The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-25

listen sometime.
Libby Holman will have every
body know that she got out Of
the Ellington-Latouche opera,
"Beggar's Holiday because she
has an ulcer
Those having heard the all
Gershwin. Paul Whiteman con-
certs currently touring the coun-
try, must have been fascinated by |
the realization that virtually all /
of Gershwin's music is inspired |
with a feeling that could come
from the heart Of the Negro.
When Joe Louis and Leonard I
Reed reopened h Chicago /
Rhumboogie few weeks ago, the
Champ went about shaking hands !
with dozens Of patrons, as BELTS
his role as entrepreneur. One I
of the customers( after experience F,
ing Louis iron-like grip, clutched |
his hand in mock agony and lie;
out scream.
Louis, showing his keen sense I
of humor, calmly remarked: I
Don't carry on so. You're stand
ing up lot longer than some
guys I've shaken hands with
Thanks for birthday greetings
from Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Walker
Of 1859 Twenty-third street, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hines Of
3276 Canton (who've gone all out
for the new Dodge cars. Yup,
this is the year of the yearling-
I'm twenty-five this month.
QUOTABLE QUOTES: The
Chicago Sun, - "Officeh9ldcrs
whose power rests upon denying
some citizens the right 10 vote
stay in Office not only because OF
race prejudice but because they
serve we'll the special interests
that want 10 use government for
their own ends. Discrimination is
a tool of political machines, a
means OF controlling government
4 for the benefit OF few"
Many big Negro entertainers
avoid Southern travel Jim-Crow
by travelling in drawing rooms on
night trains.
Heard in passing Hes such a
pessimisi! The only kind Of boom
he can foresae is the kind you
fall down and go"
Edward G. Robinson is one Of
the movie stars to appear in the
forthcoming Paul Robson film,
Freedom Road"
That fellow Toby Davis. who
emcees WJR's afternoon Music
Shop program. is known as the
man OF a thousand voices" He's
also the voice Of the Hermit on
the Sunday night "Hermit's Cave"
broadcaSts
Plain Talk; In many schools
and colleges throughout this coun-
try, it's a common sight to see
many debating teams composed
Of Negro and white members.
] They talk on any and every issue,
not specifically racial ones.
But II is common to see edu-
Gated Negroes speaking thusly in
public life, on the radio, etc, on
,ubjects not directly related to
the Negro? No
II stands TO reason. that II
Negro is qualified 10 talk learn
eddy even on race problems.
surely he is more so qualified TO
discourse profoundly on topics
not tied TO racial situations.
| have yet 10 hear a Negro
speaker on a radio program who
isn't on there particularly TO talk
about Negro affairs. There are
today Negro journalists and schol-
airs employed by big white-owned /
newspapers who are very much |
able to give scholarly discussion
to virtually every topic imagin-
able.
AS Time magazine noted recent
ly: The Negro Americans
look out upon, and shrewdly OBJ
serve the life around them, (yet)
are rarely observed by it,"
In Memphis recently, an excl
radio announcer working for sta
ton WITHIN, suddenly tossed
away his script and shouted into
the microphone: Are you listen
ing, Crump, damn you, This is
an opportunity I've been waiting
for for a long time For the
next few hours, while all Mem
phis swamped the station with
frantic phone calls, the announcer
Cecil j. Fike, proceeded to call f.
H. Crump and his Memphis polit-
ical machine everything but chill.
dren Of God. Yes. he was fred.
But II was worth il.
Last Word; The same disease
with which the late Gov. Tai
madge tried to wipe out America, I
in turn, wiped him out. Lookout,
Bilbo