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SOCIAL & PERSONAL
. * ST. PAUL
Mr. and Mn. Edward Morris and family, 305 N. Chats
worth will leave Friday, May 27, for Chicago and California.
They will go to Chicago to attend the weddiitg of their cousin,
Miaa Nanette Lee. From there they will drive to California to
visit their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Tully Hick
man. Going on the trip will be Edward, Jr., Marjorie and Mrs.
for about three weeks.
The E. Q. V. dub met Sunday.
May 15 at the home of Miss Wan
da Owens, 627 Selby Ave.
The St. Monica's Guild of St.
Phillips Episcopal church met
Tuesday. May 17 at the home of
Mrs. Delores Vassar.
Mr. and Mrs. Moses Wallace,
332 • Sth St. will motor to Chicago
Friday, May 27 for the week end.
Axel T. Perry of 981 Rondo Ave.
is ill in the N. P. hospital.
Hector Vassar, general chair
man. Local 516, returned recently
from a trip to Chicago where he
attended a conference with the
Chicago Great Western Railway.
The conference concerned a con
tract as to the working agreement
between the railway and dining
car employees.
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The luulles Auxiliary of the
Sterling club had a call meeting
Wednesday. May 18. They will
have a party May 21 at the club.
Mrs. J. B. Sykes of 830 Rondo
Ave., underwent a tonsilectomy
operation Monday, May 16 at St.
Joseph's hospital. She is reported
to be doing well.
Mr. Edward Byron Doty of
Washington, D. C., is now on the
road to recovery after suffering
a very serious ailment attributed
to poisoning. He is recuperating
at Providence hospital. Both Doty
and his wife are former St. Paul
ites.
Mrs. Mary F. Brown, whose
birthday was Tuesday, May 10,
celebrated her 87th birthday at
the home of her daughter and son
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Bur
gess Thursday. May 12. Those
present were Rev. and Mrs. Ben
jamin Moore, the Mmes and
Messrs Dwight Reed, Foster
Brown. Sr. and members of the
Burgess family.
Mrs. Carolyn McWatt, 726 Sher
borne Ave. was guest on Mother’s
Day of her son, Arthur Chandler
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A card party will be held at 8
o'clock Friday night. May 20. at
the Veteran's Club hall by the
Leslie Lawrence Auxiliary of the
American Legion. They will also
give a dance at the Hall on Mon
day. June 6.
Mrs. Ermine Hall Allen, 996
Iglehart Ave., sang for the Jew
ish Women's League of the Jew
ish Synagogue Monday, May 16.
The annual sermon of the S. M.
T. will be held at 8 o’clock Sun
day night. May 22, at St. James
church. A short program is plan
ned. The Queen Esther Temple of
Minneapolis will be the special
guests.
| BIRTHDAY
I GREETINGS
Birthdny Greetiritfn May 22—Ar
thur Lyons, 407 Bryant Ave. No.;
I'uhcbl Commodore, 020 Kant Lake
Bt.; leonnle Shields. 1735 23th Ave.
So.; Magdalene June*, 1003 Olson
Blvd.; Mrs. Osceola Wright, 3717
Chicago Ave.. May 23 —Chester
Adams, 2435 Fourth Ave. Ro.; John
Moultrie. 813 Emerson Ave. No..
William Madison, 2300 Portland
Ave. So.; May f®*—Lucille M. Elfe,
725 Emereon Ave. No.; Mrs. Henry
Schofield, 5127 James Ave. N.; May
25 Jimmie Simms; Howard M
Englund; May 25 —Norma Moman,
511 Aldrich Ave. No.; Shirley Biles.
1037 K. Franklin Ave., William
Marshall, 3050 Fourth Ave. So.;
George Mills, ®OS Eighth Ave. No.;
May 28—Mrs. Willie Lee, 307 Du
pont Ave No., Mainle K. Hughes,
®lB 7th Ave. No.; Lawrenre McCoy,
820 Bryant Ave. No.
Out-of-town greetings: May 22
George M. Johnson, Washington,
D. C.; May 24 —Mrs. Edwin T Ran
dall, Worthington, Ohio; May 25
William H. Ashby, Kansas City,
Mo.. Clifford Johnson, Kansas City,
M<».; Hibert Bowden, Rockford, Ill.;
Mrs Florence Perry, Birmingham,
Ala.. May 27—Miss Dorothy Wa
ters, Chicago, 111.; William Lan
drum. Owen, Wls.. May 28—Kath
ryn Mitchell, Detroit, Mich.
St. Haul Rlrthdaysi May 25—John
Patton, 954 St Anthony Ave.; Mor
ris Hickman. 354 N. Dale St.. May
26 Mrs Ellis Manning, 830 Igle
hart Ave.; Mrs. Vernice Grantham,
87® Iglehart Ave.; Mrs. Ruby
Woods, 848 Iglehart Ave ; Walter
McFarland, 101® Rondo Ave.; May
27 — Mrs Alice Manning, 843 St. An
thony Ave.; John Lee. Carroll Ave.;
Estella Luckle, 1191 Sherburne
Ave.. May 20 —Bert Carter, ®SB W.
Central Ave.; May 30 —Mrs. Wil
liam Hanna, 520 N. Western; Susan
G. Ellis, 914 Rondo Ave.; John Kel
ly, Jr., 950 St. Anthony Ave.; May
31 Mrs. Mary Jones. 1022 Rondo
"Home of the Brave,’’ the first Hollywood film on race discrimi
nation. opened last Thursday at the Victoria theatre on Broadway. If
the reaction of New York and critics mean anything, this la going to
be one of the most lauded and talked-about pic
■ turea of the year. For one thing, "Home of the
Brave" is reportedly first of all dramatic, action
packed enteralnment. The message, though vitally
important, is secondary to the characters and the
story.
VARIETY Magazine, the official spokesman
for show business, had this to say about the film:
"The picture hits hard and with utter credibility.
Once the ciatomrn are Inside the theatre, 'Home'
will have started a progression of comment that
should win an accolade for the producer for having
NELL RUSSELL thc r " ura « e ,o Pf"*** ««<* a pic. And for having
dune it *o well.”
The Hollywood REPORTER, which seldom stirs itself to enthu
siasm, said:
"•'Home of the Brave’ is dynamic celluloid... .It may be expected
to exert a profound influence; it is compelling and fascinating....
Mark Robson s direction draws perfomanees from the all-male cast
that can only be described as magnificent. Artfully he moves them for
ward in their story as he plumbs the very roots of their nature. The
effect is like intruding on private emotions, rarely like watching act
ing”
Southern-bom motion picture writer and commentator Jimmie
Fidler wrote that: "Home of the Brave” was one of the "most not
able” motion pictures he’s seen in many a moon.
"Believe me.” Fidler stated, “it pulls no punches. No one see
ing this picture is going to leave the theatre untouched emotion
ally, and no one interested in the progress of the motion picture
as an art form can fail to hall it as a big milestone on the way to
an adult screen.”
Significantly Fidler wrote: “Unlike too many of the pictures
which have previously tackled controversial subjects. ‘Home of
the Brave' doesn’t resort to either corn or preachment. It simply
tells, without any effort at adornment, a dramatic story—one so
completely believable that It will offer no challenge to the credu
lity of any person in the audience.
"It has no heroes and, actually, no villains. It’s merely a story of
five human beings, one of whom happens to be a Negro. It presents
no conclusions and presents no morals. Rather, it invites you to draw
your own conclusions and (most unusual for a Hollywood-made
movie) starts with the presumption that you are perfectly capable of
thinking for yourself.”
PARENTS Magazine has given “Home of the Brave” its Special
Award of Merit, making it the third film ever to receive this honor.
The New York City Board of Education key personnel have recom
mended it for all students. The powerful actors' organizations, Ameri
can Theatre Wing and Actors Equity, have lauded the picture. It’s also
been lauded by United Nations dignitaries such as Assistant UN Sec
retary General Benjamin Cohen of Chile and Jean Benoit-Levy, head
of the UN film division. Organizations praising the picture include
National Urban League, the NAACP, the National Conference of
Christians and Jews, the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-De
famation League, the Jewish Congress, the American Legion, the
American Veterans Committee, the Disabled War Veterans, and Am-
Vets. A number of unions have also lined up to praise the picture.
"Home of the Brave” will undoubtedly be the first major
cracft in the wall of stereotype which Hollywood has thrown
around Negro portrayals on the screen.
It never would have happened if the Negro press, and Negro and
liberal organizations hadn’t put the pressure on Hollywood consistent
ly and without let-up in the past eight or nine years. This should prove
conclusively that hush-hushing discrimination of any kind is NOT the
way to break it down. Constant publicity, pressure and exposure is
the only telling method.
Incidentally, a prominent member of the Jewish group made
a challenging statement on America Town Meeting of the Air,
last week. Harry Epstein of the Anti-Defamation League said that
Jewish leaders, instead of digging their heels In and taking a
stand (against anti-Semitism, etc.) were “running away” and
thus were encouraging the very thing they were trying to break
down.
The statement is significant for one reason, namely it shows that
intelligent, thinking Jews must realize pushing bigotry into the back
ground instead of putting the glare of the spotlight on it, makes for
slow progress.
All the facts of race relations advancement give the He to the
fallacy that intelligently exposing discrimination increases it.
The Club UnoScore talent contest at Phyllis Wheatley last Friday
night drew out a pitifully small crowd, but I hope this will not dis
courage the club from making it an annual affair. WCCO's Clelland
Card was an able and personable emcee, handling the kids well. Un
fortunately, he had to cool hie heels almost forty-five minutes waiting
for the show to begin. We must all remember that radio people like
Card are pretty busy folks. They’re wonderful about giving any good
cause their services, so the least we can do in exchange is start on
time even if only a half dozen people are in the audience.
I thought little Gayle Miree was the cutest thing on thc pro
gram. Nhe sang “Buttons and Bows.” The most novel act was the
Phillips Quartette, four sisters who sang a spiritual. Three of
them are very small, one about as big as a minute. What she
lacked in size, she made up for in volume! These kids would make
a unique addition to the Sunday morning program at any church.
Elaine Jackson, a boogie-woogie pianist, has a lot of promise for
the future, as does little Eugene Price of St. Paul.
Judges Hawf (of Hawf and Hawf), Whitney Young, Vant Wash
ington and Card must have had quite a touchy time picking the win
ners.
The UnoScore Club has a good project here and I hope they make
a big success of it next year. At least the club is trying to do some
thing worthwhile for the community unusual, to say the least, in
these parts.
MOVIE REVUES. ”He Walks By Night,” starring Richard Base
The slow-moving story of how Los Angeles police, aided by per
sistence and scientific crime detection, capture a cop-killer. Richard
Basehart, as the killer, is supposed to be the type to curdle the cream
in your coffee but the characterization misses fire. The emphasis in
the film has been put on a group of average actors making like cops
instead of on Basehart. As a result when the police chase him through
the storm sewers under Los Angeles, you find yourself pulling for the
criminal instead of the cops. Or maybe I am getting anti-social in my
old age. Don’t bother to see this one unless you just want to spend
some time at the movies.
One character in the audience yawned audibly at intervals through
out the film. He finally put the guy on my right to sleep. Or could it
have been the picture?
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RATING THE
RECORDS
BY 1. HENRY RANDALL
Indigo Shadings
How good can th* Great Mr. B.
get? Hia latest pair of waxings
under MGM label are two fine
ballade done in the very best Eck
atine manner. There’s the dreamy
tempoed romantic ditty NIGHT
AFTER NIGHT which bears all
the earmarks ol becoming one of
the top hits ot the summer sea
eon. Buddy Baker fronts the
stringed ork for this background.
Flipover is the moodily sweet and
blued NEW SHADE OF BLUE,
subtly underscored by Hugo Win
terhalter’s addition ot a tinkling
piano in the background.
Mix a sing-song blues vocal
with a sophisticated - indlgoed
bounce and you have the Jack
Cooley vocal of I'M A MAN in
front of Buck Douglas' ork. Coo
ley penned this one and has good
support from the baas, piano and
tenor members of the crew.
Paired is Buck’s own DOUGLAS
BOOGIE, a rolling, rambling opus
spotting the tenor with punchy
effects from the piano and base
Cool, it la. Square Deal label.
A cool and reflective Lady Day
takes the Indlgoed vocal on the
theme tune of the film "Caaa
blanca,” AS TIME GOES BT, tn
the familiar and always-exciting
Billie Holiday manner. She baa
Eddie Heywood's ork for support
on this and the reverse of EM
BRACEABLE YOU. both slow
paced and on Commodores.
Decca slides out Louis Jordan
and his Tympany Five with
COLE SLAW and EVERY MAN
TO HIS OWN PROFESSION,
the former a familiar bouncy riff
about cabbage salad a la Arkan
sas. and the latter a boogie-typed
bounce, with Louis getting philo
sophical in a bluesy vein.
filth, Shaw Tunas
"Neptune’s Daughter" Esther
Williams joins Ricardo Montalban
and the MGM Studio ork to duet
the film tune BABY IT’S COLD
OUTSIDE, a Frank Loesser opus.
On the mate, Ricardo solos on the
romantic ballad. MY HEART
BEATS FASTER. . . Art Lund
takes the tune THE BEAUTI
FUL BLOND FROM BASHFUL
BEND, from the Fox film of the
same name, in hia rhythmic but
relaxed style on MGM with John
ny Thompson’s crew. Flipover,
also from the same flick, la EV
ERY TIME I MEET YOU.
Ziggy Elman and crew revive
and Irving Berlin oldie. CHEEK,
TO CHEEK on MGM, with Ziggy
riding the crest of the solid best
from beginning to end. On the
mate. Bob Carroll handles the vo
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A WONDERFUL GUY on the
Scottee Marsh vocal Scottee also
warbles a slow mood pises rm
titled YOU'RE HEARTLESS. . .
Another MGM-er, Derry FalMgant
takes a film tune, THE RIGHT
GIRL FOR ME and a show tune,
DREAMER WITH A PENNY for
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'SOCIAL & PERSONAL
* MINNEAPOLIS •
The Minnesota Bowlin* Association will hold their lint
annual pienie at Excelsior Amasement Park at 2 p. hl Sunday
May 22. All members and their guests are invited. Members
seeking transportation will please meet at the home of Mrs.
Helen Underwood, 3512 Clinton Ave. So., at 1 o’clock p. m.
sharp.
Mrs. Rosa Porter, slater of Mrs.
Lavina Logan, plsard away Fri
day. May 8, at her home in Ten
ler, Ohio. Mrs. Logan, however,
was unable to attend the funeral
because of illness.
Mrs. des Barris Wynn, TSO
Humboldt Ave. No., left Wednes
day for Kansas City and Brook
field. Mo. Mm Wynn will spend
Decoration Day la Brookfield,
Mo., and return home about June
1.
Bev. H. G Boyd. STM Fifth
Ave. Ba, left Monday morning,
May 16. for Indianapolis, Ind., to
attend the funeral of Mm Kath
ryn Alexander, which was bald
Monday. While there he also at
tended the funeral of his sUtor
in-law, Mrs. Mary Boyd, who was
burled Wednesday, May 18. Wal
ter Boyd of this oity is the son of
Mm Mary Boyd.
Mm IdeUa Grigsby gave a baby
shower in honor of her slater.
Mm Gertrude Smith, MS Bryant
Ave No. The guests Included
Geraldine Marty, Ada Rivers.
Athie Young, Maggio Lewis, Tod
dle Martin. Thelma Mclntosh,
Lenore Adair, Juanita Winston,
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Hattie Brooks, Polly Young. WU
la Mae Johnson and Claudia
Chatham Irene Harvey and Net
tie Harris sent gifts but wore un
able to attend. Mm tatth re
ceived many lovely gifts.
Mariam AHea, 39M Fifth Ave.
8, was confined to her home with
an appendicitis attack. Marlene is
up and feeling better now. She la
the daughter of Mr. and Mre. Al
bert Aden, 3MM Fifth Ave. So.
The Martinigai cub win mast
Friday evening at the home of
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