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•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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 / )
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Chicago Awaits Annual
Force-Tuskegee Game
SHIM SHAM JOHNSON
Knocking Them D ead with His Taps
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