The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-09
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TOWN
By
RUSS COWANS

Charles Theodore Stone. Chi
cago baritone. who will appear In
a Detroit recital in January. was
in Helsinki when the Russian
bombers came looming over in
1899 to drop some eggs Stone.
had been in Helsinki to study
under a noted Finnish instructor.
Stone left for home shortly
after the raid Chickie Ora
ham. vivacious little danseuse,
will be among the girls joining
Joe tLittle Ziggie) Johnson's floor
show in Chicago Chickie has
not danced in the past four years.
The last time was at the now
defunct Club Congo =. . when
the late Ben (Slim) Jones was
checking customers as they passed
Forrest Young. secretary Of the
Detroit chapter Of the National
Technical association. was recall
ing his train trip TO Hampton, Va,
last September to attend the ma
tional meeting Riding with
Don White and Leon Knight, two
Detroit members, Young and his
companions were elected from the
coach by the conductor after cross
ing the Virginia state line
The cOnductsx told them IL was
against the state law for colored 70
ride in the same coach with white.
Young is consulting his law
yer about a suit
Leroy White, young publisher
who received his greetings from
the President last week, has re-
aligned that old trio of White.
John Wesley Odom and Golee
Bryant Otis Saunders found
il tough going . so he has de
vorced himself from further pub
LEGATION of the Detroit Sun
the tabloid that died after appear
ing for two months which
marks the third Detroit tabloid TO
die from emaciation-Detroit OWL
Detroit Graphic, and Detroit Sun.
Not TO mention the daily.
the Detroit Mirror John w.
Roxborough dropped 20 grands in
the Detroit Owl after Parker Mar
shall had seen his brain child
flourish for couple Of years =.
and then die from the lack OF
proper nourishment
Billy Bowen. Detroit boy who -
singing with the Ink Spotxp ~
brought his wife along with him
formerly Ruth Baskerville.
Of the Brooklyn BaskerviIIes
She formerly served n secretary
10 cinema actor Hume Cromyn.
Liu Liang-Mo. the man
who taught the Chinese how TO
sing" Is a great admirer Of Paul
Robeson II was Liu Lang.
Mo who taught Robson to sing In
Chinese and later said he
would rather hear the great bari
! tone sing than any one he had
ever heard Liu Lang mo
speaks at Rackham Educational
Memorial auditorium Friday
night.
Walter Hardin. one OF the three
/ international organizers DISCHARGED
last week. was one of the first Ne.
! groes serving in that capacity. -.
Now that Hsroid wooswesas !. and
his wife. Charlotte NORWOOD
Woodward. are employed as
clerks. Gotham hotel tenants are
wondering what happened be-
tween Walter Norwood and his
.on.in-law That series OF
pictures OF Prophet Jones which
appeared in Life magazine two
weeks ago. has provoked another
plt from some OF the readers. 49,.
or instance. here's a letter from
reader of this column
That series Of pictures which
upeared In Life magazine about
1rophet Jones was just about the
.,orst publicity Negroes living In
'.stroit could have received. Ev-
rvone in the United States will
ow arrive at the bright conciu-
ion that every Negro resident OF
Detroit Is firm believer In
,uacks and fakirs. The pictures
ave done a damage which will
IKE a long number Of years TO
'ndo"
Don't be surprised II the good
minister's Of the town raise mp In
their holy wrath and smote the
Prophet" since many Of
them are firmly convinced his ac-
tions are q detriment TO the prog
ress Of the race william
Franklin will play "Porgy" In
George Gershwins "Porgy and
Bess" which opens here soon &.
replacing Todd Duncan. who rave
a stirring portrayal at the Cass.
some months back And Eta
Moten has the role Of "Bess,"
while from the familiar former
casts are the reliable talents Of
Edward Matthews, rs Jake. War
rem Coleman. as the villainous
Crown. Georgette Harvey rs Ma
ria. and the Eva Jessye choir. f.
Some Chicago newspapermen are
being wooed by Detroit sheets and
.ome Detroit reporters are trying
o catch on with Chicago and Pitts
bureh papers With the dis
barge OF the three Negro inter-
national organizers. Negro labor
aders are making a strong effort
o solidify their ranks and
forget all past grievances This
illustrated i'm the meeting held
last Saturday at Paradise Bowl
where they agreed 10 present a
solid front against what they al
lege is surfacing OF reactionsry
movements within the JAW.
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