— '3— — -r 'm...... jl,,, —, L ■■■■i ^— ^e: 5 Big Shriners* Circus to Ftart May 29th With the close of the war mak- [ ing possible the acquisition of new' arts, preparations are underway | for the 17th annual Tangier Shr ine Circus at the Omaha City Auditorium, May 29 to June 5. inclusive. j Contracts for the event have ] been signed by Potentate Melvin Bekins, Potentate of Tangier Tem pie and Dr. Fred F. Whitcomb,1 Chairman of the Executive Com mittee, with Rink Wright, produ cer an^ director of many of the successful productions of previ- , ous years. “Tangier Temple and its many friends may be assured”, said Dr. 1 Whitcomb, "That this great show will this year be fully up to past | standards and will incorporate a number of entirely new acts’. Featured entertainers jwill in clude the bareback riding Hanna ford family and the Gallagher Family, an exceptional troupe of Risely artists. The animal king dom will be represented by scores of different creatures, including graceful ponies, bears, school hor ses, and talented seals. A legion of clowns of course will be on hand to provide laughter. A greater number of performan ces have been scheduled for this year than last. With the exception of Sunday, June 2„ when no per formances are scheduled, there will be nightly shows througrout the week’s engagement. Four Mat inee performances will be given: Thursday, Decoration Day, May 30; Saturday, June, 1; Tuesday, June 4, and Wednesday, June 5th. The Tuesday matinee will be a special show for crippled child ren and shut-ins. Northside Drama BY AL SPARKS AN INTERVIEW Vicinity: 24th and Lake Street Question: “Mr. Whoisit, What Ne" gro in your estimation has contri buted most toward the uplift of the Negro race?” Ans: “I would say, Booker T Washington, without a contest”. Guess: “You mean by that Mr W that we have not since or before produced a leader who could be classed with Booker T.” Ans: “That is my personal esti mation. Of course we have leaders of today—.protest, political and some are helpful. Others in my opinion are really just plain old obstructions. Booker T. I believe, wanted to train us in the techni que of being more creative and BARITONE— _ \ Todd Duncan, baritone, u>ho will make a concert tour this summer of Hmcaii, Australia and New Zealand. Leaving May 8th from San Francisco, Duncan’s first concert will be May 12th in Honolulu. In Australia he will appear in Mel bourne, 'Sydne|y, Bi^abane, Ade laide and other principal cities before going to New Zealand. The tour calls for a minumum of 25 concerts and a number of radio engagements over the MacQuarie network, the largest in Australia. Mr. Duncan will return to the States in the early Fall. self sustaining, /fhat’s practical with elevating possibilities.” Ques: “What about Carver, he was a great man you know?” Ans: “A great scientists, yes, but perhaps too engrossed in his dis coveries to realize that destiny had placed in his hands, creations with which to carry on the great advocations of Booker T. Washing ton in a practical way”. A1 Says: “That is one man’s opin ion, what’s yours?” * * * On the Crosstown car going south: “Whadda you mean?” he asked his Senorita companion, with a twinkle of suspicion in his eyes. “Whadda you mean, my part of Town?”— A1 says: “Not wanting to be identified with that which he is a part of”. * * * JUVENILE CONVERSATION Little boy in front of Ice cream stand to his two companions: Your eyes may shine, your teeth may grit—but none of my strawberry flavor are youse fellows going to i THEY’LL NEVER DIE *Sit™ BORN IN PORTSMOUTH. VA. 1846,THE YOUNGESTOF 12 CHILDREN. JOHN W. CROMWELL LATER BECAME KNOWN AS “THE WALKING LIBRARY". HIS EARLY EDUCATION WAS RECEIVED IN PHILA., PA. AND THERE HE BEGAN A DISTINGUISHED TEACHING CAREER- LATER HE STUDIED LAW AND, WHEN HE WAS, 30, FOUNDED A GREAT NEWSPAPER CALLED 'THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE" IT WAS AS AN EDITOR THAT H!S GENIUS WAS MOST WIDELY FELT// ■ JOHN W. mOMWELL UNUSUAL SCHOLAR, * TEACHER,&, EDITOR/” I Continent*! THE SHOW FRONT By John M. Lee ST. LOUS WOMAN CAME TO TOWy NEW YORK—It would have been a nice tribute to the memory of the late Countee Cullen if the play he adapted with Area Bon temps from the latter’s novel, “God Sends Sunday”, had impre ssed its first night audience fav orably, but the truth is “St. Louis Woman’ just didn’t come off. As a play it is a beautiful hodge poge that comes closer to being a thinly veiled vaudeville show than it does a musical—as was intended. Shot through with a cargo of talent headed by the Nicholas Brothers, Rex Ingrahm and Pearl Bailey, the opus for which Har old Arlen and Johnny Mercer did the music and lyrics respectively missed and fired, then missed again as it struggled to come to life on the stage of the Martin Beck Theatre,. Even the fabled genius of Rou ben Mamoulian, director from the land of magic cameras, could not make you forget that “Saint Louis Woman” had come to town riding upon another one of those phony folk lore plots with singing and dancing breaking out all over the place- The original Bontemps story was laid in 1898, the play laid an egg in 1946. Knowing the Nicholas Brothers as most of us do, it is easy to ab solve them of any blame for the plays short comings, thi despite the fact that Harold of the Bro thers was noticeably uncomfort able in his assignment as "Little Augie’ the hard riding fast loving jockey. Those boys are dancers, and in that field they have no one as peers. Straight acting is some thing they havn’e included in the repertoire. Ruby Hill carried the title role on stage, and that’s as far as it got. For sheer beauty, she was the prettiest spectacle behind the foot light, but not many of us out in front got a stronger impression of her than that. Movieland’s Rex Ingram is the villainous saloon keeper of the piece, and ft is the hex he puts on Little Augie that is responsi ble for the goings on. To say that he the best actor in the play is only to say that he gave his usu al excellent performance, this time with the added advantage of not having any serious competition. Enid Williams, the dancer with a bright future, made the beauti ful and nostalgic cake walk num ber a high spot in the panorama with her solemn faced mimicry. Harold Arlen, who wrote “Sto rmy Weather” got less than a blessing from his muse this time. None of his songs are standout, and it is the singing of Pearl Bai ley that makes you want to feel that two or three of them, will get by. Miss Bailey who has a style of her own, but who can make you think of any great sin ger of songs you’ve heard, if you are in the mood for comparisons breaks up the proceedings when she sings “A Woman's Preroga tive” and she gets the point over when she sings “Legalize My Name”. Edward Gross, - who produced “St. Louis Woman’ got his people on stage in bright rich costumes which for the most part, are in good taste. He gave them beau -■ ' r 1 •- -S-ITL. -±- r-_ —>■ —— =======^ | CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1 To become insipid 5 Units of electrical resistance 9 Fencing sword 10 Exploit 11 Billiard stroke 12 Silent 14 Highest cards 15 Extremely 16 Exist 17 Think 21 Senior (abbr.) 22 Entrapping 24 Fold over 26 Rude beds 29 God of love 31 Sailing vessel 32 Items 36 Male name 37 Scions 39 Short for Albert 41 An Apostle 42 Music note 44 Tall 46 Jewish month 48 Shun 50 Take as one’s own 51 Spanish river 52 Turns jelly like 53 Prescribed regimen 54 Voided escutcheon DOWN 1 Mutual con cord 2 Part of church 3 Instruction 4 Sheltered side Solution in Next Issue. No. 47 5 Often (poet.) 6 Celestial 7 Spice 8 Rouses 11 Fairy Queen 13 Son of Odin 18 Soft food 19 Male name 20 Nothing 22 Blemishes 23 Cogwheels 24 Guided 25 Land measure 27 A number 28 Cunning dO Precious stone 33 Anger 34 Fate 35 Prosecute judicially 38 Merchant 39 Exclamation 40 Resided 42 Slight error 43 Skill 45 Desert in Asia 47 Puppet 49 Speck 50 Past _Series D-43 I s HlOlsIslYBDlEHTglg Answer to Puzzle No. 46 git” * * * SHORT STORY On 24th St.: He was lit up like a Wirt Street Carnival. His equ ilibrium and trousers were sup ported by a miracle of animated suspension. He was weaving around and about the incensed customers in a 24th St. store room "Mister will you please go on the outside”, begged one of the clerks ‘Ain’t going nowhere Ish gonna tear this place down”, replied the Inebriate as he continued to weave and shadow box with himself— whereupon one of the clerks took him by the seat and showed him the way to go home_But he did not go home. Maybe he didn’t even have a home for all A1 knows— Anyway, the self-acknowledged wrecker landed on the side walk pointing in a general southernly direction. So—with a somewhat unsteady footing he headed south. But not for long—His befogged eyes soon focused upon the brite lites of another store front where he wobbled in, repeating “Ish gonna tear this joint down” * * * DRAMA Down Binney St. Way: Two bo'ys sat on a smoking wreck, weaping tears by the peck. ‘ Tis the bosses’ car” sighed one “by heck, and now We wont get our paychecks”. * * * A1 Says The April EBONYS are out. * * * * AN EXCUSE ANYWAY Around Burdette: youngsters throwing pebbles at Neon Signs for the sheer pleasure of seeing them go out. “Don’t you boys know better than to do that” ask" ed an elderly man, “those signs cost money”. “We wasn’t throw ing at no signs mister, them rocks just slipped out of our hands”. * * * Further up: “I know you’re my friend and all that, but no guy is gonna steal my girl and get away with it”. * * * HUMAN INTEREST 27th & Lake: As they retrieved packages of coal from the street and car tracks: He: “See, what did I tell you, you don’t know how to drive a truck—stepping on the brakes instead of the clutch”. She replying heatedly: “I didn’t no such thing, you’re just too awful tiful settings in which to work, and then he made one mistake, he should have called the production ‘old time vaudeville with a mod ern touch’. Lemuel Ayers design ed the settings and the costumes. Reports that were current be fore the opening that. Muriel Rahn would replace Ruby Hill in the lead were not substantiated at the opening. Usually reliable sources had announced without a qualifi cation that Miss Hill was out and Miss Rahn was in- Many of the daring souls who always seem to have opinions on such matters, stated that Miss Rahn was better suited for the part; that Miss Hill woud find it difficult to adapt to the role. True or false it must be admitted that Ruby Hill did not make the grade this time out. There is also a report mat St. Louis Woman is sold out until in May. If that is true, it is a very happy circumstances since there by a lot of nice people will be kept in a job. Perhaps that is not the best reason to have a play con tinue, but it certainly is a rea son. In the meantime it would be an excellent idea for Mr. Gross and other producers who are con templating Negro productions on Broadway to give a lot of thought to the business of casting. It also might be wise to give some thou ght to the kind of play they want to unveil to an increasingly cri tical audience. It is no longer pro fitable to exhibit Negro perfor mers as versatile curiosities. Drama is one thing and a mus ical pla is another. When the two get together on the same stage, the same night, the result is usu ally confusion, a condition that is not conducive to the best in terest of the producers. The lady hight run, but she won’t run far. lazy to put the coal on the truck right". A1 says: “Tish, Tish, such indus try”. » * * AT THE 10th ST. STATION LOVE: “They stood silent for a moment, in speechless reverence to a love, now past, now incom patable. “Beautiful and Passion ate but unfathomable”- He sighed to himself as he helped with her luggage. Love leaves no scars, only on the heart. * * * HATE: Bilbo; to think that people are forced by taxation to pay for the upkeep of such Mis representation as this. FOR THE . i LATEST NEWSJt; Subscribe to Omaha’s Greatest Race Weekly *The Omaha Guide THEIR SINGING CHZZRED MILLION GIs IN EUROPEAN THEATER ■■ —I. I... ■ I ————■ I llll I ' ' '■ I The Caisson Choir, composed of enlisted men from the 350th and 351st Field Artillery Battalions, has cheered more than a million soldiers in England, Belgium, France, Scotland and Germany. Serving with units now a part of the occupation forces in Germany, the ' men performed in Paris for recordings and participated in several broadcasts. Chaplain (Captain) Hughes A. Robinson of Merchant ville, New Jersey, now separated from the service, was managing director of the choir. Pictured are left to right, first row: Cpl. William Richardson, Richmond, Va.; Sgt. Rowan Allen, Memphis, Tenn.; S 'Sgt. Warren Stanford, Merchantville, N. J.; Cpl. William Pinn, Lynch- I burg, Va.; Cpl. William Harris, Norton, Va.; Cpl. Samuel Walker, New Orleans, La.; Sgt. Ivery Jordan, Stonewall, Miss.; Pvt. Theodore Shellie, Dover, Ohio; Pfc. Lewis Blount, Akron, Ohio; Sgt. Warren Palmer, Brunswick, Ga. Second row: S/Sgt. Willie Dinkins, Indian apolis, Ind.; Cpl. Cornelius Mclver, Ocilla, Ga.; Cpl. Birl King, Paris, Texas; Cpl. Joseph Grimes, St. Louis, Mo.; Sgt. Roscoe Nix, Chicago, 111.; S/Sgt. Bryant Pegram, Claremont, N. C.; Pvt. Leslie Littles, Detroit, Mich.; Cpl. Ernie Doyle, Parsons, Kansas; Sgt. Thomas Holiman, Asbury Park, N. J.; Pfc. William Moore, Clarksville, Tenn. Third row: Cpl. Lawson Riley, Boston, Mass.; Pfc. Thomas Reid (Director), Philadelphia, Pa.; Cpl. Jerimiah Jamison, Rock Island, 111.; Sgt. Carter McNary, Corpus Christi, Texas; Cpl. James Brown, New Bern, N. C.; Pfc. Sam Walton, Waco, Texas; Cpl. Thomas Sneed, Everett, Mass.; Pvt. Roy Williams, Caricana, j^Texas; Pvt. Samuel Frazier, Memphis, Tenn. (U. S. Army Signal Corps photo from Bureau of Public Relations.) j Short SPORTS JACKIE ROBINSON Vs. JIM-CROW By John M Lee BIG LEAGUE CALLS ACE PLAYERS, BROOKLYN SET THE PACE f NEW YORK, N. York—You can mark down in ! in your memory book that the spring of 1946 marked the end of the talking about and exper imenting* w£th Negro players in organized base ball, and herald ed the advent of full democracy in the big leagues. The very recent assignment of 6ft 4in tall Donald Newcombe to try his much vaun ted right hand pitching as a mem ber of the Nasua Club, Brooklyn Dodger farm adjunct of the New England circuit, and the signing of top ranking catcher, Roy Cam. panella to the same outfit, is a healthy sign of the times. Newcombe played a brilliant season with the Newark Eagles last year, winning fourteen of the eighteen games in whichh he par ticipated- He has a right arm that begins to spark early in training, and which becomes a marvel of sizzling consistency by mid season. Lithe and lanky, Newcombe cat ches the eye when he steps into the pitchers box, and to the bat ter it appears that he is delivering WHO ROSE TO FAME WHEN HE PLAYED'BISGERTHOMAS'IN THE PLAY'NATIVE SON'WAS ONCE A LEADING CONTENDER FOR THE WELTER- ^ WEIGHT CROWN. AT SEVEN HE STUDIED/ THE VIOLIN UNDER J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON. AT 14 HE PAN OEF TO THE PACES AND BECAME A JOCKEY LATER HE TOOK UP BOXIN6 Geo I I r GWENDOLYN BROOKS Jk rPHE CHICAGO GIRL WHO WAS CHOSEN W 1 ONE OF MADEMOISELLE MAGAZINES f 10*WOMEN OFTHEYEAR"(1945) AWARD, FOR HER WIDELY ACCLAIMED FIRST BOOK OF POEMS*ASTREET IN BRONZEVIlLt", HAS BEEN WRITING POETRY SINCE SHI WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD. 1 "We’ve Known This Moment Would Come.Since The Instant Our Eyes First Met! from a spot above the eye level. While his size does a lot to con fuse. Newcombe was called on the big time strictly on the strength of his ability to pitch with control and amazing strike out technique. Just 22, Newcombe has a lot of youth to help his chances, Campanella, who at 25 is con ceded to be the best catcher in Negro baseball!, hails; from the eyed and clever, he is predicted to be the most likely cadidate rent up to the judgement seat thus far, j He has been scouted more frequ- j ently than any other Negro play- | e, and it is believed that he would have been the first of his race to enter the organized game had he not been a catcher. The report has it that the moguls were unwilling to open up with a spot as vital as that of guardian of the home sack. The catcher, as you know, is the quarterback of the baseball diamond, and he has to see all of the things and call the turn with out error. ' Both Newcombe and Campan. alio have a decided advantage that is denied to Robinson and Wright their predecessors on the Dodger’s farm roster. They will be able to limber up mentally with greater ease because of the thought of carrying a whole race on their shoulders will not be original en ough to bother them too much. The way has bee” or>ened and it is up to them to get in there and pitch and catch like the two great athletes they are. Coincident with signing of New combe and Campanella comes a revival of the rumors that Branch Rickey, Brooklyn Dodger’s biggie is smoothly operating to get con trol of things in the Negro leagues Rickey has denied this statement several times, the last occasion being last week when he blasted the reports as false, and made a statement which summed up, in essence means: he is a true be liever in democracy, and as such he is giving the Nebro bovg the break they deserve to get into the big game. Well, Rickey, is something of a philosopher, and in print anyhow, his words always seem to point to the fact that he has a noble heart full of high ideals. Truthfully, I don’t have any reason to doubt anything he says on this score, and I don’t think any other writer has either, but I think Rickey would be putting a little more truth behind the thought if he expressed it something like this: “Organized baseball is in one heck of a mess right now. The players are getting wise to the fact that the game makes a lot of money, and that, except for a few touted stars, most of the dough goes into the coffers of the oper ators. The fans, too, are causing us a few sleepless nights. You see, we have always promoted baseball as the great American game- Well, too many have been Psking us. how American is the American Negro, and why isn’t he in the game?” “Then you’ve got those Pasquel brothers down in Mexico threat ening to bust up our hold on the game with their $6,000,000. Those guys ar° unpatrotic even though they don.t live on this side of the border. The' must want to inter nationalize the game, and they claim that we have a monopoly. 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