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23 Composcr Pianlst Singcr Dies of Cancer Uinia Mae Carlisle Loses "Fight tfoir Life N. 17. Iff 4 THt rMlTJIUlGM CCUliU Ity MM.Y KOUi: hprcU! Courkr IVattir NIIW YORK The trlht light which hlshllcj.trd tfct name of I'i. Mae C.nrlMe for mure than 17 years ail our vdl wci pitched Into btk nos it WnJnrMjiy ly tho bny hand of death. The Grim Hc.iht who a promissory nolc on Hv of nil us u.mi ranrrr a hh cmhsary to call In Mac' IOU ami marhed It paid In full The transaction took place In Harlem Hospital after fiva weeks of negotiation.

It was a painful one, the culmination vf debt which death alUmpUd to collect back In November vt V2. That time he was cheated by miracle wrought ti.roui:h prayer and the discovery of (Jud by a girl had walked tho tlht of lif with no ret Uneatli to protect her fall. Til WKITTKV ftory of the lite penlm, Una Mae Carlisle, formed Its first sentence 37 years ago In Xcnla, Ohio. It was there that she was born of a white father and a Cherokee Indian mother. Hers was genius which was enhanced by study at Wilberforcc In 193! and In Paris In 1937.

About this time she wrote her first According to her, it was "Moon glow," which she told the writer was stolen from her by one of the best known music publishing houses In the country. This deceit almost stopped her from attempting further compositions which would have robbed the world of one of Its great talents. But after awhile Una Mae snapped out of her angry Inertia and grew to a. stature which kept her on the horizon of the stars for 17 years. During those years she grossed more than a million dollars and composed some 250 songs.

Catapulted across the bright horizon of the wax world and the film Industry, she cast a new brightness through the brash, dingy, smoky nite clubs at home and abroad. Among the songs she wrote which stayed on the tips of people's hearts were "Walking by the River' "I See a Million People," and "My Wish." She shimmered In the. Imagination of film fans in such pictures as "Crossroads" (made in France), "Backstreet," "Secret Heart" and "Big Time America." As if bewildered by ihe force which put her on intimate terms withglory as she traveled towards the Utopia of wealth and world wide welcome, she dueled with the Golden Rule. In short order, in her own "I became a living example of what not to do with success." IN 1952, WHEN she was just past 30, the doctors ordered Una Mae to leave this glittering city and. go home to die.

Johnny Bradford, whom she mar ried, in 1941, took her to Springfield," Ohio, to her aunt, Mae who had reared, her from 3 months old. They put her into City Hospital where she remained for two and. a half years with pernicious anemia. There, she hovered closer to death. She underwent innumerable operations came down from 105 pounds to a quivering 50.

Blood had to be pumped Into through the back of her legs each vein collapsed. Her stomach shrunk i i .1 oetore and Atrer (eenfcrphoto, aHhe.heJght of her fabulous career was regarded as ono of iho most beautiful women in tho theatre. Sho toured tho world and grossed over a million dollars in 17 years of stardom. In the hospital Una Mae went down to 50 pounds, but sho camo out (left'photo) tipping tho scales at 128 pounds. and CO inches of her intestines had toixJ removed.

The doctors turned her case over to the Master and it was a miracle that brought her back to life. When she quit the hospital in June, 1935, she was up to 102 pounds. When we saw her In Cleveland in the fall of the same year, she was a "fat" 123 pounds. It was then that she told us the story of her life and the awful bumps one finds on the wrong road. She glowed as said herhappiness came ab'out because she had at ilast found God, and dressed in a new attl tude had found a new destination.

WHILE IN THE hospital she composed several songs, "Waiting For You," "Pets," and ironically, "I'll Live Again." The miracle seemed complete. Joe Glaser arranged to have all her tunes recorded and she went to work at the Hanna Lounge in Cleveland. But the draw of this big city was all powerful and besides she wanted to come to New York to divorce her hits band of 14 years. Once here she changed her mind, and together 'they started' searching for the comeback road. On borrowed time, Una Mae with her new.

outlook seemed destined" to make it. Five weeks ago she entered Harlem. Hospital. First, they said she pneumonia they tapped her lungs many times to remove the water, but all the time it was cancer. Wrecked with pain, but filled with the gay, glorious, memories of the high places of the past, Una Mae to the hunting ground of her and on Saturday, Nov.

10, Jamestown, Ohio, her 72 year old mother, Mrs. Mellie Carlisle, Watched her daughter lowered into the earth, embraced fcy the spirit" just 37 years after she began an IOU on life. Late Pianist Considered Top Ardisds (Call Tadflniai (Grcaiesi By EVELYN CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK Many people considered Art Tatum the great est living pianist While he was alive this used to embarrass him. "That's an awful lot to live up he would say. il.i iuw mat ae has gone, many more people are saying with more conviction than ever before that he was In truth the greatest ri.inistr tn the world.

Because now they don't have to face his embarrassment. Art Tatuni Duke Ellington was tremendously saddened by his death. "I've alvyays maintained that he was the () greatest pianist of them Fortunately, his art 'Ubangis' Not 1 Ubangis at All BOSTON, The National Geographic, Society revealed1 that the famous Ubangi, women who went on tour with the Ringling Brothers, Barnunv nd Bailey Circus some years ago not ybangis at all. Actually the platter lipped girls were members of the Sara tribe near Lake Chad and were given their name by publicity men. MEMBERS of the Russian Orthodox Church observe Christmas on January 7.

i i. mm After twcand a half ycers cf illness in the hospital at Springfield, Ohio, Una Mao had few friends left. Ono of her staunchest boosters was beauty salon owner Glcnda Powell (right photo), greeting her in Cleveland, where Billy Rowo took these photos almost a year ago. Miss Pow. II helped Una Mao.siart her second comeback.

Genius istry and musicanship are on record for all the world to hear. And the world will acknowledge that he is the greatest." Com poser arranger Phil Moore considered Tatuni genius. "Now everyone will recognize him as the genius that he's always been. The public will start realize that this man was the greatest pianist, technically and harmonically, of all time. He was also the greatest improvisor of our time." Mr.

Moore termed Tatum's style piano. PIANIST HOBBY Short whose European triumphs are being echoed, here felt that Tatum had "the most pronounced effect on jazz pianists than anyone in the world. He was probably thq first jazz pianist who made long hair musicians sit up and take notice." Despite a popular notion that Tatum played "by ear," he was a stormy advocate of accuracy in musicanship and he spoke regretfully of musicians who did not read scores. He himself started violin lessons at an early age in Toledo, and subsequently switched to piano. 1 1 MOVING ALONG in the show world he soon gained the respect and awe of other musicians.

His friendship with Fats Waller led, to a number of jam sessions 'with Waller at the organ and Tatum at the piano. Unfortunately, none of these sessions were recorded. He formed, his own trio in 1942. It was composed ofTiny Grimes with a six string electric guitar; Slam Stewart, bass player, and Art. This group made history In New York's 52nd St.

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