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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-05-03

SCadS OF people ana entlfe par
ties, like that OF Lillian Brown
DuplessIs.. bride of last week
who took the whole wedding
party by 10 see Aunt Gladys ere
the knot was tied
The Motor City Press Club
held its first annual Installation
Luncheon Friday al the Ebony
Room in the Hotel Gotham. Of
ficcrs installed were Russell
Cowans, president, Ulysses Boy
kinS. vice president; Grayce
Sadlcr. secretary; Nina Garner
treasurer; Fred Hart Williams
was in charge OF arrangements.
Others on program were Senator
Joseph A. Brown and Jeanette
w Brown
Then on Saturday night at
the YWCA topped with coolies
Of delicious dclightfulS.
The employees Of the Detroit
Tribune had a question box par
~ honoring Tribune owners
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Fields and
Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses Boykin.
There was a three-piece orch
and flowers and trimmings t
Hawkins made an interesting
NC Charlotte Perry. Tribune
advertising manager was chair
man Of arrangements
HANDS ACROSS THE TABLES
Marcella Peterson was bridge
hostess TO her two clubs The
Doolittlcs and the SO DifferentS
IN the Blue Room Of the YWCA
Saturday evening Lots Of beau
tiful ladies in the most glamor-
Gus Of chapeaux were bidding
for top scores Seen among them
were Victoria Mccall Marian
Carter, Corrlne Martin, Pauline
Milton, Karen Aston. Frances
Burton. Louise Edwards. Lucy
Belle Morris, Jeanne Cole, Bea-
trlcc Gillian Frances HaganS.
Maribodlnc Robinson. Mildred
Osborne, Margaret Thompson
Maxine WovSham. Louise Tay-
Tor. Margaret Tandy. Gladys
Barthwell, Mary Hughes, Toni
Webster. Cathryn Smith, Ber-
nice Solomon. Margaret Hunter,
Carolene Beck, Winifred Brown,
Armstcad Athletic Club Of
Windsor Canada. organized by
Dr. Roy Perry in l943 had rs
annual bridge party IN Smiths
Auditorium April Is Among
the Dctrouers trcking over for
the fun were Mesdames Pearl
Penick. Bettlc Cole. Earl Cuz-
zcns. Thelma Woodward. II c.
TAYLOR. Beatrice CasSpan, Hilda
Watkins and Annie Ball Cor
don Lawson. co-chairman and
Velma Venson. secretary
CONGRATULATIONS
The Local Ladies' Auxiliary
60 the Wolverine Dental Society
are now making plans TO en-
terrain the National Dental Con-
vention which viii convene in
Detroit. August ll-l6 They are
meeting Wednesday at the One
ga House TO organize a citizens
committee HoStcsScs in charge
are McSdamcS Jeanctta Whlthv
Nicola CatchingS, Lillian jack
son. Beatrice Terrell Alberta
Bowman is president of the aux
I iliary Winihed Elliott is cor
responding secretary.
Congratulations loo 10 JOY
celvn Cole popular Michigan
| University Coed who was en-
tered thlS week as a contestant
for MISS SEPIA MICHIGAN"
contest The winner will re-
ceiye an all expense paid vaca-
ton trip TO Murray's California
Dude Ranch which was covered
lin February issue Of Ebony
| Magazine Second prize winner
Will get a $500 purchase ccrtifr-
cate and the third pirze winner
purchase certificate Of $3.50.
and each week tho leading con-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-05-03

lestants will be awarded a per-
sonality hat designed BY Mad
anne Elaine Lobet Custom Mil
liner, formerly OF Belgium Hur-
~ girls, this is real bet Head
quarters are al 25l w. Warren
Annie Fields. 1922 Dubois. car
ried of the honors az Miller high
school. and Robert Wilburn. 1890
Grandy Of Northwestern, will be
the guests of the Civilian Club Of
Detroit at q luncheon meeting
Saturday. May 3, in the Statler
Hotels Wayne Room. The win.
ming essay will be a feature of a
half-hour broadcast over WV
from 30 60 800 .. m.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-05-03
HOLLYWOOD DISCOVERY

hdiI 45.DAYs SUPPLY
MONEY BACK GUARANTEES
Send no money deposit Sl00
plus postage when package arrives
NINE PAULINE LAWSON a co.
BOX 1851 HOLLYWOOD. CALF.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-05-03
AROUND GABOUI
With Gossthsr Ann
Wedding Reception Honors
Mr. and Mrs. Merit On Saturday

Ms Louise Haywood was hos
tess 10 many friends at a we'd
ding reception honoring Mr.. and
Mrs Clark Corinthus Merritt on
last = day night at the Detroit
Urban League. The bride. for
merly Lynetta Kethlyn Boone,
is the niece Of the honoree More
than a hundred guests attended.
The color scheme for the bril-
Dial psrty was all-white. They
Termed pretty picture against
the floral background of spring
flower and palms. The bride
chose form-fitted gown with
scalloped tunic worn over a net
skirt The tunic was fashioned
on the popular cut-away lines.
Her long veil was attached
70 a pearl. studded tiara which
tied under her chin in a dainty
bow ~ white satin ribbon. She
CARRIED white prayer book
with white orchid.
Maid n honor was Sarah
Washington. who selected a
gown q white lace and net de-
NTned IN lines Of classic sim
plctv V'h Robespierre coll
Jar Her headdress was Of white
yelling She carried bouquet
Of American Beauty roses.
Mrs Haywood. hostess, chose
gown Of black net trimmed in
white braid Her flowers were
gardcnas Also in the receiving
line was the mother OF the
groom Mrs. Everlna MERIT, who
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-05-03
WITH THE FOURTH

Pittsburgh Courier inimitable
society editor, Gladys Mills, IS
down. but not out, and very
much in on the know; recuper-
ating nicely from a recent Ill
ness Gladys gets visited by Just
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-05-03
Alliance Party
attracts Many

The members Of the National
Postal Alliance were hosts at
a Friendship Party on Saturday
night al the Craftsmen Club.
275 East Ferry. Bridge and
dancing were the festivities for
the evening with the awarding
OF prizes a much awaited event
Receiving awards for excel.
lence as bridge players were
Mrs Bertha Hubbard. Peter
Whitaker. and Clarence Brown
Mrs Clarence Muse was the re-
cipient Of an eleven-pound ham,
as part OF the competitive
events.
Nj William Howard is the
president Of the Detroit chapter
OF the Alliance. Committee
planning the affair included
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-05-03
KAYS
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-05-03
Bits OF Banterlnq

The Negro College Fund drive has really set a pace
and our goods and college alumni truly in the race
Fisk University Alumni are all agog DER their day OF
Jubilee to celebrate at the Rev Horace Whites church.
Sunday, May at 100 m. They will hear for said
cason the eminent and world famed socioogst DIR. Chas
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-05-03

brings two IN
usual factors
into play. One
OF them is cake
-four. back now
on the grooers
. elves and
ready 10 impart
the light touch
to tender bis
cults The other
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-05-03
Biscuits
Are Back

L. By Frances Lee Barton -
that melt in your
ID mouth, Who doesn't love
them! Here's new recipe that
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05
Eighth Graders
h Win Over IBIS

The, 9th graders and the 7Bi
(playing for the TAI and the 7A3
who failed to come out) really
had fast moving game yester-
day afternoon in, the City Rrcre-
alton Department volly ball
tournament at Bayview Park.
The score was tied several
times and until the last few
minutes the game was a toss-up
with the 9th finally winning, rs
to "a.
The second scheduled game
between 7Bl and 7B2 against
7B3 and 7B4 was won by the
and . combination, rs to II.
The seniors led all the way
in the third game against the
9th grade with final score OF
26 to g..
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05
Pair u Softball
Tits Tomorrow

In the softball schedule for to-
morrow night the opening game
will see Bob's Sports play the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. TIL is
game will decide the winners of
the second half of the Class A
league. If Bob's wins there will
be no play-off, but if the Vets
win there will be a play -off be-
tween the two clubs, starting
Monday night.
Winners of the best three out
of five will be the city champs.
In the second game the Mer-
chants will play their fourth
game against the Adams Dairy.
If Dairy wins it will be all over,
and the Adams boys will be the
Class B champs of 1947.
However, should the Mer-
chants win, another game will
be played Monday night to de-
eide for the flag.
Z Adams Dairy won the first
two games and the Merchants
took the third.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05
>cwsf~atWres

F SCHOOL kids reully wont
n to understand the problems
I that exist in the United Notions
they might Toxic q leaf from
Kdnsus Stdte College students.
Lost semester the kids formed
q group which they called the
International Security Assem-
bly,. The assembly wos made
up OF dbout 80 cdmpus groups,
euch of which adopted" q no
ton in which it was particular
ly interested.
Here's how they proceeded:
They wrote to embassies, con-
sular offices, state departments
and information bureaus for in
formation about each country's
problems.
When they felt they under
stood their UN country's prob
lens they held a full scale meet
ing patterned after the UN con.
ference in San Francisco. They
dressed in native costumes. The
girls representing" India even
used leg makeup to brown their
faces" to look more authentic.
By the end of the session they
had elected a secretary-general
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05
Track And Field
Meet To Be Held
Saturday Night

The annual fall track and
field meet of the Key West High
School will be held SATURDAY.
night at 7:30 o'clock in. Bayview
Park.
1t will be free to everyone
There will be individual prizes
for each event and a banner for
the winning class team.
The. 7th and 9th grades win
compete against each other and
the 9Th, 10th, 18th and 18th
grades win compete.
The events are as follows:
% yard dash for girls and BOYS
OF the 7th and. 9Th grades.
s. 100 yard dash for boys and
girls, 9Th, 10th, 18th and 18th
grades.
Shot putt, for boys only.
High jump, for boys and girls.
Running broad jump, for boys
and girls.
400 yard relay race, for boys
and girls.
Sack race, for boys and girls.
Last year the combination of
Claude Valdez, Forest Arthur
and Bernie Papy took the hon.
ers for the Senior Glass. But
this year the Junior Glass men,
bers feel that they are going to
win. ,..
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

nations biggest trader in the
grain market forgetting the
war is over and bargin' in on
notwithstanding a slide-rule on
the farmer to decide what to,
and what not to plant. Except
you are touched, you pay no
heed.
So today / am poppin' off with
this warning. AS Uncle Samuel
gets to feeling hi soats more and
more, and is not slapped down.
you are just as liable to find the
old boy sittin' on your own door
step most any morning. 1t hap
pened in Great Britain--just like
that. So, folks, get registered
get your vacations over--you
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

Ny mother was trapese artist AM
my father led the band fer no
Might Haas Circus. They even
named me for the hand that fed
them: Harry Haag James. They
were playing Albany, Georgia when
| arrived - on Income Tsx Day,
too.
As soon as I could navigate far.
/ myself, an old codger in the rsspe
taught me how to tie myself IN
knots. thus starting me ON career.
But when | was six. ] had naassoia
operation which ended my sea.
tortionist activities. To sensole rns.
my Dad taught me to play he
drums. A couple Of years later. the
Jameses switched psymssssrs saA
joined the Christy Brothers Circus.
Dad started me on the trumpet and
pretty soon l was playing i'm the
band. When ! was IL. / was leadine
the circus's No. 2 band.
When my parents retired from
tent life and settled in Texas. Dad
opened q music school and I de.
cided I wanted to play something
besides Sousa marches. ] began %
sit I'm" with dance bands around
the Southwest. Around then I wrose
o trumpet solo called deep Elm."
Benny Goodman heard Il In 1897
and asked me 10 join his hand.
And just in ease that didn't no 70
my head quickly enough, ! had to
go and sole ON the stage of
Carnegie Hall with him. r.
In fact every giant step forward
/ took was at Benny's word. He
suggested that form my own band
after I'd been with him for only
two years. And he lent me she
money to do it. .
I've made over half q dozen pie-
lures of one sort or another since
1871 and In each the james trumpet
played jazz. jive and jitterbug. .
Carnegie Hail. gave me the sp-
pertunity to demonstrate my theory
that this distinction between long
hair" and popular music Is all a
state Of mind, and that the Hall
exists to present the best in music
no matter what form il takes and
no matter what type artist presents
it. think the producers Of Gar.
negie Half' have done a great
service to the world Of music and ID
the world of music.lovers and I'm
pretty darn proud that I could
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

| - 81 ~ II
and chosen representatives for
their Security Council, Interna-
tional Court of Justice and other
committees. .-~. ,
They took the whole thing very
seriously, doing more than just
sitting around and yapping.
They heard, the boundary dis
pute between Italy and YugoS
slavia, the British = Guatemal-
an argument over British Hon
duras and reviewed the Russian
occupation of Manchuria. ...
So good was the job they put
over that the governor of Kan
sas spoke at one of their meet
ings and SO did Justice of the
Kansas Supreme Court, reports
1.-THE Story of Our Time" which
also published pictures of the
students Sin session"
:, Summer vacations interrupted
meetings of the fSO, but the stu
dents plan a bigger and better
UN of their own when they get
together This fall.
1t all goes to prove that there
are easier and more interesting
ways to study world problems
than just bearing down and
porting over a book. And this
method, we'll planned, will sure
" interest school officials to the
extent of making them super
cooperative. ..'t" VI.
The Science Talent Search for
high. school seniors is open
again, reports Watson Davis, di-
rector of the Science Clubs of
America.
Once again 40 finalists will be
chosen and brought to Washing
| ton where they will compete for
ISL 600 in science scholarships.
| Music Box Notes: A super al
bum for football season parties
lis Tex Beneke's campus songs,
(which includes favorites rang
ling from "The Sweetheart of
Sigma Chi" to Rambling
Wreck From Georgia Tech"
Frank Sinatra's "A Fellow
Needs A Girl Dinah Shores
"That's All Want TO Know"
Fashion Passion -. Sloppy
joe Baggy shirt and-saddle-
shoes are a lost style and most
campus clothes are eolorful
smart outfits with brilliant ac-
cessories. Kids are wearing lots
of plaid and carrying knapsacks
of matching plaid wool. Scarlet
forange and bright green in sue
Ide. corduroy and veen felt skirts
are top drawer favorites.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05
THE LOW DOWN
HICKORY GROVE

You know, not until the Govt.
sticks it's nose into your own
business, does the average per-
son sit up and take notice. So
long as it is. the other guy that
Sambo is Fostering, it is okay.
But it is the same with all af-
'fffctions. You take a neighbor
headin' for the dentist with an
abcessed tooth-that is his baby
But let it be your own molar,
sisters: and brothers, it is no
minor matter. ..
/ got in mind how nobody is
paying. much attention to tt
nibbling here and nibbling there,
that the Govt, is, doing on bust
ness-getting a big foot in the
powerhouse door-becoming the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

Alp Newseatures
YAPOCK almost legendary water
n the important collection
York Geological
Society America exhibition the Bronx
Captured in Rca Charles Corder staff collector the
shipment belbird sickle bill huning
Rican quetzals
The Yapoc peculiar of the worlds
with silky fur Sometimes forgets to chew
crawsh projecting from its mouth reminds it. the zap
chew Twelve inches long it 4inch tail
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

ated from the circus TO dance
bands. from there to a feature spot
with Benny Goodman, from there
to my own band. I've played my
trumpet before cameras for the
movies and on the stage of the
home of great music, Carnegie Hall.
in fact I've been i'm the Hall twice
- which is surprising for a jazz.
man.
The first time was when jazz got
its first nod from the boiled shirt
audiences - Benny Coodman's Jazz
concert in Carnegie Hall. That was
something new for the Halls ha.
bitues though Eve always thought
it was high time filing music into
different compartments stopped.
N1usic is music and If it's good, it
deserves appropriate appreciation
whether it's eight TO the bar or a
symphony by 300.year.old com.
poser.
The second time I played there
was the living proof of my theory.
The picture, Carnegie Hall"
which United Artists is releasing,
is honestly the greatest concert
ever filmed and it covers a wide
range Of the very best in music and
performance from the classical
masters to the popular trumpet -
with me on the blowing end.
Betty leases me frequently about
having gone long hair" She knows
she can get rise out of me that
way because never did 60 for
those arbitrary and superficial dis.
hnctions between types of music.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

The notes are there for everyone
to play and everyone, that is every.
one who has music in his veins,
plays them his own way. They tell
me Bach enthusiasts sneered al
Wagner when has first works were
played. And. hear audiences
laughed Stravinsky off the stage the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

EVery unsteady ambitious American as icel as scores Of
young hopefs abroad hare htced their agons the
Of Carnegie Hail. Among them the Cor!ds future artists
Ike Lily POHs and Rise SeUens Harry James and AYfnr R
STEIN These headners looked the Hall
their promised land land they hate reached % their
rectas and their collective Boris Moros
Carnegie Ha the filmed In this SERIES
these artists describe their glory road Carnegie HaJ
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

Between f846 and 1855 about
l,000 clipper ships were in opera
ton, most of them controlled by
u. S. business men. =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

Rosario, a city 227 miles up
stream from Buenos Aires on the
Parana river, is a port for ocean
going vessels.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

When Congress p a SIS e d the
Homestead Act in 1862, the U. S.
government owned about half the
land in the United States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05
(Last Of a Series)
by HARRY JAMES

lrumpe pretty universal Instruments when you
to think of it, You hear them in symphony erehestras
sirmenta groups, in dance band in hot jazz combinations
and of when Gabriel has his INNING you'll then
IS solo. r
myself started playing mine with circus band gradu-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

Harry JaMess'i
apRearahce y in
Carnegie Hail."
representing mod-
ern swing, is proof
of the fact that
this contemporary
musical form is
recognized as an
integral part of
the worlds nlusi-
cal literature like
the music Of the
masters, with
which it shares
the stage i'm this
picture.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05
Oh Yeah?

SAN JOSE, Calif.-(AP).-The
State Theater proudly proclaim
ed: Miracle or 34th Street-A
Perfect Marriage" -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

tYou may write Vivian Brown
in care OF this paper about news
of your own gans.)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

have only one year left to pom
der. s
Yours with the low down,
10 SIERRA.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

Anchorage, Alaska, was four
ded in 1914 as q construction
camp for the Alaskan Railroad.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05
Softball Games
BAYVIEW PARK ;
NIGHT GAMES
SOFTBALL.

SOFTBALk
THURSDAY
S7:OO-Bob's Sports Shop vs.
Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
.s:i5-Key West Merchants vs.,
Adams Dairy (fourth
81 game of Class B play
off. ...-... ~ .
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

first time they heard his music.
Maybe in some future century
''iaos ticks" viii be ''eld hat"
. + didnit knsw when I appears1
with Geodman in the Hall whether
the lines were sharply drawn be-
tween the jazz lovers and the elias.
steal adherents or not. T had my
hep-cat following to think Of. Would
they desert me il I played in the
building that has been known since
1891 as the home Of symphony,
chamber music, divas and solo in
strumentalists? Would they think
l was DESERVING them and joining
forces with tfaditionalists?
II always was one to think Of
audience reaetion. When you're
born in circus, you do. I'm mos
Kidding. ] teas born in circus.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

Subscribe to The Citizen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05

Harry James per-
forms the new ss57th
Street Concerto for
piano and trumpet"
composed especially
for Carnegie HALF
by W. and M. Port
ssoG.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-05
How They Stand
BASEBALL

Key Vests Senior
4 Baseball League
y (Wickers Field
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-02
TRIO ON HIGHWAY
JAUNT TO STATES

Growing acclaim for the trip over
the Alaska Highway to the States
has beckoned three more Juneau
ties to try the drive. Evelyn Yer
non, Bob Vernon and Art Van
HumEeck left here by plane Sat-
uday for Haines where they were
to pick up their car to begin the
highway jaunt.
Their plans call for them to
drive via Edmonton to Durango
Colorado, where the group will
split up. The two Vernons will
visit with relatives in Durango
Evelyn Vernon will return to Jul
neau from there, being gone about
one month in all. Bob Vernon will
extend his visit to Kansas. Van
Humbeck will drive from Durango
to Los Angeles to visit his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Pete Casebloom. He will
them travel the highways back
north to Rimbey, Alberta, to stor
over with relatives there before
turning west to Vancouver, B. c.
to return to Juneau, with the car
aboard a Canadian Pacific steam.
er. He expects to be away APP
proximately two months, also.
Evelyn Vernon has been EN-.
ployed here by the B. M. Behrends
Bank, while Bob Vernon is employ
ed aboard a tug at the Support
Van Humbeck is a driver for tbs
Yellow Cab Co.