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Bradley beam., 1945-06-09

 CHATTER
MlSGT. D. P. STEELE

Two words used in this column more than any others are probably Swing" and Jazz. It might be we'll to find just what they really
 mean. No one knows exactly. Some
 say that Swing" is just another name for jazz, while others diff ferentiate sharply and violently be- tween the two. The latter camp claims that jazz" is the genuine
 article and that swing is a very poor modern product of imitation. Musicians play the music, be it
 jazz or: swing and even they don't know. Red Narvo, the ace "vibe" player, says "To me jazz is some thing obnoxious" Zutty Singleton, one of the greatest of the Negro drummers, says Jazz or Swing what's the difference" Cootie Will Hams states emphatically that "there is no difference between jazz and swing"
 |
 record listeners is brought to light
 every day. Those. who scorn the
 modern commercial bands think
 that any music played anywhere
 but in a smoke-filled room by six
 or more musicians is commercial
 corn. In our opinion, this is wrong. | Whether a piece of music is played l by a honky-tonk pianist, a small
 Dixieland outfit or an IS piece
 band it still has the same techni- cal characteristics. No matter what the treatment the music re-
 mains the same.
 Most musicians argued that the | New Orleans style as exemplified by Buck Johnson, King Oliver and
 Bunny Berigan is musically obso- lescent.
 Just because musicians are classed as "New Orleans and
 played thirty years ago does not stamp them with greatness. There isn't a man alive or dead who can
 match the brilliance of Benny on the clarinet, Duke on the piano, CT Sid Catlett on the drums, to name
 just three.
 Agreed, that those old Crescent City boys were some stuff in their day, but so was the Model T. Any of that old stuff we've heard in the past few years has more than faint aroma of corn.
 We're the first to admit that 98&o of the men today were guided or directly influenced by the old timers but in time they have evolved techniques and styles which far surpass those of the so-called Masters.
 We believe in New Orleans, and like it lot, but when it comes to solid, full interpretation of that elusive thing jazz Cor swing) we'll string along with Benny, Tommy Dorsey or some of the newer boys.
 A two by four room in Green wich Village with four or five char acters knocking themselves out doesn't spell jazz. Music is music. Some of the best jazz music heard in years was done in the splendor of the Paramount in New York. Ofhandedness and informality is great in jazz music, there's no doubt about it. However this is no reason to condemn the modern musicians. Music making today is a big business, and from the seat we have, arrangement and careful planning show to good effect.
Bradley beam., 1945-06-09
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ADVENTURES WITH A JUNIOR
 c MAN


 Off we go again with a lot of space to fill and very little to say. Here's one item, however, that will probably please our friendly ene- mics. For the past few weeks we've been knocking out copy on the hot water situation. We'll, last night the water in our barracks (not the stuff that leaked through the roof) was steaming hot so match we rushed in to utilize same. Re- suit: pass me the handkerchief, honey, Niagara Falls was never like this. Kachooo!
 Weary Wisdom
 The boys of lower POP were evicted last Monday evening with the result that homeless groups of =2O2ers wandered about the c Sqdn. area looking for bed and board Quite few of us found lodgings in 204. However, as was expected, we're strictly high altitude men now. Blackie hopes his strength holds out long enough so he can reach his upper nightly until res cued by a discharge due any mo- ment. Kelley is suffering from thin air; Leverone is building ladder; Squires uses a block and pulley technique while Neuwirth sleeps on the floor. Anyhoo, an upper has it's advantages, the light is better for reading.
 Everybody Hates a Lover
 Of course, you could say we're just bitter-but that's lie. We gotta woman. The reason we make a statement such as above, is be- cause we, and probably you, have been bored to death by one, (lover). In civilian life a lover wasn't so bad. You could always bid him goodbye after joint date and re- tire to your solitary quarters. But in the Army every mans brother and if the boy sleeps next to you, or even in your barracks-you're stuck. During lunch hour while try ing to invest a few minutes in sack time he tells you of his loves. in the evening the same holds true and even the washroom isn't sacred from his amorous accounts. No matter where they come from, all lovers are alike. Geography takes no account of amour and the only difference between a Don Juan from Brooklyn or Texas is his accent. Their line usually runs the same. Quote: "Whatta time I had last night. I calls up this Chick in Hartford and she says come on down, the folks ain't home. We'll, l arrives but I never gets chance to trow me hat in da corner before she has me inner clutches. Whatta time. Wow. All kinna food and re- treatments she's got and whatta fgger. So then I says to her . !, etcettra etcettra and so far into the night.
 There's only one way to cure this type of verb-happy Lothario. Get tenn married Beastly, aren't we? But before you go, femme tell va about this kid I meets last night, Whatta time, Wow.
Bradley beam., 1945-06-09

Another Japanese ally in jungle fighting is boredom and homesickness. Much of the fighting is done in inconspicuous actions which nobody hears about, hopping up" The Japs are counting heavily on the boredom and homesick- ness of our troops to rob us of full victory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-04
Plan Annual MEETING

The annual historical meeting Of
Washington Camp No. 3o5, Sons Of
Confederate Veterans, will be held
at 8 pm. Tuesday at Confederate
Memorial Hall, 1872 Vermont avenue
NV. Comdr. Thomas A. Simons
will preside. The public Is invited.
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Ballet for Capital
Planned by Major
Dance GrOuDs Here

Ballet. by Washingtoniahs for
WashingtonianS, resumes its activi-
ties under the District of Columbia
Recreation Department at a civic
dance concert Friday evening, May
10, in the Roosevelt auditorium
Never has so large a company of
ballet and modern dancers been
brought together for a community
program here.
The concert will include the tall
ents Of four well-knoWn local
groups-Ballet Soiree, under direc-
ton OF Marion D. Venable; Dance
Iheater, directed by Erika Thimey;
Washington Concert Ballet, headed
by Lisa Gardiner and Mary Day,
and Dance Playhouse, project OF
Evelyn Davis.
An Advisory Committee of local
patrons of the arts has been ap-
pointed to assist In the depart
ment's year-around ballet program,
Its members include DR.. Max p
Gushing, chairman; Mrs. James r.
Allen, Mrs. j. Frank Bowling, Mrs,
Crosby Boyd, Mrs. Wayne Coy, DR.,
Paul Douglass, Mrs. Colin G. jane
son, Mrs. Harold N. Marsh, Miss
Mary Marshall. Mrs. Herbert E.
Stats, Mrs. John w. Stenhouse and
Mrs. Z. Metealfe Walling.
Tickets Tor the May IS concert
go on sale Monday at the PARKWAY.
ALI seats are reserved.
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THE CAST.

rounds his meadow. The Pirate is
the indignant name the horses
owner has imposed upon him. Just
as Indignantly, Velvet shortens it to
the Pi.
The Browns are a solid family,
full OF the warmth Of life, and
touched by its dramatic hayward
ness. Velvet's devotion to the noble
horse is the sort of thing that
arouses her father to wrath, but
her mother. who made the big
dream Of her own life come true, en-
courages the little girls strange en-
chantment. She knows how such
things are and she is blessed with
the tenderness that knows not only
how to deal with daughters, but also
with a wisdom that softens the
dudgeon of the kindly husband
whom she always calls Mister
Brown"
The Browns are getting along coz
lily in the world when two things
happen to them. Into their life first
comes a footloose jockey (Rooney)
lad whose morals are far from i'm
peccable. Like the horse, however,
he is tamable by little Velvet.
Once he is fixed in the Browns
home, an incredible thing happens
Outraged Farmer EIDE decides to
rattle off the ri and Velvet's dream
of winning him injects wonderfully
dramatic chaos into the lives of
every one around her.
r. {c ma ~ thu AIN, e hock fao f,,roc
that this area of 1t has been packed
with such high element of sus-
pense and excitement. Those quail
ties will have to be attributed to
some excellent acting on the part
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Shirley Meets the Lovelorn

varied that even her most ardent
fans fail to recognize her on the
streets. Few nights ago she arrived
at radio station for a broadcast.
She wore babushka. As she
stepped from her car she bumped
into Robert Young, also reporting
for a broadcast.
They started to enter the studio
together when a hundred autograph
seekers bore down upon them. They
stopped, braced themselves and
waited for the onslaught. But to
Bergman's amazement, all the
youngsters raced by her toward
Young. The babushka was q COM
plete disguise.
The star waited around and joked
as Young continued to sign his
name. I'll have to wear a big name
plate il people are going to recognize
me-" she laughed, later.
X X X X
Weeks prize remark: Greer Gar
son, MGM's first lady, and Helen
Hayes, ditto the stage, had dinner
together recently. Both remarked
that they were tired Of playing
sweet" roles. But" said Miss
Hayes to Miss Carson, you couldn't
play bad woman-to do that to
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of little Miss Taylor and Ann Revere
as her wise, gentle mother. Rooney
helps greatly, too, with one Of the
most restrained performances Of q
career that has been notable for a
lack Of restraint.
The suspense Is neatly counter
pointed with moments of great ten
derness and Of simple, domestic COM
edy treated about as well as the Gin
ema ever has treated such things
The comedy Is that Of both situation
and character. The former centers
chiefly in the fathers stormy indig-
nation at the sudden upset In the
peaceful routine Of the household
the latter In the presence Of Jackie
(Butch) Jenkins, wonderfully imper-
sonating the most exasperatine
small son any family ever had.
X X X X
The climax toward which the pic
ture moves, Of course, is Velvet's in
credible luck in winning the rattle
training the Pi to use his great
speed and jumping ability sanely
and finally her decision to enter him
in the Grand National.
Rooney figures prominently In
the thrilling passages In which the
horse Is conditioned for the great
race, and you can bet that Director
Clarence Brown missed no chance
to 60 ideally dramatic in dealing
with the riding and jumping scenes
The great moment Of National
Velvet" to be sure, Is that in which
Butcher Browns little daughter,
posing as boy, rides the Pi in the
Grand National. A finer, more
smashing piece Of film-making we
never have seen than that In which
the race is run. When you have
forgotten most other moments OF
most other movies, you will remem-
Der this one of wildly running, fall
ing horses, and in the middle OF
them a little girl who can clearly
ride like a demon.
National Velvet" is a picture we
urge every one to see. In fact, We
clamor for it with the feeling that
1T will be not only in the years
10-best pictures, but In its two best
X X X
"A kAo VIC aCuh nAAO a p1CtIy PAL v
ner in black tulle set the Capitol
stage this week for Paul Haakon's
opening number. Eleanore Tennis
Mr.. Haakon's partner, added a few
modern toe touches to the classic
idom. The Broadway dancers chose
for his second selection his owr
famous Interpretation Of the Rus.
sian sailors dance from the "Rec
Poppy" Torch Singer Jerri Kruger
added her name to the vocalist list
under II Wanta Get Married" Tee
Claire, funny man on yesterdays
program, made the most of q baby
skit and Al Jolson routine thai
wasn't too funny. Mr.. Haakon ano
Miss Tennis closed the show with q
very fine Rogers-Astaire ballroom
number.
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"Wishful thinking won't win the
war-buying bonds will do much
more"
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whose acting deserves a special
award from any one in the awarding
business.
All Of the elements Of good story
telling are present in National
Nslvet," all Of those, that is, which
have to do with warming and ex-
Citing the heart. The eye, likewise,
GAN only be pleased by the setting,
mainly a small English village and
the wonderful countryside around it
which comes of so prettily in
Metro Goldwyn Mayors techni-
color.
Miss Bagnold's pretty, dark-eyed
heroine is a little girl who loves
horses. Even the widest Of the
wonderful beasts succumbs to her
devotion. The one in particular
who does so is a great, tempestuous
beast whose disdain for all hui
mainly, except little Velvet Brown.
is exceeded only by his scorn for
the high stone fence which sur
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Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of SHOWING

| and Time Of Showing
Stage.
NationalE"Sing Out Sweet Land:
$50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"National Velvet: 1890
am, lis, 4:05, 6:55 and Gas pm
Stage shows: 12:45, 3:35, $40 and
9:15 pm.
Columbia - "A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn: 1885 am, 1870, $50,
5:25, 7:25 and 9:25 pm.
Earle-"Bring on the Girls: 11:1o
am, las, 4:30, ITO and $50 pm.
Stage shows: ITO, $50, $50 and
9:15 pm.
Keith's-"Belle of the Yukon:
1850 am. 1:5o, $50, $50, 7:50 and
$50 pm.
LittIe-"Roberta": II am. ITO
3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and GAS pm.
Metropolitan-"God Is NV Co.
pilot: II am, 1910, 2:30, 4:2O, 6.
7:5O and $40 pm.
Palace-"Here Come the WAVES:
10:45 am, 1855, sos. Sis, 7:30 and
$40 pm.
Pix-"Going My Way: 2, 4:25,
$50 and 9:45 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts.
Continuous from 10 am,
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Glamour Is Bruised
On a Rocky Stage
BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD.
All, for the life Of a glamour girl!
Jennifer Jones crawled on her
hands and knees for three DAYS
across rocks and gravel on an Ari-
iona hillside while acting in a scene
for Duel in the Sun" She ended up
with more cuts and bruises than a
kid on roller skating party.
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National Velvet Brings Joy
And Excitement to Capitol
By Jay CARMODY.

As Of moment Enid Bagnold should the favoe cinema
teller OF all Washngtonians She author National Velvet
at Loew Capitol charming understanding fable
has Hollywood That it all highly improbable
Taylor
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ADJUSTMENTS ADJUSTMENTS
TODAY'S NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIES
Buy War Bonds and Stamps at Any Local Theater
ADJUSTMENTS.

All Time Schedules Given in Warner
Bros Ads Indicate Time Feature Il
Presented
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THE EVENING STAR, washington, D. c.
FRIDAY, MAY 4, lela

your fans would be like taking
Santa Claus away from the chill
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NATIONAL VELVET" . MGM Picture
Mickey BY F F1nHn
screenplay by Theodore Reeves and Helen
Drutsch, based on the novel by Enid Bag
mold At the Capitol
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-25

coma for 80 hours, according to po-S
lice reports.
According to a statement made
by the Kellett's 13-year-old daugh-
ter to the Prosecuting Attorneys
office, Mr.. and Mrs. Kellett had
come home from the West Side
bar early Thursday morning and
at that time her mother had spo-
ken to her and appeared all right.
Shortly thereafter, the girl told
the county prosecutor, Kellett
jerked his wife out of her bedroom
into his own and they began ar
guing. Mrs. Kellett screamed and
then everything was quiet, the
daughter said.
Divorce proceedings had been in
stituted and the divorce hearing
was pending on November IS, police
said.
Kelett is being held at the
Wayne county Jail for investigation
on aggravated assault awaiting the
outcome Of his wife's condition.
Mrs. Kellett was found to have a
badly bruised left eye, nose, right
side of head and legs.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-25

Wyandotte's PROF osed swimming
pool came nearer to realization as
the Mayors committee met Tues
day to lay plans for the pool and
voted to hire an expert recreation
al consultant Immediately.
The consultant will be brought to
Wyandotte to study the complete
recreational set-up and make sug-
gestions for revising the entire
recreation facilities. He will also
offer plans and suggestions for
pools and a recreational center. I'm
mediate hiring of nationally rec
ognized consultant to go over the
complete recreational picture was
advocated by Strauss Gantz.
Construction of an indoor pool
was suggested by Recreation Com
missioner Delbert Broughton who
pointed out that outdoor pools must
be operated at a financial loss since
they are open only two months a
year while an indoor pool may be
used the year around.
Possible sites for the pool were
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-25
Fire Destroys
Home Here

Fire of unknown origin almost
completely destroyed the house
owned by Clarence Burns, 1893 Wal
nut early Monday.
Damage was estimated at $1,000
with $1,000 damage to the house
and $500 to the contents. The FAM
liz was not at home when the blaze
was first noticed by neighbors
shortly after 6:25 am. Flames had
gained considerable Roadway when
the firemen arrived.
Two other Wyandotte homes were
damaged by fire Wednesday. A de-
fective chimney which caused a
fire between the diningroom and
kitchen walls at the home of Jean
Alexander, 4O36 Seventh street, re-
suited in SIS damage. Damage to
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jablon-
ski, IT'S Mckinley the same day
was placed at $50. Cause of the
fire was unknown.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-25
Ration Board
Will Move to
Dearborn Friday

Wyandotte Board No. 3382-18, Of
flee of Price Administration will
close here tomorrow, moving to
Dearborn in consolidation with the
Dearborn Office 3211, Mrs. Edith
Wilhelm, chief clerk, announced
today.
Local residents who wish to make
rationing applications were advised
to mail them to the Dearborn Of
flee, which is located in the Miller
school building, 1920 Lois street,
Dearborn.
Originally scheduled to close on
November 9, the october 26 clos
ing date was ordered by the Board
Supervisor. Wyandotte Will be one
of six lower Wayne county commun-
ity boards to consolidate with Dear
born in an economy measure. Re-
Taxing of most OPA activities and
possible end of rationing in the
near future has also been given as
one of the reasons for the consolida-
ton of the local office of Price Ad-
ministration with the Dearborn or
ganization.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-25
Merchants Ask
More Police
Protection

Additional police protection VS.
asked by the merchants Of Wyan-
dotte in a communication to the
city council Tuesday.
In letter to the council the
merchants. asked an increase in
police officers for protection Of
business places for night patrol.
Expressing the fear that a series
of hold-ups, robberies and burglar
izing of stores such as followed in
the unsettled period after World
War 1, the merchants said that I'VE
definitely feel the present number
and the large areas they Cpolice
officers) are required to cover is a
very bad condition"
"We are not attempting to CEN
sure anybody or any city body re-
garding the matter" the letter con-
tinued, merely using the past ex-
periences as a basis Of what is def
initely reeded and urgently so at
this time. 1t is not a new
request that more men are sadly
needed, We understand, but il is
our first open expression regarding
the same"
The Association cited the recent
breaking and entering of a local
furniture store and instances Of
merchants being called up that
door had been unlocked but the
notification coming at midnight in
stead of early in the evening as
the point in the case.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-25
High School Bands
VIII Stage Fall
Music Festival

Four Downriver area high school
bands will stage a fall music fes-
tivaI in Wyandotte Tuesday night
under the sponsorship of the 10
cal Sears, Roebuck and Co. store.
Festivities will begin at 1870 pm.
The bands and their directors
are: River Rouge, Mac E. Carr;
Melvindale, Charles o. Sweet; Mt.
Carmel, Sister Paulette; Roosevelt,
Kenneth Hauer.
The tournament, first of its kind
to be neld in Wyandotte, will give
the public an opportunity to see
the bands in action as they will
execute marching formations as
well as provide music.
Opening selection of the masSed
bands, which will gather on Biddle
avenue in front of the Sears store.
will be The Star Spangled Ban
ner." Contingents of the Western
Horsemen's association will lead
the bands as they parade to the
central location. The routes they
will follow are: River Rouge
start at Mulberry and continue up
Biddle to the store; Melvindale-
start on Oak at Eighth and con-
tinue on Oak to First, then on Elm
to Biddle and the store; Mt. Car
mel-start at Maple on Eighth and
continue to the store.
The city will permit use of It's
public ADDRESS system for the oc-
caSion. In case of inclement wealth
er the festival will take place
Thursday night.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-25
Exams Pleads Not
Guilty; T,Uo Face
Circuit Court Trial

Virgil Evans, 80, 961 Medbury. De-
troit, offered a plea Of not guilty
when arraigned before Judge Arthur
Decker, Monday on charge of at
tempted breaking and entering in
night time.
Examination was set for 2 p. m,
November l and bond was placed at
$1,000.
Formally charged with unlaw-
fully driving away an automobile,
Lionel McCreey and Calvin Gillen-
water were bound over to circuit
court when they waived examination
Tuesday. The youths, who were ar
raigned before Judge Decker plead
guilty and bond was set at $500.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-25
Runs Into Car:
Youth Injured

Robert Manning, II years old Of
161 st. Johns street, was injured
Monday afternoon when he ran into
the car driven by Ross M. Knox,
154OO Philomene, Allen Park. Taken
to the Wyandotte General hospital
he was treated for superficial alb
raSions of the face, a spralned left
ankle and bruised right hip.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-25
Two Plead
Not Guilty To
Rape Charge

Michael KaSlowSki and Leo Gu
towski, formally charged with rape,
offered a not guilty plea when ar
raigned before Judge Arthur Decker,
Tuesday. Examination was set for
2 pm. today and $500 bond was
furnished.
The two men are charged with
the rape of a 37-year-old Wyan-
dotte women near Oak and goth
streets early Sunday morning as
she walked home from work in a
local bar.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-25
Final Tin Can
Collection Monday

Final tin can collection in Wy
andotte has been scheduled for
Monday, October %, and will mark
the end of volunteer effort for all
salvage activities, according to in
formation received from Washing
ton by Wilfred Kane, local salvage
chairman.
Residents are requested to place
tin cans collected at the curb Sun
day night for Mondays collection.
During the past three years cit
liens of Wyandotte have saved and
prepared 81 carloads of tin cans
amounting to 432 tons, MIR. Kane re-
ported. The Wayne county salvage
Continued on Page 22)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-25
Pool Nearer Reality AS Committee
Votes To Hire Recreation Expert

suggested by Councilman Richard
T Kelly and City Engineer w. F.
Liddle. Kelly proposed a site on
Biddle avenue near the Alkali club
and now belonging to the Wyan-
dotte Chemicals corporation while
Liddle suggested an available site
on Pennsylvania avenue.
The swimming pool committee
includes Kelly, chairman. Council
man Harry Rouse; Broughton.
Councilman Clifford Burke, Liddle,
Mayor Louis w. Benin, and Gantz.