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i SATURDAY, JUKE XrlS13 ft Gczrtrr jiM FECES! LO.UE BE 171 I 1 (P) CA jOLI lABD in '10 0 OBEi btpMINGHAM, IXay a. as 1 A.SL Cor trie nni umc io. uie. of the National Air Cival, teld here every year, rttferald, hailed the na first Lady of Swing and will appear her la mmetii. auditorium oa Sat 5, Air Carnival, one eed to term with the cf New York Citv.

fL days and gave their Ua. the tremendous popularity ffjt Fitzgerald. bind will move into this city Wtr from Winston Salem, N. r. transportation la being Kga the weak of activities, ui other radio, screen and Ciure will appaar, one of thaw Robert Ripley and hla pro wni' Cplana while riding over a effort is being mada to have yitxgerald's music broadcast C.

wide hook tro. are nlenty of whlto people would appreciate our. aide of tarr iz nwy kbsw wt your isunw wm CJiorm Boys Make ay Cotton Ckb Boys, Ylho Worked 14 Moatb with 'The Hot libido Haye Definitelr EstitHihed Thesjelres. By NELL DODSON Staff Correspondent KEW YORK, May 30. Hiere are six of them, and fn gone stardom on the motto: "One all for one." The six Cotton Chib boys, with a brand new act and a sath run in The Hot Mikado" ftiir credit, have proved, that! i rjeacres were wrong when I predicted an.

early flop for tha M. two years ago. Tien the boya ware pounding tarda at the Cotton Club a yeri back, they were politely Srtd to as "chorus boya. They Tared In production numbers 1 the chorus girls, and even in A ipeeialities, were mora noted )t their well tailored appaaranca a for any particular hoofing; i Caoway, who had caught sect at the Howard theatre in bisgton, D.C.. and than put it 3 the club, siamed up tha sextet i road tour with bis band and ere out in the nintananaa aed team came into being.

3 boye returned to New Tork a crew country tour, to find ftreet corner 'Johns were oay o'A grapevine whispered it impossible for six fallows to together as a team without splitting the com 6n w.de open. "Watch for ash, brother," it predicted. iread of a crash, there was a engagement tha Club, foi by the 14 month run with "Hot Mikado." Last summer tha oub.ed between the Club sad "Mikado" production at the a ro good for the pocket iut bad for the nerves. Their 'ess and from the two Jobs, fl.oucvi by a parade of heart Mn Ipinr.j t. six month road tour the Llikado," during which fT ere billed as tha Tap ay.

completely reviaed the 2 Lie new act was one of spots of the Apollo show it's rast ana wau I jre ha aeen three changes or.i al six. during the past ars. Al Alstock died and rjrjceed by Tem Porter, who 'l succeeded by Freddie pa. still with the team. 'race: also one of the original recently replaced by Atkinson.

Manager Chink Hi Jewboy) Adjer, Eddie a Insula Brown have been since its start. Bears difficult because wast all be six feet, light ad of a uniform build I4 A. CXCODl AUiiUUB. ftrt I arown save naa co Three of the six Atkinson, a Buick; Ad and Brawn, a. Buick.

hased at present by i desman. a. ApoUo engagement, or the road with Cal i on a theatra 'tour ultimately take them on And sonny It 'JU I Jiut, May so ana HOLDOVER ml. Staying over for the new edition of Earl Partello's DeLisa Vanities is Jean Daniels, whose sophisticated song aty lings are an integral part of Chicago's nite Ufa scheme of things. Also in the new revue are Kitty Murray and Sam "Spo dee dee" Theard, while Red Saunders ork holds down the stand.

Clarence Love And His Band At Sunset Terrace TfiDlANAPOLIS, Ind, May 30 Clarence Love, the Tersatile orches tra, maestro, who is aiaea oy swing singer Hazel Smith, on nis band's ainging assignments, opened here at the Sunset Terrace night dub last Friday and both became simultaneously a spontaneous hit with Indianapolis night Ufa. Appearina with them are: jonn ny Shaw and Eddie Eugene. Hnaw jj a cat singer and dancer of the highest type, very individualis tic in his style, wane Jiwiaie a.umm does all of the band's male choruses ot th hoWwing; variety. The entire aggTegation, which will par here for tan osvya, Juna is what pnnnown refer to as a natural. Cotton Club shows, left New Terk last weak: to open at th exclusive Latin Quarter, wmxa nigni Boston.

Following a three wseks" mant In Beantowne ttsy ratorn to New Tork for an indefinite stay at the World's Fair. bag Cevrler alog "DnEfliari' up JUST HOT SO, SATCIIHOSAYS NEW TORS CTTT. May 30 "Just because an orchestra leader changes four men with tha betterment of his band in mind, is no reason for anyone to believe he BANDS ON TOUR CLARENCE LOVE BAND June Jack Griffith, Owensboro. Ky, Rainbow Gardens. June 4 Opening, Royal Gardens, Tenn.

June 6 Dragon's Club, Florence. Ala. June 7 Leroy Lowery, Huntaville Ala. June 9 Greys tone Ballroom, Co lumbus, Tenn. June 10 Elks' May Dance, Gad sen, Ala.

June 11 Frailer Night Club, Auburn. Ala. June 12 Columbus, Ga. Juna 13 Augusta, Ga. June 14 Buffalo Club, Athens, Ga.

Left: One of the most talented musicians of the present generation, John Hitely, who plays the piano in bpth the school orchestra and the band at South Carolina State, also plays the pipe organ well, arranges and reads music as he would a book in classroom. Discovered by Billy Rows, he wd be given a chance to develop by Moe i Gale, of Gale. in New Tork. Intends to break up, or has broken xh South Carolina up his band," Joa Glaser, manager band plenty hot and has of Consolidated Attractions, Xncn ing toward the solid rhythm of and Louis Armstrong said in a Connt Basie. Here OUver Ferrell signed communication to ine i ou blows hot foT Director Cleveland iter omeea tnta weeje.

xna report came in answer to rumors to the effect that Louis Armstrong would break up. "Where do they gett hat stuff?" said Louis; Tve had practically tha same men for five years, which is some sort of a record, and the first time I make a few changes for the better, somebody asks me if I intend to get rid of the whole band. Bands like Cab Calloway and Ella Fitzgerald and others have made plenty changes over the same period. Ford. Right: Julian Douglass has a high pitched voice similar to that of Bin Kenney of the famous Four Ink Spots and a great future before him.

Center, below: Today a musician must ba well trained to enter and be successful in the highly "competitive world of modern music One of the best groups in the college field was found at State college in Orangeburg, S.C., Kirfe Littte ConipGtitioii NEW TORK, May SO. Despite i the fact that patronage at the Cotton Club has been affected to a small extent by the competing World's' Fair which opened recently and by Eddie Anderson Voted "Hayor Of Central Avenue" By EARL J. MORRIS (Staff Correspondent) LOS ANGELES, CaL, May 30 With practically the entire race voting population casting ballots, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, the I "Toast of Hollywood," and valet June 18 Clint Bradley (pending). to Jack Benny in radio and screen Macon, Ga. apearances, became the war scarce now rampant ba New Tork City among cafe society, Andy Kirk and his Cotton Club show continue to bring In mora than their quota ef the caah customers, a release on Saturday announced.

in the hotly contested election here; Elks. Thursdav. .1 while nODERir DUSIC GOES IN FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AT SOVTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE, ORANGEBURG 4 .,3 JPay Handsomely gl I. I II X. were granted Pittsburgh's Roy isaat or mATAr and swinr sinsring Billie Holllday this week as a result of negotiations between the manage ment of the Stables' and Glaser's; Consolidated Attractions, Inc.

The pair, who opened at the ex pensively remodeled Stables under a. optional contract the first of this month, have been more than successful in their endeavor to at tract 2ew Tork night life. The the famous film comedian, polled! 13,375 votes. Leon H. Washington, i running in an actual Councilmanic 52nd street.

MILT LARKIU COMING OUT OF THE VJEST HOUSTON. Tex, May election recently, received the votes modern Locninvar. Larkin, boast of some race persons. I Runners up in Thursday's mythi the snappiest, swinginest band leal elections were: Eugene Sorral, 'since Jlmmie Lunceford. is coming nt th tntal number of more i reles business man, who ran third i nv.in.

TTndr Gofrs than 9,000 votes cast, "Rochester," in the contest, polled 2,050 votes. management. Larkin now is booked; the mythical! I' i 'X Left: 'Plgmeaf Markham, Harlem's number one comedian went to Hollywood to make hia first starring eaturette, "One Big Here he is shown in a scene from the picture about to be plastered In the face with a lemon meringue pie by Lillian Randolph. Bight: Comedian 'Pigmeaf is in real life a serious young man. Here you see him out for the count after being floored by a barrage of pots and pane tossed upon him by bis "little woman." Johnny Taylor looks puzzled.

Markham was signed by A. W. Hack el. head of Supreme Pictures to make a series of fea A solid on a tour from Texas clear the famed "Buckeye State." I It is a devious route that young Larkin will wend on his way to lOhio, for he is much in demand all over the nation, as much on the Pacific coast as in the East. The aggregation is traveling in a brand new streamline bus, with all of the latest conveniences and are being transported by T.

H. Crone, former orchestra leader, of Alexandria. Among the cities booked on the way north Shreveport, Texark ana, Vlcksburg, Memphis. Jackson, i Fulton, Ky, Cairo. I1L, Louisville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Springfield, HI.

OUEE. Ml SO TO OWXNSBORO, ry, VUy The larsaat crowd In tha hiatorx of Owanaboro'la axpacted by pre moter Jack Griffith here Jane 3rd when Clarence Love and hia Kan aaa City Band play the annual cds meneament dance at Rainbow Gar dens. Love, who la at preeent buay making a tour which will take hint through the eta tee of Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama, and Gaorgia, will play datea in Eaatern Tenna aee, Virrinia and Ncrth Carolina the latter part of June. Other big dancee to follow the Owensboro graduation prom on Clarence Love's itinerary include the opening, of Jerome Stacker's new spacious Tennease Royal Gar dens in Gar kav tile, Tenn, on June 4th; the Dragon Club's annual spring dance In Florence.

Ala, on June 6th; Leroy Lowery's dance in Hurtsville, Ala on June 7th; 'the Midnight Ramble for Douglas Gordon at the Greys tons Ballroom in Columbus, Tenn on June 9th; the Elk's May Dance in Gedsen, on June 10th; Whack Fra xier's Night Club in Auburn, Ala, on June 11th; and a dance in Columbus, Ga on June 12th. Datea at Augusta, Ga. and for the Buffalo Club In Athena, Ga will be played June 13th and 14th, raspeo tlveiy. Clint Brantley, who booke all of tha larger dances in Macon, Ga is also dickering with the band to play la that city June 16th. Isaprwe tstairactlaL sn4 tng.

Pasa year Coartar along to friend. Babe Wallace Will; 'Fmnt9 9 Fitzgerald Band On Toot new YORK. Mav 30 Babe Wallace, the popular master of ceremonies, has been se lected to front the famous Fa Fitzgerald Orchestra, an official statement from Gale, Inc which manages the band announced here Thursday. This move doe not disrupt any previously laid plans of the fh Fitzgerald band. The orchestra will continue on circle tour A Has TTwIf awl Hf si Skss TA4fteaa of the United States before return SDStl MM H0LUDAY.

ROY una jlng to their favorite stomping 'grounds, the Savoy Ballroom in jNew Tork City. Wallace, who has starred in a of Cotton Club Shows and who thrilled London with his performance in Blackbirds of 1036" will act aa master of ceremonies and male vocalist for tha aggrega tion, a berth that has been vacant NEW TORK. May 30. A renew 'new Stables have become In the since Bardu All and Charles Linton al of their contract at una um uic? ict um oi mi duo. where music is under the direction Kelly Stables, located directly, the mecca or tne citys Deir ciaaai wauaces pieasing personality has of Prof.

Reginald Thomasson, across from the Hickory House on night Ufe element. Billie HoUiday won him many friends and admir shown here, who has high hopes for the advancement of Negro mu slo In America. Rows Photo. 52nd street, and raises in salaries and. Koy manage nave Become uiejera.

W1LB tne Ella FItagerald band behind him. the name of Babe Wallace should soar to new and great er heights. There are plenty of white people who would appreciate ear aide ef the story if they knew It! i Pass your Courier along to such a friend. Now that people have the radio, everybody has an opinion on every jsuoject unaer tne sun, ana if you missed last night's program you 30 The jdoo't know anything. i exalted ruier ot mo is j8ca rrom rar oul ln t.n wesu CManitiMn a Lm4 Elks, and at the same time grand I Th end of Jun( will this rw Cwr rum.

Write a H. m. mvor of Central avenue Friday esquire of the national body of' f. ntiv sisned bv 736 rwiiisi r. Sorral garnered 2,670 Goff which has beeni Leonard 'Senters, Los An SLAPSTICK COMES BACK making hits all throughout the: Music To Words SINCEM WANTEOm Sli RatfU.

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