Dett Among Greatest of Composers Says Eugene Blazer Editor, Omaha Guide 2418-20 Grant Street, Omaha> Nebraska. Dear Sir: I was unaware of the fact that Nathaniel R- Dett was coming to Omaha in the early part of August, 1940. I was absent when he visited here. Upon my return when I learned that he had JACKSON 0288 FIDELITY STORAGE & VAN CO. Local and Long Distance MOVING 1107 Howard, W. W. Holler, Mgr. CHOP SUEY King Yuen Cafe 2010'/, N. 24th St. JAckson 8576 Open from 2 p. m. until S a. ml American & Chinese Dishes BUY YOUR— POULTRY AT THE NEBRASKA PRODUCE 2204-6 NORTH 24th ST. Get the Best in Quality at the NEBRASKA PRODUCE Lowest Price PHONE WE. 4137 j been here, I asked John Adams, Jr, and some other what affairs, I if any, had been given in his hon or, and wos dismayed to learn that apart from a small group of your people nothing was done for ! him. To my mind Dett is among tne j few great composers this country has produced. He was actually born in Ontario, Canada. He re ceived his Bachelor of Music De gree from Oberlin Cillege and his j Masters Degree from Ea->trnan J School of Music in Rochester, New York, where Howard Hanson, who was born in Wahoo, Nebraska, is director. In 1920 he won the Har vard Bondwin prize for his essay “The Emancipation of Negro Mu sic”. In 1927 he received first a ward for creative music from Har mon Fountion and also the Palm and Ribbon from the Royal Bei gian Band by order of the Queen He has received his Doctor^ De grees frim Oberlin College and Howard University. Many other honors have been bestowed upon him He has writen a symphony, ciior al and other works, and is the au thor, among other works of “Al bum of a Heart”, “The Magnolia Suite", “In the Bottoms”, “Listen to the Lambs”—parts of which are used to be played very often on the radio until the radio barred his music, as well as other music in the ASCAP repertoire—‘ The Chariot Jubilee", “America the Beautiful”, etc. Other great Negro composers are Harry T. 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CELEBRATION Usherettes and attendants at the 75th ansiwrsary Founders’ Day program in Page Auditorium at Lincoln University Sunday, Jan uary 12, 1941, are, left to right: Wendell Pruitt, St. Louis; Flor ence Ann Brown, Okmulgee, Okla; Wanda Wheeler( Galesburg, 111.; L**ontine Golden, St. Louis; Thel ma Legion, Mississippi; Marjorie Beck, Kansas City, Mo.; Lanra Polk, St. Lou'S, M»ry Lois Striven St- Joseph, Mo.; and Roy Kenn.'r, St. Louis. are are all members of the Amer ican Society of Composers, Auth ors and Publishers. Very significant has been the Negro’s contribution to American music. A great deal of the music oven though not credited to him had its source in his creation. Dworak’s "New World Symphony’ has its principal themeg from that source. All great creative comp osers should be protected and that should not in any way depend up on color or race. That is the pur pose of the Americon Society of Composers, Authors and Publish ers. very truly yours, Eugene N. Blazer. The below item is a clipping on W. C- Handy, sent in by Mr. Blaz er. DADDY OF THE BLUES —By William C. Handy They call me the ‘daddy ot' the blues’ and I guess I have been blue enough times in my life to earn that title. In spite of the fact that my songs ‘St. Louis Blues,’ ‘Mem phis Blues’ (which I sold outright for $100) and ‘Beale Street Blues’ have come to be accepted as out standing musical successes I faced grave financial difficulties after I went into the publishing business. Only my membership in ASCAP saved me from bankruptcy. My life has been marked by many s etbaeks as well as a mod est degree of success. The b'g gest days were those when royalt ies from the sale of sheet music and phonograph records were at their peak. It is generally ac cepted that that was the heyday of the music industry. Radio* came along in 1921 and swept those roy alties aside without replacing the revenue to the creators. 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Mr. Anderson is em ployed at the office of “The Mon itor”, Valentine’s newspaper, as a linotype operator and pressman H*' receibed this job at the recom mendation of a Linotype Machine Company in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Anderson was formerly the editor of the Gary America^ which is published at Gary, Indiana. He left this position in July 1940 when he came to Valentine. As ide from the operation of the lino type machine, Mr- Anderson re pairs machines for other neighbor ing toWns. SQUIRES VISITS OMAHA Mr. Bernard E. Squires, form er Executive Secretary of the O maha Urban League,, stopped over in the city on Tuesday, January 28, while returning home from Toledo, Ohio, where he attended the funeral of his father^ Mr. Ira O. Squires of that city- Mr Squires’ trip to and from Toledo was by plane. He is now the Ex ecutive Secretary of the Seattle Washington Urban League. While in Omaha he visited the Urban League. “TOPS” Mr. John McGaugh, who is em ployed by the Wilcox Motor Sales Co., at 2066 Farnam Street is a very exemplary! young man- He hag been employed at this firm for the past 8 years in the posit ion of service foreman- Mr. Wil cox, his employer, says "He's Tops”. CONVALESCING— Mr. Harry Lewis, grocer at 28th and Binney Street, who rec ently underwent an operation at a local hospital is convalescing at his home SLOWLY RECOVERING Mr. J. C. Herron, 2505 Parker Street, who has been ill at home is slowly recovering. 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