Page f The Greater OMAHA GUIDE
Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, November 30, 1946
LOU SWARZ
JOTTINGS . .
NEW YORK City—A trip to La
Guardia Field to see my very
charming guest Mrs. William Cul
len Bridges of St. Louis. Missouri
off one morning last week was
most enjoyable in many ways..
altho I had looked forward to Mr.
Bridges staying much longer..
Happy was I that I could jaunt
out to the field wuth such a love
ly friend, and then while at the
field ’twas an unexpected gal ant
line of folk in the know—Sally
Haines, petite Hollywood actress,
who had arrived for questioning
by the Grand Jury in connection
with the Mergenthaler swindle..
Then there were two greats in the
field of sports, Kenny Washington
and Woodrow Strode along with
the 20 other hoys on the football
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team. Coach Adam Walsh and
Capt. Eberle Schultz, .all on their
way to Boston to show their skill
before they show it here in NYC
this week.. Enjoyed chatting with
their publicity man Maxwell Sty
les and surely found Strode a good
conversationalist too. Kenny and
Strode have both played with UC
LA, you know..
As Usual our Hotel Theresa
Loby was filled last week, but
with a new group.. those wonder
ful women who had spend some
grand days in DC with the Na
tional Council of Negro Women
when Mary McCleod Bethune had
that interesting and inspirational
convention.. A brief talk with
Marjorie Joyner from Chicago let
me know just as Mrs. Bridges too
had explained. . the Council is do
ing ‘Big* things. Tis no doubt
that whenever there are groups
nearby they are bound to find their
way to Hotel Theresa where Wal
ter W. Scott, manager, gives the
best always. .
WHAT BANDS
ARE DOING
COUNT BASIE Pl.ANS
EUROPEAN TOUR
LOS ANGELES—Although he
won't be permitted to play any
paid engagements in England be
cause of the ruling by the British
musicians’ union. Count Basie
will anpear with his orchestra in
a “Command Performance" at
Buckingham Palace in London on
his way into Europe next spring
for a tour of the continent.
News of the Basie band’s forth
coming European invasion was
announced this week by Milton
Ebbins, the Count’s personal man
ager, who also revealed that an
invitation has been extended to
Basie to give forth with his re"al
rhythms before Britain's royalty.
The London office of the Wil
liam Morris Agencv is currently
lining up dance engagements and
concerts for the Basie band in
such countries as France, Belgium
Italy, Sweden. Norway and Den
mark in what will mark the
Count’s initial appearances on the
foreign soil.
"Because of the ban on Ameri
can bands by the musicians’ un
ion in England”, Ebbins explained
“Basie will be unable to make any
public appearances in the British
Pies. However, he will still give
his ‘Command Performance’ at
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Buckingham Palace, and, if we
can secure the permission of the
union, Basie will also play a con
cert in London, all proceeds of
which will be turned over to wor
thy charities.”
Ebbin3 plans to leave for Eu
rope shortly 'after the first of
the year to complete arrangements
:or the Basie tour, and will lay
out the tour with Lou Wolfson of
the Wi’liam Morris Agency’s Lon
don office.
Present arrangements call for
i 3a >io to embark for Europe short
j !y after the completion of a series
j of concert dates he will play in
J key cities throughout the country
next February and March.
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OMAHA GUIDE
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LUCASTA GETS REX INGRAM
AND A NOTICE TO VACATE
NEW YORK, (Calvins News
Service)—Determined to get full
mileage out of one of the finest
plays on the Broadway scene. John
Wildberg, producer of “Anna Lu
casta", plans to move *his hit play
to another theatre after November
30th. “Anna” wouldn’t move at all
if it were not for the fact that
a new tenant is coming into the
Mansfield Theatre Where she has
been reigning since August, 1944.
It isn’t too'certain that Wild
berg will be able to secure a the
atre, and should that prove to
be the case, he plans to either
close the show temporarily, or to
;end it on tour.
Rex Ingram, Hollywood and
Broadway star, is the latest addi
tion to the cast. He replaces John
Bouie.
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• Top left: • Top right:
a Vera Vague ‘ Red Skelton
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' Lower left: • Lower right:
Lina Romay Durante and Moore
Elgin Watch’s fifth anniversary “Two Hours of Stars” Thanks-1
jiving broadcast will bring together such outstanding stars of screen
and radio as Don Ameche, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Moore and
Durante and Vera Vague, Nov. 28 (CBS, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. CST).
Ameche, ever-popular radio and screen favorite and host for the
program, will introduce Benny, the fiddler who made Waukegan
amous; Skelton, the master of dialects; the two men of “nose and
laircut” notoriety, Moore and Durante, and Vera Vague, zany
fomedienne featured with Bob Hope. Lauritz Melchior, noted Wag
terian tenor; Burl Ives, great American ballad singer; Peter Lind
layes, rising comedy star of the Dinah Shore show; Margaret Whit
ng, new songstress of the Eddie Cantor program, and Lina Romay
ind the Charioteers featured on the Bing Crosby broadcast, will round
mt the glittering cast.
As in the past, the show will be short-waved overseas to the
American troops who cannot join*their families .on this great holiday.
similar “Two Hours of Stars” broadcast will be presented on
Christmas Day over CBS.
SOME LIKE IT HOT!
HOLLYWOOD—Dave Dexter,
the music editor, writer and radio
commentator on Stations KFWB
and KLAC here, is shown record
ing for Capitol with a group fea
turing Coleman Hawkins. Buster
Bailey and Benny Carter. They
all deny that “sweet” dance music
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1 is fast overtaking hot jazz, as
some papers have reported recent
ly. Dexter’s new book, “Jazz Cav
alcade,’’ was published this week
and is expected to accomplish
much in behalf of jazz with the
American ofay public. All but the
Southern reactionaries, that is.
In the face of numerous reac
tionary columnists who recently
have been reporting the slump of
swing music came a blast this
week by Dave Dexter, veteran
jazz writer, editor and radio com
mentator, which logically and ar
ticulately indicates that hot music
is still the box office champion.
“The most popular bands on
records |today”, said Dexter on
his regular Tuesday jazz program
on Warner Brothers' Station KFW
B, ’are Woody Herman; Duke
Ellington; Stan Kenton; Louis
Jordan; Count Basie; Lionel Hamp
ton and the King Cole Trio. You
don’t find a corn combo in the
list.
"Jazz is stronger right now than
ever before,” Dexter declared. “Ta
rented musicians and singers who
couldn’t obtain bookings before
the war are now drawing top
money from coast to coast. The
war hypoed hot music and a slump
is not yet noticeable.
Dexter, a former Kansas Citian
who was bom and reared among
great musicians, including Basie;
Andy Kirk, Mary Lou Williams;
Jay McShann; Julia Lee and many
more, is in the news himself this
week with the publication of his
new book, “Jazz Cavalcade”. With
a foreword by Orson Welles, the
noted radio genius and highly
regarded liberal, “Jazz Cavalcade
may be destined for the nation's
best-seller lists as the 1946 Xmas
season nears.
His is a book that raps discrim
ination with complete disregard
of its affect upon Southern ’crac
ker readers. Dexter also critici
zes. constructively, certain radio
t networks and motion picture stu
| clios for their continuing reluc
I tance to feature colored enter
tainers.
A former partner of John Ham
mond in the publication of “Mu
sic and Rhythm" magazine in
New York, Dexter now is in
charge of blues and jazz record
ing for Capitol. It was he who
got Nat Cole, Julia Lee, Jesse
Price; Peggy Lee; Geechie Smith
and the Stan Kenton orchestra
launched on the Capitol label. His
book, the first to be published on
the jazz subject since the war,
goes into the nation’s record, mu
sic and book stores this week. The
publisher, Criterion Music of New
York, already has announced that
printing of the second edition has
been started because of tremen
dous advance orders.
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KING COLE TRIO RUNS
INTO COINCIDENCE
IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK
One of ,the coincidences that
make life so interesting will oc
cur when the King Cole Trio be
gins a long tour in Buffalo, N.
The tour was planned before the
trio started their own show, call
ed “King Cole Time,” on NBC.
Saturday, at 5:45 p. m. EST over
NBC. The coincidence is that the
home offices of the Wildroot Co.,
sponsors of “King Cole Trio Time’
are in Buffalo So by pure chance
the Trio’s pre-Christmas broad
cast will originate from the home .
town of their sponsors.
Dear Citizens of Omaha:
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will Sponsor A Popularity Election
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On Mon. Nite Jan. 27,1947
at Dreamland Hall
24th & Grant 9 ’til 1
these Are lour Candidates
1. FELIX METOYER, Co.-Owner of M. & M.
2. J. C. JEW ELL, Proprietor of Tuxedo Billiards
3. • DR. W. W. PEEBLES, Dentist
4. C. C. GALLOW AY, Publisher
5. ATTY. CHARLES F. DAVIS, Exalted Ruler of Elks
6. PAUL ALLEN, Manager of AMVETS Club
7. VO\AL V. W ATSON, Founder and Operator of
W? at son’s Beauty School
8. MR. MYERS, of Myers’ Funeral Home
9. MR. EUGENE McGILL, owner of McGill’s Bar
10. LEONARD GLENN, Proprietor of Sharp Inn Cafe
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Campaign Managers:—
Juanda Ruffin
Eunice Tapley
Erma Smith
Mrs. Lucille Gordon
Pearl Riggs
Nona Abrams
Helen Underwood
Pearl Faulkner
Rita Franklin
Sally Wells
Votes for Mayor of Bronzeville 10c Each
A Share of The Proceeds Will Go To Worthy
Charitable Organizations.
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The New Mayor will receive a $150.00 Gold Watch with his name and -
date engraved thereon.
The Girl Campaign Manager who successfully Elects her Candidate will receive as a Prize:
1 st Prize~$25.00 in Cash and a Box of Nylons. .
The Second Highest Runnerup Girl Campaign Manager will receive:
2nd Prize-$15.00 in Cash and a Pair of Nylons.
The Third Highest Runnerup Girl Campaign Manager will receive:
3rd Prize-$10.00 in Cash and a Pair of Nylons.
Door Prizes will be Given Away Dance Kite.
KEEP YOUR VOTE STUBS!
Climaxing The Election will be...
A GRAND Ball
DANCE to the Sweet Music of
Terry Gordon & His Ork.
ADMISSION *1 PLUS TAX~20c “ *1.20 ,!
the Honorable Mayor Leeman
I will be Present to Award Prizes and to Install the Mayor of Bronzeville I
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The Officers of The Esquire Club are:
MR. CURTIS WILLIAMS, President EDDIE MOORE, Treasurer
MR. JOHN MOSLEY, Vice President ORA MAE MILAN, Acting Secretary
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