The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-02
JUMPN 1--WE
by ulysses boykin

Ils ap another year Of fo. Tie year
1912 Vs., SO down in amusement history a
goa ear rtanaie To be living in his Snort
Fs,t 9. seen and heard gfca' contributions
bt a14rw AID We Dctroitcrs can thanh nany
roNNers o the cream of the entertainment
vera
The Cohen Brothers, owners Of the Paradise the
"s have booked for Detroers such acts and
T'sahons as Duke Ellington and his famous record
ms orehesra Bill Robinson, the king OF taps; Erskne
Hawkins the sensational Alabama boy who Tuxedo
'@elOned into the big money; Earl Hines and his
singers Billy Eckstcon and Madeline Green Cab Gall
oS'y the b. dc.ho man; Noble Sisslc and his very
me oand' Fats Waller, Louis Jordan, jaw McShann,
sounl Base and many others Folks have
a''rd over the airwaves and glimpsed the screen
nave oeen presented right here in the Motor City
'or our amusement
isee wa Nc lave Slim Jones. who took chance
~ ,4'1eq 'fr cb Plantation into the Club Congo
~ ~ otee tg TINE acts as Maxine Sullivan. Una
m ~. ',f 'so Wilson. Billy Holiday Baby Law
s ~n :, Az rinffo ihcr fine performers Also An
I,,s Ho' hc hree Skies for his fine Little dance
~ ., aga Ahe Broad Of the club Xombie for his big
MI oa 'DN ~ productions. We have Paradise Bowl
10. sN Pr allows. cocktail lounge and lunch room
, ss' 20 heart az hc Valley Miss Nellie Watts has
Ca" ~ /, 'e a' Anderson and Paul Robson Inc
D,,, a. gwen us "POrgy and Ross wth edd
EsB.a VA ltccn Of personality. Eta Motcr
rr,", 'el 'te Wings Over Jordan" singers and other
~, a taNt given us inspiration
k, We nave had losses too. Many of the boys
- gone to the army and the us NAVY has taken
JoD. seoo musicians from The local bands Slim
owner OF the Congo played his last hand: Roy
PLOO', D. q {. owner did his last curtain call and
liz Isl 'Nsrlos) White mixed his last Tom Collins at
bow. p0'ub The mecca Of ofRvs and sun-kissed
S,L '"u girls the famous Brown Bombers Chicken
Tbn N Sto alter big police raid
me No.. i'' amusement world also witnessed
ns,sd 'hi gains in 1912 when Sporree Jackson
h ,oela." on lowcr Hastings Sonny Wilson cnlarged
lst,,oo,' T. g"F al Hastings and Forest Mr., Roy
hmn,i now front on the f. { 1heater-har;
sAe s," M bar moved from Beacon and s. Antoine
h roor TOW doors; the Iarks opened a swell dln-
Fres sl air,; Isaac Petty took over at the Jccn
Ri, huilao James retired from tho scene
i'll, usa Larry Chism and Russ Cowan, Of the Chron-
Joye." l were rejected by Uncle Sam Peggy
Tire. setter ge"er known Sammy Fouche, left the
New Yves Tor the Ubangi and Smell's Paradise IN
6n. Villa Strickland had TO do some
with ~ - Ovens left his government job for one
Ain, r ORC Motor conpanv; Willis Ward marrieo
nuI Carr, OF Knoxville Tenn Onslow Parrish.
nvi,,s, president a politics job with the
bouOssa deedsi Eddie Tolrr. Olympic star, was
picked ~ Out OF his county building lob because ne
ph, e wrong horse Edward Davi boarded
or h; low room and trrnel TO the suDer-servce n ~
hI,v ,v.ome; Ruben Papo-, e r-e~ --svc~ = the
qor, 'e''eo TIE promotio, stsf % Old Dru IL
nsnavs ~so'Fe r. Lee, Of Ka~sas CITY, took over the
C,re, n 7 al Mac Ivey's Cory Corner; Attorney
:" Berry won more law suits than any other