The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-18
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By
Russ COWANs


You're axtonished, Well. you
can say the same thing Of me.
How managed 10 wade through
the many columns -ettsPe
reeked with the fragrant smell Of
stale sweat and lninent from
fighters. ball players. runners. foot
ball players and golfers and tennis
Etars. and emerge as the architect;
OF this sedate pillar . Is STROUD
&c. so far as I'm concerned, = =
mare or a multitude u events
presenting problem tina
would stump The easy thinking or
gan confined in the noggin OF Joe
broadway Joel Brown. Hes
capable Of answering most ~ the
perplexing problems But rlght
now Joe's little mifed . and
Is giving of answers in biting and
sarcastic tones. :. il al stems
from the fast that two Of Joes
bosom friends. Claude McNary snc
Albert Archie. are having close
communion with nature while en-.
joying the healing waters ~ Hot
Springs. while the ltile fell
low Of many voeationS. who has
been trying 10 convince me for the
past four years that he's back on
the road 10 financial success. can
not get 10 Toledo And DR..
Samuel Henry Clay Owen and
Reuben Ray. covered with the tan
OF the hot Mexican sun. did not
add 10 Joe's pleasure by burdening
his ears with stories about the ex-
celient time had in the land OF hot
tanales and tequla.
T. John Woods. my predecessor
In the construction of this column, |
was rendered \ testimonial last
Thursday evening in the private
dining room ut Paradise Bowl
. testimonial sponsored ny the stan
II the Michigan Chronicle and |
friends ne had accumulated over
the three wears he had been doing
hts chore for this paper and
one Of the incest things said about
Woods was expressed In the poem
written by Leontine Current
wife Of the executive secretary Of
the Detroit Branch Of the NAACP.
Waiter Hardin. international or
GAMER OF The UAW-cIO, VIII leap
into instant conversation when |
some oldtner recalls the night OF
Nov II. 1882 when Walter
VAS kidnapped by members OF the
Black Legion in Pontiac taken
10 the outskirts OF town and severe
~ flog2ed along with two
white companions. The fog
Ring followed their protest against
the treatment OF Negroes in Pontiac
Hardin was ordered to leave
town but had the courage 10
remain When interviewed
him he following day he was
confined 10 bed but had his trusty
rifle within reach.
Edward Baker -. the big ad-
vertising man had 70 hasten
down 10 Washington by plane last
month because OF the illness Of his
no,her-in-law q. And while
waiting for her TO &c; back on the
road 10 recovery. decided that IL |
woulG be advisable 10 have the |
physicians give him the double |
check. He spent two days in
the hospital while the doctors
looked al his tongue, peered under
his toe-nsils. listened to his ticker
.. and then came up with the
profound announcement: You're
al right"
The return of Mimic Cato i
who has one Of the featured roles |
in "Showboat' which opened At
the Masonic Temple, Tuesday
might was homecoming for
the former concert star. Mimic |
had her start at the old Miles thea
tire back In 1922 but there
were not so many Of her friends |
down 10 hear her because Of the |
discrimination practiced against |
eolored by the owner Of the vaude-
willie house that occupied q niche
on Criswold between State and |
Grand River. I met her after
she had been TO New York /
scored q success and was back
here for . visit with relatives
the late Humphrey Patton Sr.. then
editor OF the now defunct Detroit
Owl. introduced me to the star :
and what q thrill II was TO meet
some one who had been . Broad
way success. Like meeting
Paul Robson back i'm the early
1905 when he and Fritz Pol
lard came here as stars with the
Akron football team. The Pull
man porter was telling me that II
n seldom every berth Is taken on
the run between Detroit and Chi
cago. Always those last min
ute cancellations. II has always
been . puzzle to me how q big fell
low can undress and dress In an
upper bcrti.