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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-12-15
MCKINLEY SQUARE
PLAYERS PRODUCE
COMIC MURDER

NEW YORK ANP) Arsenic
and Old Lace" Will be presented
here on Dec % by the newly
formed Mckinley Square players
The play will he directed by Otto
Simetti. with Avon Long in the
role OF drsma critic.
The new reportery company.
whose formation was announced
Tuesday by Or. William f. Dunn
and George d. Gersene. both con-
nected with several Broadway
ventures. plans 10 give produc-
tions on twO-week run basis.
A permanent repertory company
will be maintained and its mom-
hers are To- include prominent ac-
tors and actresses OF the Negro
stage
The company also plans TO pre-
sent outstanding Negro guest
stars occasionally.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-12-15
IHONEYDRIPPERS
STARRED AT
YOUTH RALLY

Thursday. December S. at the
Forest club a rally OF city-wide
high school and college youth
was sponsored by the Northwest
ern high school NAAcP council.
THE Honeydriprers" appearing
here At tho Paradise theatre
floorcd the teen nge youngsters
with their program which they
opened With their sensational
like box record breaker The
Honeydrirpers".
Attorney Edward NJ Turner.
chairman OF the NAAcP Youth
Work comIttee. was speaker for
the eyering The program was
planned for the purpose Of max
ing youth aware Of their re-
sponslbility for promoting inter-
facial goodwill 10 high schools
and colleges. Represc
from sevo'al OF the hieh schools
were present and the various youth
councils were also represented.
Miss Doris Berry. student OF
Northwestern high school. pre-
SIDED Remarks were made by the
president of the Student council
81 DENLY high school. In his ad-
dress 10 the youth Attorney Turn
er. stressed the Importance OF
youth bending all efforts In this
reyi'alizirs period toward build
ing the kind Of harmony in hui
nan relations rs was produced
in tie nelodious harmonies rem
dered by Tile Honeydrippers'
This was the second in a series
" rallies sponsored by the Youth
department of the NAACP. Fol-
lowing the program the students
engaged In social dancing.
AS result OF the meeting.
many new youth members Joined
tie NAACP and organized a now
Youth council which will meet
every Monday at six o'clock az
the Brewster Community center
under the advisorship OF Mrs.
Matte williams Others present
AID participating on the pro-
gram were Mrs Roxic pnsh. VIII
liam Watson and Miss Roberta
Mcclure. youth director OF the
NAACP.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-12-15
Club OwensIs
Warm Spot For
C'illy Nights

Tho new floor show opening at
the Club Owens theatre-bar Mon
day night promises 10 be the on
ly tropical breeze found anywhere
in the valley these zero days.
The new Larry Owens revue
might hove a new face or two.
but Chester Rentie. booker OF the
show. said that as It appears TO
date. the lineup will include
Emile Jones as the singing me-;
Kay Randall, tap dancer; Freddie
Robinson. yenlriliGuist and skate
dancer and Myra Manual, blues
sensation.
George Dawson and his or
obestra will furnish the music
for tho show.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-12-15
CURRENT
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ne we're enjoying while in Lon
con
Now the vanes were adamant
IN their belief that racial pre-
iudices didn't exist in England.
II was our judgement that while
inero was little evidence OF dis
criminatory practices. that racial
prondice was latent II there
were many colored people in Eng
land there would be racial pre-
JUDGE similar to Americas
Perhaps you might be interest
81 in this incident 10 Illustrate
What | mean:
i'ter the conference closed, a
council TO serve as a preparatory
commission was elected. Our frs
m"o'lng was called for nine
o'clock IN the evening al the
'zeck Embassy. II actually start
cd ri 1000 pm. The last tram
leaves the Oval Underground sta
lion for sydenham Hill at 1910.
Russell Jones and I decided that
We would take our chances with
4 iaxicab. The meeting ended at
1880 am. There was no posi-
oility ~ our getting a cab home.
so Naomi Chertoff OF Junior Ha-
uaSsa, offered 10 let Russell and
mo share her apartment We went
IN past the night clerk and |
noticed that ne look ~ Us with
one OF those American" looks.
out this being England. I was
sure that II didn't matter. We
were talking among ourselves
about the meeting and must have
raised our voices a little. for the
iady next door tapped on the
vail and asked Naomi to stop the
fuss.
When Naomi offered to take
US to her apartment. | thought
sne had two rooms. II turned out
'1at der apartment was one OF
'rose one room kitchenettes with
me Murphy bed. She slept on
NE couch and save Russell and
mo the he'd. Well. that was true
democracy, but wait until you
near the rest Of the story
The "old maid" next door COM
plained naturally. The night
clerk made quite an issue OF Ne
gro men guests spending the
"Rht II wasn't the fact that
men spent the night. II was their
color. So, for being democratic
and offering us he'd for the
n'Sht, 80 we wouldn't have 10
s'eep In the streets OF a strange
own our benefactrcss had 70
'acafo her apartment.
It's true all over the world
"hatsoever men say that you
are that's what you are
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-12-15
SUBSTITUTES
IN ZOMBIE
LINE up

Broad's Club zombic has added
two new members 10 its current
fast-stepping musical revue. Pro-
ducer Irvine Alexander has re-
placed sweet singer Mary Jeffer-
son with rricilla Register de-
scrihed as versatile singer
Miss Rovster is p former chirp-
er with Mathew Fuckers band
and appeared recently at the p
Horscmen's Civic center.
The other act is the famous
broadway team known as Ma
Ghandi and MaGhandi comedy
dancers They fiji the spot that
was supposed TO have been taken
by Clarence Ellis who did not
appear.
This team has plenty Of flash,
rhythm and syncopation.
Big Clara Williams. 200 pound
blues singer. IL the hit OF the
show and comes on with some
terrific songs.
Todd Rhodes orchestra furn-
ishes The music for the show
Next week the band will be re-
placed by Cecil Lees new swing
aggregation.
Cecil held down the swing
birth at the zombie before he
went into the navy. His new out.
III is supposed to have plenty
OF punch and swing
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-12-15
HILDA SIMMS TURNS
BOOK REVIEWER

III lie Hollers let Him Co.
is the story Of sensitive young
Negro shipyard worker writes
Hilda Sin.ms, star Of Anna Luz
casta.' n reviewing the new vol
ume by Chester B Hines. in the
Chicago Sur
Tie Eero's awareness Of being
on constant false probation. sole
" based on the color Of his skin.
causes spiritual disfnte grafton
which ends in near destruction OF
himself,
Against tho gray canvas Of
family disruption. community
coneestiou, and racial tension due
70 orr tational war time emer-
eency. the author paints strong
picture OF two extremes ~ Negro
lifs IN America rebellious Ro-
bert Zones Of ohio. whose az
periences with his white fellow
workers results 10 serious social
and economic difficulties and
the conservative. educated mem
bers Of his fiances family who
by clcveriy calculated ostrich be-
havior solve the same problems
by avoiding them and ignoring
ttcm.
THE novel is so graphically
written that one can ever hear
the pounding Of the iron drills
and fol- the hot. brilliant ealifor-
nit sun shinmering on the ship
deck. Descriptions are so real
that one can't help being ono
tionally and mentally involved In
Jones chaotic cross-ways anc So
cial blocks.
Jones IL Negro who doesn't
want TO live because he Is afraid
Of life and he has been 20 init
caioled rerrimanded.
siymicd an beaten by society that
he welcomes death because the
blacmess OF IL is his
only means Q. escape.
Inevitably. many controversial
IDEAS will spring from this novel
Most people Will admire Hines
skill for storytelling and no one
will doubt his attempt to deal
seriously and sincerely with
problem which all OF us must face
II We hope here in
America to survive in a new
world
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-12-15
70 The / = RADIO RAJ WORLD
49,. By ISAAC JONre
ron THREE DAVIS. russdas.

FOR THREE DAYS. Tuesday.
wednesday and Thursday. 1880
nm. we heard very in
,sresting and important discus
/ ,,,m via shortwaye. from London.
England. between the British and
few Americans. The title OF
he nrogtam is Freedom Forum"
The chief interest centered around
me United Nations organization,
,enscriptior and the atomic
homr. ard how ~ prevent snoth-
Or world war.
From what we were able TO
s,ther from what some OF the
british speakers said, there isn't
much faith in the United Natior
orsanIzation from the standpoint
=. preventing another world war.
British spokesman on the pro-
gram stated In part: III we want
eonscrirtion in the United States.
Great britain and Russia. we
don't have faith I'm tho United Ma
lions organization. We are pre-
psrirr for another war;
"The first country 10 start the
next war, will finish II before
The war gets started"
An AMERICAN STATED: 1.-THE
general attitudes OF the American
psopla arc against conscription
The Americans dent like To be
IN HE army: they accept II dur
ing war. and resent II In peace"
COUNT EASIE claims 10 have
,ouri another Ella Fitzgerald
with his discovery in Mil
vsusee drug store OF Ann
Moore. now thrushing with his or
ca sira, via Columbia recordings.
As clncee Of the screwiest pro-
.ram in radio. Ralph Fdw ards
has heen the brunt OF man prac-
teal Jokes. Recently one Of
these Jokes was played on Ralph.
feho is The master OF .oke-mak-
irs A member OF his cast
ihoueht that II would be a great
esg 10 set all the clocks in the
studio back So Ralph was still
IN thp audience selecting contest
ans when his air time gave out
TIE NEWS is OUT about how
Eddie Cantor discovered rhelma
CARPENTER. the colored vocalist
on his program. The truth IS that
his daughter heard Miss Car
ppafrr sing in a night club She
was so carried away with her
voice until she pulled her father
down. to the place in the wee
hoers OF the morning to hear
Thelma Eddie Cantor agreed
iHat she had Just what ne had
fefr looking for Despite her
iste Miss Carpenter got the
'oh and has made hit with the
visible as we'll as radio audience.
GANG BUSTERS IS now heard |
over The American Broadcasting
network and Radio station
MY. Saturday at 9 pm.
THERE'S no FOUNDATION TO
p mors thar Duke Ellington will
not he re-sirned by Victor.
TIFF MCNEIL FAMILY will |
take over the Breakfast Club.
on Monday. December 2l. That
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-12-15

IS the date each year when Don
Mcneil gets in the background
and let's his family run things.
On Christmas morning the
breakfast Club" will be broad
cast from a Chicago hospital TO
entertain the soldiers there.
ELLA FITZGERALD was guest
star on Jack Smiths program
Monday night. December 10 over
CHS SHE is said to have er-
ceiVed 1880 for her appearance
on the show. Until next week
GOOD LISTENING"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-12-15

up and the warehouse was sur.
rounded on the outside by more
than a hundred automobiles with
their headlights glazing full force
TO throw some semblancc OF light
onto the scene. Thanks TO the fn-
genuity OF this resourceful pro-
moter. the dance vert off as
scheduled and not one OF the
more than $500 ticket buyers
asked for refund.
Buddy drew a big laugh and a
tremendous burst OF applause
midway In the evening when he
announced that his next selec.
tilon would BE most apropes for
the occasion--an ARRANGEMENT Of
"Daucing In The Dark!
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-12-15

NEW YoRK-The National Re-
cord Company has Just released
new Billy Eckstine recording
pairing the old ballad fsvorite,
I'm In The Mood For Love,
with a sensational blues from the
pen or composer-critic Leonard
G. Feather. titled Long Long
Journey both sides featuring
vocals by the singing maestro.
Although the new Eckstine
waxing Just hit the market ear
lier this month the reaction has
been so Tremendous that II ap-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-12-15
BIG MACEO"
GETS $1,000
PER WEEK

"Rig Maceo." foremost recording
artist Of RCA Victor repeatedly
plans to make a tour OF the
country to be teamed with Tiny
Patton and his famous orchestra.
The Zig blues singer is the pet
OF the Victor company and is
said to have signed a contract
calling for $1,000 90 weekly for
one yeai 'lac.o IS the re-
cording artist OF Worried Life
Blues OF which more than 200O.-
0e0 records have been sold he
also recorded Texas Blues
Things Have hanged" Il
Got The Blues" Why should
! Hang Around" kid Man
"Pluos.T IT'S All Up TO
Yon" "Toueh Luck Blues
anytime For You Since she's
Rcen Gone" Detroit Jump e
winter Time Blues" "come
Home Baby" Texas stomp"
Pig Red Blues" Big Road
Plies" ana many others not yet
released.
Pig Naceo" emissions tile
heart Of the American Negro in
song lie has a gift seemingly
mot possessed by any other blues
singer to put his soul ard feel
inss as well as the feelings Of
other people into songs. Big
Nsceo" has never consented to
rake a tour until now. lie owns
his own palalisl nome in Chica-
20 and is not a poor msn in any
sense OF the word, having a very
substantial annual Income from
ROYALTIES on his records.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-27
JUNEAU BOYS ARE BEING DISCHARGED,
 MILITARY SERVICES

Many Juneau boys are being dis charged from the military services or else are on their way to separa- ton centers for demobilization. Advices received by the Empire from the Naval Staging Center, Pearl Harbor, says Will c. Carter, chief radioman, of Juneau is getting ready to rejoin the ranks of the civilians as soon as final papers have been handed him, will be plac- ed aboard ship headed for the states.
 Also from Pearl Harbor is the announcement that Cpl. Joe H. Sat- ko. son of MT and Mrs. Paul Satko Iof Juneau, is now on his way to
 Seattle from where he will go to a separation center for discharge. Satko left Okinawa on November 26. Waldemar Jones and Charles s.
 White, both of Juneau, have been
 honcrably discharged from the ser vice according to advices received
 from the separation center at Fort
 Lewis, Wash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-27
IS ARMY WASTING JUPpLIES; PROBE GETTING UNDERWAY
Senatorial Investigators 10 Go on Month -Lonq,
 World Flight

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27-Sena- tor Knowland (R-Calif). who has seen the waste of war, said today he and fellow Senators hope to determ- inc within a month whether military goods are being wastefully thrown away now.
 Are useable trucks being pushed over cliffs? Is food being allowed to spoil while children go hungry?
 These are among the questions a subcommittee of the Senate's de- fense Investigating committee will seek to answer in a month-long trip round the world flight.
 The trip starts tomorrow. Heading the group is Senator Tunnel O. Deb, an old hand at investigations abroad The third member is Sen- ator Mitchell CD-Wash).
 Knowland said the flying Sena- tors believe they can do "a construc- tive job for the American people, who have lot of money tied up in supplies, bases and installations of all kinds"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-27
Blind Italian Boy Brought 10 u.S.bY
 GIs for Treatment

NEW YORK, Dec. 27-A blind Italian boy, befriended by members of the 88th Blue Devil" Division, arrived here yesterday aboard the storm battered carrier Randolph, en- route to Johns Hopkins hospital, in Baltimore, for an operation to re- store his sight.
 The boy, 8-year-old Gianfranco Gabbia, clad in full CT uniform, ar- rived in the company of Pfc. How ard w. Gorgas of Montpelier, Ohio, who said the lad had been blind ed when kicked in the face by a German horse in September, 1944, in his home town of Feltre.
 Members of the Division, Gorgas said, raised $3, 400 to finance the op- eration at Johns Hopkins. He said the boy was admitted to the United States on temporary passport visa and would return to Italy after the operation.
Evening star., 1945-11-07
ON THE AIR TONIGHT.

ON THE AIR TUNIGHT.
WTOP, 7:30-Victor Jory Is guest
detective.
WMAL, 8::30-Sports Editor John
Hightower and Jim Hurley answer
questions on hunting and fishing.
WTOP, 9:00-Lawrence Tibbett
visits fellow singer.
Evening star., 1945-11-07

Loan show, with Burgess Meredith
and Singers Vivian Bauer, Mario
Lama and Robert Weede.
WTOP. 10:30-Morton Dowpey re-
ceives the Andrews Sisters Green
Room Award"
WRC. 11:30-First in q new series
Of musical programs. Tony Pastors
Band stars.
Evening star., 1945-11-07

WMAL, 9:30-Music by Paul
Whiteman's Orchestra and brief
talks by Mark Woods, Milton Cross
and George Hicks mark the 25th
anniversary Of radio.
VOL, Observation-Disclosures stars
appear at the debut of the new Ice
Follies.
WTOP. 10:0o-A special Victory
Marion progress., 1945-12-27

of the Anderson Greenlee lands in
herited by Hezekiah Greenlee, and
being described in a deed from M.
G. Turner, Trustee, to j. A. Burg
in, recorded in Deed Book H., at
page 329, Of Mcdowell County Deed
Records
Fifth Tract: Beginning on a
white oak stump on the north side
of the road and runs N 63 E 8,
poles to stake on the west side of
the branch, thence N Is w 18.
poles, crossing the branch to a
white oak stump in Salisbury's line;
thence S 72 W with said line 9
poles to a rock in edge Of an old
road, thence S 18 E Is poles to the.
Beginning, being known as the old
colored school house lot, and des-
cribed in a deed from Eliza Lytle,.
ct al to ]. A. Burgin, recorded in
Deed Book "a, at page 1873.
Sixth Tract: Beginning on q
stake, E. P. Creasman's Southeast
corner and runs S FL E 13 poles
to a stake; thence S So W "a poles
to spanish oak; thence n 27 W
1872 poles to stake, M. B. Luns-
ford's corner; thence same course
with Lunsford's line to Joe Harris
corner; thence with said line to
Creasman's corner; thence with
CHEESEMAN'S line to the Beginning,
containing 2 acres, more or less.
Seventh Tract: Beginning on a
dogwood on the south bank of an
old ridge road in c. c.. Melton's
I line and runs South course 13 poles
to- stake, thence West course 13
poles to a stake; thence North
course 13 poles to a stake in Mel
! tons line; thence East with G.. c..
Melton's line to the Beginning.
The Sixth and Seventh Tracts,
>above described, being known as
the E. P. Creasman lands, and be-
ing fully described in deed from
~. P. Creasman and wife, Matte
Creasman, to J. A. Burgin and W.
S. Burgin, dated August 9Th, 1925,
and recorded in Deed Book 81, at
page 292, of Mcdowell County
Deed Records.
Eighth Tract: Being all Of Lot
: No. l in Block 5, and the southeast
strip of Lot No. 2 in said Block,
adjoining Lot No. 1, said strip be-
ing twenty-five feet in width
throughout, having as it's northwest
boundary line running parallel to
and rs feet from the northern
boundary line of said Lot No. L,
which said Lot No. 1 and portion of
Lot No. 2 in said Block 5 are des-
Marion progress., 1945-12-27

cribed by metes and bounds as fol-
lows: Beginning at a stake at the,
intersection of the North line Of
First Avenue with the east line of
Catawba River Road, being the
southwest corner of Lot No. / and
running N 7212 w with the Cataw-
ba River Road IS feet to stake
in the western margin of said road;
thence on line parallel with First
Avenue and IS feet distant there
from $50 feet to- stake, thence S
TN E IS feet to stake in the
Northern margin of First Avenue;
thence with said margin of said
Avenue a westerly direction to- the
Beginning. and being the same: lots
of land described in deed from
It. R. Moore to j. A. Burgin, dated
January 1, 1881, and recorded in
Deed Book II, at page 316, of Nc
Dowell County, Deed Records.
Ninth Tract: Beginning on a
small sycamore on the bank of the
river between the river and the
public road near the mouth of
small branch and runs N As w.:
crossing the road and branch at 2
poles, same course 65 poles to a
locust stake on top of the ridge;
thence S 68 w Sc poles to a stake
on the Souther line; thence South
with the Souther line 35 poles to
his corner of 9 acre tract; thence
! East with said line 80 poles to his
corner; thence South with his line
80 poles to Kelly and Lytle's old
corner; thence S So e with his line
of said Kelly and Lytle tract or old
line, crossing the wagon road, to
an old walnut tree standing be-
tween the road and river; thence
N Is E with said river to the Begin
ming, containing 90 acres, more or
less, being formerly known as T.
E. Rafield land, and being fully
described in a deed from T. E.
Raffield and wife, Bertie Rafneld, to
il. A. Burgin, w. S. Burgin and NJ.
G. Turner, dated July 18th, 1910,
and recorded in Deed Book SO, at
page 537, and in a further deed
from Ann Mathis, ct al to Minor
Lytle, dated March 9, 1911, and re-
corded in Deed Book 43, at page
!468, of Mcdowell County Deed
Records.
Tenth Tract: Beginning on
ichestnut stag with spruce pine
pointers on the South bank of Ca
tawba River east of the ford of the
public road and near a rock cliff
and runs North to the top of the
ridge to a stake, thence West with
the top Of said ridge as it meanders
81
Marion progress., 1945-12-27

Frank NJ. Armstrong, Judge Presid-
ing at the July Term, 1945, of said
court, the undersigned, who were by
said order appointed as Commis-
sioners to sell the lands described
in the complaint, will, on the 31st
day of December, 1945, it being
Monday, at eleven o'clock, A. M,
at the courthouse door in Marion,
North Carolina, offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash, but subject
to confirmation by the court as in
said order provided, the following
described parcels Of land, to wit:
First Tract: Beginning on gum
on top Of a ridge, and runs S As
w 2S poles to two small white oaks,
thence 55 w 40 poles to rock
on conditional line between Log
an Stepp and Jackson Stepp, thence
IS 40 E As poles to stake; thence
N SO f SO poles to rock; thence
IN "A w 64 poles to the Beginning.
Second Tract: Beginning on a
pine or gum, corner Of the above
tract, and runs S IS E 40 poles to
a rock, an old corner, then North 8
poles to stake on top of ridge,
then N 81 w with the ridge "a
poles to a stake on Logan Carr's
line, then with Carr's line to the
Beginning, containing acres, more
or less.
Third Tract: Beginning on a rock
on top of ridge, conditional line
between A. W. and Logan Stepp
and runs S 65 W with the line 4
poles to a rock, then N 40 E rs
poles to stake, then West I pole
to Jackson and Logan Stepp, then
IN IS E 40 poles to a small white
oak, then N 45 E 28 poles to a
gum, then with the top of the ridge
, to the Beginning.
The three above described tracts
of land being known as the John
Owensby or Addicke lands, and des-
cribed in a deed from J. W. Win
borne, Trustee, to J. A. Burgin, re-
corded in Deed Book 80, at page
354, Mcdowell County Deed Rec
ords.
Fourth Tract: Adjoining the
lands of J. L. Moore, G. L. Greenlee
and others, Beginning on spanish
oak stump, an old corner, now
Aaron Reece's, and runs Is E 112
poles with Davis tract to stake in
said line, then West Is poles to a
small oak, then N 10 w 108 poles
to- stake and pointers, Moore's
line, then N 72 W 8k poles to the
Beginning, containing 18 acres,
more or less, and being that portion