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NEWLYWEDS HAZEL
SCOTT AND CONGRESSMAN
POWELL SAY “I DO” IN CONN.
By Laurie Macfie
Staff Correspondent
New York (IPS)—Heralding the
month of August was the spectacular
marriage of Hazel Scott, glamorous
night club pianist and blues singer,
to the Rev. Dr. Adam Clayton Pow
ell, Jr., New York’s first Negro repre
sentative in Congress, in Stamford,
Connecticut, on August 1st. The mar
riage—which has been the keynote
for reams of publicity and comment
throughout the nation since the first
announcement o fthe couple’s en
gagement, was performed by Dr.
Powell’s father, the Rev. Adam Clay
ton Powell, Sr., with only members
of the two families present. Barney
Josephson, of Cafe Society Uptown,
was best man.
After the quiet, simple wedding
the pair returned from Connecticut to
New York City for the wedding re
ception which was held at Cafe So- I
ciey Uptown and was a present to the
lovely bride by Barney Josephson, the
club’s manager. Mr. Josephson dis
covered the new Mrs. Powell six
years ago playing over a New York
radio station and gave her her first
“big-time” break which led, eventu
ally, to her tremendous success in
films, radio and personal appearances.
Hundreds of celebrities and friends
of the feted couple gathered at Cafe
ociety Uptown for the gala reception.
Toasts to the happiness of “Hazel
and Adam” were legion.
Dr. Powell, 36, a former member
of the New York City Council was
elected last November to represent
Harlem’s new 22nd District in the
House of Representatives. He gradu
ated from Colgate University in 1930
and received the degree of doctor of
divinity from Shaw University in
1938. He was associated with the
Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem
for seven years before succeeding his
father as pastor. In addition, Dr.
Powell is the editor and publisher of
the Harlem newspaper “The People’s
Voice.”
Miss Scott, who is 25, recently an
nounced she is definitely through with
night club appearances and will jour
ney throughout the U.S. and Canada
on a concert tour in the early fall. It
was Miss Scott’s first marriage and
Dr. Powell’s second. He was formerly
married to Isobel Washington, show
girl, who recently obtained a divorce
decree in Reno, Nevada and will re
turn to her career in show business.
Dr. Powell consulted his congrega
tion regarding his marriage to the
new Mrs. Powell and the result was
unanimous approval.
CHARMING CHANTEUSE
Exclusive to Ted Yates Publication*
ELLA FITZGERALD is a hit with
the Big “3” Unit playing theatres
and ballrooms on a coast-to-coast
tour. Others on the bill include the
celebrated Ink Spots, Cootie Wil
liams and His Orchestra, Ralph
Brown, flash dancer, along with
'■omedy dance team Coke and Poke.
Miss Mickey Jean Harris enter
tained a party Saturday, the 28th, at
the home, 2301 N. 22nd Street, as her
r honored guests Misses Selman and
Huhertine Glover, daughters of Rev.i
Glover of Los Angeles, Calif. Those \
present with the Misses Glover were
Miss Patricia Sims, Miss Beverly
Bythwood, and Rev. and Mrs. Glo
ver and Mrs. Hubert Glover came in
later. Rev. Glover sang and played a
few numbers which was very fine.
Made the party more enjovable.
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Association of R.R. Men To Open Midwest’s Most Beautiful Nite Club
M V A WANTS $1,000,000 SIGNATURE
REGIONAL COM
MITTEE FOR MVA j
Omaha, Nebr.—Final plans for a j
1,000,000 signature petition drive in j
support of a Missouri Valley Author
ity will be mapped by the executive'
body of the Regional Committee for;
MVA in a meeting here August 3.
The executive committee is ex
pected to set campaign quotas for the
lOMissouri Valley states and for the
organizations supporting its program.
It is calling upon these organizations
to furnish field representatives for the
mass petition drive. An intensive cam
paign is planned, with the intention
of securing the signatures of 1,000,000
Missouri Valley citizens prior to Con
gressional action this Fall on the
MVA bill sponsored by Sen. James E.
Murray of Montana and Rep. John J.
Cochran of Missouri.
Other matters which the executive
cfffhmittee will consider include over
all policy in the movement for estab
lishment of an MVA an dthe launch
ing of broad educational and fund
raising drives in conjunction with the
petition campaign.
The group, meeting upon the call j
of Chairman Leif Erickson of Hele- I
na, Mont., will also confirm the elec-1
tion of Missouri, Wyoming and Min
nesota members, elect 12 members- '
at-large to complete the 25-man ex
ecutive committee an dprovide for
the employment of an executive sec
retary and other regional office per
sonnel.
The Regional Committee for MVA,
organized at a conference of 150 Mis
souri Valley citizens in Omaha July
6 and 7, has strong backing from all
CIO and AFL affiliates in the region,
the National Farmers Union and state
Farmers Unions, other farm groups
and leaders, state rural electrification
co-op associations, leaders of wom
en’s an dveterans organizations and
prominent business and professional
REGIONAL COMMIT
TEE FOR MVA
St. Louis, Mo.—Opening the Re
gional Committee for MVA’s mass
petition drive to secure the signatures
of 1,000,000 Missouri Valley citizens
in support of the Missouri Valley
Authority legislation pending in Con
gress, Former Gov. Elmer A. Benson
of Minnesota signed the first petition
here July 24.
In signing, Benson, chairman of the
executive council of the National
Citizens Political Action Committee,
termed MVA one of the major issues
on which progressive v oters will judge
Congressmen seeking re-election in
1946.
“For a politically-active citizen oi
the Missouri Valley,” he said, “the
stand his Congressman takes on the
proposed Missouri Valley Authority
will carry perhaps greater importance
than his position on any other piece
of domestic legislation.
“And understandably so. There is
i no other project now before the Con
j gress that promises so great a con
i tribution to a post-war Missouri Val
! ley of full employment and ample
economic opportunity. Nor is there
another project that holds the same
promise of transforming the Missouri
Valley into an abundant valley—a re
gion of fruitful soil and water work
ing for the welfare of the people.”
Benson, a farmer whose land is in
the Red River Valley of Minnesota,
bordering on the Missouri Valley, ex
pressed the hope that “every Mis
souri Valley citizen will give support,
in the form of time and energy” to the
Regional Committee for MV A in its
mass petition drive. “More and more
of this kind of work is needed,” he
commented.
General distribution of petitions be
gins following the meeting of the re
gional organization's executive com
mittee in Omaha, August 3.
Miss Ollie Rea Sims of 3119 R. St.
left for Benton Harbor, Mich. Sun
day night to visit her grandmother.
Acwa Raises
$5,000 Dollar fo r
Urban
New York: The Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America, CIO,
presented $5000 to the United Ur
ban League Service Fund this week.
The amount was raised by a five-cent
assessment of each ACWA member
in the Greater New York area, mark
ing the first time in ACWA history
that such an assessment has been
made for an organization gift.
Jacob S. Potofsky, ACWA’s Gen
eral Secretary-Treasurer, who pre
sented the check to League Fund
Chairman Elmo Roper, praised Urban
League effort on behalf of commun
ity welfare, the eradication of dis
crimination and intolerance, and de
scribed 0ie League movement as
“one of the most effective expres
sions of Negro life in this country.”
“We are convinced,” stated Mr.
Potofsky, “that our small contribution,
plus those of others, will be utilized
in the best interest of promoting in
terracial relations and the welfare of
Negro men, women and children in
! America.”
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ACWA Negro Membership Large
New York ACWA locals have thou
sands of Negro members and a num
among them Fred Lark, Business
ber serving in official capacities,
Agent, Local 239; Miss Charlotte
Adelmond, the only woman Business
Agent in the Laundry Workers Joint
Board; Roy Soden, Joint Board As
sistant Manager; and Miss Dollie
■ Lowther, ACWA Assistant Educa
^ tional Director. Noah C. A. Walther,
* a member of the National Urban
League National Committee and the
New York State Industrial Commis
sion, was formerly co-manager of tae
Laundry Workers Joint Board.
This is the third year the Union
has contributed to Leacue wort
“Ace” Trumpet Star
Jampacks B’way Strand
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ERSKINE HAWKINS with hit cele
brated orchestra is scoring sensa
tionally at the Strand Theatre in
New York City on the heels of an
engagement extraordinary at the
Hotel Lincoln in N. Y. and the
Earle Theatre in Philadelphia.
URBAN LEAGUE NOTES
Boys attending the Lincoln Y. M.
C. A. Camp Strader at Crete, Ne
braska, were: Charles Watkins, John
Speece, James Smith, Harold Watkins,
Leonard Hudgins, Thomas Scott,
Thomas Mason, Richard Curren, Mel
vin McCaw, and Ronald Dennis.
The Lincoln Y. M. C. A. provides
the Lincoln Urban League with a :
period at the camp and the Omaha
Urban League is granted use of the
facilities by the Lincoln Urban
League during their period. Boys
from both Leagues attended and are
being supervised by Mr. Arthur Mc
Caw, Boys Work Secretary at the
Omaha Urban League.
A GI EDrtlCA*?2N A7 FL0RENCE-GIs awaiting redeployment study solid geometry under the
Army s posthostiht.es education program at the University of Florence, Italy. The formal opening
~ the study center was he.d July a, when 1,320 students reported for classes taught by Negro and
white instructors. (U. S. Army Signal Corps photo from Bureau of Public Relations.)
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ERSKINE HAWKINS ENTERTAINS PRESS AT HOTEL LINCOLN ]
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FIRST ETO TROOPS ARRIVE IN PHILIPPINES—From a barge alongside a troopship oS
Manila, the first soldiers from the European Theater board a landing craft upon arrival in the Philip
pines. The men, 4275 of them, who arrived July 17 from Leghorn, Italy, were mostly service troops
attached to the Fifth Army. (U. S. Army Signal Corps photo from Bureau of Public Relations.)
Club will Open It’s Doors
Next Wed. ’eve; Aug. 8th;
Nat Towles’ and'His Band
will Play Your Dance Favorites
Nat Towles
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The Grand Opening of Hie Mid
West's most beautiful Club to be
known as the “The Coconut Grove”
will open its doors next Wednesday
evening. August 8th at 8 pm. The
Club under the management of the
Railroad Men's Benevolent Club, is
located at 24th and Miami streets.
Everything is new and beautiful.
Plenty of space to move around and
dance In—You'll just love it and
you will be proud to have this fine
place in your city and neighborhood
You will dance to the sweet music
of Nat Towles and his Decca Record
ing Orchestra, who have just finish
ed an engagement recently at one
of Chicago’s most famous Clubs, the
Rhumboogie. He algo was on tour
for a few months with Marva LouiB.
No reservations are being taken,
so come early so you may get a
table. Admission 81.50 plus tax.
The Railroad Men's Benevolent
Club ig an Incorporated business.
ST. LOUIS—Former Gov. Elmer A. Benson of Minnesota
prepares to sign a petition in support of the proposed Missouri
Valley Authority. With his signature, Benson, chairman of
the executive council of the National Citizens Political Action
Committee, launched the campaign of the Regional Committee
for MVA to secure 1,000,000 signatures. Oscar A. Ehrhardt,
executive secretary of the St. Louis Industrial Union Council,
CIO, and John J. Church, secretary of the St. Louis Building
and Construction Trades Council, AFL, are witnessing the
signature.
The USO club at 1024l/z J Street, Sacramento, California, with a monthly
attendance of about 5,000, is interracial and international in all phases of
its programming. Shown are service men and junior hostesses at a cos
tume party. Left to right (standing): Miss Pappas of the Greek Associa
tion of the Daughters of Penelope; George Kanishige, Japanese-American
soldier; unidentified soldier; Ruby Verdina, chairman of the United Sla
vonian Ladies; Mrs. Sue Tom, Chinese representative. (Seated): Mary
Ch-vez, Mexican 'routh Association; Johnny McDonogh, New Jersey;
C oral William Douglas, Gar:. Indians
One of the most significant state
ments made by a government official
regarding shortages and food difficul
ties comes from Clinton P. Anderson,'
Secretary of Agriculture. Mr. Ander
son underscores the fats and oils
shortage in an appeal to women and
has authorized the American Fat Sal
vage Committee to release his mes
sage.
In asking women’s help in the fats?
and oils shortage, the Secretary of
Agriculture sees increased household
fat salvage as aid to meeting needs.
Mr. Anderson says: (
“The scarcity of fats and oils is one
of the most serious problems con
| fronting our Xation. But it is one
| shortage which the women of Amer
j ica can help to meet.
“There is little hope of major im
I provement in the- domestic supply of I
1 fats and oils in the near future, nor
can we expect a rapid increase of im- I
ported oils from the Pacific.
“Farmers have responded to tht
“aFrmers have responded to the
call to produce more animal and vege
table fats and oils. But we are still
j unable to meet wartime demands.
"Durin gthe war years we have
changed from an importing to an ex
porting nation on fats and oils. Our
domestic stocks are at a low ebb and
our war, industrial and relief needs
are at a peak.
“In 1945 we need 2.50,000,000
pounds of used household fats to help
fil lour existing deficit. If American
Housewives don’t meet this goal, we
will have to further curtail the allot
ments for civilian, inqustnai and mili
tary uses.
“This is an important job for
women! Homemakers all over the
land—in cities, towns and villages,
and on farms—should save and turn
in every available drop of used kitch
en fat. It means cash and extra red
ration points.
“But above all, it’s a real War
Service women can perform for them
selves for their country."