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Sirs: TIME, Feb. 3, p. 18, col. 3, states: "When Al Jolson . . . now vacationing in Europe, was asked last week. . . ." On Jan. 25, Al Jolson appeared personally in a concert at Dallas, Tex. Could TIME be wrong...
Sirs: Jan. 28, was officially proclaimed "Jolson Day" in Houston by Mayor Montieth, and Jolson appeared here on the night of the 28th, giving his reason for being here as "Sears-Roebuck and several other stocks...
...RAGLAND, JR. Dallas, Tex. Yes. But there is reason to believe that Mammyman Jolson did refuse to sing in Vienna for less than his allegedly customary...
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When famed singers like Feodor Chaliapin, Amelita Galli-Curci or Beniamino Giglo give concerts in Vienna they are usually paid $2,000 or $3,000 per appearance. When Al Jolson, mammy song singer, now vacationing in Europe, was asked last week by a Viennese manager to sing there, he replied that he would-for $5,000. Vienna refused the bargain...