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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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With Sally Fields

Nu, thank the Lord! "Men hott cute tunes. . . Belle Baker, long-

hungry." I was hungry but I said,
"Uh, uh, nothing doing, you're
not using me as a 'cover-up,' bro-
ther. If you've another dame with
you, you'd better get rid of her
'cause I'll tell Golda sure as sure.
Not even if she has a brother will
I join you. No sirreee." The sur-
prise comes when Golda, the wife
herself, gets on the phone. I join.
ed them toots sweet (I'm paying
for it, that's why I'm still here
at 5a.m. . . where are those labor
at 5 a.m. . . where are those labor
nit shotten," she looks swell and
is feeling much better. She was
sporting a brand new Platina
finger-tip jacket. (Had to come
back to the City of Champions to
get what she wanted.) We had
dinner at Hund's and 'twas good
food we did eat -- cut up a few
touches and I had to run back to
the grind. . . Time and presses
wait for no man.
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My, my, my, so many have ask-
ed me about the sequel to the Col.
Niles story, that
I'm sorry I
started it - -
there's so little
to tell. . . I
know you will
not be any
more disap-
pointed than I
was. . . Well,

Friday April !), 1944

nite. I learned afterwards that he
didn't complete his business until
almost 11 p.m., and 'twould be
"much too late to visit an elderly
lady. (Do you see now why I miss
my youth?) .. During the rest of
my 10-day stay, either the Colonel
or I was busy and I never did
meet him. But that's he at the
top of this paragraph. I can
dream, can't I?
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Remember George Econ who for
so many years dished out such
excellent food at Berman's? Wel111
— George has taken over the cul-
inary department at Devlin's on
Woodward nr. Congress. .. Am I
glad it's only a couple of doors
away from here.
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AI Woolf, London Chop House.
is back on night duty at that
very popular bistro. . . His jovial
countenance is muchly needed to
keep the atmosphere bright and
shiny,
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And to the Civvies Dept. comes
Maxie Efron who sheds his Staff
Sgt. coat for a furrier's smock
(Efron Furs . . his brother Sam-
my used to sell me insurance
yahrs and yahrs ago). . . Sgt
Maxie, whose kin are in Palestine.
spent quite some time in the ETO.
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And 'tis the full amount needed
of members •to get a charter for
the newly organized Calvin Stan-
ley Elson Post which same will h'
"gotten this - a - week - a." Allan
Schmier is commander, Freddy
Pollack (English Tavern) and
Harold Norman are Vice-Corn-
manders. Plans for a formal in-
stallation of officers are being
made for May 19.
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Which reminds me to tell you
that Club Rio is closed on Sun-
days. . . Freddy Pollack (same as
above) tells me that the writeup
in last week's issue plus the fact

that it's Spring, put hire just is
the right mood to driv• at
there
only to find it closed.

Freddy. . . "However,''
"the lovely ride and
gal were worth the tri;

Sorry,
e says,
says '

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Here's special news
shane noch a sedar opgeprovett famous stage star will head the
:ebbi '
. . Die fier kashes gefragt " An- floor show. . . Gene Fields, mim-
going hi-hat . . there
., nn
other year rolled by and a new ic (no relation), and others sup-
cocktail hour and
one will soon be dawning. . . To port Miss Baker.
day dinner served from
p m.
many of us, 'twas a happy get-
midnite. .. Ah can just
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Ora
together (thank God) - our loved
southern fried chicken
There's romance in the office of
zie and
cries returned from the war-torn the Department of Michigan, Jew-
those luscious steaks, ) , ps, fish
area and to many more 'twas ish War Veterans. . . Evelyn Le-
ribs or whatever it is :.) , u're a.
heartbreaking and hopeless and vine, Adjutant for the Depart-
wantin'. . . There'll be s,,me fine
futile — for their loved ones did ment, has announced her engage-
sepia entertainment with the very
not return. . . Still, as a race we ment to Saul Nyman, member of
talented Addle at the piano and
had to rejoice .. rejoice for an- the Rafelson Post, JWV. .. Con-
Solovox. . . And, honey (bile, that
other deliverance .. rejoice in the gratulations!
baby can sure tickle a mean piano.
hope and faith and courage of a
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people . . rejoice in the willing-
Eddie Condon, the Goodland, In-
Small world — Marian Gross-
ness of a race to help perpetuate diana, boy who took American
light was at her corseetiere in
the life and traditions and the jazz music out of the back room
Cleveland couple o' weeks ago...
ideals of a people . . and so an- and put it on the concert stage
Another customer learning Marian
other Pesach is almost over and where it belongs, brings his fa-
was from Detroit asked if she
the "fier kashes" have been ask- mous hot musicians to the Mason-
knew Sally Fields. "Slightly," says
ed and many more poignant ones ic Auditorium, Wednesday, May
she, "do you know her well?" And
remain to be asked and answered 1, at 8:20 p.m. These are the
a long talk followed. Finally Mrs.
and so Life goes on and on.
same jazz artists that Eddie has
Grosslight said, "She's my sister,
presented for the past five years at
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Sally." Thank goodness that Janet
And God takes care of the help- his sell-out concerts in Town Hall
Fredericks (Cleveland and sister
less in His own inimitable way and Carnegie Hall in New York
of Detroit's Henrietta Freedman)
. . maybe thru a miracle, maybe City. . . This year's tour will bring
belongs to that longer line. Poi-
thru just an inventor. . . For the Eddie's music to every big city
member?
blind there's now a new vest- west of the Mississippi. The Con-
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pocket Braille typewriter. . . Dr. don troupe includes some of the
Detroit Lodge ladies will be go.
Alfred Banks, of San Diego, Cal., legendary figures of the jazz world.
ing places with their Games Par.
perfected it. . . The Lion's Club ' • Guitarist Eddie Condon is a
that June, as I
ty May 7 at the Bnai Moshe. Thn
there will underwrite production musician who has been called "the
said, I was in
receipts will go for Post War ser-
for the first 1000 to go free to moving force behind some of the
vices.
Washington
..
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sightless war vets (Bnai Brithers, great jazz records ever made" and
Col.
Niles
had called Artie
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attention). . . No blind person "a catalyst of jazz, who never
from New York, told him I ex
should pay more than $5 of the takes a chorus himself."
America and Russia are tlae only
petted to arrive about 6 p.m. Artie
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approximated $15 cost. . . The bal-
two countries where great mils: ,
Labor must denounce anti-Sem- called the Colonel. The Colonel
has been produced in the last two
ance should be underwritten by
some philanthropic organization itism and racial prejudice and would join us at dinner but would
as it is being done by the Lions with that as a working theme, have to leave about 8 p.m., 'cause
Lewis Booth (concert and radio he had a conference with a couple
Club in San Diego.
singer, press agent for the CIO of the Washington "brass hats"
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activities, member of Local 6 of at 8:30 p.m. But "mazel darf men
He knew him when! Yessir, the United Office and Professional hoben," the train was two hours
Good Food . .. Fine Liquor
Tommy Dorsey knew Artie Fields Workers of American CIO, the late -- the Colonel advanced his
Entertainment Nightly
when he was Nat'l Ass'n for the Advancement appointment another half hour or
just a "punker" of Colored People and has been so .. but when Artie met me at
JIMMY BOUCHARD
in knee pants active in progressive labor and the station all perturbed "'cause I
And His Novachord
imbued with the racial circles for many years) haa kept the Colonel waiting," I added 1151 ∎10•
1101M
MICKEY SAFKO, Drum Whiz
ambition a n d done much to alleviate such con- to his distress by refusing to go
IT'S-
the wherewith- ditions. Dr. Chas. Wakefield Cad- until I went to the hotel and
al to some day man, world famous composer, en- "cleaned up a bit." Result .. the
special business men's luncheon
be a leader like ters the field of social significance Colonel had to leave before I was
served daily, 11 a.m. • 3 p.m.
T. D. Well, he's with a new song, "Clear the ready (or do you think he got
gonna be a Way." The text by Chas. Mackay, mad at me for keeping "His Ex-
MAX SPIEGELMAN, Mgr
leader 'cause a 19th century Scotch poet, Is- cellency" waiting?). Anyhoo - -
he
told
Artie
where
we
should
go
he's opening sues a call to everyone to band
with his trum- together and "Clear the Way" for to eat -- told him to ask for the
—AT—
pet and orches- the new dawn, sounding the rev- headwaiter and everything would
Dorsey - Fields tra at Lee 'n' eille of the new world a-comin'. be "kopasetic" (he'd try to get
Eddie's in less . . The setting is semi-martial back to us if it wasn't too late).
than a week (April 26). . . It may and extremely spirited. Dr. Cad- . . We went there -- the crowd
take a bit of time until he can man dedicated the number to his standing in line was terrific. Artie 4 Served from 6 p. m. to
midnight
compete with the great Dorsey friend, Lewis Booth, who, by the was for waiting his turn, but Mom
Specializing in
(and I mean Great with a capital way, is also an ardent member of decided what's the use of knowing
SEA
FOOD DINNERS
G) but here's hoping. . . Anyhoe, the Zionist Organization of Am- a Colonel if one doesn't use the
Southern Fried Chicken
here's Tommy (backstage Down- erica. The song is issued by the knowledge. So up to the head of
Steaks,
Chops,
Fish
Finest Lobsters, FI511, Oyster;
town Theatre. .. You know, I used Lorenz Publishing Co. of Dayton, the line I pushed -- asked for AO
$1.50 up
Clams, Prime Meats
Henry, the headwaiter and whis-
to handle Tommy's publicity when New York and Chicago.
I
pered,
"Colonel
Niles
sent
he first severed connections with
me.
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Excellent Entertainment
brother Jimmy and came here to
Grand people . . Al Anderman Presto -- like a magic wand, a
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him luck. . . I attended the full in the U.S.A. by R. C. Williams that we were going to miss some-
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Native Chinese Dishes . . Family Dinners . . Popular Prices
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fine musicians, all with name band store). It's sm0000th whiskey, pal- "Would you like a steak and a
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I ever ate. . . Steaks at the time
Surprise? Most agreeably so were as precious in Washington
the Baker Twins . . all the ar-
rangements for the Glee Club and when Izz Haimowitz (now Chica- as gems. After that, wherever we
the theme song, "Tomorrow Is go) called, said, "Just got in on went in Washington, all we had to
Another Day," were written by the Mercury, am having a drink do was say, "Col. Niles sent us,"
young Fields) are very fine. A six- with my favorite 'redhead,' thought and the house was ours. The Col-
voice Glee Club will be featured. I'd say hello and I hope you're onel never did come back that
Handsome Doug Ryan. former ra-
dio personality, is the Romantic
Singer of Songs, while petite Dot-
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