Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1951-11-30 Chester M. Hampton Facts And Fun Miss Billie Holiday had some publicity pictures taken recently The results far from pleased her She said to the photographer, "the ones you took for me six years ago were much better." "An yes," admitted the tactful photographer, "but, then, I was six years younger." A boy and girl who sneaked away to get married expected to meet, a lot of trouble when they broke the news to the girl's father. They were surprised somewhat when the girl's father told the groom: "My boy, you are the second happiest man in the world." Susie's father was an educated man, but Susie's boy friend was not so educated. One day her father said to her boy friend. You've been making advances to Susie, haven't you?" The boy friend nodded his head and said, "I sure have, and I wish you'd make her pay them back." I was at a friend's home and the radio had just finished playing the oldie, "A Pretty Girl Is Like Melody." Looking around to make certain that his lovely but quarrelsome wife was out of earshot, the friend observed: A pretty girl may be like a melody, but the fellow that fiddles around with her usually winds up facing the music." Though she gave him every encouragement, he was as dead and unresponsive as a corpse. Finally she turned to him on the park bench and said, "Henry. I'm cold." "It is chilly," he admitted and continued to gaze at the stars. Five minutes later the girl repeated, "Henry, I'm cold." But this time she added, "Why don't you run down to the drug store and telephone Sam Davis to come down here?" "I see where they're going to start rationing again?" "Well, rationing isn't so bad." "Oh, no? Well, the last time they had rationing it got so bad that my old lady was rationing me to four kisses a week." "Well, you were pretty lucky, he cut off all of your friends complete ly." In a recent interview, an entertainer who is billed us the "Tan Bombshell" was asked why she quit a career of teaching school to become a dancer. "Because." she answered, "I found there was more money in showing figures to big boys." "Do you think that boy you've been going with intends to marry you?" a father asked his daughter. 'I think he does, dad," she said, He's asked me how much I make, what kind of meals we eat and how you and mama are to get along with." "I would like a pair of kid gloves for my eight year-old daughter." said the lady in the department store. "Yes, madam," said the clerk. "white kid?" "Mister" answered the outraged mother, "I don't believe in mixed marriage!" Two white woman were discussing the present crop of popular made singers. Bing Crosby's Mario Lanza's Dick Haynes"' and Perry Como's names were bandied about. Finally one of the women remembering Mr. B. asked: "And, oh yes," What's that colored singer's name?" 'And, oh yes," shot, back, her com panion. "What's the name of that automobile with the fish tail?" Aunt Sadie was 87 years young and had never been to a doctor before. Trouble was expected, but the examination of the old lady went along without a hitch. As Aunt Sadie was leaving his office, the doctor said: "You seem to be in wonderful condition. But I'd like to see you again next week." Aunt Sadie Kept the appointment. When the end of the month rolled around the doctor, sent his bill for two visits and Aunt Sadie went in to hysterics. "The second one was your idea," she told him over the phone. "You asked to see ME." SAVOY SUNDAY and MONDAY —Double. Feature. "CONGOLAISE" Wild Animal Picture Also 'Stage Coach to Denver' For that original Bourbon taste...enjoy JAMES E. PEPPER the original Kentucky Bourbon (Born with the Republic 1780) Bottled in Bond. 100 Proof © 1951 JAMES E. PEPPER & CO. INC. LEMINGTON KENLUCKY High Liquor Tax Poses New Social Problems One of the first problems to arise from the new $1.50 per gallon federal tax increase on distilled beverages is expected to stem from low income groups who will find the high cost of liquor too prohibitive, according to officials of the Licensed Beverage Industries, Inc. It is anticipated that the sale of illegal whiskey will reach even greater heights than during Prohibition. John W. Woelfle, special assistant to the general counsel of Schenley Industries. Inc., declared in an address at the national meeting of LBI in Philadelphia this month that "illegal alcohol in many instances will cause death, blindness or serious illness, and as long as taxes remain at the current rate, catastrophies similar to the recent Atlanta tragedy will continue to take their toll in human lives." The Schenley representative asserted there is no need to dwell on the social evils arising from a new wave of racketeering and violence. What must be emphasized, he advised, is the fact that "the moonshiner operation under a tree or the bootlegger who manufactures 2,500 gallons a day on a barge in New York's East River, is motivated by a single thought; his competitive tax advantage." The increased tax at the federal level is equal to a 100 per cent increase in the average state tax at this time, he added. Various states have issued warnings to consumers to drink only those alcoholic beverages which come from legally sealed containers and when making a purchase either by the drink or the bottle, to always demand to see the government seal. Christian Science Lesson Sermon Man's true relationship to God, as His well beloved Son, that he really is will be revealed in the Christian Science Services next Sunday. November 25, as the subject of the Lesson-Sermon is: SOUL AND BBODY. Services will be held in the Christian Science Society of Atlanta. The Golden Text is from I Corinthians (3:16) "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" Among the many selections from the Bible on the subject is a statement from the Acts of the Apostles: "For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said. "For we are also his offspring." Acts 17:28. Correlative passages from "Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures" By Mary Baker Eddy include: "In viewing the sunrise, one find that it contradicts the evidence before the senses to believe that the earth is in motion and the sun at rest. As astronomy reverses the human percepticn of the movement of the solar system, so Christian Science reverses the seeming relation of Soul and body and makes body tributary to Mind." (page 119) NOW SHOWING Wm. HOLDEN Wm. BENDIX — in — Action Never Seen Before Thrills! Chills! LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Mahlon T. Puryear, former director of Mechanical Arts, Arkansan AM&N College, Pine Bluff, has joined the Southern Field Staff of the National Urban League. Mr. Puryear will serve as vocational guidance secretary. Police Search For Former Schoolmates Two youth shot down and killed a 15-year-old Negro boy in a crowded hallway of a St. Louis High School Monday. The assailants, both known to school authorities; were former students of the Wheatley School where the shooting occurred shortly after the noon lunch period. The victim, David Brooks, was dead upon arrival at Homer G. Phillips Hospital. Police, who sought the two youthful killers, hinted the slaying may be a continuation of clashes among several teen-age Negro juvenile gangs. Miss Fannie Matthews, a teacher at Wheatley School described the shooting to police. She said the two boys, whom she had ordered out of the school earlier in the day started fighting with David Brooks at the head of the second floor stairway. A 14-year-old student, Blondine Broaden, said David was carrying several bottles of milk back to his room when the older boys began bothering him. She said he dropred one bottle and it rolled down the steps. According to the girl, David set the other bottles down and picked up a broom which he swung at his assailants. Witnesses told police one of the troublemakers demanded of his companion: Give me the gun." Blondine Broader said she heard the shot and saw David fall to the floor. The bullet struck Brooks in the left side of the chest. Witnesses said the youth, who fired the shot pocketed the revolver. Then the two ran down the steps. Outside they fled across the school yard and past a police car parked in front of the school. Students screamed and ran into rooms of the school as the killers dashed to freedom. Police said the older of the assailants, a 16-year-old boy, went to his home after the shooting and changed clothing. Police said the second youth is 15 years old. Police and school authorities are still investigating a clash between two of several juvenile gangs Just two weeks ago in another Negro high school. At that time 16 boys and one girl were detained by police after one youth fired several gun shots into the air in the bollery room of the school. The gangs call themselves the Big Time Operators and the West End Turks. Dodging Draft One fellow did not want to go to the Army and is now faced with a charge of draft dodging. R. T Sanford, age 23, was arrested in Hughes last week when he failed to report to his draft board in St. Louis, he also failed to inform his draft, board of his present address. He was arraigned and inducted here according to V. S. Marshall Noble Miller. Three Negroes Burn To Death In Macon Fire 74-year-old Mrs. Lula Land her nurse. Alice Rogers, and son, Jules Land, were burned to death when the house in which they resided on the Cochran Road was completely destroyed by fire early Monday. Only parts of the charred bodies of the two women have been found. The body of the son could not be discovered" in the debris, police stated. The last information as to the family, was given by Lewis Land, brother to Jules, whom he said, left his house about 11:30 saying that he was going home to cook him something to eat. The fire evidently started about that time. Chief Deputy John C. Richardson stated. But he was not notified until about three hours later. Causes of the fire has not been determined but the chief deputy stated that Land must have started a fire in the kitchen and caused an explosion with kerosene or gasoline. He said the fire was discovered by a neighbor shortly before twelve o'clock. HANDY STARTS TO-NITE 3 BIG DAYS ON STAGE! with —Featuring— 'Blind' Ray CHARLES Kitty DeCHAVIS The Blues Bombshell BONDU and LIGHTNING And many others! On Screen "CAVALRY SCOUT" Negroes Urged To Remain With Democratic Party I. S. McClinton, president of the Arkansas Young Democratic Association, last week urged Negroes to remain loyal to the Democratic party in order that they may eventually win membership on state and county Democratic committees. Speaking before the Negro Business League at Conway, McClinton said: "Our program should be to build up some organized strength over the state, which will centralize our strength to support the Democratic party and the Democratic nominees. "I believe we should either be Democrats or Republicans and sound our note for our party affiliation, and above all be loyal to whichever party we choose to affiliate with. The sooner we do this, the sooner we will obtain affiliation." GRATITUDE Although DuWayne St. John has spent four years in the Army, including the rugged fighting in Korea last winter, and was wounded four times, he has enlisted in the Marino Corps, "because a Marine saved my life under fire." He said he decided on the spot that when he was discharged from the Army, he would enlist in the Marines. ACE THEATRE MISSISSIPPI At WALKER SUNDAY & MONDAY "The Outrage" — Also — "Roaring City" FINAL RITES, HELD FOR THEATRICAL MUSICIAN Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 23, at the Rodney Dade Funeral home for Will H. Vodery, 67 pioneer Negro theartical musician who once arranged song hits for Florenz Zieg feld. Will Rogers and Bert Williams. The Rev. Shelby Rooks of St. James Presbyterian church conductthe service. Burial was in Pinelawn National Cemetery, Long Island. Among the musical productions Vodery was associated with were: Show Boat starring Paul Robeson; Kid Boots, and Whoopee staring Eddie Cantor and Pony Boy with Will Rogers. High point in his career was the long association he had with Ziegfeld, the great Broadway showman who called on him to score, conduct and arrange the music for many of his productions. In 1915 he had a chance to do a complete show for Ziegfeld. This production starred Bert Williams. When World War I interrupted his career, the brilliant arranger and composer joined the army. He received a commission as a lieutenant and bandmaster of the 807th Infantry Band. He was the only Negro bandmaster at the school in Chaumont, Prance from which he was graduated, with top honors. Vodery had the pleasure of helping another young musician get started in the theatrical field. He introduced the late George Gershwin to Clifford Goldmark who later became his teacher. The budding Gershwin soon was on his way to the top. In the nightclub field Vodery was the first to bring a Negro, band to Broadway, opening at the Plantation Club in 1921. In the chorus line. Were Ethel Waters, Florence Mills and Josephine Baker. Among his many, other accomplishments in the theatrical and musical field was his work with Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle in the original production of "Shuffle Along." He helped stage the numbers in the show and helped in the orchestration of the music. Vodrey had two brief stints in Hollywood. During 1929 he worked for Fox Films, supervising the music and directing studio orchestras. His last association With the film industry was in 1933 when he work ed on the music for the film, "Virginia City" which premiered at Radio City Music Hall. Organizations which Vodery belonged to include the American Society of Composers and publishers, the Hiram Lodge 4 of the Free and Accepted Masons, and the Negro Actors' Guild. Vodery is survived by two sons. Will H. Vodery Jr., a resident of Los Angeles, Cal., and Harry Vodery of Albany. N. Y. THE VETERANS CORNER Here are authoritative answers from the Veterans Administration to four questions of interest to former servicemen: Q. My nephew is a veteran of Korea, and was discharged after a shell fragment paralyzed him from the waist down. Is he eligible for a VA grant for the purchase of a "wheelchair house," or is that benefit limited to World War II veterans? Q. May I use a GI loan to buy a two-family house with a nonveteran? Q. May I be treated by my own physician, on the outside, at VA's expense? Q. Is it possible to get a GI business loan to buy a car for plesasure purposes or furniture for my home? ALL... SMOOTH MILD! 7 as ice floats No ice ever floated in anything finer than a glass of Seagram's 7 Crown. Sure as ice floats—7 Crown is ALL—every drop—smooth and mild. of the , 7 Crown ever bottled Seagram's 7 Crown. Blended Whiskey. 86.8 Proof. 65% Grain Neutral Spirits. Seagram-Distillers Corporation, Chrysler Building, New York. Veteran Shoots Fla. Patrolman A, 24year-old Negro Veterans Hospital worker shot and injured a Coral Gables police officer Monday after being stopped for speeding. The Negro, Howard Green, was captured less than two hours after His car was halted on the outskirts of Miami by Patrolman Donald Eugene Hunt. Hunt was wounded in the aim caliber pistol, while another shot missed him. He is expected to recover. The officer said Green made no attempt to resist after being stopped, and consented to drive to the police station. Hunt said he searched the Negro when he first-halted him, and found no weapon. But when Green stopped to ask direction, Hunt said his assailant fired three times at him and pulled away. The wounded officer called headquarters, and Green was picked up two hours later, crouching on the floor of the auto the pistol in his pocket. 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