Jokes and anecdotes spark offbeat wartime humor
A montage of quips from workers, a draft officer, and urban city life. A waitress vows silence, a recruit dodges a gut check, and a groom’s payment to a father in law hints at tribal custom. Jake recalls wartime housing, Mamie jokes Niagara Falls, and teens joke about a kiss and gum.
A Tan Lover’s Quip Echoes In Gentle Jests
A collection of short tales and witticisms opens with a zealous father discussing religion with his son and a garbage man’s faith amid mishap. It moves through a craftsman’s motto comparing work with hands, head, and heart to a salesman, then ends with a playful flirtation about a lover’s hair and lips with a comical coffee cup rim remark.
Wings Over Jordan advocates interracial goodwill in San Francisco
Calvin's Digest by Raynard Whitney recounts Glenn T. Settle and Wings Over Jordan touring in a Booker T. Washington hotel lobby praising music as a bridge across races. The piece links their integration ethic to Supreme Court debates on censorship, citing Lena Horne and the Pinky case, and condemns race-based film censorship as totalitarian.
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San Francisco
Calif
Glenn T. Settle
Jordan, Inc
America
Booker T. Washington
Ohio
Settle
WOJ
Frank Everett
Rev. Settle
Wings Over
Jordan
South
United States
Supreme Court
Lena Horne
Lena
W. H. Gelling
Marshall, Texas
Censorship Board
Pinky
Gelling
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Motion Picture Association of America
MPAA
Movie Association
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Mamie
Niagara Falls
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Kerri
Wlagiz
Benny L. O’berry
John Braynon
Calvin's Digest
By Raynard Whitney
E. D. Dennis
Miami
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3Rd Ave
Opa Locka, Fla
William Pinder
Jackson
2Nd Ave
Robert Jackson
Moses
Madam Hunter