New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00750

(X Jesse H. Walker (Jesse H. Walker is on vacation. His guest colum­ nist this week is bandleader King Curtis, a top musician, uptown favorite, downtown favorite and a man who describes how “anyone can sing a song, but everyone can’t sing the blues.”) By KING CURTIS Have you ever had the blues? I mean the low­ down, dirty blues. “If I’m feelin’ tomorrow, just like I feel today, I’m going to pack my bags and make my get-away." When Billie Holiday sings ‘‘Don’t Explain every one gets the message and there’s nothing more to say Joe Williams night holler, “I'm Going to Chicago,” is understood why he’s! < » going and leaving right away. “Ain’t Nobody’s Business" means that Jimmy Witherspoon is HW& ' asking for a little bit of privacy. So what if he and 'g his baby fuss-n-fight. To- ML By morrow everything is go- W V M mg to be all right — tain’t nobody’s business if they Making It Alone J Did you ever hear John I Lee Hooker cry, “I’m a ' crawling king snake—mas­ ter of my den—all I need is a freight train to be my friend"? With this kind of feeling, you know that he doesn’t need or want any­ body, but is “making it” alone. t You’d better believe that if Muddy Waters is telling 1 everybody that his Mojo is working, there can be no ,-doubt that he has the power to cast a spell. When Lightinin Hopkins moans and talks about a hound dog ft walking down a railroad track, don’t you realize that ’’ he is an authority on both hound dogs and lonesome jc railroad tracks? Anybody can have the blues, but the most impor- h tant thing about singing the blues is the ability to feel 11 and understand the story that the words may tell. £ Great blues singers can not only project the feeling, but ° make the listener believe that the story is an actual p experience happening to him. Maybe people are right to say that music is a universal language. For this probably has a lot of I truth, but I like to think of the blues as more than a I type of music. Blues, a hungry feeling—an ache in the I stomach—empty arms—worn-out shoes. The blues is a I special feeling. Anyone can sing a song but everyone can’t sing the blues. (Jesse H. Walker returns next week.) Mixed Cast To Do City Opera Minstrel ed." a work produced under the auspices of the Ford Foundation, on October 10. Composed by Jer­ ome Moross to a libretto written by Edward Eager, "Gentlemen Be Seated” will be in the form of a minstrel show and will use r white and Negro cast. Two short works comprising a double bill will launch the season on October 3. They are Stravin­ sky's "The Nightingale," not heard here since 1927 at the Met; and Arthur Honegger's "Joan of Arc at the Stake,” which win mark the first tima the opera has been seen here In a full stage production. Odetta. the folk singer, returns to the Village Gate next Tues­ day, Sept. 17, after almost a years absence. Also on the bill will be the Herbie Mann Sextet and held over will be Jorge Morel, the Argentinian guitarist. Showplace of the Nation Thirty-three performances of 12 operas have been scheduled by General Director Julius Rudel for the 39th season of the New York City Opera at City Center com­ mencing Thursday evening. Octo­ ber 3. Of these, one will be the world premier of "Gentlemen Be Scat TV Boycott Coming ? HOLLYWOOD - A boycott a- gainst TV sponsors may be Imminent here unless Negroes are Included In the technical This was Indicated here Mon­ day when Thomas G. Neusom and James L. Tolbert, repre­ senting the NAACP in nego­ tiations with the American As­ sociation of Advertising Agen­ cies said they would report ■ext week on whether the tech­ nical crew of the "Hazel" TV show Included ai least one Ne­ gro. Tolbert, president of the Holly­ wood • Beverly Hills NAACP, said “Hazel” had been chosen ■a a target because Negro leader* here knew its crew had lot been chosen when they Is­ sued an ultimatum that crews, which are made up of 11 or more men, should include at least one Negro. .. The Ford Motor Company sponsors the "Hazel" program. 3tore Throws Curves, Hit By Attorney General Notice to Debtor”, “ Legal Notice to Delinquent” and "Notlcla Of­ ficial — Embargo De Sueldo.” Many of the document* were sent to persons of Spanish descent who were not familiar with the English language or American court procedures. A violation of the agreement shall be grounds for the Attorney General to seek an injunction under the New York State Exe­ cutive Law. Mortimer Michael, who handled the matter for the Attorney Gen­ eral's office, said that the firm has agreed not to send any writ­ ten statements "simulating or in­ tending to simulate a summons, complaint, writ or court process of any kind." The agreement further stipulates that the firm will refrain from sending dunning letters signed by a fictitious name or in any other way calculated to be an annoyance, to custo­ mers. The firm was found to have mailed documents to customers which were entitled: "Demand Malcolm X Speaks Saturday The Muslifos are holding an­ other mass outdoor rally at 116th] Street and Lenox Avenue this] Saturday, September 14, 1963 at 1 p.m. Malcolm X. Minister of the New York Mosque, will be the principal speaker. His topic will be: The white race's unforgive- ahle sin the enslavement nf . 20 million negroes (the biblical “Lost Sheep”) in America. Malcolm X will also discuss the importance of the first pub­ lic appearance of Elijah Mu­ hammad this ye.’r at the Phil­ adelphia Arena, Sunday Septem­ ber 29th. Mr. Muhammad's sub­ ject will be: Separation or death. The Muslims are sponsoring a bus caravan from Harlem to Philadelphia to hear Mr. Mu­ hammad speak. THATiS ALL” Joast to Coast Furniture, Inc.i furniture installment firm with ices in The Bronx, has agreed "cease and desist" from send { its demands for bill pay »nt in a format that resembles official court order. Attorney >neral Louis J. Lefkowitz dis­ ced yesterday. The agreement as contained in assurance of discontinuance [ned in the Attorney General’s flee by the president of the rporation, Sigmund Rubenstein ie stipulation also provides for yment of $150 in legal costs to e Attorney General's office. The •mpany has offices at 2231 ilrd Avenue, Bronx, New York. Assistant Attorney General roung Listed Ls Speaker At >R Seminar Whitney M. Young Jr., execu- ve director of the National Ur- an League, will be a principal >eaker, Friday, Sept. 13, at a ?gional seminar of the Public elations Society of America at test Point. The meeting, which gets under fay the previous evening, will e held at the U. S. Military academy. An attendance of up- •rds of 200 members from seven *RSA Eastern District chapters i New York, New Jersey and lew England Is expected. Subject of discussion at the 'rida.v session will be “Our Big- teat Public Relation* Challenge -Integration.” □ueens Mother Murdered “A white man with hate m lis voice jumped out of his auto­ nobile Thursday night and began I dashing me with his knife while! (aying: I don’t like Niggers." He i tept repeating that,” Mrs.. Joan j Ioan Dupree, 30, told her hus-’ 1 band, Glaster. before she died in , Queens General Hospital Tues­ day morning. “My wife, who worked for tne telephone company, had just ar­ rived in front of our home at 99-03 204th St., Queens, <nen she was attacked." Glaster told The Amsterdam News. "I was working at the time. The attacker left my wife’s body punctured with wounds. She was rushed to the hospital; Thursday night where she was operated on," he continued. "My wife's arms, leg and body were slashed. Monday night the rallied but pneumonia set in th£» doctors told me and she died Tuesday morning,” Glaster add- Besides her husband, Mrs. Du­ pree is survived by two daugh­ ters, Carol, 11, Debra, 8; her mother. Mrs. Anna Sutton. Fun­ eral arrangements were not com­ pleted as The Amsterdam News went to press. Queens police told The Amster­ dam News that detectives from the Hollis detective squad and the homicide squad have been assigned to the case. AT VANGUARD: Sax star Son­ ny Stitt ushers his Quartet in­ to Max Goardon's Village Van­ guard for two weeks beginning this Tuesday (September 10th). the first time his group has appeared at the Vanguard. Al­ ternating is the top jazz piano of Bill Evans and his Trio. ifit-s dancing we TEACH it , 2323 7th Ava.( 136 th St.) AU 3-0542 Kills Self Surrounded By Cops For the second time in seven | months a Negro prisoner ha* | reportedly committed suicide in 1 the W. 123rd St. Precinct by j hanging himself. The latest re- | portedly hung himself in the de- j tention pen of the detective squad,| room by using his shirt. According to police, James « Cooper, 35, who lived at 2031 | Eighth Ave., hung himself, by I making a noose with his shirt, I and roping it to the wire mesh of one of the two windows in the pen. Cooper was arrested for as­ saulting William Edwards of 254 Manhattan Ave , on Sept. 4th po- I lice said. Edwards reportedly I caught Cooner and three women in his home using narcotics and admonished Cooper, who alleged­ ly turned around and stabbed him with a paring knife. No Negligence? Accorting to Inspector John . Green, commander of the Sixth ( Detective District, the prisoner I j was booked and lodged in the oen by Det. Paul Tarantola after ’ his belt and shoe laces had been ’ removed. Early Thursday jnorn ing the suspect hung himself in s the cell. There was no negli- i- gence the Inspector said, o According to Commissioner n Walter Arm’s office the suspect c committed suicide and was pro s nouneed dead by a Dr. Carbole p- of Harlem Hospital. A spokes- il man in the Chief of Detectives d office said there is no further In­ vestigation contemplated at this time. Q. How cen J remedy tarnish ed brass? A. A lemon rind dipped In salt will remove moat corrosion or tarniah spots on brass. 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AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, Sept. 14, 1963 • 15 King Curtis Gets Car Of Cannonball X Maestro and man about town King Curtis (this week’s guest columnist) has purchased lock stock and complete, the famed ' Cannonball Adderley private rail­ road" car which has been in stor­ age out on the Long Island City tracks of the Pennsylvania Rail­ road. Curtis will use the luxurious car to travel around the country making personal appearances with his band. He says it will be actually much less expensive since he will have a tremendous saving on hotel bills and air travel. One portion of the car will be reserved for members of his band while the other half will be his personal living quarters with bedroom, two baths, living room, sitting room and dining area with a small kitchen attach­ ed. *The interior of the Railroad Car which has just been com­ pletely air conditioned, is iu a deep burgundy with walnut pan­ eling. There are also quarters for a cook and two roomettes for staff Q How can I clean shellacked wood floors? A. These must be kept scrupu­ lously waxed, or spilled water will leave white spots and blotch­ es. Wipe up immediately if water is spilled. If soiled, clean with a cloth moistened with alcohol or with a mixture of turpentine and alcohol (equal parts). Rub light­ ly, or you may take up the shellac! GETTING AHEAD — Prettj) Yyonne Waller, daughter of L. A. Waller, general manager of the Rapid Reproduction Co., en­ gravers for the Amsterdam News, was a dance member in Larry Steele’s “Class Will Ten” which was presented at the Ne­ gro Exposition at Chicago’* Mc­ Cormack Place this past sum­ mer. A graduate of Corona’s Newtown High School, Yvonne 24, is a switchboard operator. Her heart’s also set on the stage and she’s hoping to land a part in a World’s Fair pro­ duction. (RISING STAR: Pretty, talent­ ed and vivacious Maxine Brown, risen to stardom in two years. She is featured in next week’s Apollo Theatre stage show, which will present two newcomers to New York—the Jaynettes and Darlene Love. A bright future is also being predicted for them. Miss Haynes Opening On Broadway COMING HERE Rogopag - Italy-France: A scene from the four-part film directed by Ro­ berto Rossellini, Jean-Luc Go­ dard, Peer Paolo Pasolini, and Ugo Gregoretti which is sche­ duled to be shown Monday, September 16, at The First New York Film Festival in Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hal! Note daggers worn by the ladies. KING CURTIS TIMMIE ROGERS right into the civil rights issue with an approach that could never have made it on records when Timmie first started in show business. But then, it’s 1963. Released by Philips Records, "H I Were President” depicts what a Negro would contend with if he occupied 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., as the head man. From the opening band of the album, when a vic­ torious President-Elect Rogers tells the nation triumphantly in a victory statement, “Welcome to the wonderful world of color!"; to the album’s end, a dialogue between the President and a seg­ regationist senator, the LP touch i es sensitive areas no album ever has. "If I Were President”, creat­ ed by Rogers, was written by i Ronnie Axe. Ronnie Friedman and Sol Weinstein, “three young | writers with a satirical touch that, carries through the whole 40 min- ] utes of material”, says Timmie. I A lot of types get their lumps] in “If I Were President”—bigots,I phoney liberals, politicians both white and Negro, Madison Av­ enue hucksters, and foreign aid seekers. The hilarity is spiced by one of the most talented easts ever as­ sembled for an album, an inte­ grated cast. too. Featured are two outstanding Negro actors, Os­ sie Davis, who wrote, directed | and acted in "Purlie Victorious” . on Broadway; his wife, beauteous * Ruby Dee, who stars in the movie hit, "The Balcony”; Kenny Del- j mar, who was the immortal Sen- ‘ ator Claghom on the Fred Allen i radio show; Vivian Harris, who plays Timmle’s mother-in-law; Harold J. Cromer, "Stumpy” of the famed daaeerteent of "Stump 1 and Stumpy”; Stan Early, vet­ eran comic and Writer; Jean Dickinson, wife of writer Ronnie Friedman and Sol Weinstein. Comedian Nipsey Russell guest stars along with Sam Levenson and Kitty Carlisle on "Missing Link*" on NBC-TV, Monday through Friday, Sept. 16-20, 11:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Hilda Haynes becomes one of the first Negro actresses to hit Broadway this season when she opens next Wednesday, Sept 18 in “The Irregular Verb To Love”, starring Claudette Colbert and Cyril Ritchard at the Ethel Bar­ rymore Theatre. Miss Haynes makes it a double; the following week when she ap-! pears in “Gone Are The Days”, the film treatment of Ossie Davis’ stage hit, “Purlie Victorious”. Mr. Davis and his wife. Ruby ] Dee, have the same roles in the film as they had . in the stage play. HARMONICA WONDER: Stev­ ie Wonder, 13 year old blind harmonica player, soars to pop­ ularity with his best-selling re­ cording of "Finger Tips". He plays the Hohner harmonica. James In "The Advocate Director-teacher Luther James refreshes himself in the work of the actor by doing a role In "The Advocate,” opening on Broadway October 13. Meanwhile, back at his Actors Workshop at 13 West 39th Street, three programs are being pre­ sented in repertory for the public in a sries-of "Weekend Theater." Beauty Many a temptation come* to us in fine, gay colors that are hot skin deep. 'Mondo Cane Showing At Roosevelt "Mondo Cane,” the technicolor film that is shattering all rec­ ords, opened Wednesday at the Roosevelt Theatre, 229 W. 42nd St. This feature presentation will run one week to Sept. 17, plus “On Any Street” starring Elsa Martinelli. Modern Etiquette Q. When should a dinner guest, who has finished eating, place his napkin on the thble? • A. Not until the hostess places her napkin on the table. BEEFEATER BEEFEATER Distilled in London by the Burrough family, since 1820. Martini men appreciate its identifiable excellence. THE IMPORTED ONE 94 PROOF • 100% CRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS K08RAN0 CORPORATION • NEW YORK I.N.Y, THEATRE CAREFULLY AIR-CONDITIONED RKO THEATRES ALHAMBRA: 126th & 7th Avenaa REGENT: 116th & 7th Avenw FRANKLIN: 161st St. A Prospect Ave"«e HAMILTON: 146th St. A B'way BUSHWICK: B'way A Howord Avet., Bklyn. THE PICTURE EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT i Direct from 14 weeks on Broadway I ^ HORRIFYING. WEIRD. HIDEOUS. 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