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Ruby Elzy “Serena” of “Porgy and Bess” Dies in Detroit < RUBY ELZY STUCK BY CAREER TILL THE ENI) (by DOLORES CALVIN') New York (CNS) ..When Tbt final curtain fell last week in De tioit covering the career of Ruby Elzy, the soprano who made ‘‘Ser era”, a character in George Gcr shwin’s immortal, “Porgy and Bess” famous, we if the press plainly saw that she was a real troper to the last. A woman who believed in her sing ng career, who sacrificed everything and every thing and very pleasure to carry it through; a woman who dreamed of fame and who got it when she sang at the White House, Miss Elzy will always be remembered by tliose younger ones in the profes sion as possessing an unconquer able will. She was the original Serena and when the musical was staged for a comeback, on Broadway at the Ma jestic Theatre, Miss Elzy was im mediately sought to take over her RABE’S Buffet for Popular Brands of BEER and LIQUORS 2229 Lake Street —Always a place to park— TIME AND TIDE WAIT ON NO MAN—NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR SHOES RE. Bl'ILT. Quality Material & Guaranteed ! Quality Work \ FREE DELIVERY Call AT. 7060 i The LAKE SHOE SERVICE J. L. TAYLOR, PROP. I. , — -- old part. She Sang Serena in the comeback 800 times and from New York to Hollywood, wherever the show went, there was always a warm round of applause for “My Man’s Gone Now.” The actress’ last venture into the movies was as Eddie (Rochester) Anderson’s wife in “Birth of the Blues’ w'hen she sang the “St. Lju is Blues” to soothe him after he had been hurt in a riot. I remember sitting in her dress ing room back stage at the Majes tic on one of the last nights that “Porgy and Bess” was to be there. With her was her actor-husband, Jack Carr who doubled for Crown and their black cocker spaniel, who a few days later, much to Miss Elzy’s grief, ran away. Clarence Muse’s daughter was there too. Miss Elzy, just 33, was garbed in her black dress, mourinng her dead stage husband. She spoke of tak ing up her concert career when the show ‘broke up’. “It’s always been my ambition to tour the country as one of the leading singing stars”, she said. “I can hardly wait to start it.” It’ll be hard on the woman who’s taking it upon herself to fill Ser ena’s shoes. There can never be a more sympathtic or a more real Serna than that played by Ruby Elzy, for the role seemed to made for her alone and her hart wa3 in it in every one of those 800 per formances. HOLLYWOOD TAKES BACK. WARD STEP IN FILM TREAT MENT OF NEGROES New York, NY.Sol Li-ssei was asked this week by the NAA CP to halt the withdrawal from production of pictures with color ed performers. Since the riots films with Negroes and white mix ing are also being withdrawn fron movie screen especially in the South according to a recent ann ouncement in Variety, Amusement \ ^. a# fl&dH | Betty GRABLE, George MONTGOMERY V f and Cesar ROMERO make love, make f rcUiVL^make merry CONEY ! ioy * fed ‘ r d°n"'fi"e4 V *£AVEN CAN Wa7t Y°U'" cheer Tl**HEY n WAIT‘ With r ! COBuSl, IT a”" CaT / IF YOU WANT CASH... IF YOU WANT AN ELECTRIC APPLIANCE... Call Reddy Kilowatt’s APPLIANCE EXCHANGE AT 3100 If you have an appliance you no longer have use for, call the Reddy Kilowatt Appliance Ex* change at Nebraska Power Company. We'll help you sell it for cash! Or, if you need an appliance and can't get it because it's out of production, call us! We'll help you locate what you need. It works both ways—benefits both the buyer and the seller. You'll hail the new Reddy Kilowatt Appliance Exchange as one of the finest services made available to homemakers since the war began. NEBRASKA POWER COMPANY World organ. It was also reported ' that Public Relations investigator Hal Horne for 20th Century-rox decided against retakes on Stormy Weather. In an effort to counteract the surge of anti-Negro feeling through out the country the Equity Council in its recent resolution condemning riots cited the Negro’s contribution to the theatre and to entertainment the Variety story also said. Seem Stars (BY DOLORES CALVIN) *■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■HIM ■■llllllllllllllllll III New York (CNS) LENA’S SAL ARY REVEALED.When Miss Lena Horne, prize beauty of Holly wood’s sepia row, worked in ’’Stormy Weather” at the 20th Century Fox studio, she was loaned them by her real boss, the Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studio.._Lena is under contract to MGM_But a bit of inside news comes when we find that 20th Century has been paying MGM $7,000 a week for Lena and Lena gets only the small sum of $450. a week for all that work! ***** THIS IS NEWS.Universal Pictures Corp. is still looking for an actor to play the part of the famed Bert Williams, comedian of yesteryear_.._For a while, we expected Willie Bryant to take the plac, but now Universal is seriously considering sax and trumpet player Louis Jordan... .Jordan, by the way, is free, since he was turned down by Army officials_An in teresting article in the July Negro Digest is “Dooley Dood It” con densed from Time Magazine .. .It reveals that the composer of the number 1 tune is Herman “Dodo” Hupfield and he wrote it in 1931. The tune, as you might have guess ed z. now is “As Time Goes By” and the plugger. our own Dooley Wilson, who undoubtedly ha3 al ready “dood” it... TALK OF THE TOWN.Ev erybody’s talking about the new baritone which Duke Ellington is featuring at the Hurricane_He's Albert Hibbler, a romantic singer who must be led to the mike be cause, you see, he’s blind. ,__Dave Wolper, owner of the Hurricane, wants the Little Rock, Ark , sing er for a long term contract (Jazz) Eldridge, Gene Krupa’s man Fri day and Jay llcShan.._Hibb'er met Ellington several years ago in Little Rock. ACQUIT IOWA MAN INDICTED ON RACE FIGHT MURDER CHARGE Polk County, Iowa_Robert B. Vanderer was acquitted this week of a second degree murder charge in the killing of Harold McCasland here NAACP counsel revealed this week. Vanderer who was defended by NAACP counsel was acquitted by an all white jury following a three hour deliberation. He had bee nindicted in June, 1942. The killing grew out of the re fusal of the operators of a carni val to admit Negroes to certain shows. The case was tried on the theory of the right of a Negro to attend a place of amusement with the same freedom enjoyed by any oth er person. The court also ack nowledged a Negro's right to de fend himself if illegally assaulted. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Iteverybody must have VITAMINS Ur course everyDoay »ets SOME Vitamins. Purveys show that mil lions of people do not get ENOUGH. A pleasant, convenient economical way to be i sure that you and your family do not lack essen , tial B Complex Vitamin is to take ONE- A-DAY brand 1UI Vitamin B Complex tablets, tiff An insufficient supply of B v\ Y f Complex Vitamins causes In \\Y digestion. Constipation, Nerv J ousness, Sleeplessness, Crank iness, Lack of Appetite. There are other causes for these conditions, but why not guard against this one causa by taking a ONE-A-DAY brand Vitamin B Complex Tablet everyday? Important — Get your money’s worth, always compare potencies and price. —"t 0NEl*|PAY at Stadium ETTA MOTEN, who sang at Lewisohn stadium, New York t lty Tuesday evening when the annual Gershwin night was observed. Al exander Smallens conducted the Philharmonic Orchestra and Jesus Maria Sanroma was the pianist. Todd Duncan, Harriett Jackson and Eva Jessye choir were features of the program. Hollywood in Bronze |BY RUBY BERKLEY GOODWIN | Hollywood, Calif., (CNS) Ethel Waters gets just one week of rest at her spacious home on South Ho bart before she hits the road again. This time it’s not so far. She will open with “Laff Time” in San Fran -cisco on July 1. Reginald Beane, her accompanist, who was given a deferment by his draft board will meet LaWaters in the bay city. There is more to the greatness of Miss Waters than her ability to style a song or to act in a dramat ic scene. She has a great mind which constantly surprises you by cutting through all superficialities and stating a profund fast so s!m ply that it takes several moments for you to grasp its importance. We chatted for a few minutes via phone. “I’m so glad to get back home,’ she stated with a lilt in her voice. “You have such a lovely home to come back to’’ I reminded her. “It isn’t that, darling, though I do thank God for the beauty and the comfort. I am glad to get hack because it’s home. If I were in two rooms, I’d feel the same way about it.” ***** Ernest Whitman is heard every Saturday morning on the Billie Bure radio show “Fashions ano Rations”. The show which is heard on alternate months from Hollywood and New York features Juan Hernandez during the east em broadcast. The half-hour chow comes over KNX at 8 a. m. Al though there is still talk of “Blue berry Hill” going on the air, mem bers of the cast are still in the dark as to when. The show under the direction of Ben Carter would have Whitmas as MC. and would be his first coast-to-coast contrac role since he left New York. ***** » Reginald Fenderson who nevci received the break in pictures lit deserves has answered the call tc the colors and is now at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. As special morale officer, he will be in charge of most of the entertainment for \ our boys stationed at the desert outpost. sk * * * * Mantan Moreland and Ben Car ter are doing their crazy comedy routine in San Francisco this week. This is Carter’s first time on big time as a vaudeville performer but Mantan is an old hand at it. The two make a swell team. ***** Ada Brown and Harry Swanigan her accompanist, join the Bill Rob inson “Born Happy’’ show at the , Mavan. Ada has had a very sue I cessful run with the Sissle band and show at the Hollywood Casino, i Although we knew that all wasn’t quiet on the Robinson front, few People suspected that Fannie would divorce Bill. Their home on the westside is one of the showplaces and despite the Robinson’s long so journ in the east, it has always been well kept. ***** Have always marvelled at the patience of both actors and direc tors in filming a scene. Visited j the Paramount Set where they are i making “Henry Aldrich Rocks the | Cradle” and saw a group walk of the set, then back on for another walkoff. After about the twelfth time I walked off and started for home. ***** Rochester seems to be coming in for his share of sepia glamour girls these days. He finished his role at Columbia in “What’s Buzzin’ Cousin?’’ with Theresa Harris and hurried over to Metro-Goldwyn Mayer for a role in “Broadway Rhythm.’’ He is Lena Herne’s boyfriend but for a little while casts an eye at sophisticated Hazel Scott. ***** SEPIA SIGHTS AND SOUNDS _..Suzette, the dancer looking lovely and dainty in slacks and sport shirt on the Paramount lo\ Willie Covan wit hhis good luck tap shoes leaving MGM where he teaches the stars to rush back to his private studio on the the east side. Nat Cole of the King Cole Trio rehearsing Lena Horne in her Brazilian Boogie Woogie number for her new MGM picture. Phil Carter. MC. at the Herb Jeffries i Flamingo night spot on Avalon. i JEFFRIES’ ’’WHITE PAPER" SCORED (Continued from page 1) of rioting. I 2. Retention of Federal troops in Detroit. 3. Investigation by a Federal Grand jury of the city Police De partments. 4 and 5. Federal Grand Jury in vestigations of the Mayor of De troit and the Michigan State Police. 6. An investigation otf reoorts that workers in certain Detroit war plants several weeks ago began to make daggers and other weapons out of tool steel. 7. The introduction and passage of legislation to make violence a gainst members of the armed forc es and violence to prevent minor ity groups from performing war work a federal offense. 8. It was asked too that Navy Department Orders regarding toe | conduct of sailors at the Bells Is land training station be enforced and that an investigation of sailors’ participation in the ri >b> be made. The release by the Federal Gov ernment of building material for the construction of houses for work -ers in defense areas was also urg ed. | Finally the XAACP charged that failure of the War Manpower Com mission to prohibit recruitment of workers elsewhere before all avail able local labor had been utilized resulted in an enormous and in creasing strain on housing facilit ies in Detroit and led to, in part, the creation of conditions culmin If You Suffer From CONSTIPATION! Try This Famous British Medicinal Salts Now Being Made in U.S.A. In a glass of hot water put one teaspoon ful of Kruschen Salts and drink about half an hour before breakfast. 15 to 20 minute* later follow with your usual breakfast cup of hot coffee or tea. Usually within thirty minutes you get prompt and effective relief and should begin to feel bright and re freshed again. Be sure to follow the simple easy directions. 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The NAACP told the President that it was gratified by the report that the Department of Justice has summoned all United States Att orneys to meet in Philadelphia this week to discuss the obligation ard duty of each of them to preserve civil rights of American citizens. The NAACP suggested that the fed -eral government through the De partment of Justice weed out from the federal, city and state police forces all members of the Ku K'.ux Klan, the Nazi Bund, and the Black Legion or any other anti-minority and anti American organization. Vigorous support of FEPC was asked of the President and greater use of the ra^io, press and moving picture by the OWI in the dissem ination < | information that will create a better understanding be tween whites and Negroes. The NAACP expressed amaze ment at the silence of the Presid ent who as far as printed stories reveal did not mention the riot during his press conference this week. The most charitable explan ation of the President’s behavior, ' the NAACP said, is that he was waiting until he had gotten his ap propriation bill through the south ern anti-new deal and republican bloc in view of the needs of OWI, FSA, NYA and other similar agenc ies. RIOT PICTURES ANSWER TO JEFFRIES’ “WHITE PAPER ’ The full answer to Mayor Jef fries’ efforts to absolve completely the Detroit police force in a “white paper’’, the NAACP declared are to be found in the more than 100 action pictures it has on file that were taken by newsmen during the height of the riot. Among these pictures of whites maiming help less and hopelessly outnumber-d Negroes is the now famous shot jf a Negro on Woodward Avenue sur rounded by a crowd of civilians and mounted police an dsupposedly in the custody of two policemen who grip his arms while a white assail ant strikes him full in the face. Another is a picture of a cowering fear-stricken Negro on whom sev eral white police are closing in. j The NAACP again asked why I Jeffries and police commissioner Witherspoon could not make ar rests out of the nearly 1000 white rioters whose faces are clearly iden tifiable in these pictureh and who could be easily apprehended by e’. - en a mediocre detective. In pict ure after picture white men are shown maiming, killing and destroy ing the property of lone Xegr>e.\ White surface quiet has settled here Negro citizens continue to fear that another outbreak will ac company the complete removal of troops from the streets. A grad- j i ual withdrawal of these soldiers , all of whom are white is already in progress. Governor Harry Kelly informed the XAACP on July 2 that he had, “requested that the troops remain until the state of emergency his been lifted. I believe my request will be honored. Everything is be ing done to keep the stuation und er control an dto determine the causes of the disturbances.” The XAACP wired the War Dep artment “We understand War De partment proposes withdrawal of troops from Detroit immediately after July 4. Personal investiga tion and other inquiries by NAA CP. indicate likelihood that such, withdrawal will result in resump tion of rioting. Urge troops re main until tension is relieved. It is better to keep troops thtre in definitely tha nto remove them one day too soon. We see no hope De troit police force has ability ;o.»e with situation.” Arrested rioters have been charg ( ed with 931 misdemeanors and 432 felonies including one murder. Thurgood Marshall, NAACP spec ial counsel who after consulting with the Department of Justice in Washington flew to Detroit during the rioting reported this week that the NAACP Detroit office has been so swamped with requests for legal aid that the legal staff has been forced to restrict its investi gations and defense only to the most worthy of the cases. The le gal defense is being handled by members of the Detroit Branch Legal Committee, the Wolverine Bar Association and a Committee from the local National Lawyers Guild. Along with NAACP lawy ers as the cases reach the office of the NAACP they are immediate ly referred to lawyers. Trials arg conducted each day. Marshall said that he is now working on writs I of habeas corpus for many of the Negroes who were sentenced to 90 days’ imprisonment last week. Marshall revealed that at least two of those sentenced were not given opportunity to secure counsel and were to go into the Army last week 4 Most of these men had been held in jails without opportunity to secure counsel or even to telephone | their families,” Marshall said. The . members of the families were pre vented from seeing these men be cause the officials told them they could not be located. They were moving the Negroes around during Monday and Tuesday from jail to jail and many of them were confin ed in the garage behind the Piq uette Armory. The research and other work done on these writs of habeas corpus will be by the end of |LIGHTENS K TANNED ^yrjj DJ ■ DARK illin PI Lightens tanned dark. V blotchy skin, externally ■ caused, this easy, qulrk-art V lng way. Use Dr. FRED W Palmer's Skin Whitener ■ 7 days as directed. If not r satisfied. Money Back. 25c ‘ at druggists. Galenol, Box 264. Atlanta. Georgia. OR. 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