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By Daniel I. McNamara «TTOAGLAND CARMICHAEL, ll Attorney-at-Law ” If the owner of the shingle bear ing this legend had been content to remain an obscure young lawyer in Florida, the music-loving American nation might never have sung "Stardust.'1 For Hoagland Car michael. attorney, and Hoagy Car michael. composer of popular songs, are identical Chief difference in the extremes of his dual personality is that the lawyer was a dud—the composer a top-ranking success. Today Carmichael is one of Hol tjyvood’s creators of song with dozen* of the nation's favorites to bis credit. "Lazybones,'’ Rockin’ Chair." "Georgia On My Mind," "’One Morning In May.” "Little Old ,Lady” . . . these are a few of the songs that have spread hi3 fame as a composer, and effectually buried all recollections of his hav ing ever been an aspiring young attorney Carmichael learned to play piano by ear from his mother, whose rag time playing was the delight of the (Bloomington. Indiana, neighborhood where he was born He played his way through law school in Indiana .University with a three-piece orches tra, aud by way of diversion com posed "Rlverboat Shuffle." in the iNegro spiritual Idiom A group of •professional musicians, the Wol verines. Itk»d the number, learned It from Hoagy and recorded it A New York publisher heard the rec ord and printed the music. It was •Hoagy's flrs» published work. Then Paul Whiteman picked up his ('‘Washboard Blues.” but even that distinction did not impress Hoagy Itritb hi* aptness in music. His imlnd was on the law He entered a New York bank as /» step towards a legal career, de dining an offer from a New York publishing house; then went to Florida to hang out his shingle. Clients failed to materialize. He returned to Indiana, wavered for a year between law and music, then joined Jean Goldkette’s orchestra. A few months later he organized his own orchestra, in Indianapolis; then with the completed manu scripts of "Stardust” and "Lazy bones” set out for Hollywood. Ht3 reception was disheartening. He returned to Nett York, entered a music publishing house as arranger, and after two years, resurrected the almost forgotten "Stardust " It was an overnight sensation. The young lawyer-composer vaulted into the spotlight. He was besieged with offers. "Lazybones" followed "Stardust." Hollywood called. He has been in the film capital for three years, interrupting his work in pic tures occasionally to write a song or two for musical shows, for example, “Little Old Lady." which was the hit of Beatrice Lillie’s Broadway vehicle. "The Show Is On." Hoagy is of medium stature, slim, athletic, a crack tennis player. Happily married, he enjoys his Hollywood home, is a culinary ex pert. and confesses he'd rather con cod an appetizing new dish than turn out a new song hit. . (Music Featuret d Phata Syndicate > Fashions with Connie Ai„nthe guide ROBESON HOME; LAUDS SOVIET EDUCATION New Yo~*k, May 25 (CNA)— Paul Robeson, internationally fam ous actor and seinger, arrived in New York this week on the S. S. Normandie. He explained that he had re turned to the United States in connection with a concert our pos sibly to act in the legitimate theatre. Robeson said that his son Paul, who has attended school in Mos cow, is now in a Soviet school in London. Pointing out that under the Sonriet system there ib no dist crimination, Robeson declared: “The boy gets a cultuyl ad vantage in that school that he would not have in an American or British school. I am tremen ously interested in the social as pects of Russia. My Boy is al ready interested in aviation en gineering. You could imagine what chance a Negro aviation en gineer would have in the United States or in England.” The Soviet School in London which young Paul attendh, is main tained primarily for child”en of Soviet citizen* residents in the Brtiish capital. , , Robeson has lived abroad for several years, only visiting the United States occassionally to make a concert tour or .to appear in a motion picture. For a num ber of years he has spent three or four months annually in the Soviet Union. He is well known and as popular with the great maft>es of the Soviet people as he is with the Negro people of the United StaX'T. I .awronce Brown, his close friend and piano accompanist arrived with him. —.——0O0 BIRMINGHAM EDITOR HAS PLAN FOR AMR'S Birmingham, Ala., June 1 (.0)— Editor Robert Durr, of the Birm ingham Weekly Review, 416 17th street, N., has come forward with the suggestion that the AME church consolidate all its colleges and universities into two univer sities—one in the deep South, and ono in tho North; consolidate the three denominational papers into one; and drastically -otltice the dumber of presiding elders. PAIN IN BACK MADE HERV MISERABLE V Read How She Found Blessed Relief Muscles core 90 sore M?' Tit she could liardly touch A t v%n them. Used HamJ.ns Wizard Oil Liniment and found wonderful relief. Try it today if your muscles are stiff, sore, achy. Rub it on t horough ly. Feel its prompt warming action case pain; bring soothing relief. Pleasant odor. Will not stain, MoiS'y-back guarantee at all drug stores. 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Harry meanwh.|® school job, as janitress- * memory for the plantation songs his mother sano. Macuoweii s morner r * joined the choir of St. George's Church. * * ^ i ■« the Amer.can Soc! ,Deep River» has taken * p!ace „ an American ci.«k He hai been In St. George’, ever since, was also for 25 . Th® son9* °f h.s race cried out for recognition and Bur- c Authors andPublisher* urged Burleigh to pubY- and with Burleigh’s other works earned him membership m T^manu-el chdr and tang for European royalty * Wf°* th™ d°*" as well as hi, original compositions. _ ASCAP. whichjicanw, their public performance for profit.