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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

ERE pleasant little that will give
every day II numerical puzzle designed TO spell out
Count the letters first the number
subtract the number Is less than
number Start at the left
Of the rectange and check every Of your key
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

Distributed by King Features synd.. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

Cop, night 1914. by william Miller Distribu
Post script., 1944-10-27
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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17

sations. There are, however, tradi-
tional figures known to all square
dancers, and a lively caller with a
large and colorful repertoire, some
times may be imported a hundred
miles to 'call' gala dance. Some
of them are "singers" is. they
call the figures in time with the
music, often with humorous interpol-
lationS.
A real mountain square dance is
no place for soulful neckers. While
light, springing, Slightly gliding
step is the ideal, actually it is often
more vigorous, ranging from ener-
getic to stomping. There is little
chance for conversation, because it
is essential to listen to and watch
the caller closely, and there is
great deal of changing of partners,
with the figure being changed sud-
denly and frequently. Usually, after
about every four figures, the caller
announces big ring movement
such as "Promenade' or Grand
Right and Left"
Music, usually violin, guitar and
five-string banjo, follows a lively,
headlong style (about 40 quarter
notes to the minute), with the time
"a, sharply accented on the first
note of each measure.
This is quite pace for beginners,
and since a set often lasts Is or
more minutes, it often leaves the 16
or more participants laughing,
flushed, exhilarated, but breathless.
Lunsford himself has become a
nationally known authority on folk
lore. Once he sat down and die
tated from memory 316 old ballads
for Columbia university. He hunts
lost fragments of ballads like bird
dog stalks quail, and has CHANGED
upon many rare songs which had
been thought lost forever, but which
survived in the dying memory of
some occupant of a remote noun
tain cabin.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17

This melancholy fiddler at the fes-
tival brought his chair up to the
stage SO he could tap his foot on it
in tempo. A chair is a necessary
prop for many of the musicians
around AsheviIle.
Torrance for the king and queen of
England. All of them are amateurs
farmers, schoolchildren, lumber
ers, mill workers, teachers, in their
ordinary occupations.
Both the songs and dances of the
Appalachians tend to grow and
change because of the casual trans
mission from minstrel to minstrel.
But attempts to superimpose radi-
cal changes are frowned upon. At
this years competition, one dance
team, neatly costumed. smoothly
performing, with several 1--WE inno-
vations, was easily the most popu-
lar with the crowd of visitors.
The judges, however, brought in a
first-prize verdict for a team of or
binary mountain dancers, clothed in
about the sort of clothes they ordi-
narlly would wear to neighborhood
dance.
Square Dance Contests.
Most spectacular and most popu-
lar competition at the Festival is
among these square dance teams.
The traditional square dance is per-
formed by only four couples (whence
its name) but in the Southern Ap-
palachian settlements its character
was altered. Everybody who came
was permitted to dance, and the
number has no practical limitations.
Traditionally, the dance master, or
caller" was musician or specta-
tor. In the Appalachians, he is the
most active participant and the
pace-setter.
calling" is vibrant and obscure
art. There are innumerable fig
ures, and many "callers" are re-
luctant to tell all the figures they
know. Many have personal improvi-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17

1--WE may be first in the hearts
y and feet of Young America,
but the great reservoir of folk
music and dance in the South
ern Appalachians is stronger
than overland spreading out of
its home all over the country.
Eighteen years ago, Bascom La
mar Lunsford, a farmer-lawyer of
Leicester, N. c., brooded unhappily
over the fact that the old songs,
stories, and dances he had heard and
seen in his mountain childhood were
dying out. The radio, julse box, and
resort dance hall penetrated the
mountains and captured the imagi-
nation and loyalty of youngsters.
Such folklore as one saw was being
Watered down, or caricatured by hill
billy and cowboy" outfits, and rid
iculed in vaudeville.
That brooding resulted in the birth
of the Asheville, N. c., annual Noun
tain Dance and Folk Festival. Ev-
eryone said that the people-mostly
old-timers-who still knew and loved
the Appalachian folklore would nev-
er participate in public perform
ances.
Only few of his old friends came
to Lunsford's first festival but
ever since have been joined by a
growing group of their neighbors,
descendants, and other converts to
the old tunes and steps. They came
from places with homely names as
Loafer's Glory, Soco Gap, Spook
Creek and Sickmill Creek. And
they also came from the faraway
Smokes, bearing the sonorous
names of the Indian country-from
Stecoah, Nantahala, Hiawassee, and
Cullasaja.
Asheville's Biggest Event.
Now the Annual Folk Festival out
draws any event held in Asheville.
Some 600 amateurs perform-buck-
and-Wing dancers, clog dancers, and
over dozen formally organized
square dance teams, not to mention
fiddlers, string bands, banjoists, vo-
calists and choirs. This year the
City Auditorium was packed to SRO
for the event and many of the audi
ence were returned servicemen and
women seeing and hearing Appala-
chan lore for the first time. Regu-
lar attendants have learned to know
and love the old ballads.
The festival has resulted in expan-
sion of interest in the old enter
tainment. A new generation of
square dancers is growing up, and
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17

cred pleasantly provocative. And
you've probably seen the cotton
dress on which kiss and Telr' is
written in rick-rack all over the
skirt. Is it Trend?
He Putting his hands over her
eyes)-If you can't tell who this is
in three guesses I will kiss you.
She-Santa Claus, Jack Frost,
Davey Jones.
When girl and boy kiss and make
up, she gets the kiss and he gets the
makeup.
He-If l tried to kiss you, what
would you do?
Shell never meet an emergency
till it arises.
He-Then what do you do?
She-I meet it face to face.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17
"GAY CADETS"
By NANCY PEPPER
FOOLIN' WITH SCHOOLIN'

All work and no play is fine way
to get good marks in school, but
how about good times? Here are
some extracurricular tricks that
you won't find in any of your text
books. They're guaranteed to take
the "drOO" out of school without
bringing your average down too
many points.
Patriotic Pin-Ups-One of the best
ways to raise War Stamp money in
school is to announce a Girl and
Boy Pin-Up contest and charge 10
cent War Stamp for every picture
entered. The girls enter the pictures
of their O.A.O. and the boys do vice
versa. A huge bulletin board is
erected for this purpose in the main
hall where everybody can see the
pictures. War stamp prizes go to
the girl and boy whose entries bring
the most votes during the week.
Just to keep up the suspense, iden-
tify the contesting pictures with
numbers and don't tell who submit
ted which until the winners are an
nounced.
Uttered With Letters-You don't
have to win your school letters these
days. Just buy those plastic mi
tialS in the dime store and spell out
your school letters on your lapel or
sweater. Be sure to buy the letters
in the proper school colors. Witches
and wolves are wild about 'em.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17

youngsters are learning the difficult
profession of "caller." Young vo-
calists are learning and carrying on
the songs of the Anglo-Saxon trou-
badours which have remained fugi-
tive in the Appalachians for genera
tons.
Lunsford has not let the citifed
performance destroy the informally
which is the very heart of folklore.
He refuses to issue a program, and
as master of ceremonies calls UP
and introduces performers as the
notion strikes him. No time for the
"ShoW' is set-it starts "about SUM-
down" and runs until the perform
ers are tired. Annual championships
are awarded. One championship
team-the Soco Gap group, led by
the notable caller, Sam Queen,
played and danced a command per-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17
TRIXIE TEEN SAYS

Does your conversation sound like a
Hollywood press agents drean2 Do you
insist upon boring your date uith bloy-
by-bloro accounts OF your great popularity
Cith other ,Uoiues? Because, sister, you're
not imprcssing him you're depressing
him. That's definitely NOT the line that
is the shortest distance behpeen f,Uo
dates. Don't be surprised il he asks you
il you ,Udnt to Join a band? When you
say, sort Of berUildered-Hke, mo. phy do
You ask?" his ansrcer rciH be, Because
you like to blo,0 your oWn horn" And
there's no smile rUifh that insult.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17
New Gas Tabs Are Hard to
Fake; Paper Is CHANGED

WASHINGTON. - Coupons of the
new basic "a" gasoline ration
books are being printed on a new
government safety paper virtually
impossible for counterfeiters to
duplicate" OPA says.
The new books have gone into use.
The new coupons are worth four
gallons as compared with the three
gallon value of present stamps. But
they will have to last longer, MAIN
tanning the present ration.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17

thing cannot be done
Will never start out on the highway,
Which ends where the fight is won.
For all the great names that en-
blaZon
The pages of mankind's tale;
Have climbed to the heights Ger the
b0ulders,
Through the wind and the storm and
hail.
They have climbed though the task
seemed hopeless,
And all said they could not reach
The goal at the end of the pathway,
The shore with the shining beach.
They found that the fairest valleys,
Where the sun shines throughout the
day;
Are reached through the storm and
the thunder,
Which harass along the way.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17
Sol Has Right Idea

Sol Lesser is signing up Agnes De
Mile for his next, "Crazy to Dance"
The story is woven about a couple
of kids who start dancing in school
and grow up to become as famous
as Veloz and Yolanda. He's trying
to get big name for it, and has
already talked to several big band
leaders. I'm happy to report
that Martha Scott is achieving some
: thing like a personal triumph as Q
coincidence (for a change) in "SoL
dier's Wife" on Broadway.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17
Unit Shelves Easy
For You to Build

WHETHER you have a house
W of your own or whether you
move often, unit book shelves are
the answer to many a problem.
They may be scaled to fit almost
any space; you may add to them
as needed and they may be shift
ed from one place to another ac-
cording to your mood. They may
start in the living room and end
in the children's room or in the
kitchen. The units may be divid-
ed, multiplied or used in various
combinations.
You need no special skill to
make the three units shown.
These well proportioned shelves
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17
4pfe":
Looking at
HOLLYWOOD

HIS is the story of three
actresses who brought the home
front right into your home. Pri-
marily, however, it's the tale of one
star who had the courage to depart
from ingenue leads - who took a
chance at a mother role and then
found herself mothering two other
stars in real life as well.
This is the behind-the-scenes story
of Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17

And gather the
kernels fair"
Through life does
this truth hold
surely,
That he who looks
always for
The OBJ S ia Gle S
that may i'm
pede him,
will not win the
early war.
And he who will
dwell on tn e
reason
Just Why the
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17
The Rambling Rhymster
BY LES PlETTNER
OBSTACLES

1t is said, HE who watches the
heavens,
To see if cloud be there,
Will never progress with the har-
vest,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17
British General Hints
OF New Secret Weapon

CARDIFF, WALES. - Lieut..
Gen. Sir Ronald Weeks deputy
chief of the imperial staff) said
1--WE still have got up our sleeves
several secret weapons which we
shall certainly show the enemy"
General Weeks spoke at the
opening of an army exhibition.
He did not expand upon his re-
mark.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17

Question: was so embarrassed
when some old friends from out of
town stopped in the other night just
at dinner time. could not ask them
to dinner, but served them tea
Should I have apologized in any
way?
Answer think you did very well
in these days to serve them at all.
Tea is comforting, warming and hos
pitable and I am sure they would
not expect you to give them dinner.
You need not apologize for being
unable to offer them dinner, but you
could have said II wish I could in
vite you to have dinner with US, but
there just isn't enough in the pot to
offer you 'pot-luck.'
Ledger syndicate.-WNU Features.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17

like, going up to
David SelZnick
and giving him a
pat on the back
not alone for the
picture, but for
taking my advice
and casting Clau-
dette as mother.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17
FUCKER UP!

As they say on the air, this does
not constitute an Endorsement of the
product, but we've been collecting SO
many gags about kissing in high
school papers from all over the
country that, even if you don't kiss,
We'll tell.
Observation-Disclosures and boys
are wearing miniature hour glasses
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17

on their lapels
with a little sign
above them that
says "Kiss-Tim-
ers.' Kissin G
Bugs are a new
gadget favorite
with the dime
store set and a
C e ! | o p h a n e
wrapped candy
kiss worn on the
laDel is cOnSid-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17

were designed especially for anna
teur homecrafters to make with
the simplest tools. A compass saw
from the five-and-dime will cut
the curved shelves of the end units.
Because the shelves were de-
signed by homemaker, simple
method of constructing them with
no open dust space at the bottom
was worked out and special
thought was given to the width
and depth of shelves so that they
would have the maximum useful
ness and still be made of stock
sizes of lumber.
NOTE: Pattern 270 gives full size pat
tern for the curved shelves of these book
cases and large diagrams with dimensions
of all the straight pieces. Also q COM
plete list Of materials required and illus
trated directions for each step in the con.
struction of the units. To get this pattern
enclose Is cents with name and address
and send direct to:
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17

and Shirley Tenn
pie in "Since You
Went Away" a
combination that
is smashing box
office records
across the land.
Every time a
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-17

dette as mother.
1t all started one day while David
was scouting around for a top star
to play the heroine of the home front
mother.
why don't you get Claudette Col
bert for it," 1 asked.
''She wouldn't consent" he coun.
tered
Subtle, Wot?
Let me run a little yarn that
you want her for it and we'll get
her reaction" l said.
D. o. S. agreed.
Next day I came out with a story.
At $3.50 a. m. sharp Claudette had
me on the phone. She wanted to
know where in the devil 1 had got
ten such an idea-what ever gave
me the notion that she would con-
slider playing the mother of couple
of girls that old?
Then l went to work on her.
David Selznick doesn't make any
thing but good pictures, does hep"
I asked.
well, no."
"You don't expect to be an in
genue all your life, do your"
well, no.
You're an actress, aren't your"
i've been accused of it."
We'll, why don't you think il
over?"
IAN right, but selznick hasn't
asked me yet"
He will" replied.
She was receptive and asked to
see script. Naturally, at that stage
of the game there was none.
Claudette called me. 1--WE never
taken or accepted part without
reading the script first. What if il
isn't suitable for me?"
Listen, Claudette," said. "This
is going to be big picture. SELF
nick doesn't make failures. He
can't afford to make anything but
a success-and to do that it's got to
be just right for you as well as
the others"
Claudette agreed, and the deal was
set.
Another Problem
From the first Jennifer was wor.
ried. She didn't feel she was
photographing quite as well as she
might in certain scenes.
Selznick went to Claudette with
his problem, and Claudette took
over the mother reins in real life as
well as on the screen.
you're a great actress, Jenni.
fer" Claudette told her, land
you're going to be greater. Why don't
you just concentrate on doing a good
job and let the cameraman take
care of his?"
Jennifer did just that.
Then we have the case of Claud.
cites other daughter" - Shirley
Temple.
Here was a girl who had been No.
! star of her previous pictures, also
No. l at the box office. In this one
she had to share that billing with six
other performers.
Shirley did a sweet job of adjust.
ing herself to this new condition,
But the mothering she received on
the set from Claudette had a lot ia
do with making Shirley better
actress.
Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones
and Shirley Temple make a fine trio
on the screen. You get feeling that
there is real unity in the Hilton
home. The kind of unity the boys
overseas want to come home to.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-11-03
Miss. Grand Jury
IndiCts LynChers

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA).
In an almost unprecedented &C
ton, an Amite County grand jury
in the state of Mississippi returned
murder indictments against six
white men for the brutal, lynch
killing of Isaac Simmons, 66-year-
old Negro preacher and farmer, the
Department of Justice revealed this
week. The Staying which occurred
last March resulted in an FBI in
vestigation, the results of which
were turned over to the district
attorney for presentation to the
grand jury after Attorney General
Biddle announced that it had been
determined that the case was out
side of federal jurisdiction.
Grand jury action, at first be-
ieved improbable because Negro
witnesses had been frightened
against testifying and had disap-
peared, was made possible when
the FBI turned over to the district
attorney dispositions taken from
the witnesses at their homes and
informed the officials where the
witnesses could be found.
District Attorney Joe E. Brown
said murder indictments were re-
turned against Harper Dawson, his
sons Roger and Mann Dawson,
Louis Noble Rider, Marvel Leon
Rider, and John Mark Brown, all
of Liberty, Miss.
The D. A. said the men were
arraigned on October 26 before
Judge R. E. Bennett, and that effort
would be made to bring them tC
trial at the current term of court
Judge Bennett fixed bond at $4,000
each.
Attorney General Biddle had an,
nounced in Washington on October
10 that federal officials in Southern
Mississippi had been instructed tt
turn over to the grand jury the re
suits of the FBI investigation
Biddle indicated in his Statement
that the slain preachers son
Eldridge, had been driven out o:
the state.
The Staying occurred when Rev
Simmons, a farmer, consulted ;
lawyer when whites tried to TAX
his land on which it was believed
there was oil. He was shot in tn
back while his son was forced t,
watch. The case did not come t.
light until August when the sol
filed an affidavit with the NAACF
giving the facts of the case, an
that organization requested a fed
eral investigation.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-11-03

Rev. Floyd Massey Jr., was "a Real
Halloween Party" The sermon
was entitled "The Bruised Reed and
the Smoking Flax" The text was
found in Isaiah 1884. Rev. Mas
sey said, "God will not push aside
nor forsake His own, but gives US
credit for trying and sees much
good in US and gives US strength"
Flowers were given by the Dea-
conesses. Visitors included Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin Henderson, st.
Paul; Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hill,
St. Paul; Harry Gardner, Milwau-
kee, Wis; Julius Gardner, Milwau-
kee; Clyde Cameron, Kansas City,
Kans.; Mrs. Sadie Jones, Jackson,
Miss; Mrs. Louvenice Durham,
Chicago; Mrs. Lee Wiley, Duluth,
Mimi; Mrs. H. Lovett, Jackson,
Miss.
AT the installation service of Rev.
Floyd Massey Jr. at $3.50 p. M,
Rev. Jackson Wilcox's subject was
know Him." taken from Ephesians
Alp. He advised US to uphold the
splendid tradition of Pilgrim Bap-
fist church with a unified program
for developing the kingdom of God.
The attendance for the day was
655.
On Sunday, Nov. 5, we will OBJ
serve world Community Day."
The church school officers are to be
installed and the ordinance of the
Lords Supper will be observed. The
topic for the morning sermon will
be Friends"
At 3 p. m. Rev. Massey and the
choir will worship with Rev. C. B.
Wheeler.-Doris Shannon.