‘MID-CITY QUEEN1 To Be Chosen
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In Beauty and Popularity Contest
proudly presents the 2nd ANNUAL CROWNING of “Miss Mid-City Sepia Queen” at the DREAMLAND
Attend The Gala Ball and Crowning of Mid-City Queen
By GEORGE H. McDAVIS
FACTORY JOBS IN NEW
YORK ON INCREASE
New York City (CNS)—Factory
jobs as well as the wages paid for
them are on the increase in the state
of New York, according to the latest
tabulations of the Bureau of Research
and Statistics. Between mid-August j
and mid-September, the number of'
jobs available increased 2.1 percent
and payrolls rose 4.2 percent. Increases
expected to continue with new jobs
opening in canning, preserving and
clothing industry.
HIGH COURT TO ACT ON
BOAT SEGREGATION
DetroitTMichT {Global)—The” Su
preme Court has agreed to review the
case of the Bob-Lo Excursion com
pany, involving the refusal of trans
portation to a Negro girl. Miss Sarah
Ray, claimed she was refused passage
on one of the company’s boats from
Detroit to the Province of Ontario,
Canada, and sued the company on
the grounds that her rights under the1
Michigan State #civil rights act” had
been violated.
The Courts of Michigan upheld
Miss Ray’s contention, and pointed
out that refusal to transport her,
violated the act which provides that
“public conveyances on land or water,
shall show no discrimination on ac
count of race, creed, or color.”
The Excursion company is appeal
ing the case to the Supreme Court on
the grounds that the law could not
control foreign commerce.
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OMAHA GLIDE AND AMERICAN LEGION
PREPARE FOR ROYAL VICTORY DANCE
HALL, Tuesday Night, NOVEMBER 11th at The Amer
ican Legion Annual Dance. Music by Archie Brown.
Admission $1.00 in advance, $1.25 at door. Tickets
may be obtained at JoJmson's Drug Store and Ameri
can Legion Hall at 24th and Parker.
THE OMAHA GLIDE in cooperation with THE
AMERICAN LEGION, Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30
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12 CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR FINALS;
MANY ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING
1. S1,000.00 in Prizes.
2. 10 Winners; 10 Prizes.
3. First Prize, $200.00 in Cash.
4. Queen to be Crowned November 11th.
5. Winners to be Crbwnetl at Gala Ba]j on Nov. 11th.
6. No member of the “Mid-City Queen” Committee
will be permitted to makh any nomination.
7. The 10 contestants receiving the largest number
of votes in order, will be adjudged winners.
j ANNA LUCASTA” RECEIVED
j WILDLY AT BONBON
London (CNS)—The British took
Anna Lucasta, the story of a prosti
tute, to their hearts this week when
the Broadway success opened here at
His Majesty’s Theatre.
Perhaps Londoners were so excited
because the play as acted by Negroes,
was a novelty to theatre goers. Too,
the expert acting particularly of lead
ing lady Hilda Simms, who responded
to the numerous curtain calls with a
little speech, caused critics to become
exhuberant.
“ Anna Lucasta’ had the feel of a
big hit,” wrote W. A. Farlington of
the Daily Telegraph. He gave credit
to the acting of the cast rather than
to the play. I
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NEW 1-HAND TYPEWRITER *
FOR DISABLED VETS
Washington, D. C. (Global>-A new
typewriter which groups letter keys on
one side of the machine with less fre
quent use of number and punctuation
keys on the other, has been given a
Georgetown University law student,
Albin Ulrickson. Ulrickson is 34, and
his left side was paralyzed by a shell
in Germany.
The machine was given by the eVt
eran’s Administration, and an official
said four other machines were on or
der for handicapped veterans in the
Washington area.
The new machine was developed by
the International Business machines
corporation.
•“BATTLE OF THE BULGE”—1947 - By COLLIER
FREEDOM TRAIN TO BY-PASS
JIM CROW TOWNS
New York, N. Y. (Global)—Accord
ing to Mr. Louis A. Novins, Vice
president of the American Heritage
Foundation, sponsors of the Freedom
Train, the Freedom Train will not
visit any Southern Communities that
insist on enforcing religious or racial
segregation upon visitors to the Train.
The train will start tour of the South
toward the end of November.
All of the communities,” an
nounced Mr. Novins, “are aware of
this policy. If any of them should in
sist officially on segregated visiting
hours, then we simply won’t partici-1
pate.”
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UN-AMERICAN COMMITTEE
! CALLED UPON TO INVESTIGATE
RACE-HATERS
New York (Global)—Rabbi William
F. Rosenblum told a capacity audience
in Temple Israel, 210 West Ninety
first Street Sunday that the “Un
American Committee should investi
gate the new crop of bigots” who are
attempting to resume their pre-war
activities as peddlers of race hate.
N. Y. MEDICAL SOCIETY
REFUSES TO STAMP OUT BIAS
New York (Global)—The Medical
Society of the county of New York I
has just refused to condemn County!
Societies that segregate Negro Physi
cians from membership.
It urged and approved by vote, a
resolution that the State Medical
Group encourage the American Medi
cal Society to provide “a special type
of membership for physicians who, for
reasons of race, creed, color, or sex,
have been denied admission to thei
Tat from pork chops and other meat is poured into the container of
iat that will be re-used in cooking and baking. Guy Reigler, 4J4, Kew
'Garden Hills, N. Y., supervises his mother’s conscientious fat salvage
that helps provide soap, paint, electrical appliances, fabrics, tires, an<
^ther^ products used in the home every day. -'
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twae’ert was m the recent easterd
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BETTIE PARHAM, COSMETIC
EXECUTIVE, BUYS NEW
BUILDING
New York City (CNS) — Bettie
Esther Parham, president of the Na
tional Beauty Supply Company, which
manufactures and exports Esther Mir
acle Products, purchased this week the
three story building adjoining the 52
West 125th Street store which already
houses the ropidly growing firm. The
reported cash down payment made
was $7,800.
A cosmetic executive since 1940,
Miss Parham has come a long way
since she decided seven years ago that
not enough college educated Negroes
went into business. In fact, as the
story goes, she was sitting in a lec
ture class at Dillard University when
she first learned that less than one
percent of Negroes in business were
college traind. Armed with A.B. and
M.A. degrees from Shaw and Colum
bia, she plunged into the business
world, determined to do the unusual.
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DREAMLAND HALL
Armistice Day - 9:00 P.M.
TUESDAY, NOV. II, 1947
local medical societies. or admission to regular or active
The small minority among the 150*iembership.” But advocates of the
Medics gathered at the Academy oforiginal resolution, said it would be
Medicine, fought to uphold the rightuseless to dictate to the Medics in
of each country' medical society “tuDixie, hence it urged the special type
determine for itself the requirementsof membership for Negro Physicians.
_Science Aids Housewife_
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Just as it has in many other things, modern industrial scienc
has come to the aid of the housewife in the design of present-da
washing machine wringers. “Equalized pressure," essential in thor
ough drying of wet laundry, is a feature of these wringers, as ii
demonstrated here by the young lady. String, at left, is held firmlj
between the wringer rolls, even though large bar has forced roll
apart at right.
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APOLLO RECORDS 'DOOD' IT!
MINOR FIRM MAJORS OVERNIGH1
Gerry Colton
Firm's Progress Linked With Its Stand li
p Selecting Talent on Merit, Not "Name,1
Color or Creed; Has Constructive Progran
[Editors Note: This Is the first of two Installments depicting the rise of Apollo Records!
------By GERRY COLSOI
New York (IPS): "Phenomenal" is the word for the overnight appearance of Apoll<
Records to a major posrtion in the music world. The story is told today
because of its special significance to followers of real jazz and blues, to
admirers of Lee Richardson, Wyonie "Mr. Blues" Harris, Ray Eberle, Hal
Winters, Luis Russell and the galaxy of other Apollo recording artists.
Miraculously, side by side with Apollo, these singers and orchestra
leaders, with song writers and businessmen, .nave come into prominence
—almost overnight!
luit RuttcO
It began in Harlem, in a small record shop called The Rainbow. A few young met
with vision saw the need for producing the kind of blues, Jazz, folk and pop music tha'
Lee Richardson Wynonie Harris Hal Winters John Kirby
people wanted, but were not getting on records. With a small amount of capital and a grea'
deal of musical know-how, these young men established Apollo. They brought out record*
I ! "Hot" Lips Pago Dinah Washington ' Willie Bryant r Laurel Watson ^
Ihgs of depth and feeling, and their recordings were welcomed as if by a music-starved
public.
"Hot" Lips Page, Illinois Jacquet, Rabon Tarrant, Coleman Hawkir.s orchestra, John
Kirby and orchestra, Dinah Washington, Babe Wallace, Willie Bryant,
Laurel Watson, Hall Winters, Teddy McRae and band, Mahalia Jackson
and the Bill Campbell orchestra—all were quick to turn to Apollo to record
music they loved, the way they felt it. Here was a chance to give the
world music with expression, music with spontaneous and native feeling.
The public loved it. More records were demanded and, suddenly, before
tne major companies Knew it, Apollo and its artists were on their way! HlinoiTTIequrf
Using sharp fores qht, the Apollo originators joined forces with additional interests,
sound and progressive. Then, fully equipped, the new Apollo team of talent; artistic direc
tion and business acumen, went to work, producing! Their goal was to produce Music
Americana. Their ambition was to build a company to champion in production and ideals,
and their first victory came from the stand they took on the issue of tolerance.
fEditor's note: Inside story of how this young company made Its sensational rise to a
leading position In the recording industry will be continued in our next issue. 1
