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make 9 go 01 Bill Miller stll Here, Tfiere one Everywhere NEW YORK CITY Booking agent Nat Nazzarro is most anxious to contact tap artist Teddy Hale, whom he last heard from somewhere in Los Angeles. Seems the who is under contract to Nazzarro is trying to booki himself and Rose Hardaway as a duo, and the Broadway agent is up in arms about the whole thing! The Nicholas Brothers sailed for South America last week after obtafeing a good conduct certificate from the Sew York Police Department to make their travels easier With political avenues closing fast, John Young III decided to abandon his own for City Councilman and throw in his lot with Willie Bryant to combat the Earl Brown forces in the Democratic party. But there are those who sky that this move will alienate him from Harold Burton and the Republicans for whom he worked so hardd in the last election! And how about Governor Talmadge, who based his campaign on primises of white supremacy, unbending so far rasr to issue a personal invitation to the IBPOE of to hold its convention in Atlanta, this year! Or does it revert to the age bid theory that greenbacks remain the same color whether they pass through colored hands or white? While speaking of racial issues, why is it that Paul Robeson, who has long been outspoken in his support of racial advancement, didn't put his Connecticut home into the hands of a Negro agent when it went up for sale? Considering the prices that are being asked in communities like St. Albans, a house with swimming pool, bowling alleys, was cheap at And that reminds us that beautician Rose Morgan, who has one of the show places of the Long Island set, is ready to plant a for salo sign on her front lawn and look. for a brown stone in mid Manhattan Sidney Poitier and Johnny Newton, who deserted acting and other professions to become bar entrepreneurs, are reported to be Opening a new link in their chain in Route 0W, which heads upstate on the Jersey side of the Hudson Theresa Hotel regulars insist that the service hasn't improved one bit in the restaurant and bar since the new downtown combine moved in, and patronage which caused.

the hotel owners to give up the ghost and rent the concession, may decrease if something doesn't happen. Fritz Pollard, who has his fingers in all sorts of theatrical piesL is readying a series ofj TV shorts 4r fall featuring the artists under cotract io him X)on't 1 put too much' stock in the romance rumors which link Joe Louis and Ruth remember they're doing a theatrical tour together and such) stuff always reads good to those interested in l'amour. But Willis Jackson really ain't interested! Harry Wiley, whose main interest is prizefighters, has taken a small detour to take over as nigb4; manager at, Sugar Ray's, but will still use his days trying to train another champion (Toni Harper, who came to Gotham loaded withr talent and carrying a copy of The Candy Store Blues'? under her arm as advance notice, has found the going rough and the bookings few for a small lassie, so she's decided to give it up and go back to Los Angeles until she gets a little bigger Whil i Little Esther, who's! a grown up, has decided that Decci didn't offer everything she wanted, and so she's switched to the. King Record Company, which is doing a rentv 'a tibn job on its rhythm and blues department. Dorothy Daridridge is considerably upset bjy the various column items linking her with tills and that movie star.

Her plan is to always conduct herself in such a manner that Negro performers will bej able to find more employment, and that her success will influence better relations all around. Is line with this, she's been set to appear at the first interracial show in one of the larger Southern cities when she returns from Rio this fall Harold currently in Memphis, is most anxious to contact Mauguerite Wendell, whom he met down in Hot Springs, lastj winter who so impressed him that he's written and recorded a tune dedicated to her. Title. Don't Break My Heart' Martha Lou Harp, who answers to the name of Mrs. Tim Gale in private life, has a new Cplumbia album, "Dreamtlme," which according to her husband, is "crazy music for a real crazy night," using! nothing but her voice, an organ and a harp.

Amos 'and Andy are a minstrel show for fall customer consumption which will take, to the road using all the characters and. actors from their television show. Harry Rich man has been mentioned as. interlocutor, and Las Vegas will get the lirst glimpse of the newest blackface revue "Anna Lu casta," which has been experimenting with "twice a night" performances In London, has found that It pai( off at the box office. The show will go into the Prince of Theatre Aug.

24 for a three week stay, on the heels of the FoIIes Bergere The Year 'Round," which folxnd it rough going in Harlem In the spring, is set.o show at the White Barn Theatre in YVestport, beginning Sunday. Under the new title, "Demeter," the musical with a smaller cast of seventeen, is try to And speaking of trying to make a go of it, hopes that the State Thruway will go through his parking lot Instead of his scenically "beautiful Riviera. It look like another reason for narcotics ugents dowi in Atlantic and the' drummer with Tad Danvxon' crew first to be picked up "Bobhy" Roblnsonwho owns a small record Shop on 123th Street, has worked up to hU own record In jr. company under the label of Red RobLi, and has a flocl of new discs by I "Red" Prysock, Arthur's brc tlier, to show for It! Curly llamner left Ilamp's band to rush into New lork or the Jehovah's' Witnesses convention, of which group he's devout menber. Quite a few other erf ormers have also Joined the ranks led by Paul White's wife, who believes Implicitly In tliclr teachings Bertram Holmes will present rrt One offConcert of the Art" next If rl day at the Harlem YMCA which he hopes to make a showcase for talent Speaking ofj talent, the Dorsey Brothers' are reported to bo dickering for the services of trumpeter Charlie Shavers, who's been outj onlthe road with the Benny Goodman group.

Bud Harris is accusing Mantan Morelimd of "deserting their comedy act ih favor of a season's booking at the Club Esquire In WlldwoodJ after owner Izzy Bushkoff didn't live up to his contract. The comedian has brought the lease to AGVA which Is scheduled to rule on it this week illyward's Dominoes are set to aplpear for Cleveland disc jockey Moondog in Akron and Youngstqwn, Aug. 14 and 15 Meanwhile, negotiations are una' way far the quintet to tour, with the Globetrotters in the fall as between the halves fill ins Lucille Norman doesn't seem to be losing one minute's pieasuHt as she Brazil about the wonderful time she's having And while it wasn't overseas, guests of the Alpha Sigma Chapter uA Slima Theta Sorority had a terrific time on their moonlight boatride lastj Friday. Hon! Coles and Cholly Atkins did such a good Job at the Dallas State Fair with "Kiss Me Kate" that they were held over for ari additional two weeks to appear in "Girl Crazy" with Jack Carson and Margaret Whiting. They weren't at all "unhappy because local dance promoter George Tarker and his charming wife Emily were making it so hospitable JJorothea Towles, who doesn't look It at all, became one year older last Sunday AnjJ Tondelayo, who Is perpetually pung, celebrated her natal day Thursday Juy 30, with a party at the Old Gold Coast Man about AngeleM Lof Tnn was the bitter end in the fashion nhow presented by the Elites, especially In his candy striped night shirt with center vents'.

Willie this Is lite bitter end of the Notebook for Isxj Rowe, 2091 Seventh Avenue, NYC. Yk8(s g'Soirs M()M Pp "SlrQe Stow If ft: it HAA4lmo internationally eaaime CT5 know $inger entertainer (left), is back at the famous Bon Soir in Greenwich Villaa for a summer engagement. Miss Hunter is familiar to the New York nitery's patrons having at one time been held over there for fourteen weeks'. She does her vocals in French. New Howl Goes NEW YORK "You ain't nothin' but a hound dbg" is becoming a battlo cry faster then a pup can clean a bone.

"Hound Dog has been howling on the juke boxes for several months and this time the record has been hounded by imitations and sundry other misfortunes. One thing is sure: this is the most profitabb hound dog kinco Eliza slid across the ice. This is the latest episode: King Records ioined th pack this week in the legal hassle over who's gonna get the profits from the current rhythm Dog." and The barking peg an label sued Sun Records Company on the around that the letter's "Dear Cat" infringed upon "Hound ew Art Film Palace Ushers in Tuxedos, Java at Balfo. House 3ALTIM0RE, Md. The; first "art" movie house opened for Nccroes here last week as the Carver Playhouse showed its new $25,000 fixings and ushers in tuxedos.

The theatre, operated by Henry Hornstein and Barry Goldman, seats 351 and will be running first run features along with the other houses here. Other movie housei here are Discover Songstress Jean Bradley will appear In Theodore Charles Stone's "New Discoveries of 53" at the DuSable Auditorium in Chicago on Aug. 7. Miss Bradley is being touted for stardom in night club circles. Everyone Wants Stolen Diamonds on 'Rocky King' NEW YORK An ex fighter, hiding in a boarding houjse with a fortune in stolen diamonds, is killed in "The Best oi References," newest mystery adventure in the "Rocky Klig, Detective" series, to be seen Sunday, Aug.

9, at. 9 P.M., EDT, over the Du Mont Te evision Network. Earl Hammond plays Sgt Lane, who phones the vacationing Rocky King, alia veteran actor Roscoe Karns, ien the murder Is reported. Suspects include the landlady wha wants her rent and more, a gambler who doesn't want to pay off a bet. and a gkl with aJ strong liking for expensive jewel5.

I MM 7 blues favorite, 'Mound when Don Robey's Peacock operated on a segregated basis. The theatre is patterened ait er New jYork "art" houses. Patrons are offered coffee and other' refreshments In the lounge and ushers wear tuxedos. I It Li expected that the idea will be watched carefully "'y the film industry. It may promote interest in expanding the idea to other territories.

Begby Cool In A. C. Ssa ATLANTIC CITY For the second summer, the Brown Jug Cafe is featurlr a Ilammond organist, but this summer it's not a solo feature, but the trio headed by Harry (Doc) Bagby, with his brotl ler, Billy, on drums, and romantic balladist and guitarist Bi ly Butler. Doc's freqi ent weekend "gigs" at the Nation's Playground City netjted his trio the lucrative summer long engagement at the hub of this shore city's all night shenanigans. In addition to their personal appearance, Bagby's music is being spun encouragingly on the Juke boxes of the seashore line on the strength of their new Gotham releases, "For You," and "Diane." Doc starts the platters off a la "Hoppy" Jones (Ink Spots), and Butler takes up the latter part of the platters with beguiling matinee idol song lubrication.

HAL JACKSON alrt Sirdland mualo THEATRE GOER Gloria McMillan, teen aged actress heard on CBS Radio's "Our Miss Brooks," is on a theatre going binge in Europe: She's visited London's Old Vic and West End Theatres, Theatre Marigny in Paris, and has Rome's theatres on the agenda. Danish, Italian, Viennese, German, Spanish and Yiddish, Center: The Inkspots are currently thrilling audiences throughout California, under the banner of Universal Attractions, and are led by Oeke Watson. This known group (not to be confused with Bill Kenney's) is headed San Francisco way for a lengthy engagement at the famed Blaekhawk Cafe. Right: Christine Up Over Myrtle Young Girl Orlc Tours LAWNSIDE, N. J.

Band mistress Myrtle Young and her Rays, played two week ends here at the Dreamland, sandwiched in side trips to the seashore points to visit other entertainers, and found time to meet with Sara Ames, Flamingo Apartments modiste, for new stage and street creations. Wholesale waves of applausi cal and verbal bouquets have followed the girls on stage with their originally styled new "uniforms," which are the envy of many femme bistro gadabouts. The band is filling a one week date repeat at the Baby Grand Cafe In Wilmington, Del. They will spend a week at a club in Johnstown, then Invade the Cleveland Loop Lounge two weeks starting Aug. 17.

BIGGEST and the BEST Hal Jachson Birdland M. C. NEW YORK Hal Jackson, one of the first Negro disc Jockeys in the nation, Is the new master of ceremonies of the Birdland Show, heard nightly on Station WABC. Jackson's new platter spinning assignment on WABC marks the first time a Negro has had a six hour program, nightly, on any major network affiliate. He will be heard from midnight to 6 A.

M. on this show which has built a large audience and mail response from more than thirty eight states, Canada and Hawaii. The Birdland Show which has gained International recognition for its modern sounds in recorded music will keep the same format, bUt will feature announcements for charity, civic and social organizations. Jackson has, In his past radio efforts, assisted in raising many thousands of dollars for youth centers, March of Dimes, etc. A spokesman for New York's popular Birdland, states that Jackson was selected to do their show on WABC because of his wide experience.

Jackson started his radio career on Station WINX. "helped develop WOOK and WUST, and was the first Negro on WOL all Washington stations. He also broadcast on WAAN and WSID in Maryland, and WEAM in Virginia. His morn Ing disc show on WLIB in New York in 1950 helped Introduce this station Into the Negro market BIGGEST and th BEST A SCENE in the movies can be photographed with an ordinary camera using supersensitive film. 'Hound Dog Infringement v.

3 PARAMOUNT STAR Last Wednesday azz queen Ella Fitzgerald opened, at the Paramount Theatre in New York and received a thunderous welcome from the packed house. For eightteen years Ella has conslsfehtly headed the list of female jazz singers and this amazing record is attributed mainly to her versatility. She is the only singer of note today who doesn't necessary to show Jier voice have a "type" of number and style off to advantage the one singer whom it is generally conceded can "sing just. about anything." i "Plainclothes Man" Potassium Picnic NEW YORK The bored wife of a meek and impoverished pharmicist is found dead on a picnic in "Chain Action," newest mystery adventure in "The Plainclothes Man" series, to be seen Sunday, Aug. 9, at 9:30 P.

EDT, over the Du Mont Television Network. Ken Lynch plays the Unseen Lieutenant, who is confronted with a bdttle of poisoned whiskey, a guilt ridden husband and a suspected gambler who has disappeared. The potasslm cyanide us(d in' the killing turns up again on another picnic, and the Lieut finds a vital clue to the lrderer. Jack Orrison assists as. Sergeant Brady.

Chatman, pianist and vocalist, fs featured at L. popular Club Alimony. Miss Chatman has been working with the Peppy Prince combo and drawing notices in the Southland with rockinq vqcals and hot piano. Christine has several hit records to her credit, "Naptown Boogie" and "Hurry Hurry Blues." 7 Dog." The U. S.

District Court ruled that "Cat" did seem to have the "Hound" up a tree. Sun then agreed to pay two cents per record on all discs sold and court costs. With that much settled Robey is now back in court with suits against King Records and a King publishing affiliate, Valjo, for waxing "Hound Dog'1 with Roy Brown and Little Esther. Velio, meanwhile, is complaining that one of the writers of the tune, Johnny Otis, was under exclusive contract to them when he wrote the tune in collaboration with others and they are claiming 50 per cent of the publisher's share of the tune. At any rate, on it goes and the big problem now seems to be, how much Is that "Hound Dog" In the fuko box worth? Want Some Stock? Warren Coleman Sets Up New Flicker Firm NEW YORK Spectrum Arts, a newly organized firm which will produce motion pictures whose aim will be to "integrate into the industry the proven talents of non white artists in a manner befitting their dignity," this week announced a sale of three hundred shares of stock in their new venture.

Warren Coleman heads the firm. The company is now producing "The Spectrum," a modern Jan Sterling Listens To "Little White Lies" HOLLYWOOD Jan Sterling, as Marion, extracts a promise from her husband, Tom, that he will tell nothing but the truth, when she stars in "Little White Lies." on CBS Radio's "Stars Over Hollyw.ood," Saturday, Aug. 15. When Tom becomes innocently involved with another worn a incriminating circumstances cause Marion to believe he's lying, and Tom is forced to tell a little white lie to convince his wife that he's telling the truth. BIGGEST Md tb BEST EX USHER Actor Dewey Martin, just signed to an exclusive contract with MGM, is an ex usher at CBS Radio's Hollywood studio.

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Spectrum Arts contend that they have a ready market among those four fifths of the world's people now designated as non white. They point out that there are in the Western Hemisphere over thirty million people in this category. Films produced by them will be distributed through all the regular channels. Acting as producer director for the venture is Warren Coleman. Mr.

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