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Bradley beam., 1944-04-22

After months of Congressional debate, the hotly-contested service mems voting bill has now become law, providing for a limited use ot Federal "Official War Ballots" in the November general elections.
 Under the provisions of the bill. servicemen may also apply for state absentee ballots in conjunc- tion with state laws in primary, special and general elections be- tween now and November. A Uni ted States War Ballot Commission has been established to help ad- minister the act.
 "The Official War Ballot," how ever, covers only the National cleo tion in November of President. Vice President, senators and re- presentatives. Its use by soldiers with voting residence in any state depends upon whether the laws of that state allow it to be counted. It will be impossible to determine which states will okay the ballot and which will not until July 15 when state governors certify to the War Ballot Commission, the pro- visions of their laws for voting by State absentee ballots and wheth- CT their laws authorize Federal ballots.
 Anyway, soldiers who will be able to use the "Official War Ballot" are the following:
 1. Soldiers inside and outside the U. s. from states who have no state absentee ballot but do allow the use of the Federal one.
 2. Soldiers outside the US. from states permitting the use of the Federal ballot. who take an oath that they applied for State ab- sentee ballot before September 1 and have not received it by Octo- Der 1.
 There is nothing in the new law to restrict the right of soldiers to vote under State absentee voting laws which cover primary and spe- cial elections as we'll as general ones and make it possible to vote for state and local officials as we'll as Federal ones.
 Any soldier who is uncertain about his eligibility to vote should write letter to the secretary of state of his home state right now and find out.
 After voting eligibility has been established, War Department post
Bradley beam., 1944-04-22
Got a problem, soldier

Something on your mind that's affecting your work as a good CT?
 If you have, we suggest a visit to the Base Special Service Officer where the Army version of MT. Anthony awaits your problem with an eye toward making everything okay. With the title of Personal Affairs Officer, he has been as- signed to the job of giving your black clouds a silver lining by helping you solve anay problem that may be source of worry.
 Among the problems the Person al Affairs Officer is especially quail flied to help you with are: Money worries, if they pertain to things military, insurance, allotments and War Bonds.
 Here is a typical financial prob lem that may someday apply to and G.I. at Bradley. Pvt. Joe Doe is home on furlough and is taken seriously i'll. He is rushed to a ci- william hospital in a private ambu- lance and bills start comin in. By applying to the Personal Affairs Officer, Pvt. Doe is given enough money from Army Emergency Re- lief to pay all expenses incurred by
Bradley beam., 1944-04-22

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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Louis Armstrong
viii Play Dance
Here On Jan. 30

Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, The
trumpet king OF swing and worlds
highest paid colored musician, now
acclaimed as the international
trumpet king of swing" makes
a personal appearance here at the
Mirror ballroom with his sensation
al orchestra. Sunday, Jan. 80. 9 pm.
His Majesty, the kingpin OF them
all and now universally recognized
as the greatest jazz trumpeter.
brings his entire musical aggrega-
ton intact, with galaxy OF
swing stars including his two SEN
sational vocalists Velma Middleton
and Sonny Woods. Miss Middleton
is new addition to the Armstrong
roster.
Louis Armstrong was seen a short
time ago in Coin Places" in which
he was co-starred with Dick Powell
and Anita Louise and the latest is
Cabin in the Sky" for Metro
Goldwyn Mayer and Jam Session"
for. Columbia.
OF Satchel mouth is sizzling
trumpet man il there ever was one
and he has assembled the finest
array Of swingsters possible. Not
only will Armstrong bring his
golden-voiced vocalistS, but in his
band will be found such musical
stars as Joe Garland, Louis Russell
and George Washington.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Cabaret Spot Had
Important Guest
On Last Tuesday

Popularity OF the fun sessions
held weekly on Tuesdays at Little
Sans bar was proven last week
when Benny Carter, bandsman of
stage and radio fame was the guest
of the club manager. James Davis.
Carter and most of the members
Of his band thoroughly enjoyed the
floorshow and the Artist Hour con-
test at this nitery.
Sidewalks of New York" Is the
title Of the floorshow Offering
staged here by Producer Catherine
Moore and which has a variety of
the Moorette girls and the swinging
out music Of Bob Perkins and his
band.
Artist Hour contestants were Bob
Roberts with Baby, Don't You
Cry" Katy Brown with a blues
medley Buster Lindsay playing and
singing his own composition, Have
You Forgotten" and Lester Cur
rent with Body and Soul"
Miss Katy Brown was chosen the
winner Of the ten dollar prize Of
fered by the club manager, James
Davis. Any artist is eligible to enter
the contest. Remember, il is held
each Tuesday at Little Sans cab
aret.
/ A few members Of Benny Carter's
band present were Booker Samuels,
Porter Hilbert. Lucius Wilborn,
Claude Irvinson, Andrew Saul and
Benny Carter.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Hampton And
Band Opens At
N. US Capitol

NEW YORK-Another milestone
will be reached in the career OF
Lionel Hampton and his great band
when they open next Thursday.
Jan. 20. at the Capitol theatre, at
Broadway and Fifty-first street.
Thls engagement marks step I'D
for the Hamptonians, since their
last Broadway theatre date was
played at Loews State, where they
did such sensational week that
Loew's Inc. decided to put them
in next time at their major Broad
way house. the Capitol, and for a
longer run.
Two recent additions to the band
will be heard in the Capitol show
Al Sears, great tenor sax star who
recently gave up his own band TO
join Lionel, and Freddie Radcliffe,
young drummer whom Lionel.
himself percussion king, halls as
a coming star.
Also spotted in the show will
be the sensational Dinah Washing
ton, smooth ballad singer Ruble
Blakey. Milton Buckner at the
piano, Arnold Cobbs on the tenor
sax. and Rudy Rutherford on clari-
net.
Two days before his Capitol
opening. Lionel will make his
eagerly awaited appearance at the
Metropolitan Opera House. as one
of the Esquire poll winners who
are taking part il an all-star jam
session.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Ink Spots, Big Band
At Paradise Friday

The thermometer may be down
around the freezing point on the
streets tonight, but al the Paradise
theatre, IL is sizzling around the
melting point.
You can attribute the rise in tenn
perature TO the Four Ink Spots
These gentlemen are purveyors of
that hot stuff known as Swing"
They call themselves a novelty
quartet because they ho-de-ho and
hi-de-hi in the best Harlem tradi-
ton and then suddenly swing n
ballad in manner unlike anything
you ever heard before.
These number one men OF the
black and tan music world are the
Messrs. Ivory Watson. Billy Kenny.
Hoppy Jones and Charles Fuqua
Their show is genuine razzle-
dazzle. zip bang, shouting. that
leads YOU to believe. for the time at
least, that the whole town has gone
"whoopce" and that there's nothing
left but to have Publications.
The quartet made its debut sew
eral years ago on a Cincinnati radio
station. In 1885, they toured with
Jack Hylton and broke box Office
records in England. Since return
ing to this country. they have star
red on several outstanding pro-
grams on the NBC network. also
the feature group with Bing Cros-
by's Music Hall program.
The Four Ink Spots, creators OF
IF Didn't Care" and other sensa-
tional tunes. will share the spot
light with Cootie williams. "the
Growl Trumpet King OF Swing" and
his famous orchestra.
Cootie Williams has been playing
the trumpet for seventeen years
Twelve OF those years were spent
with Duke Ellington.
When Cootie joined the Duke
he says, II used to laugh at Filing
tons 'growl music"
But it wasn't long before Will
liams picked up the Ellington tech
nique-and today. he is recognized
king Of the trumpet.
Playing with Ellington. Cootie
was in the Ziegfeld production,
Show Girl" worked for Para
mount and RKO pictures; appeared
in a picture called Murder at the
Vanities;" played in several shorts;
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
AUBREY PANKEY
IN C A R n { Gle

NEW YORK, N. Y. - Aubrey
Pankey. young baritone. whose
concert al Carnegie Hall on Mon
day night. Jan. 81. sponsored by
the National Negro Congress. looms
as the most important cultural event
Of the winter season IN the worlds
greatest musical center.
Mr.. Psnkey. VINO has sung for
the most discriminatory audiences
IN Europe. Asia. South America
and the United States. will sing
numbers by Beethoven. Schubert.
Rachmaninoff. Dunhill. Bridge. a
group of South American composers
and Negro spirituals on his forth
coming concert.
The Carnegie Hall recital rounds
out winter season which has in
cluded appearances in the mid
west. south and in the nations
capital. where he has already sung
twice this season, receiving enthus-
iastic notices from Washingtons
most important music critics.
The singer, whose nine-year So
journ in Europe forms one Of the
richest artistic careers in America
today, went to South America last
season on goodwill tour approved
by the Office of the Coordinator
Of Inter American affairs-the only
Negro singer to be invited to make
such a tour. Other artists who ap-
peared on this series included Grace
Moore and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
The Carnegie Hall concert has
already attracted the attention of
hundreds Of music lovers through
out the metropolitan area who have
watched Pankey's rise in the must
cal armament with great interest.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22

and of course travelled in Europe
on the famous Ellington tours.
Williams played solo trumpet
with Ellington in concerts in Paris.
London. Belgium, Holland, Sweden
and Norway. They played for the
Duke Of Windsor when he was the
Prince OF Wales, and for the famous
Lord Beaverbrook-dynamic Brit
ish war-effort production chief.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22

Blackwell and Bertha Davis 9.
AYT: Mary Shields. Claire After
and Margie Wesley. .... BSG
tbig stocking gaD: Louise Jackson.
Entertainers are the most UNI
them prove 90 be. They seldom give
thank after asking ream Of favor
able press releases and are hot and
peeved il you tell them they aren't
worth line OF type ..... They'll
hound you 10 death for favor and
then pass you by. so ungfatefully.
How comeD .... A few club
owners and employees have the same
habit ..... dts too bad, too $500.
Have learned that too much ink
makes that particular person your
enemy ....,. $50 whatD
X * 4
SO WHAT:
A new female singer being
groomed 10 hit the nitespots is
Violet Cason. under the tutorship
Of music arranger Emory (Buster)
Lindsay OF Butler Studio ..... Met
charming DR.. d. S. Moore and AYT
Caroline Murphy at cocktail lounge
...... Curtis Roberts. genial IL
Horsemen bartender, celebrated his
natal day last week at the club
Tried unsuccessfully to get Yours
Truly drunk .... Better luck,
next time. Curtis) 80.
Saw Cornelius Adams and Ed
wardina Arnold, at some place or
other. having fun ... Music
maker Willie Hawkins and his
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Willie Byant;s
Tue Takes With
Locus Patrons

NEW YORK-Willie Bryant, star
OF the stage and radio was rushed
onto the stage at loves State this
week to strengthen a show that
was tops in its own right. In the
cast besides Bryant are Don Red
man and his band in the latest
tunes; Una Mae Carlisle, Holmes
and Jean Heckle and 1--WE along
with Dolores Brown who vocali5es.
in the Redman aggregation. Dick
Vance Is another vocalist who goes
10 town for the Redman outfit.
Bryant put on his first performance
Thursday and though unrehearsed
was a big hit with the patrons.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Crouod Applauds Ne1v,
Zombie Sholu

First niters and ringsiders heart
lily applauded the current floor
board offering at Breads Club
Zombie. after the featured star,
Billy Eckstein. former Hines sing
er. had made his first appearance
here in a local nitery.
Eckstein. favorite blues singer
with many. is famed for his rem.
ditions Of Jelly. Jelly Blues" and
has large following OF theatre and
radio fans.
The show Is titled Harlem 10
Havana" and stars Eckstein, Doug.
las Brothers. Louise McCarrol
Roaul and Rovine. Leroy Pitts and
Garfield and Lewis.
Songs, dances. music and fine en-
tertainment. plus the colorful mum
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Cotton PickerS
To Play Savoy

CHICAGO, Ill.-The Savoy bal'
room. located in the heart OF CHI
cago's Harlem. will be the stomr
ing ground for the famous Carolir
Cotton Pickers when they max
their initial appearance Sunday
January %. The Pickers have a
very fine swing aggregation and
will give the fans plenty OF jump
music for their money. Featured
with the band is Milton Ps-ker
sensational vocalist.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22

What more romantic situation can you
imagine than this drama OF two I'M
knowns-a lonely girl far from home in
the gayest city in the world-s man
who didn't even know that women
existed until he met herl
Together, they live wonderful life
OF love. = =
Together. they make discovery that
might have brought them millions!
= r -
See-through the scenes Of this stirring
picture-how these two renounced a
fortune. kept only their love for each
ouhef.
A brilliant supporting cast includes
Henry Trsvers. Robert Walker, Dame
May Witty, Elsa Basserman. Van
Johnson, Albert Bassernan. {. Aubrey
Smith. Victor Francen. Reginald Owen.
Margaret O'Brien.
= =
Directed by Mervyn Leroy. produced
by Sidney Franklin, Madame Cure"
comes TO you from its scintillating run
st New York's famous Radio City
Music Hall.
4
There audiences took this picture to
their hearts. So vill you.
leo
P.s. Show your heart is behind the War.
nsnk ths kth Var Lozni
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Lucky MlInder
Faces His Draft
Board; Gets Della,

NEW YORK - Lucky Millinder
went before his draft board Sat-
urday but was given a few weeks
stay through the means OF a lower
classification caused by an infec.
ton recovery OF which his ultimate
Induction will await. Lucky came
here following a tour OF the nation
that car him through practically
every state in the mid west and
south
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
MRS. LOUIS JORDAN

DALLAS. Texas Mrs. Louis
Jordan, recognized Queen OF the
Blues and her famous "Serenade
in Blue revue with Bernice Burns
and Carmelitta La Roche. and the
musical background of the Jimmy
Hinsley orchestra will invade Texas
this month.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
'SwinSin4 With
Nitelifers'
HEPCHICK's BLUES SONG
BY LARRY CHlSM

HEPCHICK'S BLUES SONG
Hepchick Ann
Lost her man
And don't know where 10 find him
So she runs aroun'
All over town
Drowning her memories OF him
Flyrite Mary
Wasn't contrary
So she always held her man.
Now she sits at home
But is never alone
Cause che dearly loves her man.
Now Flyrite Mary
And Hepchick Ann
Are sisters under the skin.
But Ann flew wrong
And lost loves song:
While Mary flew rite
And found delight
Cause she knew how 10 win
L Chism.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22

Blackwell says
you'll find the
choicest steaks
Il 2034 Hastings,
Victory Cafe 80.
More names 10
oe added 10 our
) B T sw I
ow talent)
and AYT tst-
tractive yellow
talenD files are
5 B T: Helen
chngmsn. Vio-
let CaSon. Mar
quita Ellington,
Catherine Rob-
ipeCp p t,,b>
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Basic PLAYS FOR SOLDIERS

NEW YORK-Count Basic and
his orchestra played a volunteer
USO-Camp Shows date at ERIC,
Fort Belvoir. Va, Wednesday. Basic
and his band, who have given nu.
merous servicemen performances
for Camp Shows since the war.
have volunteered another series on
his present one-nighter tour of
the East.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22

bers OF the Zombie chorus complete
the show offering.
Music Tor dancing Is furnished by
Cecil Lees band.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22

MEMS splendid production Madame
Cure" brings together again lovely
Greer Carson and Walter Pidgeon. most
engaging couple on the screen.
4 + 4
You remember them as Mr.. and Mrs
'"hhN' 4 T.
You'll never forget them in this story
OF love that begins on the rainy streets
OF Paris and scars TO the heights Of
emotional excitement.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
MOSTLY STUEF

Charming Catherine Robinson.
fellow scribe, has all the makings
Of swell newspaper person. was
on assignment with us last week
Winsome and dimpied Ruth
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
FOLKS ARE SAYING

Folks are saying il won't be long
before two well known biz men
VIII leave for a long enforced
vacation That certain play.
grounds are being invaded BY an
army OF outside" pleasure seeking
talent ...... That a certain After
Hour spot had better mark down
some OF their prices go. That
most Mattresses are now latter our
wordage 10 them) putting less
weight" on your cabaret checks
-. That all that glitters in a
playchick's eye is not always love
II may be that she's hungry or her
rent isn't paid and she needs some
lettuce leaves ...... That the army
" i don't need you" wives is on
the increase ...,. That the out
cast bubbles are hiding their time
10 chastlse the erring wives
That il is true. there is a shortage
OF tgoodD male talent available.
just watch the nitely parade of
lonely twosomes. threesomes and
even sextettes OF menless women.
out hunting along the streets of
mirth and laughter. sorrow and
despair
Twelve Horsemen are staging
weekly Sunday dances at new Civic
Center.
NOTICE: Will the young lady
who loaned me her fountain pen
two weeks ago at Civic Center
please contact me? Am anxious 10
return the pen Thank.
George tMickey) Brooks is now a
Marine, leaves on Jan. 81. Friends
are wishing him good luck.
Roy Mapp Jr., tavern owner, is now
in Navy. While Charles Nav.
Sunnie Wilson bartender, is once
again on the home front. Com
plants against Checker Cab for not
picking up sepianS are named
against cab drivers No. and SO.
as OF last Saturday at 4 ayem on
Woodward avenue. Met
charming Mary Spencer, a good
friend OF winsome Aline LLOYD al
IL Horsemen. Also brief chin
session with Vernon johnson and
our friend Ward Lamb.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22

family are mourning the loss Of
their father last week ..... wilbur
tBilD Boyce is vacationlng with his
family in Ohio Was popular u
Horsemen bartender.
Wilson Wheeler. the fellow VIVA,
knows all about luke boxes. is 6
nkeable fellow ...... His cousin
Reuben Ray OF Ray Music Co. is
taking sojourn for his health this
week Thanx IN Raymona
'Sporiree) Jackson for the best
present received during the pss,
gift giving season. He's owner Of
Tropical Bar, 2030 Hastings street
...... Gertrude Wilson. dramatic
soprano. was presented in a recita,
on Jan. II at Bethel church. Was
tn d ent OF the internationally
known singer. Miss Celeste Cole
and was presented by Robert Nolan
School OF Music.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14

eoa. Pm. fcr c.-le, says: Il quit
after 81 years Of high school and
went to work, ana boy. am l sorry
now! Youngsters should stay in
high school and finish up a job
the way men overseas are finishing
theirs. You wouldn't want a doc
tor to give you nine-enths of pre-
scription and walk away, would
your"
Pfc. Clayton Enkey of Baltimore
adds: & have two younger sisters
who are working now, and I'm tell
ing them to go back to school this
fall and finish. | never finished
school and ! know how much ii
held me back
Finally, Cpl. Kermit Greason of
Atwood, Kan, has this warning for
the thousands of young boys and
girls who may be wondering whe-
ther to leave jobs for school this
fall: ANY boy who's in high school
now had better finish right away.
Because if he doesn't finish before
he's drafted, or before he takes a
full time job, chances are he never
will. That goes forg iris, too"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14
Home Accidents
Fatal to 5000
Worker A Year

Public cooperation in the gov
ernment sponsored campaign to re-
duce home and other accidents to
the end that more workers, parti-
cularly those in war plants, may
stay on the job, was urged by the
Federal Security agency.
Through its office Of vocational
Rehabilitation, which administers
the nationwide federal state re-
habilitaton program for disabled
workers FSA said it is keenly
aware of the accident toll and the
Importance of prevention to the
individual and to the nation Under
this program the states, with fed
eral help, provide medical care and
job training to return the handi-
capped to useful employment
Emphasizing that home accidents,
as well as others, cause disable
ments which disrupt war produc-
ton, FSA cited the fact that 5000
workers were killed and and an
other 100000 were injured last year
in home accidents serious enough
to cause the loss of one day or more
from work. Many such accidents
result in permanent disablements,
FSA said
Home accidents in 1913 claimed
80, 500 American lives, including the
5000 workers-seven per cent more
than in 1912, according to National
Safety Council figures-the Federal
Security Agency pointed out. An
alysis of the $4,000 home accident
deaths shows that falls accounted
for two-thirds of the total, a five
per cent increase over 1912. Burns
Gncluding explosions and poison
ings were next in order Of severity.
One-fourth of all the fatal home
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14
Delay May Reduce
Old Age Benefits

Substantial savings may come to
persons eligible to receive old age
and survivors insurance payments,
declared j. G.. Tyler, acting man
ager of the Jackson office of the
Social Security Board yesterday, if
they act promptly in filing claims
For example, any worker who is
now IS and who has been employed
in an occupation covered by the
Social Security Act should call or
write the Social Security Board Of
flee at once, if he has not yet done
SO, even if he is still working. The
purpose of this, Mr.. Tyler explain
ed, is to determine whether it
would be advantageous to the
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14

stifute. 100000 students are Study
ing in off duty classe. obtaining
books provided by the USAFI
Most CTS are cracking their
books" in the hope that their di-
plomas will help them to better
jobs when they come back to civil
liam life, and they urge boys and
girls at home to follow their ex-
amples.
In fact, a number of overseas
soldiers have recently written back
strongly endorsing the current drive
of the U. S. Office of Education and
the Children's Bureau to encour-
school age children to return to
high school this fall.
rs James Richmond Of Kings