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SOUTH OMAHA NEWS NOTES Mrs. Mary Houston, 1207V6 Pierce St., is in receipt of a let ter from her son Melvin, who is att tending the School for the Blind at Nebraska City. Mel vin writes tat he is getting along nicely, lie is quite cheer ful despite the fact that he re cently lost the sight in his oth er eye. CARL FISHER DIES Mr. Carl Fisher, Pacific St., died Saturday morning. No in formation could be obtained re garding the funeral services. Mrs. B. 1>. Johnson enter tained the Pastors’ Wives Coun cil Wednesday, Nov. 18. St. John congregation an I pastor attended the three o’ clock services of Beulah Bap tist Church in Council Bluffs, la., the past Sunday. Sermon was preached by Rev. ('. Fergu son of Omaha. Mrs. Jodie Jones, R St,., left for Chapman, Alabama, on a visit to her mother, Mrs. Hat tie Coston. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harris, jr., newlyweds, are now living at 2214 N. 28 Ave., the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. I). Crawford. N. A. A. C. P. TO HOLD ELECTION OF OFFICERS The N.A.A.C.I*. will meet on Sunday, Nov. 25, at the Urban League Community Center, at 2213 Lake St, for the purpose of electing officers. All mem bers are urged to be present to select their choice of officers for this organization. The public is cordially invit ed to hear the report of the Le gal Redress Committee and oth ers. Mrs. Gertrude James, Wich ita, Kansas, is expected to spend Thanksgiving in the city with relatives and friends. Brown Bombers To Give Dance The Brown Bombers of So. Omaha, will give a pre-TImnks giving Dance Nov. 20, at Wood son Center. This dance is an in vitational affair. Mr. Ewell Montgomery, 5407 S. 20 St., returned Sunday from Clarinda, Iowa, where he at tended the funeral of his grand father. Rev. 1’. J. Sears, pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church, and his congregation worshipped Sun day afternoon with Paradise Baptist Church at a mission service. VISITS ZION BAPTIST Mrs. Margaret Bowles, 5407 S. 28 St., City Missionary of Bethel Baptist Chureh, visited the B.YJMJ. of Zion Baptist Chureh Sunday, Nov. 15. Mrs. Bowles reports a splendid meet ing. She also talked at church service Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Reed left Monday for Sioux City where they will visit Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Jefferson. Prom Sioux City they will go to their home at Decatur, 111. Mr. N. S Littlejohn, who re ceived a broken toe in an acci dent some time ago, has recov ered to the extent that he is now back on the job. BUY AN OMAHA GUIDE FROM YOUR NEAREST SO. OMAHA AGENT McGiU and Davis 2516 Q Street J. 0. Harris Grocery Store, 1884 8. 30 St. .MA 0741. Bersey Oliver, VT00 8. 29 8t. MA 2678 Mrs. Margaret Bowles 8487 I. 28 ft. Mrs. Annie Graham is still on the sick list. Mrs. Georgia Williams, Paci fic St., is improving. Mrs. Ixninie Lee, 8. 17 St., is improving Mrs. Harry Johnson is confin ed to her lied because of illness. Close3 Successful Meeting Rev. E. 1). Johnson returned to the city Mi turd ay morning from Valley Junction where lie closed a very successful meet ing for Rev. Garrett. Rev. Johnson report twen ty-one candidates for baptism and sixteen restored, lie will go there for their baptism. VALLEY JUNCTION PEOPLE FETE REV. JOHNSON In recognition and apprecia tion of the splendid work done by Rev. E. 1>. John on, who re cently closed a ten day meeting in Valley Junction, a banquet was tendered him by the peo ple there. Many beautiful and useful gifts were given to him and Mrs. Johnson. WOODSON CENTER On Sunday, Nov. the sec ond of the scries of the Youth Forum will he given from 4:00 to 5:00 o'clock, Mrs. Gertrude James, presiding. Song “America the Beautiful Ijed by Mi's- Rae Lee Jones M'ss Edrose Will's, pianist Invocation Song “Swing Low Sweet Chariot Ten Minute Discussion of Current Events Led by M'ss Pearl Howard V<>cal Solo “My Tusk” M'ss Addle Lambert Address “Part Youth Can Play in the Effort for International Peace ' and Goodw'll” Miss Gladys Pullum Exeeut've Sec’y Northslde VWCA Fifteen Minute Discussion Led by Mr. Ralph Alexander Song ..“Steal Away"; Remars: Closing Song “Now the Day Is Over’ MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. J. P. Mosley, pastor I Morning service was preaeh d by the pastor. Ills subject was “Prove Yourself"; his text was found in Daniel 18. Sunday School was well at tended. 8:0() P. M. service wits in charge of the pastor who talk ed from Exodus 3.5. The pastor has just closed a groat revival. There were 13 candidates for baptism and 5 by Christian experience. Date of baptism will be Sunday, Nov. 211, at 3:00 p. m., at the Mount Moriah Baptist Church, 24 and Ohio Sts. ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH Pierce Street Rev. E. D. Johnson, Pastor {Sunday School and 11 :00 o’ clock services were splendid. Rev. Collier preached in the morning. The City President, Mr. Coop er, was present at the B.Y.P.U. Night services were conduct ed by the pastor. The church will hold Thanks giving Day services and give its usual free dinner at that time. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 27th and R Sta Elder A* D- Carter, Pastor The church has just closed a week of successful meetings, conducted by Elder Reed of Decatur, 111. Joining in this meeting was Elder G. S. Hay den, pastor of the 30 and U St. church and his congregation. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 30th and U Sts. Elder G. S. Hayden, Pastor Morning and night sermons were preached by the pastor. Attendance was good. By Louis Armstrong, New York. ; Longmans, Green fe? Co.. • A REVIEW • By ROBERT L. NELSON International 7s(egro Press Staff Writer Following in the steps of the galaxy of other illustrious Negro Americans who have contributed much to the making of the art of “Negro Folk Song”—that art which is now considered the only thing artistic, with the possible exception of the skyscraper, wh'ch has originated on American soil— there is contemporary an illustri ous son who has achieved marked fame and popularity because of his ability to present appealinglv another form of Negro Folk Song—“Swing Music.” This bright luminary is Ixniis (“Satchmo”) Armstrong, who is nationally and internat’onallv known ns a virtu oso of the cornet. Armstrong has found time be tween his many dance, theatre, and concert engagements to write a book, Swing Tint Munir. What John Wcrley Work of F.eh has done in the book, Folk Sovgn of the American Negro; Harry T. Burleigh in his many wrtings, and the brothers. James Weldon and J. Rosamond Johnson, in the'r [fork of American Negro Spirit ualn, in interpretin'”’ the spirt uals; whet W. C. Handy, in his volume, The Slues, hn done for | the blues, ragtime, and ja z; and I what H. E Kwhbiel has done in his great work. Afro-American Folk Songn, in trae'yg the histori cal significance of folk song, Louis Armstrong has done for swing music in ti e book. Swing That Manic. While there have been written other books on the subject, this one is of particular importance because it is the first by one who has grown with the music—on" of its creators—the peer of all its interpreters. To read the book will, without a doubt, enhance one’s enjoyment and increase the understand:ng of that newest form of popular -yn copation, swing music, which is now sweeping the country. Anyone familiar with the his tory of the rise of ragt'me and its later evolution, jazz, knows that the pathway to respectability and a place in the sun was fraught with manv difficulties for that group of pioneers who have dared to take liberties with the written score and inject musical interpolations which were at vari ance with the composer’s fancy. Louis Armstrong has dared and in so doing he has blazed the trail to a new art, swing music, which is now accepted every where with great acclaim. That is the true test of its merit. In the telling of his story, Arm strong has stuck to a natural style; the narrative is easy to read yet well enough done to sat isfy the erudite. The story is inspiring, for all the world likes to hear of those who have over come great odds. Swing That Music is more than the story of the rise of Louis Armstrong from a waif in the streets of New Orleans to nn internationally acclaimed musician. It is also a history of the music which made him famous, swing music, and as such perhaps merits more attention than would a mere autobiography of an important figure in American musical life. How much of the importance of both the music and the musiclaa was due to the fact that Arm strong and jazz "got born to gether,” no one knows. Perhaps tM« was just another “lucky ’ ” As Armstrong writes: Whatever it’s good for, and however long it will j live, swing music was born in my country: it seeded there in New Orleans and grew there, and there it got so hot it had to burst out. and it did, and spread to the world. The pat!) that swing followed ; was the path that jazz had fol low'd, for i-azz was the first crude form of swing— the daddy of swing, and it was "going nieces” until it got all tangled up in “Tin Pan Alley” and made for tunes for men who couldn’t swing a Jew’s harp. Swin~ music differs from the or ginal New Orleans jazz in per ni’tting free improvisation and in being more refine I and subtle through classical influences. Jazz I began with this idea of free im provisation, but that idea got lost when jazz was written down. In swing music the player mav have a score in front of him. but he knows when to "swing” away from it and when to come back to >t. In an orchestra the players "a'l p’ay together, picking up and following each other’s ‘swinging,’ nil bv ear and sheer musical in stinct.” For the benefit of musicians and students of music who would like to know more about the technical details of swing music the author has had added to the book a "Music Section,” edited by Harry Gcrlach, which contains il lustrative scores for the ten im portant swing instruments, to show how one of the great mas ters of each instrument swings a given selection. These are not to be copied, since the principle of swing is that each musician does his own imnrovisat'on; the scores are merely illustrative. They are contributed by such artists as Hennv Goodman, Joe Venuti, Tom my Dorsev, Bud Freeman, Red Norvo, Claude Hopkins, Carl Kress, Stanley Dennis, Rav Bau duc. and Armstrong himself. The book contains also a glossary of musical terms used by swing musicians, which gives the un initiated a look behind the screen at a language which is all their own. Rudy Vallee has writtert an introduction for the book, in which a fine tribute is paid Louis for his worth as an artist. Armstrong concludes his story with these words: Today . . . swing music has arrived. I think I will live to see it come into a very great future. I am sure the idea of it and the spirit of )t are right and that it is an art in the true sense. I want to see our young swingmen keep it that way. And I say to them and to all my friends and all swing lovers, “I Hope Gabriel Likes €>ur Music.” Dunbar Tenants Get Their Money Back New York, Nov 21 (C)—Tt 'a reported thnt, tenant-owners o f .the 1 vji I awrence Dunbar apartments tbo cooperative housing ••’•eject on wh!^h John I>. Rockefeller, jr., re rent’y foreclosed a $2,000,000 mort gage, are gett ng their money back which has been paid in on the buy ing plan of the corporation during the past e'ght years Reports state some tenants got a* much as *2 000 cash. It is also reported that the housing project will bo immedi ately converted into a rent'ng pro position, with n<> down payment, and a reduction in rents of from ten to twenty per cent DETECTIVES ARREST MAN New York, Nov. 21 (C)—It took two detectives to subdue Joseph Do ran, 40, who was locked up in West 123rd street station Tuesday char ged with felonious assault and oth er crimes As Detectives Cusberth and Barts closed In on I>>ran, he fired, then the two men grappled with the fugitive before he was subdued- Doran faces life sentence 'f conv'cted of any felony, because of his previous record. The church is planning on having a Thanksgiving dinner. There will be services through out Thanksgiving Day at the church. UNION MEMORIAL M B. CHURCH Rev . Wm- H- Adams, Pastor Rev. Wade preached in the morning and night. There waf no afternoon service. PAGE THE HUMAN HOG By K- A. Adams (F<>r *he Literary Service Bureau) The hog, beneath an apple tree, W'th table bountifully spread, Tho source >>f such supply to see, Never looks higher than his head He seeks his appetite to fill, And, by another's labor fed. He eats unmindfully, and st'll Never looks higher than h's head. S<>,many a man to whom 's given A full supply of “da'ly bread,” Never unto the Lord in heaven In gratitude lifts up his head Receiving blessings every day, A man should grateful be; instead, Many a one going his way, Never looks higher than h's head PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS CHOP SUEY American and Chinese Dishes Kinsr Yuen Cafe 2010'/j N. 24th St. Jackson SSTC Open from 2 p. m. until 3 a. m. For the Theatre or Any Social Engagement i E ■ i , i ! 1 I,. ;; 11 n' 11 ill I : 1 Compare Our Rates I Lf CHARLOTTE A. GILLARi) INTERNATIONAL NEGRO PRESS EMOTIONAL SCIENTIFIC WHITING . The tendency to make generali zation on the basis of limited per sonal observation is not restricted to the untrained An examination of literature furnishes many examples of scholars, undoubtedly well in form* d in various fields who, in ev-j en a casual reference to matters pertaining to a group other than their own lose all sense of seienti-! fie caution- More and m«re as we find inaccurate statements repeat - I by men of high scholastic stand ing we must conclude that emotional leeling is the ba-is of the belief rather than impartial examination and scientific support. Of course we are all familiar with the generalizations baser! on limit ed contacts- Who does not number among his fr'ends those persons who base all their opinions upon personal observations? These, peo ple, who wou’d frankly recognize their Inability to cope with a stall ed automobile engine and quickly call a mechanic, will not hestate to a-sume an air of authority in mak ing a statement that, though it calls for scientific knowledge, is based entirc'-y upon limited encounters with the situation in ms class oe'ongs me cud re ported of a metropolitan daiy who recently burst into print with a statement concerning the bone structure of the legs of Negroes in general and Jesse Owens in parti-1 cular; something about the “feet being attached to the legs in a peculiar manner and the abnormal shape of the heel.” This was mere folk-lore patter and intelligent ■eaders attached little credence to the st&tenjent although Jesse’s loach, Larry Snyder thought It well to refute it by quoting the findings of the examining physician at John Hopkins university to the effect that Jesse’s legs and feet were nor mal. In a recent issue of the Satur day Evening Post Larry Snyder ••aid, “Jesse’s legs are no different from any other athletes legs, except that they are Letter formed than any legs 1 have seen in my eight years of running and ten of coach ng.” But it is a different category of writers from the reporter that Dr Victor Heiser belongs- This author >f the currently popular “An Amer can Doctor’s Odyssey” says among 3ther things concerning the various ;ribes on the island of Luzon: “The most primitive of the wild tribes were Negritos. That they were rue Negroes was shown by the one :ieco cartilage in their spreading loses. Even octoroons show this Negroid characterises which is re garded as a reliable test for Negro >.ood ” The good doctor is not pre judiced, far from ‘t- He has travel ed too widely among people of var ed customs and physical differences o have, shall we say, a provincial ittitude. AH through his 'nterest ng book one gets unmistakable Stop and Shop : At HERMAN’S MARKET HERMAN FRIEDLANDER 1 Proprietor > ' i i 24th and Lake Street WEbster 5444 I i j ev'dence of h's appreciation of var 1 ious cultural developments- Yet his j statements, scientific man though he Ls, entirely refuted by modern I anthropologists While the exterior physical ehar [ acterist'cs of the Negro are in some respects contrasted to those of other racial types and such ev'dence is often advanced to prove that the Negro Is 'n more primit've form In the evolutionary scale than the wh'te man and therefore* Inferior-* Th's was an aeceipted fact by the physical anthropologists of the old er school and among non-sclentific men 't *3 commonly held today. But according to Ernest Albert Hooton professor of anthropology at Har vard university it t8 'mpossible to state prec'sely the inheritance of physical characteristics in cross breeding- Therefore the good doc tor’s observation as to the one piece cartilage being found 'n peo p'e wrth even a small amount of Negro food is another myth 'n American folk-lore * The theory expounded by many so called scientists of Ihe Negroes s'm'liarity to the anthropoid, cannot be found ed on truth since in such physi cal characteristics as wooly texture of hair, thickness of the lips, etc-, the Negro is the least ape-l'ke of humans. Still Coughing? 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