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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
COMEDY, SONGS
H|CHLICHT Gu B
70 N Bic REVUE

The comedy stuff OF Dusty Flet.
cher is one OF the highlights OF the
current Club Zombie show ,under
production by Ziggy Johnson. which
premiered last week before a crowd
of appreciat.ve first-nighters al the
Oakland avenue cabaret
"Naturals" is the show title and
has a cast OF fine theatrical talent
combining 10 make the offering one
TO please the most discriminating
nitelfer
Betty Logan. local girl. proves
her worth and wins applause OF the
cash customers with renditions Of
much-l.ked modern songs. Jimmy
Anderson, vocalist held over from
other fioorshows, is fast becoming
n threat TO the nations best male
song delineators. Dottie Rho wins
the spotlite place for her artistic
lnterpretative dance. much liked by
the male patrons and envied for
her artistry by the women patrons.
Son and Sonnie. acrobatic and
novelty team complete the show
lineup with Harold Wallace's band
playing the music notes for show
background and for YOUR dancing
pleasure
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trying 10 have
fun al so m g
spot or other
and having a
lonely I i m e
W h lie pining
away for their
loved ones in
service
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Local Soldier In
performances

LANCASHIRE Tu.'sai II Do
erto ur -"r an 'l"'c:na' onals
Unknown GI variety snow gave
s. second command pCsforman
o, an Amer can Req Cross Camr
club mere before ~ overflow aud
e1ce ~ nearly Two thousand Amer
icsn soldiers.
Tall stores rotated hv NJ -ac
r.au S-S-t J,.as Bas>e.ol .35i .
Park Ave. Cincinnati Ono kept
the audience .r --les q uucor-
troiled laughter during tuC two
hour Show. els ~ L : port bat
talon unit post made ~ aoout 90
Per cen, o. the aud cnco. the re-
n Yicr we're British civilians
How 50 many soldiers AID civil
i,- ever crowded INTO the rooms
o his small but del sht!ul cido
forever remain a mystery.
= Us Of the unusual show had
cad hours before the perform
began When the entertainers
a. we'd, they had 20 push their
way in until il was d severed that
they were part Of the show.
Spectators who couldn't get in
stationed themselves on the out
SIDE 10 hear the muse Of the all
CT band They peercd through
windows. perchcd on step ladders,
and practically hung on the chan
CCiiers
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over in one corner and got her
kicks reading the latest comic
Sheet Word comes that certain
wife, known as Pug" to her friends
has lost the main hearthrob but
won't give him up so he can be
happy with another?
Pfc. Raymond Higgins is home
from Herbert Smart airpoSt, Macon
Ga, and is having fun with his
family and sister, Rosetta So. Mr.
Useless and Mrs Cline People
Boykin write from Idlewild, saying
there's plenty Of the five VS. twine,
women. whiskey. water and wealth
err there but there's shortage
OF male talent. tHuhD .. Dorothy
Phillips is said to be a BSG in the
Commonwealth office. 49,, Freddy
Washington is proud OF his four
year-old son now vacationing up
north r.. Detective Williams Sim
mons Is on vacation. Was at Shri-
ners confab in Indpls and plans to
make the Elks' session in Chi.
X * *
GETS A BREAK
Wilbur IBID Boyce man with a
thousand friends is putting down
the bartending job al Horsemen in
favor OF the managership OF Cotton
Club. drink spot al Bethune and
Beaubien street His many friends
are awaiting opening mite this Fri
10 wish him well and much sue
cess.
Word from an old friend Jimmy
Collier. eX-ncwsman OF sorts now
doing a hayem for INK. Jimmy
warts 10 know about the Valley
and what's doing on the home front
Pen Pal Wanted
A lonely soldier expecting to re-
turn 10 the States soon writes from
the jungles OF New Guinea that
he wants pen pal OF the follow
ing description: Single, age 20-22;
defense or professional worker;
weight: l20-130 pounds; feet Ave
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
FOR
READING
ONLY

Which spo I
was so dead on
a Fri. black at
midnite that a
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
Swinging With
NiteliferS'
By LARRY CHiSM

20 eight inches tall ght complex
ION send p.ctureJ IN answer 10 his
plea.
Hs name John Berry. number
36l22647. 55ih Ord Co APO e2e
co Postmaster. San Francisco.
Calf CSome Of you lonely hearts
coIld do well 10 answer ,hlsl. II
might lead 20 MIDDLE aisle deal.
Who knows?
Mrs MABEL Ratlff, OF ll6i0 So
bieski. Hamtramck. is serving her
second year as assistant chief ma
tron at county jail Betty Tay-
lor. producer at Club Skies. is
happily married 10 Proi Franklin
f. Potter and is thinking OF chang
ing her stage name 10 her legal
name
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
sERVICEMEN AT THEATRE

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala. -
Final production OF the Tuskegce
Institute Little Theatre were held
Monday evening when a bill OF
plays was presented at the local
USO club. The attendance. includ-
ing a large number Of serVicemen
was more than five hundred
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
TALENT PARADE
WILL Be SHOWN
DURING SEASON

t.. Paradise ,hea'cr. DeIoits
'orcmoS, en,erta.Gmcn, center, will
open Friday Sept IS IN burst Of
glory The first a the sll-.mpor-
tart sUracroG, wi! be the one
and oily Duke Ellington. the sen-
JUS 81 lszz and as sl!.star oTches-
ira
T. wear Ellington IS oelebrat-
.ng h.s 'vcniy-frst anniversary as
maesro. and during most OF
'he,e tao decades he has been
among Americas most eminent
popular musicians The nations
jazz fans confirmed his popularity
anew recently when the Ellington
oard vas voted No. band OF the
year
Another suspicious recognition
OF the Dukes greatness was gwen
I'm New York Cty's famous Csrne-
&c Hell January. l943, when
Capa -lty house heard his band in
an anniversary concert OF Filing
ton music, which the newspapers
acclaimed as one o. the most ex-
citing programs ever presented IN
that auditorium.
Ellington IS known around the
world both a. p.an.st-maestro
and as composer OF such all-tme
la1l favorites as Sophisticated
LADY. Mood Indigo and the re-
cent Il Got !, Bad" and Don't
Get Abound Much Anymore
Big stars In SHOW
Dixie Ellington S band include a
.a.sXv Of stars. such as Johnny
Hodges VINO was recently voted
y. ! alto saxophone star by
Arer.cas popular music fans IN
ths annual poll conducted by
Down beat, national music neWspa-
nor Rex Stewards trumpetins has
been 3 shining mark IN jazz for
wears Ben Webster's tenor sax;
Juan T res valve trombone; Law
renee Browns slide trombone, and
sonny Greers drums--to mention
w-belong among the immor-
's.s Of Jazz
Stars Coming TO the Paradise
The l944-i5 entertainment sea-
son al the Paradise theater will OF.
fer great bands recruited from
Hollywood Chicago. New York
and famous night clubs and radio
Each week the management Will
bring 10 Detroit such star bands
and attractions as; Opening attrac.
ton. Duke Ellington and his or
chestra. Sept. 22 Lucky Mlllnder
and his powcr-tcrrIe orchestra.
with the fascinating Judy Carol
Extra added attraction: The Clpso
singers, sensational singers, Sleepy
Williams and Tanclcfoot and Ba-
tcstc. Sept. 20: Benny Carter and
his famous Hollywood orchestra.
with Savannah Churchill, blues
singer. Extra added attraction:
The King Cole Trio, sensational
singing stars OF screen and radio;
the trio introduced the ever-popu-
lar song-hit. "Straighten Up and
Fly Rite" Oct. 6: Tiny Bradshaw,
The King of the Jitterbugs' and
his orchestra. Oct. ID: Count Ba-
sic and his famous orchestra. with
a host Of stars. including Jimmy
Rushing. Patterson and Jackson
800 Pounds Of 1--WE" and Shorty
Davis. The Basic show will be one
Of the highspots at the Paradise
Other mighty stage hits include
Cab Galloway. his Royal Highness
Of Hi-De-Ho and his famous or
chestra. Jimmy Luncetord and his
band. Earl Hines and his hot rhy-
tim orchestra; Louis Ration
Blues" Jordan and his great or
ehestra: Mills Brothers, singing
stars Of screen and radio
The Paradise theater again Will
offer the first showing OF the ALI
American NeWs-the neWSreel
serving Is million Americans.
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Paradise Theatre Opens September Is With Ellington
HEAR LUCKY MILLINDER

CAMP LEE-Some five thousand
lucky Lee men saw and heard one
OF the finest swing bands IN Ameri-
ca Monday night when famous
Lucky Millinder brought his 1--WE
aggregation 10 the Carver Bowl
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SOLDIERS SHINE

LOS ANGELES - Variety Cs-
pers" the newest hit on the West
Coast presented in Pvt. George Mil
Ter. Sgt Benny Johnson and Pvt
Albert Benson. a trio Of the finest
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
King Cole Trio
Here On Aug. u

Fly Right" which is exactly
what the King Cole trio who will
make their first Detroit appearance
Sunday night. Aug. q, al the Mirror
Ballroom, 2940 Woodward avenue.
Coming direct from Hollywood
where they played % weeks at the
Trocodero co-starring with Louis
Jordan al that spot and making
numerous movies. these popular
boys. Nat Cole. Oscar Moore and
Johnny Miller bid fair 10 become
the top sensation OF tne current
season Recorders OF such hit tunes
as: "Straig hten Up and Fly Right
All for You" etc
This affair promises to oe the
biggest and best yet presented for
your dancing and listening pleasure
Evening star., 1944-04-21
japanese Dispatch
|Reinforcenlenfs 10
kohiu,a Secior
Allies, Make Steody
Progress in Cleaning
Out koudbIocks
py the Associated PRESS.

SOUTHEAST ASIA HEAD
QUARTERS, Handy, Ceylon,
April 21.-With the monsoon less
than month away, the Japa-
|nese were reported officially to-
day to be sending reinforcements
to the Kohima area in Northern
India, where a besieged Allied
garrison was relieved earlier this
week by a column dispatched
from Dimapur, IS miles to the
north.
Allied forces, however, were said
to be making steady progress ir
cleaning up roadblocks. The Japa-
nese, who have made several un-
successful attempts to take Kohims
in recent weeks, have lost 400 men
in recent fighting around the village
field dispatches said.
At the same time, it was disclosed
that British and Indian troops had
advanced 80 miles northeast of I'M
phal to point about IS miles from
Kohima.
1t. Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell's Chi
nese forces in Northern Burma
meanwhile, were advancing steadily
southwark along the east bank oil
the Mogaung River toward Ka-
maing, which is about so miles west
of the important enemy supply base
and communications center ol
Myitkyina.
Across the hills to the east Kachir
levies ambushed force of japanese
on the Myitkyina road.
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Three Committees
Probe WpB Order 10
Curb Civilian Output
Maverick DecIures
Policy Means Ruin for
Small Business
BY the Associated press.

Three Senate committees be-
gan separate studies today of a
War Production Board decision
freezing civilian production at
present levels in critical labor
areas.
Chairman Truman of the War In
vestigating Committee instructed
Chief Counsel Hugh Fulton to re-
view the WPB action in the light of
the committees recent annual re-
port urging a greater output OF
civilian goods to prevent the home
front economy from weakening"
With the order under new study
by a Senate Military Affairs Sub
committee considering war contract
termination and other legislation to
smooth the path for quick conver-
sion of spare facilities to civilian re-
quirements, a Small Business Sub
committee announced a full -f1edged
public inquiry starting next Tues
day.
Senators Stewart, Democrat, OF
Tennessee and Wherry, Republican
of Nebraska wrote WPB Chairman
Donald M. Nelson the order ap-
peared to be "the arbitrary and
sweeping type of provision which de-
feats any plan for full utilization
Of the Nations production facilities
They told Mr.. Nelson that even in
labor shortage areas there are
small plants for which no war work
is available and some workers who
do not possess the skills which are
in demand by the war plants"
Small plants released from wal
work cannot be kept idle until al
of their larger competitors are
ready to resume civilian production
simultaneously" they asserted, add.
ing that the order appears to be 9
long step in the direction of such &
policy"
The letter was made public after
Chairman Maury Maverick of the
Smaller War Plants Corp. told the
Military Affairs Subcommittee thai
a policy of enforcing war controls
restrictions and limitation orders
until such time as big business car
re-enter peacetime production
points the road to ruin of small
business in this country
Evening star., 1944-04-21
32-BilIion Navy Bill
Is Reported to Senate

BY the Associated Press.
The House-approved record s32.-
GAS, 100000 Navy Department appro-
priation bill for the year beginning
July came out of the Senate
Appropriations Committee with a
unanimous recommendation for pas
sage today and arrangements were
made to take 1t up on the floor
Monday.
Chairman Walsh of the Nava,
Affairs Committee asked the ap-
preparations group to add 81 200 OO(
to the bill for construction OF a new
fieldhouse at the Naval Academy
at Annapolis. The request was moi
acted on, however, the committee
deciding to consider the item ir
connection with the Forthcoming
deficiency bill.
Senator Walsh said present IA
cilities were built to accommodate
an enrolment of only 600 students
as against the present enrolment OF
5000.
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Berlin Reports Allies
Massing for Invasion
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 21.-The Berlin
radio said today the American ano
British navies were massing "the
greatest concentration since Dun
kerque" in British home waters fol-
the western invasion.
Troops are leaving London, which
is becoming more and more deserted
by British, American and colonial
troops" the broadcast said.
Every day now troop trains are
leaving London stations, taking mer
to Channel ports and to ports on the
south and east coasts"
Evening star., 1944-04-21
New War Government
Formed by BadogIio;
Six Parties Get Posts
Premier Takes Foreign
Portfolio, Retains Four
OF His Old Cabinet
BY the Associated Press.


NAPLES, April 21.--Marshal
Pietro Badoglio today announced
formation of a new Italian war
government with himself as
Premier and Foreign Minister.
The men who held the war, navy
and air ministries in the old cabinet
remained at their posts in the new
government, as did the technician
whom Marshal Badoglio had chosen
to head the Finance Ministry. The
other posts were divided among
Italy's six political parties of the
liberation junta and some inde-
pendents.
List Submitted TO King.
Marshal Badoglio submitted the
new list to King Victor Emmanuel
following the agreement OF the Ac-
zionist party, the last Of the holdout
parties, to participate along with
the other i've of the junta In the
new union government.
Five outstanding figures were
made Ministers without portfolio.
They were Count Carlo Sforza, one
time Italian Foreign Minister who
led the anti-Fascist movement
abroad; Benedetto Croce, phiIos-
opher and former Senator; Pietro
Mancini, Socialist; Guilio Ro-
dino, leader of the Christian DEM
ocrats, and Palmiro Togliatti, Com
munist leader who in many years in
Russia under the name of Ercole
Ercoli was attached to the Third
International. Togliatti recently re-
turned from Moscow to take the
lead in urging cooperation with
Marshal Badoglio in forming a new
government.
Other Ministers Named.
Others heading ministries are:
Gen. Taddeo Orlando, war; Ad-
miral Raffaele de Courten, navy;
Gen. Renato Sandalli, air; Quinto
Quintieri, president of the Bank Of
Calabria, finance; Salvatore Aldisio,
Christian Democrat and former dep
uty from Sicily, interior; Vincenzo
Arangio-Ruiz, Liberal party leader,
justice; Fausto Gullo, Communist,
lawyer and ex-deputy from Salerno,
agriculture; Attilio Dinapolis, Social
ist, labor; Francesca Cernaboni, La
Dor Democracy, tions;
Prof. Adolfo Omedeo, Actionist and
rector of the University of. Naples,
public instruction; Alberto Tarchi-
ami, Actionist, public works.
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Outline Of BANKING
Accord Due Toniqht
Statement to Be Issued
In Allied CopitoIs
BY the Associated Press.

~ eAAc hoSOSlotct TIcos.
Secretary of the Treasury Nor.
genthau announced today that q
joint statement outlining a prelimi.
nary agreement on a program fol-
international monetary co-opera-
ton will be made public simultane.
ously at o'clock tonight here ane
in other United Nations capitals.
Mr.. Morgenthau went to the Capi
tol today for a conference with in.
terested congressional committees
The lawmakers expected to get som,
idea of the opinions of the United
Nations toward a new concept IL
world banking-ideas which hav,
been gathered by American repre-
sentatives in a long series of con,
ferences.
This was the third session Mr.
Morgenthau has held on the SUBJ
ject with members of House anc
Senate committees directly con.
cerned with foreign affairs, includ.
ing financing.
The meetings were arranged tt
keep Capitol Hill informed on the
various proposals which have beer
advanced to rehabilitate war-toru
countries and to stabilize currency
after the war.
Evening star., 1944-04-21
(Tert on Page A-16J

By the Associated Press.
A move for labor draft legisla-
ton was rebuffed once more to-
day by the House Military Affairs
Committee.
A joint Army -Navy-Maritime
Commission request for q law to
force manpower into industry
brought the blunt rejoinder from
Chairman May that I'VE have spoken
and we meant what we said"
/ The three agencies joined last
night in the labor draft plea shortly
after the committee, which long has
opposed national service legislation,
issued 3 report declaring that exist
ing law u adeqllate to allow Govern
ment aSedcies to force into limited
military service 4-Fs and men be-
tween 50 and Is who refuse to take
jobs In essential industry when such
jobs are available.
With . warning that the Nation
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Allies Bomb Venice,
'Leghorn and Trieste;
Fly 1000 5orfies
Germans Seen Moving
Mines on Right Of
Anzio Beochheud
BY the Associated Press.

- N~~~ ~1SSoSadtSa &AEsSs +
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS.
Naples, April 21.--Allied war
planes, diverted temporarily
from assaults on Balkan rail
targets, smashed at German
communications in Italy yester-
day, with United States heavy
bombers blasting Venice harbor
and pounding other targets from
Ancona to Trieste.
The big bombers were hampered
by clouds, but explosives fell close
to a merchant vessel in Venice Har-
Dor and other undisclosed targets
were hit, headquarters said. The
Monfalcone shipyards near Trieste
and the port of Livorno Neghorn)
also were attacked.
1000 Sorties Flown.
In all, Allied planes flew more
than 1000 sorties yesterday, DESTROY
ing 10 German craft for a loss OF
eight of their own.
On the ground, meanwhile. Ger
man troops on the right flank of the
Anzio beachhead were observed TAX
ing up both their own and Allied
mines. Although the front there has
generally been quiet, the Germans
have been reacting sharply to every
Allied move. An Allied movement
Wednesday night drew a heavy con.
centration of artillery fire.
Four E-B0ats Intercepted.
On the same night an American
destroyer, patrolling off the beach,
head, intercepted four E-boats
probably sending one of them to the
bottom and probably damaging
another.
The Germans shelled Ortona
heavily and threw harassing fire
over other sectors of the Adriatit
front. A number of New German
gunpits northeast of Tollo were dis.
covered by patrols, who killed two
sentries and returned to their lines
Heavy artillery duels ragged AGAR
in the Casino area where patrols
also were very active. About 81
German planes were observed owe,
the battlefronts yesterday.
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Hy the Associated 'aress

| CHUNGKING, April 21.-A new
threat to China, including the
possibility of man-made FAM
inc affecting 100000 civilians
and hundreds of thousands of
soldiers, developed today as
strong forces drove across the
Peiping Hankow railway in
Northern Honan Province.
A Chinese Army spokesman said
the Japanese offensive, embracing
between $4,000 and 10000 troops, was
spearheaded by contingents from
Manchuria, where until now Japan
has kept the flower of her army
even through the seven years of war
with China.
The Chinese surmised, the Spokes-
man said, that the Japanese were
making bid to smash the Chinese
grip on $50 miles of the Peiping
Hankow railway, which would per-
init the enemy to link his north and
central forces In China, as well as
to seize crops in the area.
Would Give Land Route.
After being rebuilt, the railway
would provide an overland commu-
nications route. Independent of
menaced sea routes, either for Of
fensive action or to Withdraw troops
south OF the Yangtze in event of a
successful American landing In
South China.
Tanning out in their main col
umns in an offensive launched
April l8. the japanese evidently
were aiming at throwing a strong
Gordon about Chenghsien (Cheng-
chow. a former strategic junction
OF the Pieping- -Hankow line run
ming south and the Lunghai railway
running east and west Just south
of the Yel1nu Diver
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Morgenthau Slated 10 Open
WAR Loan Drive June r
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau will open the 5000 900, ,O0C
Fifth War Loan with a radio broad
cast from Texarkana, Tex, June IL
The campaign, to extend through
July 8, will seek to raise minimum
of $4,000, 100000 from individuals.
The Secretary will be in Texar-
kama on the opening day in con-
nection with a meeting of the Gulf
Southwest Agricultural and Indus
trial Conference, to be attended by
the Governors of Texas, Louisiana
Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mex
leo and other civic and industrial
leaders of the section.
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Wet Grounds Postpone
Yunks-Nuts' Opener
BY STAFF Correspondent of The sta

BY q Stan Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK, April 21.-The Yam.
KEGS official opening day, at which
the Washington Nationals were tc
furnish the opposition, was post
poned today by wet grounds.
The New Workers will meet the
Mats tomorrow with revised line
up after dropping two out of three
games to the Boston Red Sox
Coach Art Fletcher probably will
be in charge of the Yanks as Man.
ager Joe Mccarthy Is still in bee
with an attack of flu.
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Berlin Claims 7 Ships Sunk
In Convoy Off AIgiers
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 21.-The German
communique asserted today that
Nazi bombers and torpedo planes
sank two destroyers, four freighters,
totaling $4,000 tons, and large
tanker in a convoy attack off Algiers
The report, wholly unconfirmed
said 13 other merchantmen, totaling
100000 tons, 2 large transports and
3 destroyers were badly damaged
The Germans said also they at
tackled Allied bases in the Lancianc
area of Italy near the Adriatic In
daylight yesterday.