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Friday. October 19. 1945 PORTLAND INQ U IRER purtlmtù inquirer AMUSEMENTS SPORTS SENSATIONAL SINGING STAR SET FOR TOUR FEATURED WITH I0E GUY & HIS ORCHESTRA I Exclu p to T t d Yutee Publicationt B I L L I E H O L ID A Y , top ranking D e cca r e c o rd in g a rtist, fa v o rit e t in g in g •tar who for aeveral seasons has co m e o u t on top of the E s q u ir e Po ll and lead m any others in the nite c lu b field, w ill be h e a d lin e d w ith the top-notch trumpet player Joe G u y a n d H is O rc h e s t ra on a c r o s s c o u n try tour p lay in g theatres, b a llr o o m s a n d nite clubs. “L o v e r M a n ” su n g b y M i s s H o lid a y a n d re c e n tly re le a se d by D ecca Records I s listed with the nation’s fa v o rit e top tune s. T h e ba nd .s an outstanding m usical a g g r e g a t io n a n d w ith Jo e G u y a s leader, fo rm e r ly with L u c ky M illin de r’s O rc h e stra , h a s rea pe d h a r v e s t due to th e fact that all of It s m e m b e r s are rate d t o p s w ith t h e ir re sp e c tiv e in s t r u ments. T h is m usical tre a t is sla te d fo r a n a p p e a ra n c e at the H o w a rd Theatre in W ashington, D. C., on S e p te m b e r 28th; R o y a l T h e a tre , Baiti. more, Md.; Regal T h e a tre , C h ic a g o ; P a r a d is e T h e a tre , D e tro it; a s w ell as other deluxe th e a tr e s t h ro u g h o u t th e nation. B y popular demand Am erica’s No. 1 S o n g S t y lis t w ill a lso p la y a series of one-nighters In the S o u th a n d M id d le W e st. T h is su p e rla tiv e treat Is booked exclusively b y Joe G la se r, 745 F ifth A ve n u e , N e w Y o rk , N. Y., B illie Holiday, the thrush, ( a c c o r d in g to W a lt e r W in c h e ll) b ro ke all 52nd Street records at The D o w n b e a t - ENTER IN T H E Co a st F 0 n j p ian{ PORTLAND I N Q U I R E R ’S PO PULARITY CONTEST BARGAINS IN HOMES Frank L. McGuire “A m erica’s L argest H ome S eller” 329 S. W. W ashington AT 7171 FRA NK L. M cGUIRE—7 room, furnished home, im m ediate possesion. N ear everything. Call Mr. M orris, AT. 7171, ask for B-236. FRA NK L. McGUIRE—2 flats, 4 room s each. Im m ediate poses- sion. S m all down, easy term s. C all Mr. M orris, AT. 7171, ask for C-241. FR A K L. McGUIRE — 9 room, m odern home, close to school, church, stores, 1 block to bus. S m all down, easy term s. P e r fect condition. Call Mr. Morris, AT. 7171, ask for E-246. tR A N K L. M cGUIRE—5 room, m o d ern home, only $600 down, sm all m onthly paym ents. One block to bus, close to school, church, stores. W alking dis tance. C all Mr. M orris, AT. . 7171 fo r details. FR A N K L. M cGUIRE— 5 room, m odern home. O nly 2500, sm all dow n, easy m onthly paym ents. 1 block to bus, close to school, church, stores. C all Mr. Morris, AT. 7171 for m ore inform ation. FR A N K L. M cGUIRE— 7 room, fu rn ish ed hom e on busline, close to stores, school, church. C om pletely fu rn ish ed and im m ediate possession. E asy term s. O nly $4800. C all AT. 7171, Mr. J. D. M orris, ask fo r C-97. FR A N K L. McGUIRE— E x t r a special! 5 room , m odern hom e — com pletely furnished, oniy $4500. Q uick possession. On bus, close to stores, church, school. M odern plum bing; base m ent. E asy term s. C all AT. 7171, Mr. J. D. M orris, ask for E-95. FR A N K L. McGUIRE—8 room, 5 bedroom home. O nly $2800, easy term s. Q uick possession. Close to school, church, stores. Call AT. 7171, Mr. J. D. Morris, ask fo r E-82. Hires Negroes LOS ANGELES (ANP) For the first tim e in th e history of Los A ngeles, an autom obile firm in this area has agreed to h ire col ored people on th e production line. T uesday tw o m en, each w ith several y ears’ experience in a local airplane factory, w ere hired by F ord M otors in Long Beach, subject to th e ir passing a m ed ical exam ination. T his action by F o rd carne la rg e ly as a resu lt of activ ity on the p a rt of th e U nited A utom obile W orkers (CIO) w hich has a union shop contract. It w as due also in large p a rt to th e refu sal of the N egroes involved to accept a brush-off. O n Sept. 24, a group of about 200 m en, including some 10 N e groes, w aited outside th e F ord Long Beach facto ry gate. The com pany advised th a t hiring w ould n ot ta k e place for several hours and a n u m b er of th e m en left. W hen th e gates w ere opened, tw o N egroes w en t in w ith the other applicants to the personnel office. W hile some of th e w h ite w o rk ers w ere im m ediately sen t to the doctors for a physical check-up, follow ing w hich th ey w ere to be hired, th e tw o Negroes w ere told to send th e ir applications by mail. A ppeal to U.A.W. This th ey did. B ut th ey and some of th e o th er colored men w ho w ere seeking jobs d id n ’t stop there. T hey realized th a t th ei- tre a tm e n t w as a good indication th a t th ey w ould not be hired, so they w ent im m ediately to the union hall an d presented the facts to UAW officials. T he union, w hich opposes dis crim ination in jobs on the grounds of race, creed or color, im m ediately in terested itself in th e case. A ccording to N. Tauscher, as sistan t regional director of the UAW, inform ation was fo rw ard ed at once to th e u nion’s F air Em ploym ent P ractice committe* for fu rth e r investigation. Policy S lated L ikew ise J a m e s P atterson, presid en t of th e Ford local of the union, arran g ed for a m eeting w ith th e L ong Beach m anage m ent to see w h eth e r or not they inten d ed to h ire these tw o men, as w ell as o th e r qualified N e groes, and to atte m p t to obtain from them a definite statem ent of policy w ith reg ard to racial m inorities. T he decision to h ire th e two colored m en w hose applications had been m ade on Sept. 24 war. announced at this m eeting held on Tuesday. F o rd officials like w ise indicated th a t th e ir policy w as one of “no discrim ination,” although in th e past th ey have nev er placed a colored m an on th e production line. E 1 D MI S E RY ! I t l ’T LET THE •1 CIISE OF limit FRA N K L. M cGUIRE— 5 - room, m odern home, co rn er lot. B ase m ent; plum bing. 1% block to d rive y o u r lovod ones to bus, close to school, stores. V a a n early g ra v e or spoil your chances to r U oney. H appiness, cant, im m ediate possession. H ealth an d Suocesa. W rite to th e n)«n O nly $2500, $500 dow n, $30 who knows how to break th e w hiskey epelL W rite—tell m e your problem . per m onth. Call AT. 7171, Mr. N E W TO N , Dept. P. O. Box M l, Hollywood i t , C ’ornla D. M orris, ask fo r C-137. Follies Heads Concert Series CPORTS OUT OF ADAM'S HAT With th e booking of THE AT LANTIC CITY FO L L IES OF 1946,” one of th e g reatest stage P r e sentations ev er to come out of th e East, S. D uke w ill in au g u rate a se ries of o u t - s t a n ding con certs in con junction w i t h sponsoring the 1 e ading dance bands of th e na- S tanton H. D uke tion. The A tlan- your host tic Civic Follies w ill fea tu re such stars as MAR- VA LOUIS, PEG LEG BATES, Eddie Rector, H ortense Allen, Cook & Brown, Jim m ie A nder son, Joe “Z iggy” Johnson, a g rand Sepia chorus of A tlantic City Beauties, an d th e music of Coleridge Davis an d his orches tra. All p articu lars on th is great attractio n w ill be announced in the n ear future. LOU BROKE INTO BASEBALL IN 1928 w in n in g 2o for PuEBlO-iN '10 WAS LEA DIN G P it c h e r o p THE A M E R IC A N A SSO C IA TIO N / - o LOU FETTE W A S T h e O U T S T A N D IN G R O O K IE H U R L E R O f 1 9 3 7 TH OU G H H E W A S 3 0 Y E A R S OLD — HE NON 6 OF HIS F IR S T 8 S TA R TS BUY WAR BONDS AT YOUR THEATRE / New Store Now Open Where You May Buy . . . S e ll. . . or Trade Marionettes Due Here Nov. 3 C om ing to P o rtlan d Nov. 3 for tw o perform ances sponsored by th e B u rea u of P ark s and Public R ecreation are th e fam ous m ari o n ettes of E dith and R obert W il liam s. A m orning show will be given a t th e Benson Polytechnic school au d ito riu m at 9:30, and a m atin ee at th e U niversity H om es recreation center, 9009 N. Foss, a t 2:30 p. m. * Since th e ir appearance in P o rt lan d la st spring the W illiam s and th e ir com pany of p uppets have been to u rin g Red Cross and USO centers, arm y and n avy hospitals. T h eir offerings to P o rtlan d au d i ences w ill be “Young Leo an d th e H u n te r”, an A rabian N ights’ sort of ta le fu ll of birds an d anim als and b rin g -’em -back-alive ad v e n ture. A special adm ission price of 35 cents w ill be charged for children; 55 cents for adults. is stric tly com m ercial. Les P a u l an d his trio a re def initely w o rth listen in g to on th e ir Decca of Begin th e B eguine and D ream D ust U sing a m odern ap proach, Les is a single string g u itarist of th e D hango R ein h ard t school an d his piano and rh y th m backing know w h at the score is . . . . W ant som e corn? Then ask for M organ’s Decca of R em em ber W hen an d T he Wish T hat I W ish T onight . . . , M arion H utton, aided by R andy Brooks and his o rchestra, does a classy job on th e Decca of I’m G onna Love T h a t G u y and No More T oujours L ’A m our. The tunes a re n ’t m uch b u t h er sing ing is and th e b an d boils. Lil G reen has done m uch b etter th an h er n ew B lu eb ird of Mr. Jackson F rom Jack so n v ille, a jivey tale ab o u t a cool stu d from a hot tow n, an d th e som ew hat suggestive Now W hat Do You Think. S he’s ex trem ely capable SCOTLANDVILLE, La.— (ANP) — The S o u th ern u n iv ersity Ja g u ar C ats dow ned th e highly touted Ja ck so n B arracks, New O rleans, 2-0 S atu rd ay u n d er a blazing O c to b er sun th a t peeped through a fte r an a ll n ig h t rain th a t left th e g rid iro n in a sea of mud. D espite th e soft u n d er foot, both backfields ran h ard and trie d th e end for long gains. F len tro y , th e fleetfooted back, led S o u th ern ’s attack , gaining 73 y ard s from scrim m age. Wire Ray Robinson $15,000 Offer to Fight Hawaiaan Champ HONOLULU— (ANP) — Sport fans in this section are w o n d er ing w hen w ill an answ er, pro or con, be received from th e brain tru st of S ugar R ay Robinson re g arding a $15,000 offer suppos ed ly sent by boxing prom oter Lee L eavitt, th e “M ike Jacobs of th e P acific”, for S ugar to m eet his contem p o rary of th e te rrito ry , P u erto R ican F ra n k ie F e rn a n dez, w elterw eig h t title holder. A m ple tim e has elapsed since th e p ro b ab le offer w as made. W ith th e w elterw eig h t cham p ionship b out h isto ry betw een titlist F ern an d ez and H enry Clev- ah, F ilipino-N egro, th e one big th in g th a t p robably sp ark ed P ro m oter L ea v itt to m ake th e offer, tim e is p erfect for a show dow n. 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No. P-273 ." — —- - - — The Midge! . . . IVIE SCHEXNEYDER N ew Comer . . . Singing on Billy Holiday Style S ophisticate of Song ------- and Featuring T h at G orgsous Hussy O r. ----------- GEORGIA BROWN . . . The Black Rider 2 — FLOOR SHOW S NIGHTLY — 2 Your Name Embossed or Printed on Beatiful Cards or Folders ^ " " * - i- ." .- Naturally, the spot for Louis and Mike Jacobs is a bout with Billy Conn which figures to gross three million dol lars. Someday, unless he follows the wise lead of Gene Tun- ney, someone will whip mighty Joe Louis. As to his position in ring achives, the name of the Brown Bomber will live until the end of time taking ranks with such legendary figures as Sullivan, Corbett, Jeffries, Jackson, Johnson, Dempsey, Tunney, et al. Only one man in ring history is as hard (or horder) than Louis in my book. His name is not Jack Dempsey. I re fer to the new blind Sam Langford never a world’s heavy weight boxing champion but one in the hearts and minds of all Americans and foreigners (England, France, Australia) who saw him perform. FEATURING Order Your Xmas Cards Early * ■ - - Radio and daily newspapers have already told you of Joe Louis’ discharge from the army. The man who has been in my estimation the finest good will ambassador with out portfolio our race has produced in half a century, merely states he’ll defend his title against all comers. Contrast Joe Louis with other colored immortals this writer has raved about over the years. Keeping the discus sion in the 200 pound division, Louis stands out like a sore thumb in the matter of ducking no fighter. Jack Jackson wanted no part of Sam Langford after one meeting with the deadly-punching Nova Scotian. Langford was quoted by the white press as saying: “I’ll fight Johnson any day but I wants no part of dat dere shaggy white bear, Jim Jeffries. From the night Louis skyrocketed into professional boxing fame he has avoided no opponent. Well do I recall Louis’ fight with King Levinsky at Comiskey park, Chicago, Aug. 7, 1935 Jim Braddock, then world’s champion, was dubious about Louis’ ability. Like most of the experts they con tended that the Primo Camera fight was no real test for Louis. So they fed tough, unorthodox, boastful, hard-punch ing King Levinsky to the tawny-complexioned Louis. The “King” had gone 31 rounds with Max Baer before succumb ing to a kayo. A lot of so-called “wise” money tagged Levinsky the winner by an early kayo. The result of that one round kayo by Joe Louis was typical of his death-punching career. The bell rang, Levinsky crouched and Joe crouched with him. Louis shot across one or two light feelers Levinsky counter ing with some short ones. Then it happened suddenly. Lev insky put all he had in that wild right which had floored Mickey Walker, Tommy Loughran and Jack Sharkey. Louis, caught it high on his left shoulder and that spelled finish for the Jewish fish-monger. Lightning struck all over the lot, Levinsky was down, he was up, he was down, he was up again, he’s on the floor again and—there is referee Norman McGarrity lifting Levinsky off the ring ropes where he sat to escape the Louis barrage of “atomic” glove bombs. The man whom leading boxers and writers picked to halt Louis had been knocked out in the space of 2 minutes and 21 seconds of the first round. HE'LL ALWAYS RATE W ITH ME w hen she sticks to blues, b u t these sides ju s t don’t reg ister as th ey o u g h t . . . E velyn K night rem in d s of M axine S u lliv an in h er choice of m a teria l and vocal sty le in th e refresh in g Decca of G ra n d fa th e r’s Clock an d th e am using L ass W ith th e D elicate Air. She has a w arm and re m a rk able voice, an d is blessed w ith ex cellen t diction. BEAUTIFUL We Feature New and Used Furniture . . . Giving High Quality for Low Prices 3336 N. E. UNION AVE. I Southern Cats Down Jackson Barracks, 27-0 NOW OPEN QUAL I T Y F U R N I T U R E b By Alvin Moses CHALKY WRIGHT TURNS BACK RUFFIN By F ran k M arshall Davis A re the A ndrew S isters seri- for A N P ous on th eir Decca of The Blond The Solid South F irst in th e “h isto ry of jazz” Sailor? I can’t believe th ey m ean album s to be released by Capitol th is te arjerk e r. P aired is L illy on its C riterion lab el is a group Belle, som ew hat livelier b u t still of six p la tte rs called “T he Solid too sen tim en tal . . . Sam m y K aye South.” W ith in form ative notes pours on th e syrup on both faces on th e early days of jazz and of this Victor, I C an’t Begin to descriptions of th e m usic and Tell You and W hat M akes the m usicians in this collection, all Sunset, th en is livelier on Chick- w ritten by D ave D exter Jr., the ery Chick, a liltin g tongue tw ist album is ex trem ely valuable to ing novelty, backed by I Lost My anyone w anting to know more Jo b Again, a h ap p y song of a dis about jazz and to learn som ething charged GI. T he title, D rifting Along, is a of th e p are n t style. T unes and artists are Rock m isnom er for E rskine H aw k in s’ Island L ine and Eagle Roc Rag, new V ictor since the band jum ps H uddie L eadbely; L u lu ’s Mood all the w ay w ith plenty of tru m and B arn ey ’s Bounce, Z u tty S in p et over background riffs an d a gleton trio; C raw fish Blues, Sin rid in g tenor sax. Com panion gleton’s C re d o band; C ajun Love piece, P rove It By the T hings You Song, Eddie M iler’s C rescent City Do, is a slow, pashy, dim e-a-doen q u arte t; T ailgate R am ble and com m ercial tu n . . . Sw oon d e Sister K ate, W ingy M anene’s p artm en t: D ick H aynes has a D ixieland band, and A t T he Jazz Decca of T h a t’s F o r Me an d It No Band Ball an d H igh Society, N ap M ight as W ell be Spring. py L aM are’s L ouisiana Levee com m ent . . . C redit G ene K ru p a loungers. Included are B arney w ith a good job on th e C olum bia Bigard, F red W ashington, Bud of Along th e N avajo T rail. Slow Scott, S horty H aughton, Ed G ar and rhythm ic, it has an excellent land, N orm an Bowden, R ay Bau- vocal sta rt an d la te r straig h t duo, S tan W rightsm an, M atty trom bone contrasts w ith hot slip- M atlock, Floyd O’B rien and horn backed by shouting tru m pets. The reverse, A T ender W ord others. These m usiciaps are some of W ill End I t All, is p opular tripe. Lovers of th e folk opera, Porgy the best exponents of th e p aren t style and th ey give th e old jazz and Bess, w ill like th e Decca a certain m ellow flav o r th a t hits album of tw o 12-in discs featu rin g the spot. The H istory of Jazz tunes from th e G ershw in opus series is a rtem endous and sig played by th e P hilh arm o n ic or nificant u n d ertak in g , one w hich chestra of Los A ngeles directed m erits th e sup p o rt of all lovers by A lfred W allenstein. B eautiful of this d istinctly A m erican music. and effective . . . V aughn Mon G et y o u r today, th en w ait for roe’s Victor of T alkin’ To Myself A bout You is jum py, jiv ey stuff th e th ree rem aining albums. w ith rh y th m singing. C oupled is Basie Rides C ount Basie comes u p w ith a Ju st a Blue Serge Suit, slow and jum ping C olum bia called F eath er pashy. . . Egueni Baird w ith Mel M erchant w hich h its like Joe |T orm e and his M el-Tones present Louis. A riff special, it features a m ost pleasant Decca of I Fall good trom bone, both in solo and in Love Too Easily and A m I behind tru m p et, plus strong brass Blue. The voice blend an d gentle accents behind B asie’s m othbox rh y th m should su it you. . . . m eanderings. P latterm ate, A in’t F ran k ie C arlo’s Colum bia og I’d It the T ru th , also in jitb u g tem Do It All O ver A gain an d Last po, is p leasan t b u t q u ite o rdinary N ight I Had T hat D ream A gain - — * BEATING THE GUN CHICAGO— (AN P)—T uskegee’s NEW YORK, (ANP>—Spotting his highly-rated white G olden T igers w ere to arriv e in for th e ir 16th an n u al football oponent around 10 pounds, Chalky Wright upset the dope gam e w ith th e Bulldogs of Wil- when he defeated Ruffin in 10 heats two weeks ago. No berforce university. T he b attle modern boxer combines the dash and unpredictableness to w ill tak e place a t C orm isky p ark the degree that does this Mexico-born colored warrior. A at 8 o’clock F riday night. M em bers of th e Ohio team u n throwback to the breed of rough little men who came der th e tu telag e of Coach G as back in father’s day whipped larger men with no ballyhoo ton G. Lewis, are ru led favorites or fanfare attached to it. in view of th e ir abun d an ce of It’s interesting to note that back in ’42 Ruffin, one ta le n t and th e m an n er in w hich of the real bad boys of the ligh.weight and welter division, th ey tu rn ed back C lark college of A tlan ta last S aturday. Wil- defeated the Chalk causing white newsmen to ask Wright berforce bow ed to T uskegee last to retire from the ring for good. year, 19-14, and th e y ear before, Chalky Wright was a great fighter when the head 27-6. B ut n eith er team during lines were calling three-ply World’s Champion Henry Arm th e long series has w on th ree strong, the best fighter since the immortal Joe Gans of tim es in succession. If th e T i gers d efeat th e Bulldogs F riday Baltimore. In defeating Ruffin, a man who gave clever n ig h t th ey w ill becom e p erm a n Willie Joyce a very busy evening some months back, en t ow ners of th e handsom e J o Wright becomes a factor in the lightweight picture again. seph P. G eary tro p h y w hich A poker-faced ringman who owns a wide assortment of m ust be w on an n u ally for th ree ring tricks, he was once chauffeur to buxom Mae West y ears to becom e p erm a n en t p ro p erty . A b b ett has been a t T uske of movie fame who presented him with a free and clear gee for m ore th a n 20 y ears and title to a home after he quit her employ to enter the prize w ould like to add th is v aluable ring. tro p h y to his collection. JOE LO UIS SAYS—BRING THEM ON FOR BOSTON. (THEY NERE THE ''BEES" THAT YEAR, BUT THEY'RE THE "BRAVES" N O N / ) Rating. . . Hot Records Chicago Awaits Annual Force-Tuskegee Game SHIM SHAM JOHNSON Knocking Them D ead with His Taps F or R eservations Phone BR. 9050 . . . Thom as W aller, Prop. NANCE' S B A R - B - Q 31 N. E. CHERRY CT. Good Meals Served All Hours Home Cooking Our Specialty AT THE OLD LOCATION N. WILLIAMS AVE. and CHERRY CRT. i i »