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Evening star., 1945-07-22
as told to Tyler Mason

The Provost Marshal shut his eyes and
did some laborious mental arithmetic.
That's about three dozen eggs week."
he said at last
The Frenchman shouted: Where will you
find the three dozen eggs? Without chickens
there are no eggs"
That's what you think" the Sergeant
said brightly "In America it's different.
There it's done by machinery"
Machinery"
''Frenchie, you're lucky man. We
are about to introduce you to the mir
acle of the age - powdered eggs"
Powdered eggs?"
Think what you'll be saving - no feed
to buy - no trouble - all you do is pop
'em in the pan. Your wifell be very happy"
The Provost Marshal held out paper.
They Can Do Anything
JUST take this order to the Ouartermaster
and the eggs are yours, just as if your chick
ems had laid them"
eggs" the farmer murmured,
without chickens - there is nothing
the Americans can't do"
Three days later the farmer returned
When the Sergeant saw him his heart sank.
Frenchie walked straight over to the
Provost Marshal's desk and gingerly set
down large round package.
From my wife, he said, pulling off the
wrapping.
The Sergeant and the Provost Marshal
stared.
Chocolate chiffon pie!' they chorused.
Taste it," the farmer urged.
They did. The pastry was a luscious
fake; the custard smooth richness.
BEST l ever atep' the Sergeant said,
wiping his mouth. How'd she do it?"
''There is nothing" the Provost
Marshal sighed, "that French cooks
can't do!''
Evening star., 1945-07-22

gone SO he wanted revenge!
ACI solved the problem :.
TIME Frenchman's voice rose louder and
Il louder.
81 kill him! l tell you, kill himv'
The Sergeant looked at the Provost
Marshal and made grimace.
Foreigners are so excitable!" he said.
Our troops were in a remote farm region
where American soldiers had not been be-
fore, and it was the Provost Marshal's job
to smooth out the difficulties.
The old farmers grievance was real one.
Static, the bomber squadron's blood
thirsty mascot, had been at his chickens
again, in spite of the fact that the MP's
had warned the squadron repeatedly.
The farmers voice grew shriller and tears
stood in his eyes.
'Six egg-laying chickens he has killed!
The dog must be shot!'
The Provost Marshal shuddered. How
could he shoot the squadron's mascot?
But the farmer was blind with rage.
IF you do not kill him, kill him myself"
Look" pleaded the Provost Marshal,
well replace your chickens"
Replace them? There are not such
chickens in all Francer'
We'll give you money for them - lots
of money! he promised recklessly.
Static Was 0bEvious
OUTSIDE, the Flying Fortresses were tun-
ing up Static, mongrel of sorts - many
sorts - was jumping up and down with ex-
citement. He did not know that the six
chicken dinners he had eaten were about to
cost him his life. The crew, playfully patting
Static before climbing into their planes,
were unaware that the Provost Marshal was
fighting for their mascots life.
Money! the farmer spat the word out.
Can eat it? Will it taste like eggs1"
At the word eggs the Sergeant perked up.
''Say. Captain, got an idea. How many
eggs did these chickens lay?"
How should know?" the Provost Mar
shal asked Grossly.
The Sergeant whispered in his ear.
The Provost Marshal's face frightened.
Then it fell again.
ssDo you think it would wOrk?' he
asked obviously.
The Sergeant reassured him. "All we
gotta do is figure out how many eggs one
chicken can lay, and multiply it by six"
1t sounded easy. but the Provost Marshal
was city man.
THE egg-layingest chicken ever heard
or" the Sergeant said thoughtfully, "laid
two hundred and eighty-hve in one year."
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16

Americas oldest Negro music
publishing house, Handy Brothers
Music Company, Inc. is now en-
tering It's second quarter century
as publishers Of music. Back in
1907 w. c. Handy and Harry H.
Pace entered partnership. and
founded the only Negro music pub
fishing company in the US.
TO-DAY w. c. Handy, now II
years old and his brother, Charles
Handy and members OF the Handy
family own and operate not only
one OF the most successful musl@
publishing houses in America, but
possess a catalogue Of music that
ranks among the top leaders in the
American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers. Handy
Brothers Offices are located right
in the heart of Tin Pan Alley on
Broadway overlooking the Capitol
theatre
While the Handy house Is
famed for its st. Louis Blues,
Memphis Blues and Beale Street
Blues, II Is not generally known
that w. c. Handy has been a
most prolific composer of spirit
uals. Handy has written and pub
lished more than 100 spirituaIs,
many of which are sung in
churches the world over.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16
Handy Co. Celebrates
Silver Anniversary

IN FACT. w. c. Handy is an in
ternational authority on spirituals
and church music. beng the son of
a minister and brought up in the
church.
His choral music is today widely
used throughout England, South
Africa. Australia as well as in
America.
Hale and hearty as ever W. G.
Handy has regularly appeared in
the National Folk Festivals held
i'm New York. Philadelphia and
Washington. where the folk music
and dances of the nation are put
on with talent from every state
i'm the Union.
The Memphis Blues will take
the place of Limehouse Blues IN
the finale Of the symphony which
Handy Brothers Music Co, Inc,
is publishing under the title Blue
Destiny" with the score by Alberta
Chiaffarelli, who first conducted
this in the symphony concert at
Aeolion Hall in 1925.
Handy Brothers Music Company
welcomes and encourages the
works of colored composers and
authors.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16
pLAYTTME IN THE VALLEY

PLAYTIME IN THE VALLEY
Twas playtimc IN the Valley
And Cats from near and FAR
Came out with their Sallys
To line up a. the bar
Pour us drink
SAID Hepcat Joe.
Make II TWO
SAID Frantic Flo
.
Twas mite time on the avenue
And Cats all over town
Rushed into some rendezvous
To lay their 1--WE down.
And so -. ,
l. ChiSm
FOLKS ARE saying that the
acoustics al Downtown theatre
Lionel Hampton and his
giving out OF torrld tunes for the
patrons Theatre folks say the Para
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16

Manufacturers OF wall and floor
tile anticipate a demand OF nine MIL
lion square feet of tile for use IN
construction of hoSpltils for veterans
during the coming wear
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16
NOami Webb Is
HOrSemen Star

Dctroiters are enjoying the vocal
rcnditons Of such numbers as
Trees" Chloe" and semi-opera-
tic compositions by Miss Naomi
Webb. who is currently appearing
in Sky room Of u Horsemen club.
ALTHOUGH attendance at the
club is limited TO members and
their guests. the number of patrons
who appreciate the songs Of Miss
Webb is constantly increasing.
Another reason for the large at
tendance i'm the club Sky room.
especially on week ends and Mon
day nights is the music as furnished
by EcorSc's gift to the music world,
Johnny Miller and his SwinsSters.
Miller is Congenial and always
finds opportunity to play and sing
your requests.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16
SPENCER AND
CATO STARRED

DETROIT-(ANP)- Two Negro
operetta stars, Mimic Cato and
Kenneth Spencer. have been &C
claimed for making the presenta-
ton of Show Boat" here smash
ing success
The Masonic temple rings TO the
mighty voice Of Kenneth Spencer
when he sings "Old Man River"
in the role OF Joe. But the authentic
touch on the Negroes part is given
by Mimic Cato, who makes her con-
trlbution with the Jubilee singers.
as Queenie.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16

disc is best for
listening 70 mu-
sic notes.
II is merely
a matter OF
hours now I'M
I'll the biggest
musical attrac-
ton of the sea-
son takes place.
The place: Mir
ror Hall. Time
9 10 z am. or
June rs. Occa-
sion: Battle OF
Jazz between
Chism's ALI
Stars and Bill
Randle'S ALI
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16

Chism's All-Star Jam band was
selected through q city wide vot-
: Ing contest conducted over
period Of weeks by the Chronicle
theatrical editor.
Names of musicians in the con-
test we're submitted and then voted
ucon by the general reading pub
lie. Thousands OF votes were
counted and men receiving the
n chest total number Of votes were
declared winning players OF their
respective instrument This con-
test was the frst ever held on a
local basis and will probably be the
forerunner of an annual contest IN
the city.
Musicians expected 10 participate
in the battle OF Jazz on June 10 al
Mirror hall are Burnie Peacock,
! orenzo Lawson. Williams Evans
and Christian Smith on sax, Edwin
Davis. Matthew Rucker and King
Porter on trumpet, Clarence Peter
son and AL Haynes on trombone;
Willie Shorter piano; Albert Nc
Bride drums; Bill Burrell. guitar,
George Irwin bass. Milton Jackson,
vibes, and Kenneth Hsgood, vo-
Callst.
Also 10 be presented will be Bill
Randle's all-siar selections. includ-
ing Warren Hickey, Teddy Buck
ncr. Lorenzo Lawson and Joe
Norris on sax. Edwin Davis, Buster
Baker and Don Slaughter on trum-
pet: Willie Anderson. piano. Art
Mardigan, drums; George Rose.
guitar: James Glover. bass; and
Milton Jackson. vibes.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16

Stars. Music sweet and hot, blues
and swing styles will be featured
by the two l5-piece band aggre-
cations Tickets will be on sale at
the door.
A concert, dance and jitterbug
contest will be highlightS on the
evenings program Of entertain
ment. Don't forget the date and
place. June is at MTror Hall.
Met George Hubbard, old friend
Of many years. who is now plotting
DSR wagons cross town. Had sew
eral drinks for old time Sakes. after
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16
OthellO Star Will
Produce Strange Fruit

NEW YORK-Jose Fcrrcr will
direct and produce Strange Fruit
on Broadway next fall The best
selling novel was adapted for the
stage by Lillian Smith. its author.
Fcrrer currently is starring with
his wife. Uta Hagen. and Paul
Robson in Othello at the City
Confer
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16
tie OF Jazz To Thrill Music Lovers On June 16
Lucky And Sis
Threaten Chick

NEW YORK-When the tiny
titon of the tympani. Chick Webb,
journeyed to the Valhalla Of swing
drummers, il broke up the greatest
double barreled colored musical at
traction in the world. There's never
been another to rival the Chick
Webb-Ella Fitzgerald combo. but IL
the current plans of Moe Gale, the
band tycoon, come TO a realization
and the chances look excellent,
Swingdom will be doffing its SNUG
fedora to a new two-some-Lucky
Millinder and Rosetta Tharpe.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16
Tallulah Bankhead
Defends NY. LITER

NEW YORK-tCS) - Alabama
born and bred Tslllish Bsnkhead
will raise her lus;y voice at the
Golden Gate for Herman Howell,
Georgian Negro, who has a life
sentence Tor murder" in an auto
mobile accident. Tallulah will share
speakers honors with Canada Lee
10 plead for Powell who has been
held in Essex county Jail in New
ARK. n. j.. for over a year.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16
NINA MCKINNEY

SAN FRANCISCO - 6NPB) 90
Nina Mae Mckinney brownskin
stage and screen actress opened at
the Savoy al o in the downtown
district. Thursday, 10 begin her first
public appearance on the coast
since her recent screen comeback.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16
STAGE SET FOR
MUSICAL TREAT
OF THE SEASON

II you should happen &c see Ions
lines Of folk waiting IN front OF
294o Woodward avenue al about
Q pm. on Saturday. June is. you
Can De CERTAIN that music lovers
and musicians arc waiting their
turn 10 buy ticket 50 they can
hear the seasons biggest musical
treat
JUNE is is the date And Mirror
hsil IS The place where the hot,c,,
Jar session Of the year Mi. take
place The occasion Viii be battle
az music between two ,5-p!ece
bands
This battle 20 gain 'he honor o.
beng declared NE yIctars IN nc
jalz contest IS the much talked o.
musical extravaganza Tor which
local music sppreoistorS nave long
been waiting.
II will he a battle ROYAL be-
tween Chisms All-star jaIzmen
on one hand and the selected
band personnel Of Bill RAndle on
the other. so on June is. start
ing al q pm. Detroiters who at.
tend the AFFAIR Al Mirror hall will
hear much music.
Tickets for the concert and dance
VII, DC on sale a. the door
So be among The ar; 10 &c, your
4 cats and prepare 20 ENJOY an
evening of fine musical entertain
ment on June Is az Mirror hall.
The Durant news., 1945-01-04
RESOLUTIONS ON EDGAR MAYFIELD

The Stockholders of the Merchants &
Planters Bank note with sorrow and
grief the absence of Mr.. Edgar Mayfield
our Vice-President. He was until his
passing, closely associated with this
institution and its Stockholders and
Officers for Thirty Two years.
During all this time he was ever
faithful to this Institution and its well
fare and kind and courteous to all the
public, and thus was tower OF strength
20 the institution. Every Trust was
faithfully executed.
He was not only good banker but
good progressive citizen, Church mem
ber and leader in all things looking
! to the betterment of his community
and all the people therein. In other
words he was a citizen of which any
community and his family and friends
could be and were proud of.
| THEREFORE, Be it resolved, that the
Stockholders of this bank have, along
with the community and his family
suffered a great loss and we mourn his
passing.
And Be 1t Further Resolved, that a
copy of these Resolutions be spread up
on the minutes of this meeting and a
copy be delivered TO his family and a
copy to the county press.
Merchants & Planters Bank
Tchula, Miss.
The Durant news., 1945-01-04
Two Lexington Boys
At Greet Lakes

Two Lexington men are receiving
their initial Naval indoctrination at the
U. S. Naval Training Center, Great
Lakes, Illinois.
Their recruit training consists OF in
struction in seamanship, military drill
and general Naval procedure. During
this period a series of aptitude tests
will be taken by the recruits to deter
mine whether they will be assigned to
a Naval Service School, to store sta
ton or to immediate duty at sea.
When their recruit training is com
pleted, these men will receive period
of leave. They are: Marion L. Petty
Jr., 1s, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Marion l.
Petty, 1O9 w. China; William D. Mar
shall, II, son of Mr.. and Mrs. W. y
Marshall, Rt. l.
The Durant news., 1945-01-04
Cpl. Bumont 6. Rutledge
With 18th Armored
Infantry Bottulion

Cpl. Bumont G. Rutledge is a mail
clerk in the 1lth Armored Infantry Bat
talon which has been fighting on foot
in the forbidden mountain country be-
tween Florence and Bologna, Italy,
where armor cannot be used to advan-
tage..
The 1lth is part of the 1st Armored
Division with 1t. General Mark W..
Clark's Fifth Army.
The outfit, in its third year of COM
bat, became one of the first two Amer
ican infantry battalions to make con-
tact with German forces when it was
put ashore under fire November 8, 1912
at St. Leu, Algeria. In three days it cap
tured Tafaroui Airport and La Senia
Airdrome and furnished the advance
and rear guard of the tank column that
took Oran.
Under Luftwaffe dominated skies, the
11th fought Rommel's Afrika Korps
tooth and nail in Tunisia at Tebourba,
Medjez FL Bah and 0usseltia Valley. 1t
helped win the battle at Kasserine Pass
and fought at Maknassy. The battalion
led the way into FL Guettar, going in
ahead of two divisions, one on either
of its flanks. In the concluding mouse
trap maneuver, the 11th and sister
battalion of armored infantrymen cap
tured hill 273 to pave the way for other
troops that entered Ferryville and
sprung the trap.
The 11th rushed down the slopes Of
Mt. Lungo, Italy in January, 1914 and
kept going to the top Of Mt. Porchia,
from which effective pressure was
brought down on Casino.
The battalion was on the beachhead
around Anxio for four months. In the
The Durant news., 1945-01-04

Battle of the Caves, the 1lth fought
its way up to the side of a jeopardized
rifle battalion and made it secure. The
outfit backed up tanks that broke out
of the beachhead confines west Of
Cisterna, was among the first units in
Rome and kept well forward in the
rapid pursuit to Tuscania.
The 1lth fought its way through
towering mountains between Grosseto
and Volterra and waded across the
Arno River with the first troops to
reach the north bank.
The 11th is commanded by 1t. Colonel
Ernest l.. Ripley, Bessemer, Ala.
The Durant news., 1945-01-04
Duront Boy With

would be pleased to know the command
er of this particular division and am
sure that it must be part OF General
Patton's Third Army. General Patton
In for the American Army what Rom-
mel stands for in the German Army, out
to know the commander of this armor-
ed division would explain to me now
this army managed to achieve such
speed of advance which, in many IN
stances, caught US completely unpre-
pared"
The Germans, in broadcasts, described
the Fourth as "The American Elite
Fourth Armored Division" soon used
less complimentary terms in describing
its men as ruthless fighters. 10 the
German troops, it was the "Fourth
Panzer."
Northern New York residents who re-
call April Is, 1871. when the division
was aetiyated at Pine Camp, Will be
thrilled at this reputation OF the
Fourth. In 194l the unit lacked tanks,
guns and just about everything, as
those who remember the old vintage
tanks with which it first trained know
full we'll.
That it's Is months at Pine Camp paid
dividends is fully realized by the re-
yelation that once turned loose In
France, the unit forced crossings OF
the Selune, Icing, Yonne, Seine, Marne'
Neuse, Moselle and Meurthe Rivers, any
one of which would have been tough
tactical problem alone.
After crossing the Moselle, north ana
south of Nancy, the division met and
repulsed the heaviest tank attacks IN
the battle of France. In Brittany, the
unit is known as the "Liberators OF
Brittany"
The unit served as a part Of 1t. Gen.
George S. Patton's Third Army as or
eanized in Great Britain before the IN
vasion, Those who recall the witness OF
the men when they left northern New
York rarely had doubts but that they
were "Patton's boys"
Jumping off from Raids, Normandy
on 27 July, after an intense air ana In
fantry attack on the enemy front, the
division cut off the Brittany peninsula
in ten days, days of lightning move
ments and fighting that outblitzed the
Nazis. ..
The unit raced through Perierss, took
Coutances and Sartilly, captured the
key city of Avranches after savage
fighting, plunged into Brittany to
.~arch along lao miles to contain Ken
mes and capture vannes on the south
coast of Brittany. The division TOOK
Nantes and contained Lorient, the Nazi
submarine base, in move that trapped
thousands of Nazis.
From Brittany, the unit turned eas.
and dashed 153 miles in two nights ana
q day with Combat Command "a cap
turing Orleans. AS a result, Paris was
eutflanked from the south.
Assembled on 81 August in the vici-
lity of Orleans, the Fourth resumed
this drive and dashed to Sens where the
garrison was caught unprepared ano
enormous quantities of supplies captur-
The Durant news., 1945-01-04
Cpl. Shirley Drennun
Receives Conduct Medal,

Cpl. Shirley brennan, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. brennan of Lexing-
ton, has recently been selected to re-
ceive the Good Conduct Award, and Is
eligible to wear the Good Conduct
Medal, according to an announcement
by the authorities at the Army All
Forces Proving Ground, Eglin FIELD
Florida.
Cpl. Shirley brennan has been in the
Army since Nov. %, 1943.
To be eligible for this award, wo'
man must have served in the federal
service for three consecutive years, and
his character must be above reproach.
The Durant news., 1945-01-04
N. {. Trig|eth Passes
Wednesday Morning

M. f. Trigleth, 65, passed away We'd
nesday morning, January 3rd at the
Community Hospital following short
illness.
Interment will be in Coxburg Gene
terry with Southern Undertaking Asso-
citation conducting.
He is survived by his wife, four
daughters: Mrs. R. C. Spencer, Eden;
Mrs. F. o. Chisolm, Madison; Miss Josie
Dell Trigleth, Scarrett College, Nash
Vile, Tenn, and Mrs. B. L. Watkins,
Lexington, Rt. d; three sons: Floyd H.
Wilkerson, Lexington, Rt. 4; NJ. +.
Trigleth. Jr., Rt. 4. Lexington; Sic Ed
gar R. Trigleth, U. S. Navy. De Land
Fla; two sisters: Mrs. Rosa Killebrew
Rt. 4, Lexington; Mrs. L. L. Henry, Rt
4, Lexington, and two brothers: G. W
Trigleth, Tchula. and ]. R. Killebrew
Tar Heel. North Carolina. Also surviv
ing are six grandchildren.
The Durant news., 1945-01-04

Desert Training Center where base
camps we're established at Freda and
Needles. After training there six
months, the much-traveled division ar
rived at Camp Bowie, Texas, 8 June
1943, where it maneuvered during the
summer until alerted for overseas duty.
The division left the Lone Star State
early in December for the east coast
and departed overseas.
In England the division continued
training for six months until it landed
in France the week of July IL, 1914. 1t
began fighting five days later.
The Durant news., 1945-01-04

B. L. Barth visited here briefly last
week enroute home after visiting Sonny
in Vicksburg.
]. W. Elliott, Jackson, was a business
visitor here Wednesday.
The Durant news., 1945-01-04
LOCAL news

Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Drane, Jr., and
Thomas Walton, of Jackson, spent the
holidays with homefolks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05

Wednesday, Feb. ' at 10 p. m. over NEG.
 Roscoe Drummond, chief of the Christian Science Monitors Wash ington News Bureau, rounds out the quartet of speakers for Americas s Town Meetings" discussion of the question, "Is America nj Danger of Going Fascist2" in the broadcast Thursday Feb. at 8:30 D. m. over Station WATR. Drummond, along with Judge Jerome Frank, judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals and former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Com mission, argues for the negative. Their opponents, who maintain that therei is terend toward Fascism here. are Leo Cherne, ex- ecutive secretary of the Research Instiutt of Amrica and author of '"The Rest of Your Life" and John Roy Carlson, author of the best seller, Under Cover" George V. Denny, Jr., is moderator.
 Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Ot- to Kruger and Vincent Price will star in the Lux Radio theater ver- sion of one of the seasons biggest current mystery hits. Laura, to- night. The full-hour dramatic show is heard regularly Monday nights at 300 D. m. over the Col umbia network.
 One of the funniest men in the world of entertainment will hitch his wagon to star when Milton Berle, star of stage, screen and his own radio show, Let Yourself Go, " joints the galaxy of name enter tainers by appearing on tonights edition of the Chesterfield Supper Club" program. heard at 2 p. m EWT over NEG.