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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1942
\DETROIT
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AWAIT PATRONS
TO PARADISE
Tnereaslng Interest In the Paradise
Theatre Amusement contest Is
shown bv the large number of lovers
eif fine entertainment who are ex
pressing through their coupons their
choice of band?, acts and enter
tainers which ihey wish to see on
the Paradise theatre stage. I
Enter Contest Now
- -Anyone is eligible to participate
!n the contest Fill out the coupon
found on this page\ select your
favorite act or band and mail to
Larry Chiam at Michigan Chronicle
Free passes to attend current at
tractions at the Paradise theatre
will be given weekly to winners of
the contest. Winners for the past
two weeks have already been an
nounced through this column
All those who have not called at
the Chronicle office for their passes
should do so at once, between the
hours of 3 and 5 daily.
Winners for the third week are:
Mrs. J. Willis, of 578 Erskine. Apt.
203; Dorothy Miller, of 11722 Grand
Haven street; Zelma T.ightfoot. of
3130 Macomb street; Mae Richard
son of 9220 Delmar and Thelma
Coggins of 1004 Benton street.
Get Free Passes
Please call at once for your free
passes to the Paradise theatre and
see an outstanding sepia stage and
screen attraction and listen to the
music of one of the leading Race
Music Maker
Now In Army
At Ft. Custer
FORT CUSTER. Mich.—fANP> —
Count Basie wrote a number called
Mumping at ihe Woodside" but
Horace Henderson, well known in
music circles is "Swinging at Ihe
Reception Center'* here awaiting
assignment.
Henderson, younger brother of
the famous “Smack" and a com
poser, arranger and director in his
own right, was inducted from Chi
cago last week. He has made ar
rangements for such famous bands
as his brother's. Jimmy Dorsey.
Charlie Barnet, and Benny Good-
Henderson’s orchestras have J
played main popular hot spots in- i
eluding the Rhumboogie in Chicago. |
the Savoy in New York, and the
Gravstone in Detroit.
He was graduated from Wilber
force university with a bachelor of
music degree in 1935. Immediately
after graduation he was featured
as a pianist with his brother's
orchestra and later formed several
orchestras of his own.
Soldier Writes
Poem For Girl
' Proof that soldiers on furlough
•re romantically inclined and de-1
■ire to have some reason for fight
ing with their whole soul and mind ,
was made evident this week in a
letter received by the Michigan
Chronicle. The letter follows:
“Dear T.arry: Forgive this letter. |
Mv printing is bad. but my writing
is worse.
“Recently I was furloughed in ,
Detroit where T met and fell hard
for a cute little lady who won't 1
even answer my letters. I'm send- ‘
ing along a verse which fits her,
perfectly.
“If you find space please humor
• soldier that much. I'm hoping
that she will see and know that all
soldiers are not flirts and I would
fight harder with a new bride as
inspiration.
"Here is the verse: (for Zelda
ScharleyneU
•‘l'm not a poet with fancy words,
Rut I'll try to write it here
Just wjiat I feel wtfSn I see you.
Just what you mean to me dear.
You’re the moon and the stars in j
their glory;
You’re the sun on a cold winter day;
You're the silver snow tn its fury.
You're the rain that dampens the
You're the coming of twilight In
winter,
You'rg the breaking of dawn after
You're all of my sorrow and sad-
You're all my Joys ard delight |
You don't know I'm here.
But I love you.
1 shall till my life ebbs away. !
My heart will carry its candle.
Till \ou say you love me. some day. i
(Contributed by a Fort Knox
lieutenant)
VISIT PARENTS
TYI.ER. Texas—Mr. and Mrs. R.
B Johnson, 916 Morris street. had
as their guests recently their son
in-law and daughter, Cpl. and
Mrs. John H. Chretein. San An
tomo. Corporal Ghtetein is the
aon of J Paul Chretein, 811 South
Falmatto street. San Antonie, who
la an Instructor in the San Antonio
Public School aystem. Corporal
Chratdi%,will be stationed at Hens*
ley Field, Dallas she vUrffon
have lived in the Alamo City since
their magrtage at the home of Miss
Eioise Benton, 1523 East Houston :
v THIRD OFFICER GERTRUDE J. PEEBI.ES
Traveling recruiting officer for the W A AC’s, she
opened an enlistment campaign by speaking to
the Phylli' Wheatley Women’s clubs in Spring
field, 111. She will cover the states of Illinois,
Wisconsin and Michigan in her activity. Origin-
kJV j
mJT ML
MR. WALKER WAS
WRONG THIS TIME
Pi lor i - > the Cha ky Wi ight-W I
lie Ped featherweight champion
ship fight in Now York last Friday
night, Eddie Walker, manager of
Wright, became very profuse in his
words as he analyzed the coming
fight, and Mr. Walker based his as
sertions on past events.
"Do you know that Madison
Square Garden is the graveyard of
winning streaks,’ said Brother Wal
ker. Asked to explain what he
meant. Walker went on to give his (
explanation.
"Well, that Willie Pep is coming '
down here Friday from Hartford to
tr> take my Wrights feather
weight title AAay. Pep has never
been licked in 53 fights and I just
want to remind him and his Con
necticut friend- that a lot of things
have happened to guys with long
winning streaks when they came
into Ihe Garden."
As-ked again to explain, Walker
“Well, take the case of Tuffy
Griffiths, for instance. He came in—*
to the Garden from out west with
no defeats in something like forty ,
fights. Then wham! He got stopped
cold by Jimmy Braddock.
"One of my own fighters, Mike
Belloise, came into the Garden with |
a winning streak of thirty-odd j
fights and then he gets himself j
o 'pointed by Lew Feldman.
“Yami Mauriello, when he was a ;
middleweight, bounced his oppon
ent. around like they was duck- j
pin.*. He had more than 25 wins
in a row and comes into the Gar
den to get whipped by Billy Soosc
"I see whore A 1 Davis is fighting
again and doing pretty good Re
member when A 1 Davis piled up 40
st r aight wins and then got smeared
all over the Garden ring by Lou
Ambers? And how about Maxie
Shapiro? He's a pretty good light
weight. Do you kno - " he came in
to the Garden once with a record of
37 straight and then got l.cked by
Ai Reid"
• A couple of months ago Charley
Jones, the manage - of Sammy An
gott. brough* his young bantam
wr gh*. Freddi* Pope, into New
York for a fight at the Garden Pope
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ally from Dallas, Texas, she later lived in Kansas
City where she was an X-ray technician at the
General hospital and then assistant secretary
treasurer of the Wheatley Provident hospital. She
attended Sam Huston college in Austin, Texas.
RUSS J. COWANS’
SPORT CHATTER
( is one of the best bantamweights in 1
; the country. s<> good he ain't b<cn
■ beaten in 44 straight. Bit a guy
i name flam Wil.iby put an end to
i that streak in a hurry,
"That's what'll 'happen to Willie
; Peps streak on Friday. The
Chalk s an old hand at smashing
j winning strings. Look how he
I stopped Lulu Constantines string
And Lulu had more than Pep. He
had 56 straight Out in California
Ray Lunney had \toiv 39 :n a row.
| b -ause then he met Chalky Wright
' “Now, do you get what I mean?'
1 As I said before, the above re
marks were made prior to Nbv. 20
A‘. that time Wright was in full
possession of It s crown, ai d looked
Pep.
Biit a few minutes after eleven
o'clock Walker had another story
be broken by Wright Instead, he
was telling them that '“Wright w.l!
Age and experience, possessed
by Wright, were not sufficieht to
beat back-the rush of youth and
1 determination, owned by Pep. The
Wright.
PHIL NORMAN LOSES
NEW YORK -Phi! Norman. «De
i troit welter, dropped a six-round I
decision to George "Sonny" Horne,
from Niles. Ohio here last Mon
day night Normal, a graduate of j
the Detroit amateur ranks has been i
campaigning in the east for the
past year.
Find War Use For
Old Cat Tail Weed
Farmers throughout the United
States arc expressing intense In
terest in the development by Dr
C F. Burges, Chicago scientists, of
a method of processing the "fuzz"
on the spikes of ire common cat
ta.l plant inio * downy, light-weight
resistsm stuffing or filling material
that yeems to hav* uncounted com
! mercia! uses as we", as consider
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The Blackout
By RUSS |. COWANS
' SKIPPING HITHER and thither
! Thelma Oiney won a beauty con
test here ;n 1040 and now her
I father is searching for her.. If any
-1 one knows of her whereabout please
j notify this column. . . . Sherman
1 Roberts discovered he had a frac-
I tured thigh the other day.. and now
l he's laid up for a 5pe11.... The dis
| covery came while Sherman was
| bowling... .Clarice Washington is
i or.e of the girls at the desk n the
! bowling alley of Paradise Bowl ...
Theodore Van Buren. hi sband of
j Lillian Van Buren. high-ranking ten
■m the army soon.. .‘.Van is a good
j tennis player himself.. and Lillian
is manager of the Forest club bowl
ing alleys
Lean Walden thinks it Is terrible
to have to write a column, but
she gets .t out every week A!
Monroe, theatrical critic of the Chi
; cago Defender, will be in tow n this
i week...to take a gander at a few
of the floor shows after seeing the
football game, and renewing ac
quaintances ... Let Clarence Jack
son and Norman Wells get together
and you'll hear some good football
stories.. and some “tall” ones too
...Trains are so packed now days'
Basketball Campaign
Opens At Fort Custer
I FORT CUSTER. Mich—The cage,
season started at Fort Custer Field
House last Tuesday night with a
' bang With two games starting at
| opened and the first round of the
| schedule had begun.
While the 795th Tank Destroyers
were Lcmincing the 703rd Sanitary
j Co on rjne court, the Recruit Re
i ceptinn-venter w beating the Sta
j lion hospital on another. _r
Post Headquarters and Post ■
' M P.'s met in a hard fought game'
1 ,u the second shift, as d.d the Po.-t
j Quartermaster and Po-t M P.'s in |
' a game that was a thriller Both j
MP. teams lost closely contested
; games, but promise to come back
i with some winning games.
i By not show in •up the 184th Field
A 'tillory lost their game to the 48th
j Ordnance by forfeit.
I The teams showed that they're not
I in top form, but as the season goes
on each couch expects to have his,
team in better condition.
. Xhv--795V&- Tank IJ» .hiuy.er.s. de
are gunning for their hide, and the
teaai is playing under pressure
Detroit Boy
Leads Band
Over Radio
FORT PIN X J.- Another in the
.-cries of “This ;s Fort Dix" coast
■o-coast broadcast over WOR Mu
tual network was given Sunday..
Nov. 13, from the Rifle Range Road
USO.building j,ta'. off the reserva
:..ff of the 1229th Reception Center
this popular Sunday afternoon show I
whu h is con n ived solely of army I
Mrli. proved to be "one of the!
most popular .vtiucl.t us on the pro- |
songs were rendered by P. ' Tiioma J
Perry, well known song and dance]
K., : Byrd of Ch.cagn. IM former j
and -lie i a.-1 of "S a ms Mikado." '
and a Qua- to. master cho.r led by j
Pfc St Elmo Johnson, famous ;
Nog: o conducto . uho was in barge
,of he "Gav New Orleans Show" .
at the Woi Id's fd.r.
jTn CV
The Deep River Boys, who had their start six years ago while at
Hampton institute. Va., will be one of the feature attractions at
the Paradise theatre, starting Friday. Nov. 27.
IT'S A m
is
EXTRA ATTRACTION
They're Hotter Than
A Firecracker
T H E I
RIVER BC
f° p K ' VEJJE 25c * Midml
* FORMFRW ORCHESTRA HALL * 2500 SEATS *
ON STAGE IN PERSON
ft “FATS”
IWA L L E R
H(. AND HIS
Fa SWING ORCHESTRA
W Pf" SCREE “.:i™ ALL-STAR
REVUE
JOYNOR S FOSTER
Vy iTreTt”,--""■'"*1 Comedy Riot,
Deepl MYRA JOHNSON
>YS In Person j other star acts
itc Show Every Saturday Nite sunn*r°"door* opeVaimiVo a m
that it is hard to get a sea'. and
when the Twilight leaves Chicago
every afternoon there's a gi'arffi rush
for the seats...No resetvat.ons are
made ..Benny Swear# is now the
owner of a tavern in Hot Springs
Ark . . and doing good . . .Those
boxes tho girls have put out for
fund* for a t’hr.s’.mas dinner for
•he old-timers at the Waiters and
Bellmen's club Christmas day are
beginning to ring with coins
Josephine Thomas celebrated an
other birthday laid Wednesday.
I DIDN'T SHE IT but they tell
me Erskine Hawk ns had the best,
show to play at the Paradise thea
tre so far this season.. . .1 missed the '
j Cracker jacks, some of my old
friends . . .Larry Steele can rest as
sured that the current production
i* one of his best.... Everyone Is
talking about ; : ..Joe Louis was
sated lo come 'o town Friday night
for the official grand opening of
Paradise Bowl of which he is par:
owner, but did not arrive on the
train. . . . Charles «Pick Handle)
Walker was rejected last week by
| the army.. . I'm betting there'll be
more than 15.000 fans at the West
‘ Virginia-Wilberforee football game.
Awards will go to the winners of
the two rounds, at. the end of the
season. Each Tuesday and Thurs
day nights is certain to be nights
of surprises, plus J good hard clean
fighting for the soldiers at Fort
Chalky Wright Loses
Title To Willie Pep
NEW YORK -Chalky Wright is
; no longer featherweight champion.
New York’ vat iety Wright lost his
'.am els Friday night when he
dropped a 1.3-round decision to Wil
! o Pep. a 2(J- year-old cx-bootblack
out of Hartfo-d. Conn.
Pep. who was Lorn William Pal
aleo, blasted his way to victory
. Her bv dett use of his left hand,
plus ample speed afoot He kept
lus left jab bouncing off Chalky's
face throughout the entire route of
I ihe fight It was seldom he used
'his right hand against the former
' champion.
DEEP RIVER ROYS
Ralph Jones
President Of
‘Y’Bad Club
The Y.M.C.A. Badminton club
held their annual election of offi
cers for the coming season. »Tha
new officers are as follows: Ralph
Jones, president; John Otis, vice
pres.dcnt-; Alto Oatis. secretary;
Lorraine Jones, chairman of social
committee; Anne Jones, publicity;
Nathaniel Leach, sergeant-at-arms.
The club will be quite busy with
plans for the coming tournament
w:h the Cincinnati Badminton
club.
Nathaniel Leach is to thank for
a very interesting plan for the club
for the season The club will pay
matches between themselves for
points from week to week, witn a
p r ize for the member with the high
est score at the end of the season
This will be very exciting and
also help their games immensely.
BLUES ARTIST
HEADLINER AT
CLUB ZOMBIE
Newcomers Featured In
Current Reed Show
A medley of patriotic tunes fea
•uring a dance routine by Zombie
chorines and aided by 'he vocaliz
, r.g of Dell Stv- John get* the cur
rent Reed production of “Dance of
. •he ODcra" off -o a singing start at
' Broad s Club Zombie.
Next Rhythm . Ray. newcomer
kos h * nimble feet to the taps
une of “Liza" and lays down plenty
of iron for the patron's delight
Emcee Baron Harris does a swing
version of "Old Man River" and
sends h's dem baritone voice
, through the audience as he seeks
Chloe" and wins the patron's ap
plause.
"My ITcart Misses You.” a new
Reed composition as delivered vo
cally by Dell St. John may some
! day rank along with his other com
' positions and become a song favorite
Middle number features dance
I inline by the shapely chorines as
! 'hey caper in dances on themes
anging from semi-classical 'down
: io boogie-woogie ancf exotie torso
twisting. This s the colorful high
light of the show.
On comes T Rone Walker after
i. three-month engagement at Chi’s
Rhumboogie. ‘n break up the house
with solid clicking blues renditions
! favorite lowdown and groovey
lines, such as "T-Bone Blues.” and
:ho favorite eompo. "Evening" as
he sends the patrons who refuse to
let him leave the spotlight place
in the show
GRANADA THEATRE
W. Warren & Junction
Tyler 4 0800
Starling Wednesday. Nov. 25, and
HENRY FONDA in
‘ THE RETURN OF
FRANK JAMES”
With GENE TIERNEY
John Carrldine and tubers.
William Trarv - Joe Sawyer in
’ HAY FOOT”
With lam/s Gleason. Noah Kerry Jr.
Friday and Saturday. Nov. 27-1*
CALLINC DR. GILLESPIE'
MONEL BARRYMORE
• OVERLAND MAIL"
Helen Parrish. Noah Berry Sr.
Monday and Tuesday
ANN SHKRII>\N
|UKE GIRL*
ROSALIND (Ross) RI SSEf'.!,
EREI» tsrrv > MnrMl ttltAY In
"Take A Letter Darling”
With Mar nonaid t'orev, Robert
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Wednesdays
BLUE ORCHID DISHES
Chinalene Mixing Bowl
A croud of 19,52! fans saw Pep
ognized by the New York Boxing
I Los Angeles battler. It was the
I largest crowd-of-thc current indoor
! season .and Mike Jacobs, promoter
j heard,,the turnstiles click to the
! tune of $71.868 70 to Pep roll up his
1 fifty-fourth straight victory in a
j two-year professional career.
; SiQC£_ Peos.xruiui i>,niily
j ognized by the New Yor kßoxing
j commission and its affiliates, es-
I forts were immediately started to
I arrange a match between Pep and
Pittsburgh Jackie Wilson, current
holder of the National Boxing as
sociation laurels. Wilson was at
Hie ringside and issued a challenge
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