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   BACK STAGE 
   IN PEORIA 
By William C. Clay 

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 Much praise has been showered
upon the orderly prosperous 
city of Peoria without much thought
as to the cause and reason why 
visitors may come and go without 
being robbed and molested and the 
citizens may rest in peace and con-
tentment.
 Behind the scenes the efficient
police department is the cause and
reason, playing as an important role
as any department in the country. 
During the present administration
crimes has been greatly lessened
under guidance of one of the young-
est and versatile minds in crime de-
tection, Chief Fred Naussbaum. 
Sergeant Harley Cole and "Boob"
Smith are two of the main cogs in 
the machinery of the department. 
 Since this column is based on nite
life, entainment, radio and etc. it is
interesting as to why they are privileged to en-
joy the freedom of their desires with-
in the law without fear. 
 St. Louis extended a most cordial
invitation to two of Peoria's most
popular citizens, Mr. and Mrs. 
"Briss" Collins. So Briss and his
side kick, Margaret, accepted the
invitation and were kept so busy 
attending fights, Ball games, nite
clubs and dinners that they didn't
hardly had time to breathe. In-
quiries were made about some of
Peoria's internationally known citi-
zens: Joe Allen, Son Glass, Bob Dar-
den, Jim Carter, Ted and Lawrence
Boyd, Troy Palmer, George Green
and others. It seems that this click 
is known everywhere. 
 Peoria welcomes back two of its 
former citizens, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Browne. 
 Next month's column will give its
space to the popular and beautiful 
girls of Peoria. 

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     Muggin' in
  Cleveland's Green 
     Pastures
  With BUD DOUGLASS

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 Well after last month's initial
crack at mag writing, after all these
years of rag writing, I expected to
get a flock of letters telling me to
stick to newspaper work. However
since I didn't get the aforementioned 
letters and pleads to quit, I think I'll
try it again. 
 First I want to pay tribute to my 
fellow scribe, Rollo S. Vest. Thanks
Rollo for the honrable mention.
 Well let's see what the news is 
here in the Forest City. At present
we are getting a break by having
Auzie Dial with us. She is at the 
Elite Club and though she was handi-
capped for a while by not having 
an orchestra behind her, she made 
so many friends that she is staying 
even though the summer weather
has just about knocked all the 
nighteries off the midnight map. 
 We are going to lose quite a few
familiar faces around here. Baby 

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 CAB CALLOWAY, BUD DOUGLAS, and DUKE ELLING-
TON, talking politics -- maybe. 

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Hines is going to leave after many 
years of continuous success. She is
to open at the Plantation Club in 
Detroit in September. We'll miss
her but Rollo will take care of her. 
Sherinda Walker is pulling out after
playing at the Cedar Gardens since
January. She and her orchestra had 
become one of the landmarks in
Cleveland. They are bound for
Little Harlem in Buffalo where
Emory Evans is holding forth. Leav-
ing for the same place at the same 
time is Metty Harding, who is go-
ing back to her hubby. The old
town will be rather bare with these
old friends gone and I am sure that
they will be missed. Maybe fall will
bring new faces that will help us to 
forget. 
 Booking all sorts of entertainers 
in Cleveland and throughout this 
state and Pennsylvania is a former
mixologist of Erie, Penn., Eddie
Coleman. Eddie has some of the 
country's leading bands under his
direction. 
 The green Green Pastures are
looking dismal and burnet and so un-
til next time when I hope things will
be greener, your Green Pastures
correspondent is signing off ...

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