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Rachael Robinson, charming young manship and the capacity for team wife of Jackie Robinson, star first work. baseman of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Special service is given Rachael gets prettied up for the World Sseries Robinson by Miss Rose Morgan, hair in Harlem’s Rose Meta House of stylist and co-owner with Olivia Beauty, largest beauty shop in the Clarke of the Rose Meta House of world devoted exclusively to women Beauty. of color. i Rachael Robinson will watch the Mrs. Robinson is tall, graceful and outcome of every game of 'the series dresses in excellent taste. She is- with excited interest and with special naturally proud that her young hus- applause for the sparkling play of her band was selected as “Rookie of the husband, rated as the best first base Year,” an honor that ust be backed man in either league, by superlative performance, sports Billy Eckstine To Return To Onyx Club In New York - i NEW YOKE — Billy Eckstine, the “Bronze Balladier with the Golden Voice” who opens a return engage ment at the Onyx Club on 52nd Street on Friday night, September 19, has no intention of returning to the fcandleading ranks, hut will continue working as a single as a result of the tremendous success he has scored in that category during past few months. One of the prime factors in Bill’s . decision to pass up the idea of reor- j Ranking a new band was the acclaim accorded him in his engagement at the 125th Street Appollo Theater ear lier this month. Critics who caught fif e show 1-h.^t they had ) ■ever heard the singing idol in finer I voice. “I’ve come to realize that you can’t ^ concentrate on both tinging and musi-1 clanship,” Billy declared. ‘When I was leading my band, 1 was constantly worrying about arrangements, rehear- j sals, the sound of the band and many , other details; consequently. I couldn't sing my best with so much responsi. trilby on my mind.” When Billy signed with the MGM recording company earlier this year, ^ it was with the understanding that the contract called for his services j as a bandleader. The MGM execut- ' ives at first balked at the idea of Eckstine doing a single, but when his first two releases on that label devel oped into smash hits, tthey add an about-face and encouraged him to for get about the band. Riding high at the present time are two Eckstine platters on the MGM label, “This Is The Inside Story” pair ed with “Just An Old Love O fMine” and “The Wildest Gal In Town” ccun led with “'On The Boulevard of Mem ories”, all four numbers being cur rent pop hit songs that Billy had the ‘ honor of introducing on wax. -*! p«.uu*opLill '6IAI U) uo.uuicqj cf(5(jnuji_ aaeq • s« uaiujj aq* uu.ii uq.n !J3tj saiuef duinqj s.PIJOAf 1 Ottley Calls FEPC Boom To Harlem CHICAGO—Negro author and war correspondent Roi Ottley says in Oct. Negro Digest that the “good times Harlem wants to roll on forever are the increased job opportunities which have resulted from New York State's FEPC law. “The Harlem man in the street is confident and even optiistic about the removal of the For White Only signs from many jobs,” Ottley who wrote “New World A-Coming” says, “but not without a tinge of anxiety. “No one can tell how long the good times will continue to roll and Har lem remembers the specter of unem ployment in years gone past.” t The Negro Digest article points out that at present the State Employment Service is making the largest number of Negro placement ever. The number of Negroes in technical and profess ional occupations rose from 4 per cent in 1939 to 8 per cent in 1946. Clerical and sales jobs climbed from 2 to 11 per cent. Semi-skilled jobs from 6 to 41 per cent. "Biggest shift was away from domes tic service. Whereas 80 per cent of Negro women workers were in dom estic service in 1939, now less than 60 per cent remain. “Most significant fact of the entire boom,” Ottley says, is the recognition of unusual irtriluy among Negroes. The emergence of the recognition of this talent will be the major factor in cementing amicable race relations.” WARNER ANNOUNCES NEW DRAMA FOR CRAWFORD BURBANK, Calif.—Joan Crawford’s next starring vehicle for Warner Bros, is to be a dramatic love story set against a spectaaular murder trail, ac cording to an announcement by Jack L. Warner. Film, titled “Until Proven Guilty,” is to be produced for Warners by Jerry Wald, and will go into produc tion following /Miss Crawjford’s re turn from a vacation in Honolulu. c Fires^That Don’t Happen Altho processing enough inflammable ma terialannually to incinerate all the world’s cities, the oil industry reports a new 10-year record of leadership in the National Fire Pre vention, effort, celebrated in October. In this period, 100 leading oil companies established a fire loss ratio of .087 per $100 insurable vilne substantially IdWer than the national average of 21 This nhntr> don't happen shows a guard inspecting cigaret* pv .^3 checked at the gate of Gun’s refinery :.ere, p^t o*' ,1. Kr^d p[ope^. 0'1 W0rkers protect America^ Sideline Trucking Business Doubles Farmers Income How Clyde Jones, Maryland tobacco ' farmer, expanded his operations from a horse, a cow, and 25 acres to a $30,000-a-year farming and trucking business in 18 years is a story of sound planning, thrift, ad hard work, says District Extension Agent Martin G. Gailey. In 1926 Mr. Jones was married and sharecropping 20 acres in southern t Maryland with his fater, says Dis trict Agent Bailey, but he wasn’t get ting ahead. So, he decided to move to Washington, D. C., and try to find a job—any kind of job—and save, up money to start buying a farm of his own. In the capital city he first took a job as a hotel porter and later as J a truck driver for a hauling firm. ' i District Agent Bailey says that by 1929 Mr. and Mrs. Jones had saved | enough for the down-payment on 25 . acres they had had their eyes on near Prince Fredick, Md. W’ith a horse, a cow, and a little operationg capital, j the Joneses began raising tobacco and corn on part of their acres, while they 1 built up the other for icreased yields. ■ In addition to helping her husband with the tobacco crop, Mrs. Jones also helped milk the cow, tend their gar den, and raise a few chickens. This home-grown food supply kept them out of the grocery store, except, on rare occasions. As a result, the $900 they received for their tobacco was ! all theirs. With part of it they finish ' ed paying for their farm and made a ^ ! few re pairs on the ir home; the rest j 1 they put aside in amodest savings ac- j : count. By following sound soil conserva- ' tion and farm management practices, ; the Joneses inched ahead year by year, j : but their pace was a little slower by j 1935, because now they had four ! youngsters—none of the old enough ! to help; and what's more, Mrs. Jones had to spend more time about the [ house with them. Farmer Jones was up against it for help; he wanted to ( i hire some help, bu: how would he make it up? He began thinking of that truck ing job he used to have in the city. If he had a truck of his own, he kept telling himself, he could make some extra money on the side hauling for his neighbors—perhaps enough to hire workers to do some of the back-bend ing tobacco cfloros and still have something for himself. So, in 1936 Farmer Jones bough* ' a small truck and began hauling to bacco to Baltimore at $18 a load. Three years later he had two trucks on the road and the nest-egg he and his wife had been saving was large enough for a new $7,000 home with elactric lights and running water sup plied by a gasoline motor they install ed in a shed near the house. The next year Jones bought a bus and put in his bid for aschool route. His bid was accepted and ever since either he or one of his sons has been carrying school children from outly ing areas to the Prince Frederick school. During the summer months they carry picnickers to the beaches. Four years ago the Joneses added 150 acres to their 25 and got two ten ant families to help them with their ■If) acres of tobacco. By cleaning and testing his tobacco seed, sterilizing his seedbed against diseases, spraying his plants against his plants against blue mold, and following other prac tices recommended by his county agent J. R. Jennings, Farmer Jones has in creased his tobacco yield to nearly 800 pounds per acre. He was one of the first colored farmers in his county to follow the agent’s advice on spray ing tobacco plants against blue mold. Today, his tobacco yield averages over 30,000 pounds annually. This grosses him and his tetnants about $12,000. From his school bus and two trucks—one of them a five-toll $8,500 trailer-truck—he grosses almost $20,000 a year. The Joneses finance their farm ing operations and the purchase of farming equipment through their Pro duction Credit Association. In order to secure lumber for addi tional curing bams for his larger to bacco crop, Mr. Jones went in with a neighbor last year and bought a small sawmill with which they saw up tim ber to build new tobacco barns which the county agent helped them plan but also have used some of it to re pair their tenant houses and for to bacco strides. “You'd be surprised to know how much this little mill saves us, ’ says Mr. Jones. “Later, we plan to do some custom sawing for our neighbors.” , Mrs. Jones still helps with th» to bacco, and with the garden, chickens, and the milking. Each week she re ceives a 87 rr’lk and cream check, and sometimes die sells chickens and tggs in town. Tow of the Jones child ren are married and living in town; the other two are helping on the farm Clyde, Jr., does most of the tractor work and the daughter, Peafl, does most of the home chores. “I'll be 4-1 m next birthday,” says Mr. Jones, “and my family and I are aiming to take more time out for living.” Bring Speed Record Back to USA CLEVELAND, OHIO—(Soundphoto)—The world’s three fastest pilots were honored at the Na tional Air Races for their part in bringing the spefed records back to the U.SjV. Photo shows left to right: Mr. A. Weathcrhcad of Cleveland, Vice President of the National Air Races, Maj. Marion Carl, U.S.M.C., Comdr. Turner Caldwell,. U.S.N., and Col. Albert Boyd, U.S.A. Maj. Carl holds the record of 650 mph, surpassing both Caldwell and Boyd’s records. ~ - Singer NEW YORK—Muriel Rahn, noted concert and operatic soprano gave am ple evidence this week that she is the most logical candidate for the Metro politan’s next production of “Aida” when, and if, that august body ever decides to “lower the bars” and ad mit native born American artists of color to its ranks. In a startling well cast role of an Egyptian Princess in “The Martyr” original grand opera by H. Lawrence Freeman, veteran Negro composer, produced at Carnegie Hall last Sunday with a white and Negro cast, Miss Rahn matched her physical perfec tion for the part with a thrilling vocal and dramatic performance that stamp ed her as top material in the operatic field. Not since Caterina Jarboro appear ed in the role of “Aida” for Maestro Alfredo Salmaggi at the old Hippo drome Theatre in this town a decade ago has anyone shown such potential physical, vocal and dramatic attribut es for “Aida” as La Hahn. W'atcb ing this former .‘Carmen’ of Carmen Jones romp through the diffclut sing ing and acting assignment given her by composer Freeman, we could not ■ LUCKY MILLINDER ON 1 TALENT DISCOVERY QUEST Dynaestro Lucky Millinder, his en tertaining orchestra and featured head, liners, Paul Breckenridge; Anisteen Allen and “Bullmoose” Trek son with the Buffalo Bearcats, will launch their final 1947 one-nightcr tour in mid October. 17 midwest southwest and | southern states will Le covered in the ' 92 day trip. The Lucky Millinder j 1947 National Talent Discovery Quest will be a special added attraction of each engagement, talented local sing- 1 ers, instrumentalists and entertaining | groups, who seek professional careers j competing for prize awards and the j opportunity to appear in the Grand : Final Contest to be held in Holly- j wood, Atlanta, Chicago or New York. NEW BRONZE CONFESSIONS AMAZES NEGRO READERS Bronze Confessions, \merira’g first ^ magazine of Negro love and romance is on the newsstand- ihrougheut the nation on the 20th of each month. 1 The magazine, » brain child of j Florida s Sam B. SnT,>rnon, introduces ■ j a new departure in the Negro publish j ing business. The contents of Bronze Confessions is composed of true stories of love and romance written by and for Negroes. Featured in the October issue is j “Two Hundred Years And A Guy j Named Allen”, the true story of a young Negro who learned too late that mixture of love for women and money produces dpnamite. Sam B. Solomon, editor of the Mi ami (Fla.) Whip is editor, Arthesa G. Hubert and Leon f ewis etc as sociate editors. The n ga/.re is pub lished by Bronze Confessions, Box 6175, 6ta. B., M: ;mi, Florida. _ l Cl*ver Frvm Italy CrlmsMJ clover wag introduced into the united State* from Italy in taia_ help wish that Branch Rickey had a9 much to do with “The Met” as he does with the Dodgers/ The hundreds of music lovers who witnessed the premiere of “The Mar tyr” were thrilled by the brilliant score of H. Lawrence Freeman, and reports have already stated that another of his works will soon be heard. Miss Ralin left New York fol lowing her splendid performance for a coast to coast concert tour that will take her to Pittsburgh, Fort Worth Falls, Austin, and other Texas cities continuing to Phoenix, Arizona, Los j Angeles djid returning by way of | Omaha; Thursday October 30, at Tech, High Auditorium. femger Rogers —Dairy Maid ROGUE RIVER, ORE.—(LOOK Photo) Lovely Ginger Rogers* clever business woman as well as talented movie star, is the-proud owner of a 1,082 acre farm in the rich Rogue River vail ev of western Oregon. The farm has the latest anl btst'VL.ry eq.pment nd’ sometimes Ginger takes a turn with the “choirs” herself—to (from the routine of Hollywood. Here she applies an automatic milking] ^machine to a prize cow.^ * A Model ' Gwendolyn Robinson, of Chicago, models a basic black dress for Cir cuit’s new “Smart Woman” magazine scheduled to appear Oct. 15. Gwen-\ dolyn is wearing rope pearls which are popular this season. The wrapped around lace overskirt makes this dress adaptable for cocktail parties, dances, or other special dress-up occasions. BILL “TUXEDO JUNCTION” JOHNSON NOW HAS HIS OWN RAC VICTOR COMBO “How come the name “Tuxedo Junction”? is a question asked many times of Bill Johnson, its composer. “It wasn’t my idea. I’m afraid,” he modestly answers. “The title was sug gested by a prop man in the Hawkins band. It was his home two and he thought we ought to incorporate it in a song. Actually. I though the other side of the record would be the hit, b ut“Junction” turned out to be a surprise.” Bill’s RCA Victor smash recording, “Don’t You Think I Oughta Know,” was written in collaboration with Mel Wettergreen, a Navy Commander whom he met while playing for an of ficers’ dance in Manila. Wettergreen look him up a year later when be saw Johnson’s name billed at the Club Beangsi in Washington, showed him some lyrice ad their collaboration be gan in earnest. Thev are now working on several new tues. Born in Georgia in 1913, Bill spent most of his youth in Florida. He studied music at the Conservatory of Wisconsin came to New' York in 1935, playing with Baron Lee’s Blue Rhythm band before joining the Hawkins Orchestra. Now he has his own group “Bill Johnson and his Musical Notes” which fast is becoming famous as one of the country's most distinctive com bos. Johnson’s ambitions include serious composing, but he always wants to keep on with his small act. He never wants to fro^it a big hand because the combo gives him greater expression.. When asked his views on controversial Dizzy Gillespie “Be-Bop,” Johnson ex claims that he'vlearning it, like many other musicians, as he believes that it will be an important link in some new jazz form in thet future. Aside from his music, Bill’s biggest interest is fishing, and he’s happiest when playing his sax or casting his rod over a small lake where he camps out in Washington, D. C. Bill’s forthcoming plans include an engagement at the Frolic Show Bar in Detroit, a theatre date in Baltimore a future New York night club stint | and many, many more RCA Victor j records, such as his popular ‘“For Once in Your Life,” “Half a Love” and "That Night We Said Goodbye.” Knockabout Chairs If you have knockabout chairs in the sunroom or on “sabbatical leave” from the summer porch and Jheis wnpearanc* is not everything you desire, consider making simple sll&envers for them. Use strong fab rics like ticking or oilcloth in fast colors, so they can b* tossed regu- j larly into the washing machine. Lower Court Refused To Send Mandus To Okla. Uni. School Roosevelt Story to Be Released Soon By United United Arripts has (acquired the world-wide distribution rights for “The Roosevelt Story”, the heart warming, human, true-to-life film story of our late President, it was announced today. The film, international prize winner of the 1947 world film festival, which was made with the editorial consultation of General Elliott Roose velt, has been seen only in New York, at the Globe Theatre, where it is now ending a record-breaking premiere en gagement. • “The Roosevelt, Story" will be re leased throughout the United States in the coming weeks and will be trans lated into 14 languages for exhibition in practically every country on the globe. Produced by Martin Levine and Oliver A. linger, in association with Harry Brandt, “The Roosevelt Story” was eighteen months in the making. It covers the whoje pallirama of FDR's exciting, adventurous life, brimming with his own laughter, glow ing with his famous grin, touched throughout with the shock and grief that everywhere mourns his loss. There are intimate glimpses of his early life, his school days, his,first political activities. Then his illness, his cour ageous recovery, his growing concern for the oppressed of this world, his elevation to the Presidency, his historic campaigns, all climaxed by the world shaking days of his leadership, which lasted to the day before victory in World War 11. The actors, whose voices are heard in “The Roosevelt Story,” are Kenneth Lynch, Canada Lee, Ed Begley, Kelly Flint and Gene Blakeey. Earl Robinson, whose music for “Ballad for American” won his wide attention, is credited with the musical score. Lawrence M. Klee prepared the original script. Walter Klee was sup ervising film editor; Lyrics are by Lewis Allen; Jack Shaindlin was musi cal director; Robert Shaw conducted the choral groups. “The Roosevelt Story” is presented by Tola Noted Author Joins Ebony CHICAGO — Era Bell Thompson, whose best-seller “American Daughter” won for her a Newberry Fellowship granted through the Rockefeller Foundation, has just joined the edi torial staff of picture magazine Ebony gs Associate Editor. “American Daughter,” Miss Thomp son's first book, was an autobigraphy wrtten with such charm and infectous humor that it reached best-seller lists soon after its publication. Now in its second printing, “American Daughter” has also just been published in Eng land and is enjoying a brisk sale abroad. A native of Iowa, prior to join ing Ebony’s writing staff Miss Thomp son worked as an employment* counsel or, the position she held while work ing on her significant book. WASHINGTON, D. C.,—The Unit ed States Supreme Court on last week was requested to review the decision of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma affirming the decision of the lower court in refusing to issue a writ of mandamus compelling the admission of a qualified Negro to the law school of the University of Oklahoma. On January 19 1946, Ada Lois Sip uel, a graduate of Langston Univer sity in Oklahoma applied for admission to the law school of the University of Oklahoma. Her application was refus ed solely because of her race or color. Prior to the trial of the case, on July 9, 1946, an agreed statement of facts was filed whereby the state of Okla homa admitted that Miss Sipuel pos sessed all of the academic and moral qualcifications for admission but was refused because of the laws of Okla homa requiring segregated schools. The agreed statement also admitted that unless Miss Sipuel received her law training within the state of Okla homa she would be seriously handicap ped in the practice of law. The state of Oklahoma had not made any pro vision for legal training for Negroes within the state, but relied on alleged out-of-state scholarships and the fact that Miss Sipuel had not requested them to establish a Jim Crow law school. The writ of mandamus was refused by the judge of the District Court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, on July 9, 1946; motion for a new trial was denied on July 24, 1946 and the case was appealed to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. That court, on April 29, 1947, affir. med the judgement of the lower court. The petition to the United States Sup reme Court requesting a writ cf certi orari t6 review the decision of the Sup erme Court of Oklahoma contends that there is no material difference what soever in either the law or the facts betwe ,n this case and the University of M °souri case. The brief in he case in commenting upon the language of the decision of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma points out that: “There is no material difference be tween the Gaines case and the instant case. The reasons advanced by the Oklahoma Court for not following the Gaines case are clearly without merit ^ In the meantime the petitioner has al ready been deprived of at least a year’s legal training enjoyed by white stu dents of similar qualifications who ap plied for admission at approximately the same. T^e sole reason for this dis crimination is race and color.” The lawyers in the Sipuel case are Attorney Ambs T. Hall, member of the NAACP National Legal Com mittee, of Tulsa, Oklahoma NAACP Speical Counsel Thurgood Marshall nad Assistant Special Counsel Robert L. Carter. American Meat Packing From a humble beginning 306 rears ago, meat packing has grown o* become one of the nation’s targ et industries. Meat packers in the Jnitea States produce more than 20 sillian pounds of meat annually. From five million farms and ranches in every state the meat packers purchase 127 miHlon cattle, ralv&s, hogs and sheep to make'into (teaks, roasts, stews, sausage item* and canned meat, as well as utiliz* ing by-products for many pharma teutical and manufacturing items. Cars of Tomorrow By the Boys of Today The two top winners in the Fisher Body Craftsman’s car competition, James Mariol, 15, (left; of Canto™ O and r^ f Jordan 19 of Cambridge, Mass.,’ study'their fuVurisUc ca designs apinst a background of the city of the future. Universftv Sr.rS5 »,T ;SC ^ for Donald Stumpf ofBuffauI V /YndPhUhT^S^f scholarships Jordan w|„ use h?is scholarsh p to con nw S S s°H' Nebr' j*tts Inst»tuU_of Technologyv^- jUwachu.