plf St Antoine Street, Corner Columbia Clifford 2924

IjjNGTON TOIraystone onEon. night

Chicago (ANP) —one competentyoung colored actress stepped Intothe shoes of another whoee suc-cess has been outstanding whenOtadya Williams of Chicago, suc-ceeded Prances Williams (no rela-tion). in the important role ofmaid-of-all-work l D the currenttheatrical succe»« "You Can’t TakeIt With You.' at the Cort Theatrehere. '

Prances Williams who Is fromCleveland, Ohio, where she was amember of the Gilpin Players, Join-ed the Kauffman-Hart play in NewYork City. She plays opposite Ham-tree Harrington In what Is not onlyone of the really diverting bits onthe stage today but in which MissWilliams and Mr. Harrington areplaced on a parity with the rest ofthe cast, in quite the most breathtaking fashion.

I nuke Ellington, famed compoaerIT,lop briefly In Detroit Monday

Km Nor 1. to give the local mu-dance followers a chance to

tee to the Ming measures of his

Cfd orchestra.iThs Duke and his gan* will beI Oraystone Ballroom. Hls ap-

iece there Monday night willCrk BlUngton’n first visit to De-ficit In 18 months.|Le composer and hls orchestraI on their way back to New

following a trip to CaliforniaLhere they played in one of the

kickeri which will soon be re-E»sed by one o fthe larger cinema

Lompanies.I puke and hls orchestra hold theLu-time attendance record at the

fenystons Ballroom, 7800, whichIns made in the summer of 1934.tone a' the best orchestras have[uyed at the Graystone since that

Erne, but none have been able to

Lual the mark.| The Duke has composed eeveralLgmbera during the past twelvefcontb! which he will feature hereConday night. "Caravan” U oneLong which seems to have struckL responsible public chord.

IFredi Washington InI Joe Louis Picture

Hollywood— (ANP)—Fredi Wash-ington, who starred In "Imitationof Life." and Edna Harris, "GreenPastures” siren who has been ap-pearing with Noble Slssle’s band,hare been selected for the leadingfeminine parts In the new motionpicture starring Joe Louis, whichwill be produced by an Indepen-dent company of which ClarenceMuse is an official.

Miss Washington will play theleading feminine role, and MissHarris tbe second leading woman’srole. Miss Harris left Chicago lastThursday night for the film capi-tal.

Williams Goes In,Williams Comes Out

Prances Williams had a hobbyhowever, that of horseback ridingand It cost her dearly, for one daylast week she came a cropper, herhorse etumbled. catapaultlng herover its head and breading her Jawbons. She was rushed to Provi-dent Hospital where the expertsurgeons of that famous Institutionhave made her Jaw as good as newhut the show must go on.

The white girl who understudiedPrancee Williams took her placetemporarily, and Gladys Williams,young attractive actress who wonattention by her stellar perfor-mance In "Mississippi Rainbow.”a Federal Theatre production, thisspring. i 8 now playing the partcapably. “Yji: Can't Take It WirhYou" has had a run of eight mouthsin Chicago, one of the longest staysany show has enjoyed here inyears.

dance floor. Executing hls routineof steps with rhythm and grace,Howard, one of the most improveddancers in the country, is forced toreepoud to a number of encores.

A Bylph of a youngster with alithe-like body Is Miss Jones, theclever contortionist who can twiather supple body Into numerousknots with the ease of a rattlesnakegoing Into a coll.

Then there’s Te<|dy Lewis, finetenor who was formerly with Plet-cher Henderson’s orchestra. Tedis a Detroiter who is on the up-grade.

FOOTLIGHTFLICKERSNew York—(ANP) LITTLE

BOBBIE SHORT, world’s greatestjuvenile singer and .pianist madeN. Y. fully sognizaift of why hispress agent bills him in this fash-ion.

There might have been those whoturned up their eyebrows at thecomparing of this good lookingcolored youngster with IRISHBOBBIE BREEN 0f... .Hollywoodfame but not after they hafl stay-ed clear through the Apollo thea-tre show and heard the talentedyouth warble .. “RAINBOW ONTHE RIVER.’'

SUPERLATIVE are always outof order except in such cases whenthe non-useage of them wouldtend to detract from the individual.Bobbie Short, has heard them usedday in and out from the momenthe walked out there before the"Flickering Footlights” to performhis act. We wish to a<?J to them bysimply saying NO JUVENILEON THE AMERICAN STAGE ISQUITE IN HIS CLASS WHETHERHE CHOOSES TO SING... .or Justspank a piano.

BARRINGTON GUY has beenselected to appear in the forthcom-ing "Negro Guild" play that isslated for Broadway showing.

MERCEDES GILBERT h a a

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A Brand New Show, Featuring Such Stars asBILLY CARTER HI-De-Ho—MC-CD.UTSNOOKS Tap, Dancing Rhythm Supreme

NKH-BERRV Comedian TED LEWIS CroonerKAY JONES Contortionist DON t’OX and III* Swinging Cats

RATLINE BRYAN Shake QueenMAE LARKINS Torek Singer

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MELODY CLUBSHOW TORRIDA sparkling array of entertain-

ment talent, supported by the lilt-ing measures of Don Cox’s orches-tra that runs the gamut of torridsongs and dances and then leapsthrough the field of exotic art,greets the patrons of the MelodyClub for the current week.

There’s Kneeht Derry, Mae Lar-kin. Pauline Bryant, Snooks How-ard, and Katherine Jones, to sup-ply their talents In the applause-plucking efforts.

Miss Berry Is playing a returnengagement and the risque songsand dancing of this favorite of theMelody Club patrons have grown tostalwart figures. Miss Larkin’srendition of sophisticated songs isa pleasure to hear, while PaulineBryant's interpretation of thedances of Salome are done with adeftness that warrants her rank-ing among the top fllghters of herprofession.

Snooks Howard wrings an up-roar of applause from the patronswith his rhythmic taps on the

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COZY CORNERPRESENTS ITS“SPOOK TOWN”

Joe Hubert ie presenting "SpookTown" st Meek Ivey’s Cosy Cornerntght club, featuring May Joy.Janies Rutherford, Claudia Wheel-er. Lester Squires, and Helen Dor-sey.

Rutherford, huned baritone, laback in the entertainment field fol-lowing a vacation of more thantwo months. The vacation seem*to have tfdded richness to his linevoice.

Miss Joy continues to draw heav-ily on the applause of the patron*with a rich voice with melody. Thischarming little woman—Bhe’s morethan /in eye full—looms as one ofthe bright stars sprouting in thefield of entertainment.

Claudia Wheeler is a lithe littlesinger and dancer who has been ex-tracting hand claps and cheer*from the Cosy Corner patrons fora long time—and she seems to getbetter with each and every perfor-mance. Born and reared in DetroitClaudia is one entertainer who didnot leave the old home town tumake Local night club pa-trons have recognized her abilityto toss ofT good singing and D* rdancing.

Shapely Helen Dorsey, capabledancer who weaves some undulat-ing waves with har supple body,comes in for her share of the h m-ors in the Hubert vehicle.

Bill Goodson is at the pinuo dur-ing the intermission and 41 . nim-ble Angers snatch plenty of har-mony from the Instrumu t.

The cast is supported by a chor-us of six with B'U Joknson’a .»»*

chestra swinging the tunes.

work-ed already from an orga-nizing standpoint with the Actorsclub in 126th Street (Harlem). Givethat great actress six months moreand every legitimate stage perfor-mer will be enrolled on the books.

SONNY WOODS is proving moreand more that few singers ofsweet love songs like.... ("THEFIRST TIME I SAW YOU")are worthy ‘of shining his shoes.Sonny also picks up the red roseswhen it comes to hand techniqueand animated actions before themike, with no close competitorsamong members of the group.When a singer can make you feelthat your pal has really gone forthe last ride like Woods does onrendering.... "EMPTY SADDLES"

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LOUIS RUSSELL brought totown, in addition to Sonny Wood*,the theaty singing Bobble Castenand that horn tootin' automaton..RED ALLEN.

RichardW.Reading

for

Mayorj

A Man's Past Record Is TheBest Indication Os What He

Will Do In The Future1. Records show that among the many changes

Richard W. Reading sponsored was the eliminationof the requirement that a registrant’s race be re-

corded.

2. Negroes constitute between 7 and 8 percent of De-troit’s population. Os $858,623.00 paid to election

inspectors and supervisors, Negroes received

$80,996.00 or 10.6 percent of the amount spent by

the Election Commission from the Spring of 1933

through the Fall Election of 1936 for electionservices.

3. There are 18 regular employees in the Election

Commission’s Office. Os these, two are members of

the Negro Group in the person of Walter Petti-

ford who is registration clerk and has been employ-

ed nearly four years and Ulysses Boykins, who has

been employed more than a year and a half. Cath-

erine Anderson and Randal Hall are part time em-

ployees. These appointments were made by Richard

W. Reading.

4. Mr. Reading has appointed many members of the

Negro race as foremen in various Election Boards.

5. Increased the number of Negroes serving on the

Election Boards from less than 30 in 1926 to more

than 581.

6. Richard W.Readingbelieves thatNegroes are entitled to equalrepresentation In all City Depts.

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