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u^MY HEART STOOD STILL y-S*' - RIRTH OF A SONG Richard Rodoers and Lorenz Hart — DI K I H Uf M JV./MVJ-, - RICHARD RODGERS, writing music for a Columbia Var sity show, asked Lorenz Hart, lyrist and alumnus, to help him with the production, and thus began a collaboration I which has lasted eighteen years. \f _ p Accidents, however, are rare; but near-accidents provoke j ■^Gallic profanity. -■ — rr Out of college, they wrote songs for the Theatre Guild and other shows, found their successful way to London, where they were compared to Gilbert and Sullivan. t _ —- ■■"■i ,, 'We's? | f^WCLOOVr t w Y i; Cl ■ - ^ x ■ ■ ■■ - Out of this near-accident came the title of a song that J made the young composers famogs. It became the favorite ^ T of Edward, Prince of Wales. - -----— * " ' I - 19 They hopped over to Paris from London in 1928 for a rest and some sightseeing. They met a girl-friend from America and took her to Versailles. ^ The music-loving heir $o the throne was so fond of the I- song that he taught it to other orchestras and created a vogue 5 for the tune. -- I From ASCAP Files r By Joseph R. Fliesler and Paul Parisian taxi r' "ISN*I . . ... "I’VE GOT FIVE UUUr.°$*l •OOWN BY THE RIVER” | i * "TEN "WITH A SONG L ’ON YOUR TOES” "THOU SWELL” j ,-----—- .1, M Rodger* and Hart have written over a thousand songs for j F stage and film, and are high ranking members of the Amert*. j W 'can Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, _ Protests Urged On Wagfe Differentials Washington,'!). C. June 9—Tele grams uigieg that no wage dif ferentials be incorporated in the federal w jes and hour bill should be sent to Senator Elbert D. Tho mas in the Senate office buiding 1 Senator Thomas is chairman of' the con'erence committee which isconsidering the wages and hours bill. The lastast information is that the conference committee is favor able considering a variation of ■wages based upon industries rather -than upon geography. The NAAt'P (iTid other organizations have expressed a fear that geogra phical wage differentials in reality ■would be racial differentials, de priving colored workers of equal ■wages for equal wark with white ■workers. -o———— FORK IS NEWCOMER IN EATING TOOLS Spoon, Knife Were First Among Food Utensils. Washington. D. C. — Spoons that ■cooped up walrus strew from a common pot, and knives tS t sliced off mouthfuls of raw blubber for hungry Eskimos 1,000 years ago were found in Alaska this summer by a joint expedition of the National Ceographic society and the Smith sonian institution. "These ancient utensils give a Vivid picture of the life of ten cen turies ago, but they also are re minders that although table man ners have changed, eating imple ments of today are essentially the same as in prehistoric times," says the National Geographic society. "The spoon is as old as man himself, or at least, as a wit re marked, as old as soup, while the knife dates back equally far. Even the fork, though only a few hundred years old in its present form, de veloped from skewers or broiling ■ticks, which were stuck in the ■shes with fish 'spitted' on them tor cooking. The first forks had only a sirfgle prong. * ^^^First Spoons Were Shells. ^ 'NThe prehistoric Eskimo spoons ttound in Alaska are of wood, ivory <or the horns or bones of caribou. The knives have wooden, ivory or • bone handles with slate blades ground to a sharpness comparable to the table knife of today. ■“The earliest spoons, however, I probably were clam or oyster shells, j or small gourds. Later someon-.' thought of inserting the shell or fconrd in the split end of a stick, thus making a handle. { ""Hie spoon, knife and many other utensils also had a common origin in the wooden ‘throwing board' used by some primitive peoples for gain ing greater leverage hi throwing a Spear. Flat and slightly hollowed, the throwing board was used also tor a fire-making tool, for catching blood from a slain animal, and had ■ sharpened edge for use as a Skinning knife or a weapon. It Could be used as a combined knife, spoog and piatter. The letter to Congressman r ish was written May 12 by Roy Wil kins, assistant secretary, and is made public because the NAACP endorsement of hearings on these bills introduced by Mr. Fish was widely interpreted as endorsement of the bills themselves. The asso . iation's letter^ expressed the hope that hearings would be held so that an opportunity would be given o place in the official records the gross discrirpination against Ne groes in the army. -o THIRTY NEGROES REING HELD AS SLAVES IN ARK. New York, June 4—The Depart ment of Justice at Washington has advised the NAACP that after several months of investigation it hc« found that the complaint that thirty coored people were being held as virtual slaves in a stockade at Halley, Ark., was not true and thot no federal laws against peon age were being violated . The NAACP asked an investiga tion by the Department of Justice following a complaint relayed to it through its Chicago branch last November. The Department of Justice reports that the United States attorney at Little Rock has advised it that the situation at Halley does nut indicate any viola tion of federal law. ——o-j— BISHOP WALTER MADE HEAD OF VIRGINIA CONFERENCE Greensboro, N. C., May 28 (A. NT. P.) If peace is to reign “in the hearts of men”, then “the fur riers between races will have to b broken down,” said Bishop Wal ter Peele, who was recently made bead of the .Baltimore, Virginia and West Virginia conferences of the ME church, here Tuesday be fore he left Greensboro where he had been stationed. The bishop also said that “in looking for leadership we should seek the Divine,” and advised, “we should rely upon legislatures and congresses and parliaments for guidance, but rather upon righteos ness in the hearts of men.” -1—o SCHOOL BOARD REFUSES TO HAVE MINUTES CHECKED Upper^Marlboro, Mil., June 4 The board of education of Prince! Georg*/s county has notified Thurgood Marshall, NAACP attorney, that it has no objection to his inspecting the minute books of the board of education any time. Early this spring, Mr. Mar shall, acting for a colored tea cher in Prince George’s county asked permission to inspect the minutes of the board in order to prepare the proper legal papers. The NAACP at torney was informed at that time that he could not inspect the minutes and accordingly ho filed a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the school board to permit him to inspect them. On May 25, Adrian P Fish er, attorney for the board, notified Mr. Marshall that he had taken up the matter with the board and there was D> objection to the NAACP at torney inspecting the books. v ' \V ... By LOU/5 RE/O V™'"** Jf Music Features & Photo Syndicate KOST earnest prayer of the music publishers since song writing became big business is "Give us this day a good waltz song.” The waltz song, r in and year out, is the chief money-maker. L-j V V 11 lavnu •« deadly repetition doesn't vitally affect the popu larity of a first class waltz song, and by first-class is meant a num i ber which com bines a simple sentiment with a i graceful easy-to remember melody. The catchy fox trot may achieve momentarily a more spectacular triumph as a teeming army of dance tmnds and warblers airs it to the ilgh heavens, but in six or eight (reeks it is a3 forgotten as last year's French Cabinet. It has been dinned to death. The Waltz Song Endures f,i the mazuma, becomes a perma nent part of America’s musical fab ric. The cash registers still click | steadily for “When I Grow Too Old to Dream,’’ "Isle of Capri’’ and the others. They'll be selling, they'll be reaching Tin Pan Alley's promised land of “a million copies,” when fox trots will be gathering dust on the shelves. ' 1 Torch Numbers Popular Next to the walta song in endur ing popularity is the number with a definite torch ingredient, telling the story of unrequited love, hopeless love. Love remains the leading theme of most successful songs. And when the heart is not on top, it’s the moon and the more euphonious geographical locales—Carolina. Mis sissippi, Tennessee—that provide the chief inspiration. Kot so the waltz song. The waltz song builds slowly. It Is frequently a tedious business to plant a waltz song — plug is a better word— ’ in t h e national con sciousness. But once it's firmly established it rides the crest for years, for it invariably has the valuable quality of sentimental timeless 'ness. * Such old waltzes as* "The Blue Danube,”. "The Merry Widow,” "Vienna Woods” are as SmnprteliaMp f nil a v ac "... i* .a mi.. . i-m s>r Howard Dietz A.8.C.A.P. The novelty and comic songs enjoy only an occasional vogue. The only novelty num ' hers to score in a big way in the last year are “The Me*. ry-Go-Round Broke D o w n , ” and “Dipsy Doodle.” The former was a craze for some two months before it died. No song’s death, incidentally, was more Isudden or complete. The latter number is still popular, chiefly because it is so adaptable to the current dance crazes, the “Shag” and the “Big Annie". ever. In the strictly popular field, “The End of a Perfect Day,” “Mis souri Waltz,” “Beautiful Ohio,” "Till We Meet Again” have endured. In the last few years a group of waltz tunes or ballads of more or less waltz character have come to the toil—and stayed there; such serenades as “Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight,” Lucienne Boyer’s wistful plea, “Parlez-Mol d’Amour,” “One Night of Love,” the lilting confection which Hollywood fur nished Grace Moore; Kate Smith’s perennial “When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain." Noel Coward's 'Til See You Again.” Sigmund Rom berg’s "When 1 Grow Too Old to Dream,” “Isle of Capri” and "Alone”. Yes, it's the tcaltz or the song which, while not strictly in % tine. is Validity in character, that brings The comic song’s favor with the public seemed to have disappeared with the passing of old-line stage comedians. When they were flour ishing it was a common practice of j musical comedy producers to supply ! them with a comic number. In some instances, a good comic song spelled the difference between success and failure for a show. Rudy Yallec revived and refur bished the old comic ballad. “The Man on the Flying Trapeze,” and started it upon a briefly popular career. England sent over a lew years back a bit of lyrical fun-pok ing at her parade ceremonial swank, called "All the King’s Horses.” It lasted a few short weeks and then oblivion. Songwriting immortality goes to those who sing of love and moon shine in % time. SKI* VIt ATE NEGRO DIVISION IN THE ARMY RULE HEARD New' York, June 4 Tn a letter to Congressman Hamilton Fish, Jr,, the Nation*-! Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple has pointed out that while it is in favor of hearings before a House committee to place in the record the discrimination i.gainst Negroes in the army, it cannot en dorse Congressman Fish’s bill (H. vision in the army. The association v.lso has failed to endorse H. K. 101G5 which seem to imply from its language R. 10166) which provides for the creation of a separate Negro di that Negroes should be admitted to a.ll branches of the army, intro duced by Congressman Fish provid ing for a certain number of Negro candidates in the military academy at West Point. The association endorses with reservation H. R. 10161 which seems to imply from its langu age that Negroes should be ad mitted to nil branches of the ar my. The NAACP reserves the right to withdraw this tentetive endorsement if the language of the bill bs interpreted to mean Ne gro units in the various sections of the army, If You Have Any* thing You Don’t Need & WISh to SELL Just... WE. 1517 Ask for ^Classified dept.”