A u g u st 24. 1945
P O R T L A N D IN Q U IR E R
Arts and Craits Serve Buddy's Orchestra
WSA Praises
GI's Through Red Cross Lauded by Columnist
Morale Of
Merchant Seamen
P ag« 3
in ev ery key city along the A t
lantic coastline. On Labor Day,
H iram has secured Cam den, New
J e rse y ’s C onvention Hall for a
dance de luxe w ith, of course,
Buddy Jo h n so n ’s O rchestra as
the attractio n .
P. S. Now th a t is the stu ff you
really gotta w atch!
NICE—It was ra th e r a strange
Buddy Johnson, c re ato r of th e
picture, one you w o u ld n ’t expect popular lullaby, “Baby D on’t You
to see on the R iviera now th a t it C ry ” and oth er Decca hits is c u r
has
been tu rn e d into a soldier- re n tly
ap p earin g on a lim ited
W ASHINGTON—The discipline
ur.
playground.
and m orale m aintained by A m eri
Buddy Johnson m ade a m e te
A ny o th er day it w ould have
can m erchant seam en, whose
oric
rise in a n u m b er of B ro ad
seem
ed
pleasant
and
interesting,
ran k s include m ore th an 10,000
w
ay
hot spots, an ex ten siv e to u r
N egroe m aritim e w orkers during w ith couples m illing aro u n d the
of
E
uropean
capitals and w ith
the w ar, w ere com m ended in a dance floor of the G I restee-hotel,
rep o rt by th e W ar S hipping A d the once-fashionable H otel Ruhl th e acclaim of em in en t m usic
m in istratio n ’s
C om m ittee
on of Nice. G irls w ith corsages and critics, et al.
A t B arney G allan t's in New
C rew D isciplinary M atters m ade G I’s scrubbed and b u rnished
public this w eek a fte r tw o years w ere m oving to th e tea-dancc York C ity, w here Buddy an d His
rh y th m of th e o rch estra.
B and com pleted a long en g ag e
of study and observation.
By Ted Yates
m
ent,
crow
ds
w
ere
tu
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e
d
aw
ay
B ut th ere, ju st back of the
S taff C orrespondent
The com m ittee said th a t it had
found no indications of broad dance flor, in plain view in an n ig h tly and only th e p ressu re of
NEW YORK (IPS) Anne Brow n
conflicts of interests betw een of alcove th a t used to be th e sw ank advance booking com pelled him
the
b eau tifu l and talen ted concert
ficers and seam en. O nly three- bar, you could see a dozen or so to end his popular ru n there.
star
w ho has ap p eared in a series
te n th s of one per cent of m is soldiers in deep concentration. It was w hile playing a t this w ell-
of
A
m erican Negro Music F esti
conduct cases reported concerned They seem ed oblivious to the know n night-spot th a t Louis So
vals
in Chicago, St. Louis and
econom ic questions and disputes poise and gaiety. S everal w ere bol, p o p u lar colum nist of th e
D
etroit
(in spite of th e fact th a t
York Jo u rn al-A m erican ,
arising out of collective b a rg a in bending over d raw in g boards, a New
she w as th e victim of w hat m any
ing m atters, and th e re have been couple w ere using easels, others along w ith the H earst N ew spa
term H ollyw ood’s "sm ear cam
no strik es of m erchant seam en w ere w orking at tables: w eaving, pers, w as a guest one evening.
paign" on Race stars) is booked
since P earl H arbor, the com m ittee carving, m odeling and tooling Sobol’s popular and w idely-read
solid
for a series of concerts in
(colum n had this to say a few days
various m aterials.
reported.
th
e
U
nited
S tates and C anada up
P rincip al source of difficulties
A round th em hovered four in later:
to and th ro u g h th e w in ter season
“. . . We ran across a new star
on shipboard are “clashes of p e r stru cto rs—all F rench— all look
of 1946. Miss B row n has inform ed
sonalities, individual intrasigence, ing very m uch th e w ay a F rench in the m aking, "V elocity” J o h n
h er m an ag er A lb ert M orini in
incom petence and neglicence,” a rtist is “supposed” to look. The son. He w rung m elodies, new and
New Y ork th a t she is especially
the com m ittee stated. A b re a k p ain ter w as tall and w ispy w ith a old out of a tiny b a tte re d piano.
anxious to ap p ear at colleges and
dow n of m isconduct cases re p o rt Van D yke beard and a curled His playing will m ake you w eep
in stitu tio n s in various sections of
ed to WSA show s absence w ithout gray m ustache.
The setching w ith ecstatic ap p reciatio n .’’
the co u n try to exclusive N egro
B uddy is popular pianist and
leave and failure to join ship con teach er w ore a smock and a beret.
audiences because often m usic
stitu te th e most freq u e n t causes. The healthy-looking, brig h t-eey ed he plays and sings his big hit
lovers a re denied th a t privilege
The com m ittee found th a t the girl in a colorful pin afo re was num bers, "T h at’s T he S tu ff You
w hen Jim Crow law s are in e x ist
tra d itio n a l m eans of enforcing thesculptor. The place w as filled G otta W atch" and "B aby, Don't
ence.
discipline in the M erchant M arine, w ith w orkers, all co n cen tratin g You C ry ’’ along w ith o th e r favor- I
C om m unity groups interested
th a t is, fines deducted from the as though th e re w e ren ’t a dance ites w hich he has o rig in ated and
recorded for Decca, such as: in p resen tin g one of th e stars of
o ffen d er’s pay based upon e n ; going on five y ard s aw ay.
“Porgy and Bess” m usical opera
tries in th e sh ip ’s log, had not
The ex p an atio n was sim ple. It "Please, Mr. Jo h n so n ,” “Stop for a w o rth y cause w ould do well
proved en tire ly satisfactory, but w as th e A m erican Red Cross P re te n d in g ” and “L e t’s B eat O ut
Some L ove.”
T hese w ere the to contact Mr. M orini at his of
it pointed out th a t these m ethods craft studio in the R uhl Hotel.
tu n es th a t sk y ro ck eted him to fice: 119 W set 57th St., New
had been supplem ented since F eb
The m oving sp irit b ehind this
York, N. Y.
; fame.
ru a ry 1943 by th e M erchant M a
w orkshop is A m erican R ed Cross
The fact th a t th e erstw h ile
H iram Johnson, B u d d y ’s b ro th
rin e H earing U nits of the U nited
N egro w o rk er Am y Booth of St.
er, by th e w ay, is one of th e n a sta r of “Porgy and B ess” and the
S tates Coast G uard.
The pro
Louis, M issouri. A ttra c tiv e Mrs.
tio n ’s leading prom oters. He has film “R hapsody in B lue”, th e epic
cedures adopted by these units,
Booth is th e w ife of A rm y C ap
successfully booked “nam e b an d s” on G eorge G ersh w in ’s life in
th e re p o rt states, provided a m ore
tain A rth u r H. Booth, a form er
w hich film m ak e-u p m en in th e
effective d e te rre n t against dis
chem ist w ho is now a chem ical
cinem
a cap ital sm udged up Miss
cip lin ary infractions th a t fo rfeit
W h en in Portland
w arfare officer serving in New
B
row
n’s
good-looks, w ants to play
ures of w ages or even fines or im
Stop a t the
G uinea.
B efore th e w a r the
the solid S o u th ’ is a slap -in -th e-
prisonm ent in crim inal prosecu
Booths m ade th e ir hom e on H ick
face to S en ato r B ilbo w ho has
tions.
ory S tree t in St. Louis, w here
been shooting his m outh off in a
The W SA C om m ittee on Crew
Mrs. Booth ta u g h t school and
very un-A m erican m anner.
D isciplinary M atters was created
w orked on th e P a rk s and P la y
J a n u a ry 11, 1943, by Vice A dm iral
ground P ro g ram of th e Y.W.C.A.
E m o rty S. Land, USN, R etired,
In h e r spare tim e she w as a G irl
S tric tly M odern
UNITED TAILORS
d eterm in e th e policy of th e WSA
Scout leader, and in terested h e r
310 N. W. FLANDERS ST.
B u ild e r s o f L a d le s an d M e n ’s
W ar Shipping A dm inistrator, to
S u its
self in b allet dancing and music.
K elly Foster, O w ner and
w ith respect to discipline on v es
W E M A K E D R A P E S U IT S
C aptain and M rs.-Booth are g ra d
M anager
sels u n d er its control. It is com
C le a n d ln ? a n d P ressin g '
u ates of L incoln U niversity in
posed of one re p re se n ta tiv e each
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ay
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Jefferso n City, M issouri, w here
from the Ship O perations, M ari
they met.
tim e L abor R elations and Legal
D ivisions of WSA.
"Ann Brown Desires
To Sing for A ll-” ,
Mr. Bilbo!!
Royal Palm
Hotel
One of the n ew est an d m ost
popular of th e young crop of
bandleaders “T aps” M iller, com
poser of a n u m b er of h it tunes
“Hole T ight,” “W ham ,” and “Hot
Dog” to nam e a few, last w eek
signed a m anagem ent contract
w ith Moe Gale. M iller’s Band
w ham m ed ’em a t th e Apollo T he
a tre last w eek, incidently.
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lies, along w ith o th e r fam ilies
living u n d er over-congested hous
ing conditions, m ay gain some
m easure of relief by tak in g a d
vantage of H-2 housing p rio ri
ties recently program m ed in v a r
ious localities th ro u g h o u t th e n a
tion for housing developm ent
th ro u g h p riv ate finance to re
lieve shortages incident to w ar
congestion. Dr. B. T. M cGraw,
housing an aly st in th e ad m in is
tra to r’s office of th e N ational
Housing Agency, pointed out this
week.
In some localities w here it a p
peared th a t th e u n its could be
quickly constructed, a portion of
the priorities proram m ed has
been specifically reserved to ac
com odate Negroes. In all oth er
localities, th e e n tire H-2 quota of
p riv ate priorities program m ed are
open to any eligible applicant
w ithout reg ard to race, in-m i-
grancy status, or w ar em ploy
m ent.
As th e applications filed for
priorities in each locality are b e
ing considered by th e Federal
Housing A dm inistration in the
order of receipt, Dr. M cGraw
pointed out th a t p riv ate builders
who are p rep ared to construct
hom es for ren t or sale to Negroes
as well as in d iv u al N egroes and
o th e r m inorities w ho a re fin a n
cially p rep ared and w ish to to
build a hom e at this tim e, should
file application at once before
all H-2 housing p riorities have
been tak en up in th e ir ocality.
T he Deep R iver Boys, one of
A m erica’s fav o rite q u artettes, a ft
e r a p p earin g on th e A m erican
N egro M usical F estiv al program
w ith Lionel H am p to n ’s O rchestra
and A nne Brow n, th e popular
singing sta r of concert, screen
stage and radio, are booked for a
to u r of theatres.
Eddie Vinson, the p o p u lar blues
singer w ith Cootie W illiam s O r
chestra, wil d eb u t w ith his ow n
ork early in O ctober u n d er G ale,
Inc. m anagem ent.
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