
and sax. Dukes original mann
script Of ~Black, Brown. ana
Beige has been presented 10 ina
James weldon johnson arts eoIIse-
tion at Harvard.
Earl Hines has signed up an A.
cordionist named Sarah Vaughn
Wonder II she will get a seat /,
the band?. Tabled for tope Iady|
Wili-Carr. talented pianist who|
rules on the swingy and CLASSIC
side. Cecil SCOTS outfit now doInr
time at Small's Paradise in NYC|
formerly ruled In st. Louis. Fred
Morris unit In the World Chinese
Cabaret on 7th in NYC. is coming
into musical prominence and mer-
its a ride in the OLD OBSERyA.|
TON CAR.
Copyright 1913, by Ted watsOu)|
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30

Dale Carnegie would find a good'
turning Point In My Life" story
In Andy Kirk, who brings his
Clouds OF JOY TO the Paradise
theatre Friday. Jan. 20. for a
weeks engagement. Andy has
been a saxophone player In Tor
renee Holden's band, down IN
Texas. but the band broke up.
Andy had saved his money, so he
organized a band OF his own out
OF the remnants. and got Job in
u ballroom in Tulsa. Okla, with
contract and everything.
That contract was Andy's I'M
doing. It was two weeks. with
options. but at scale which was
operative only for four weeks Jobs.
Andy, in his innocence TO keep
from getting into trouble with the
union and not knowing that the
union could have Strengthened II
cut for him. made good to his
boys out OF his pocket. And they
held him over for ten weeks and
he would up out s1.750.00.
That was LIES darkest moment
for Andy Kirk. But Providence
pulled him out OF his hole. The
band had been broadcasting its
smooth and hot swing over sta
ton CVOO, Tulsa, and Bennett
Stidham had heard the broadcasts
In Kansas City. He brought the
band into the Plamor in Kansas
City to buck Cab Galloway at the
Plamor's opposition. Cab left
town-"we weren't altogether re-
sponslble," Andy says modestly,
che just had another Job some
where else"-but the Kirk band
stayed on the Job all summer.
Recording Star
Jack Kapp. recording manager
for Brunswick, heard them there.
and was so excited about the
band that he sent 10 Chicago for
portable recording and had
them make their first records. at
the Kansas City Stars radio sta
ton, WDAF. And when Kapp re-
turned TO New York. he played
the records, which made an in
Simultaneous hit, for Lou Brecher,
manager OF Roseland Ballroom on
Broadway. Breecher sent for the
band sight unseen. and they open
CO at Rosebud in January, 1880
for six weeks. That led to ten
week engagement at the Savoy,
aud the band hit its stride and
hasn't faltered since.
When Jack Kapp left Bruns-
wick 10 found Decca Records.
Inc, Andy Kinks was the first
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30
WAR VETERAN PASSES

LEXINGTON. Ky. - (ANPi -
Humphrey C. Patton, died 10 the
Veterans hospital, Dearborn.
Mich. SUNDAY. Jan. 10. after an
illness Of two months Services
we're conducted a. the Charles T.
Cole Funeral home the following
Wednesday, IN Detroit and az the
Edward W. Jackson Fureral home
in Lexington, KY. on Friday In
terment was az Greenwood ceme-
terry.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30
ELLINGTON TO ARMY

NEW YORK (ANPJ This is a
big week In the lie Of Mercer
Ellington, 23-year-oid son OF the
Duke. on Saturday night at Car
regie hall ne will hear two OF his
own compositions. BLUE Serge"
aid "Jumpin Punkins.' played by
his famous fathers orchestra.
This big break ia MERGERS mu-
seal career came only just In
time. for last week he received
nJtice from his draft board 10
report for induction Jan. 22-the
day before the concert, However,
this won't prevent him from at
tending the event. since he'll be
starting this weeks furlough aft
or induction.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30
BY TED WATSON
Old Observation Car

Ol0 OD>eFhAtlOu tdf
CHICAGO-(AN )-Time-Table
Topics: The City OF Make Believe.
Hollywood. gave Chicago's sepia
performers the go by" when its
producers were casting for the
new foto-flicker TO be called.
Thanks Pal". That means. sim
ply, that Hollywood doesn't be-
lIeve In the strong press stories
and professional publicity released
on Chicago's theatrical personages.
Even our chief spieler and mas
ter Of flnesse, Rublc BIakey, who
now croOns with Lionel Hampton's
orchestra, did not get q call, not
10 mention our many show folk
who are versatile In many fields. =.
But In the meantime, a New York
tabloid columnist. continues 10
make n hero out Of BILLY Rowe who
stirred up n lot OF hot copy while
escapadlnT In Hollywood. .MGM
must he -mad."
Despite all that. Chicago con-
tifiues 10 be cold, windy burg
with night life at a low ebb due
TO lack OF transportation The only
thing brilliant about this oppido
is the cold midnight moonlight.
falling on crunch-packed snow.
But In the daytime on Jan. 20.
Louie Jordan guestarred on "Tom,
Dick, and Harry's" variety hour
over WGN and Mutual. .Jordans
music has been waved on 1000, 900
discs.
Parlor Car Specialists
A line dispatch reveals that the
altar-trek by Count Basic and
Katherine Scott OF Cleveland was
just a rumor and so, forget Il.
Cookie Watson is torching at But
ler's Paradise in Philly while Jim
my Adams orchestra does time at
the Strand ballroom. Tab this
Adams outfit. Leon Rene's Lost
My Sugar In Salt Lake City" or
("Salt Lake City Blues") for short
is being plugged nightly by Joe
Reichman in the Empire room OF
the Palmer house in downtewn
Chicago.
Tommy Reynolds hasn't made a
recording In two years. For your
unauthorized kicks catch from
bonist Fernando Arbelo's version
OF "When the Lights Go On Again
..Ch0llle Barnet, whose orchestra
did time mt the Regal theatre here
last week, could not attend Dukes
concert. Then rumors have Il that
Roger Ramirez Is definitely out OF
the Barnet clan. Wonder whyi
Tondelayos quitting the act OF
Tondelayo and Lopez. who until
early last week was hitting the
strides at Murrain's, may mean
the last OF that famous team.
Tondy Is headed for Hollywood
and Thanks Pal. William Ray
express information bureau chiei
out at NBC, has been elevated 10
news and special events director. /.
Ray was former newspaper man
on the Evening Post here.
Club Car Clippings
New Songs Dept: "Babble-ee-
Babble-o" sounds good and will get
heavy play. While Hey Good
Lookin'" and Gould II Be You"
both from the Mike Todd produc-
ton, Something for the Boys. -
and written by Cole Porter, are
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30
Stage
The Seeing
~

While stroliing 'rourd town,
S'rta introducing this pillar. and
cycling the spots I haven't been
setting around 70. strolled into
cat who claimed he reads ell
the Negro sheets In town.
Modest-like. cracked 10 him:
I'm skippering a colyum for
the TFib, ole man. Gimme a gan
der sometime. Willyaf"
"Whatcha tagged TT" he grunt-
I'd.
THE Seeing Eye"
"You write that"
Yeah"
"Whatcha name?"
"Haney."
"Haney what" he snapped.
downing the "32' had bought
him.
Samuel Haney."
Damn n you amt" He wiped
his lib with the back OF his hand.
i've read that Long time ago.
Member tn name. too. So youse
Hsney-
yah"
"Gimmie some skin"
smacked his out-stretched
duke lightly and grinned warmly.
why doncha write some poems!y
Poems
~Yeah"
what kinda poems?"
Good ones. Not like that Chism
guys stuff I've been cunning.
That stuftls childish. Ever gun IT,"
Jaw, once n while. Thought
the guy good"
Get up man. whereya-at That
stuff amt nowhere. Cats round
here want somethin' with some
thin IN II. See what mean"
Think so. Sometime I'll give Il
a try"
Rye. man. Skin me again"
brushed his duke. slid on the
stool. wiggled my neck and nudged
up my tie.
BE seem va" I smiled.
He held up two fingers and
grinned as ! rolled my shoulders
toward the door.
So. for this cats benefit. and
others who think like him, am
dropping here a poem frowned
cut eight years ago Here II is:
I'm a chartered member
or all the cats OF unrest
I'm known by all the cats
From Chi 70 Key West.
Il usta preach IN Kansas City.
Played a lotta chicks n 81. Paul
I've bailyhooed in Rings Circus
And went hungry With 'em all |
ave stopped IN many small
towns.
Al presen, I'm The Motor town,
guest
I've Travelled far into the East
And far into the West
i've fooled behind road shows
n Georgia.
Trimmed lotiR lumber Jacks
n Maine.
rsta duke hit IN California
In the sunshine and the rain.
1--WE Travelled this vide world
over
But there's only one more chick
for me
Her face IL or q dollar
They rall her. Miss Lib-er-tee
Nov she'll feed me when In
hungry.
AM keep my rood toys out Of
fnak,
A. long as keep a gal Ike her
I'll nsfer be broke"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30
Just Before The Sun Came Thru Was
Darkest Hour For Maestro OF Clouds

Starting Friday, Jan. 90 the Paradise theatre will
present two great stage attractions Andy Kirk and his
FAMOUS Clouds of JOY featuring June Richmond the mis-
tress of swing and Stepn Fecht screens LATEST man in
person.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-16

World War and is an enlisted man in
the present one.
DeIbert Bittinger has returned to
Baltimore after a short visit here
with his folks. He is employed at the
Bethlehem-Fairfield plant.
R. E. Hicks, Cumberland, spent Sat
urday here with his mother, Mrs.
Daisy B. Hicks.
Miss Myrtle Finnell has closed AL
lenhurst and will spend the winter in
Clarksburg, West Va.
Billy Bleakly is able to be out fol-
lowing an illness of several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Friend We're
visitors to Friendsville on Thursday.
Hal NJ. Jacobs and daughter Nancy
were in Luke over the weekend.
Arlie Nine, of near the Park, has
purchased the Sam Woods property
and plans to occupy it this week.
W. E. Bitter was a business visitor
to Cumberland on Monday.
Charles w. Schoup, well-known resi-
dent of the Park, continues i'll at his
home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Combs, who
have been occupying the Calls prop
erty in Loeb Lynn, have moved to
Oakland for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stevenson, Mrs.
F. NJ. Deane and Miss Helen Schooley
spent Tuesday in Cumberland.
Lieutenant-C Chaplain Loyal T. Riley,
USN., has written his sister, Mrs.
Britain Martin, that he is receiving
his copy of The Republican and enjoys
reading about Garrett county and its
folks. Lieut.. Riley is stationed in
North Africa.
Mrs. Mary Coffindaffer has returned
from a visit to Grafton and Kingwood.
Mrs. Willard Gibson and young son
Richard have returned from Washing
ton, D. c., where they had spent sew
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-16

Miss Nellie Wilt, who has been en-
ployed at Hinebaugh's restaurant, in
Oakland, is home with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Wilt.
Mrs. Floyd Rounds and sons, Carl,
Arthur and Arlie attended a sale in
Mt Lake Park, Saturd D..
Lawrence Bowers, who was on the
sick list is much improved.
Pfc. Erwin Rounds has been trans
ferred from North Africa to Italy.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Broadwater and
family were Christmas shoppers in
Meyersdale on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Truman Butler and
Walter Broadwater were business
callers in Oakland, Thursday.
A number of people in this section
are i'll.
Visitors at the Floyd Rounds home
on Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Broadwater, Darwin Broadwater, Jean
and Shirley Ashbaugh, and Miss Alice
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-16

eral days with the formers husband,
Pvt. Gibson, USA.
Mrs. H. z. Gibson, Mrs. Britain
Martin and Mrs. Paul Riley, Oakland,
were visitors to Cumberland the past
week
Corp. Mayo Sisler, MP, stationed
near Pittsburgh, spent several days
here with his mother, Mrs. Floyd Low
dermilk Mr. and Mrs. Lowdermilk re-
turned to Pittsburgh with Corp. Sisler
for a short visit.
Miss Barbara Martin, who is a stu
dent at Frostburg State Teachers Col
lege, will arrive here tomorrow to
spend the holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Britain Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Deems announce
the birth Of a daughter, Barbara Lo-
raine, on Sunday, December 5. The
father is in training at cambridge for
the USN.
The Loeb Lynn PIT A. held an
interesting meeting last Monday night.
The speaker of the evening was Merle
D. Frantz, principal of Oakland ele-
mentary school, At the meeting it was
decided to turn the January meeting
over to the Talent Club. This is a
group Of talented young people who
are accomplishing a great deal. Miss
Florence Sisk is the president of the
club.
Pvt. Robert L. Taylor, USA., Camp
Reynolds, Pa, spent Sunday here with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Taylor.
The Women's Bible class of the
Methodist church will meet on Friday
evening at the home of Mrs. Mabel
Brock. Hostesses will be Mrs. Mary
Coffindaf'er and Miss Nell Lee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-16
FAIRVIEW

This Sunday will be the last Sun
day school, so everybody please at
tend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Friedrich Rounds and
family were visitors at the home of
Mrs. Rounds father, Walter Broad
water, Sunday.
Ellsworth Broadwater was the
lucky hunter in this section by killing
a four-point buck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-16
Personals
Card of Thanks

I want to thank all those who so
Craciously extended their sympathy
and help and who assisted me follow
ing the death of my mother.
| desire especially to thank those
who prepared the grave, for flowers
sent and for the use Of cars for the
funeral.
RAY c. MARTIN.
Mountain Lake Park, Nd.
-Advertisement IL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-16
MT. LAKE PARK

If you don't think the Mountain
Lake postoffice is busy, just drop in
when the afternoon train arrives.
There's hardly standing room, and that
reminds us, you can now send your
parcel post mail on the evening train.
The office is not open, but packages
brought to the office early will be
forwarded east on tran No r. This
applies only during the holiday period.
Several inquiries have been sent
in regarding the community tree for
this year. So far as we have been able
to learn there has been nothing done
along this line However, it would
seem that with the scarcity of candles
and high cost of oranges and nuts
Eyes, even the lowly peanut) there's a
chance that there may not be a treat
this Christmas.
The announcement of the engage
ment of Miss Jane Catherwood Mar
tin, of Orlando Fla, and Lieut. Sol NJ.
Grower, also of Orlando, was made
recently by Miss Martins mother
Mrs. J. Burt Martin. Miss Martin is
q granddaughter of the late Larney
Carr and a grandniece of the late DR..
Logan Carr, remembered as residents
of the Park.
Personals
Mrs. Fred Tichnell and daughter,
Susan Diane, visited Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Tichnell, at Keyser, w. Va,
on Saturday. Mrs Arthur Tichnell is
improving at her home after under
going an operation at Memorial hos
pital, Cumberland.
John J. Rowan, USN., is spending a
short furlough with his family. Sea-
man Rowan saw service in the first
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-16

Housewives turning in waste
kitchen fats to meat dealers will now
receive two brown meat stamp points
for each pound, in addition to cents
per pound payment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-16
Bridge Club Entertained

Wednesday and Thursday of friends in
Cumberland.
Bridge Club Entertained
Mrs. R. E. Guard entertained the
bridge club at her home here Friday
evening Mrs. II. F. Glover received
first prize; Miss Ann Sallese, second,
and Ms W. J. Glenn, consolation. At
the conclusion of the evening, re-
freshn4ents were served by the hostess.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-16
Lesson for December 10

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
lected and copyrighted by international
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-16

LESSON TEXT-Hebrews 1919; Romans
10;4-1O
GOLDEN TEXT-God hath in these
last days spoken unto US by his Son.-He-
breWs liz
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-12-16

This is to give WARNING that
the Joseph H. Lewis place, Koch
farm, Hart place, Ami Rode
HEAVIER farm and the Col. Woods
place, located west of Oakland,
on the Oakland-Swallow Falls
road, containing approximately
1000 acres, have been POSTED,
and ANY person or hunter
found trespassing upon these
lands without written consent of
the owners, will be prosecuted
to the fullest extent of the law.
STUART F. HAMILL,
THOMAS J. JOHNSON,
Owners.
Evening star., 1943-04-04

menting with various new processes,
60 into production this month and
next, and tests soon should show
how we'll they bear out the promise
they gave in the laboratory, officials
said.
II the synthetic program fulfills
the hopes of its sponsors, Jeffers is
expected. to resign and return to
his desk In Omaha as president of
Union Pacific.
Eager for Rail Job.
Mr.. Jeffers, associates said, he
came here expecting to stay only long
enough to get the wartime rubber
situation well In hand. Whenever
he feels that this has been accom-
plished, a WPB colleague reported,
he will consider that his mission is
over and he can turn future pro-
duction and disposition of rubber
over to technical men.
Mr.. Jeffers is known to want to
return as soon as possible to what
he always calls THE Railroad"
1t is not, Mr.. Jeffers' friend en-
phasized, any dissatisfaction with
the cooperation he has received
that impels him to leave as soon
as conquest Of the rubber shortage
appears well in hand.
In his recent progress report, Mr..
Jeffers warned that the rubber sit
uation still was critical and that
the most difficult time probably
would be the period between next
fall and the spring of 1914, after
Evening star., 1943-04-04

Der program has to take care Of
them as well as US"
/. Reading the letter to q group Of
Midwestern governors and manufac-
turers at the closing session OF a
two-day conference on postwar
problems of the states, Senator Gill;
lette said it threw light on his
charges that the synthetic rubber
program was being muddled despite
the sincere efforts Of Mr.. Jeffers to
get it going.
The rubber director In his state
ment here, asserted the rubber pro-
gram may take two months, it may
take six and 1t may take longer to
bring In the plants called for by the
Baruch report"
my job" he added, "is to follow
through and see rubber production
made fact, so that all military and
essential civilian requirements are
met, and assure entire goal accom-
plishments. am devoting all my
time and energy to that one specific
job.
To prevent the public from be-
coming too encouraged over rubber
progresses at the expense of tire
conservation, Mr.. Jeffers empha-
sized that uncertainties still lie
ahead in the great big chemical
industry" which he Is building.
Trifle Behind Schedule.
Production is now a trifle behind
the schedule projected February 18
in the rubber directors second prog
ress report and. although the "bugs"
which have developed are being
ironed out, new plants using new
processes are yet to come in and
prove themselves, Mr.. Jeffers said.
Experts close to the rubber pro-
gram predicted unof1icially, mean
while, that the next 60 days should
determine the value of Americas
synthetic rubber program.
While some plants already are
turning out the synthetic product in
quantity, a larger number, expert
Evening star., 1943-04-04
Incentive Pay

CIO United Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers of America ad-
vocated it in full-page ADVERTISE
ments. It's failure was attributed
to the fact that management and
union failed to agree on certain
"safeguards" demanded by the
union.
The desired Safeguards, which
undoubtedly would bob up again
in any discussion of incentive pay
as a national production policy, were
three in number. The union wanted
a guarantee that there would be
return to peacetime production
rates after the war; it asked that
piece-workers' pay scales be frozen,
so that earnings would not be cut
when increased production was
achieved, and third, it insisted on
an adequate system Of checking on
the extent to which production was
increased.