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New Britain herald., 1927-02-02

To match these boys up properly, Matchmaker J. J. Whaler has signed Up Joe Howard, Connecticut middle weight champion, and Ray Hogan of Terryville, dubbed the Terryville Terror"
New Britain herald., 1927-02-02

With these two boys pitted against the best in Connecticut, the amateur tournament should far surpass any that has been held in this city. The New Workers are far-famed for their prowess in the ring and both are planning to step into the profess sional ranks in short time. It may be tha tthe local boys will set them back somewhat in the battles Fri day night.
 Johnny Clinch has a tough argu- ment on his hands Friday night when he meets Charles Romano of Hartford, who knocked out Ray Hall in Hartford last week. Johnny gave Hall a severe beating last Friday night in this city, and now takes on the boy who knocked out the king of kaockorouts.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-02

Manager Clarence Lanpher, in search of basketball attractions for the fans of this city is dickering with the Washington College five, the Baltimore team of the Ameri- can Basketball League and the origi- nal Celtics of New York.
 These three teams are considered the three best attractions in the country in basketball and it ap- pears than any of them or the en- tire three can be secured to play in this city in the near future.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
GIRL WIFE IS
CRAZY ABOUT A
CHICAGO PASTOR

CHICAGO. July 6-(SpeciaD =
Irene McCammon, 1905 S. Parkway,
member of Pilgrim Baptist Church.
33rd and Indiana avenue. lost her
mind over the Reverend j. C. Aus
tin, its pastor.
The girl. who is married but sep
arated, is beautiful and frequently
visited the pastors home during all
hours of the night. She besought
Mrs. Austin TO give him up and fire.
suently sat on the church steps all
night.
The PASTORS friends said she was
crazy and she was sent to the psy-
chopathic board but was later re-
leased as sane. She continued 10
pursue the pastor and was again in
carcerated. Her sister, Mrs. Bessie
Leonard, asked that she be given a
physical examination, fearing child
birth.
The Rev. Mr.. Austin declared he
cannot understand the girls actions
unless she misinterpreted his pas
toral kindness.
The girl Is now In the asylum at
kankakee and the question now is
whether religion or something
stronger made the girl pursue the
Rev. Austin.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
Rogers Describes Marseiles- City
OF A Million Souls OF All Races

older than any city in the New
World. Under the Romans it was
known as Massila, and was the great
rival of Carthage. Readers of his
tory will recall that it was once des-
troyed by julius, Caesar in his quar-
rel with Pompey. 1t Is very old, too,
in Christian tradition, Mary Mag
dalene and Lazarus, the one who
was said to have been raised from
the dead by Christ. are said to have
been the first missionaries here.
Since humanity has been living
in this spot for so long a time, nat
urally parts of the city present a
very aged appearance. This is par
ticularly true. of what IL known as
lie Vieux Port (The Old Port). Mar
row winding streets on which the sun
rarely shines; buildings so aged in
places that a network Of props for
them fill the street; filthy, dissolute-
looking lanes with clothing and bed
linen in all stages of deterioration
strung across them; odorous human
ity swarming over the rough eobble-
stones, piling In and out of shops or
Continued on Page 81
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
Masons to Convene
In Tacoma, Wash.


TACOMA, Wash.-A three day
celebration will be held in Tacoma
beginning Monday when the Colored
Masons of Washington and jurisdic-
tion hold their twenty-fourth annual
session, together with the eleventh
annual meeting of the Grand United
Chapter Order of Eastern Star. Cas-
sia Lodge No. 5, will be host for the
Masons and sessions will be held at
the Odd Fellows Hall, 9th and Faw-
cett Avenues. There will be a spec
ial service Sunday night at Bethle-
hem Baptist Church when the dele
gates and visitors will be entertained
with program of music and song
by Tacoma talent. The official OPEN
ing of the grand lodge will begin
Monday morning when Governor Ro-
land H. Hartley and Mayor M. G..
Tennent will officially welcome the
delegates to Tacoma. Response to
the welcome addresses will be made
by Z. H. Holmes, of Spokane, past
grand master of Masons. H. ID.
Brown of Seattle, grand master, will
preside over the three day sessions.
Preparations for the occasion are
benig directed by the following To-
cal committee F., U. Harris, M.
Brown, G. +. Benford, F. Sanders
and j, l.. Davis.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
OREGON WOMEN'S
CLUBS HOLD
ANNUAL MEET

PORTLAND, Ore, July 1.-The
10th annual meeting of the Oregon
Federation of Colored Women was
held Wednesday at the Williams ave-
nde branch of the Young Women's
Christian association.
Club reports embraced a large
scope of activities, including legisla-
tion, inter-racial, peace and foreign
relations. better homes, music, lite
rature, health and hygiene, educa-
tion, social work, big-sister religion,
citizenship, art and needlework, in
dustrial, press and publicity, nation
al headquarters, business, young wo-
men and junior federation. Speak
ers were Mrs. Nathan Harris, presi-
dent Of the Portland Women's Peace
council; Mrs. Philip Gevurtz, Port
land Women's Research club; Mrs.
G. l.. Buland, president of the Anti
Narcotic association, and Mrs. Char
les Carver, Jr., president of the Ore
gon League of Women Voters, who
addressed the afternoon session. At
the evening session the president.
Mrs. Ralph Flowers, gave the annu-
al address. Miss Mary Jane Spurlin.
president of the Portland Federation
of Women's organizations, Miss Mar
gle l.. Danley and Mrs. Katherine
Gray were other speakers.
The exhibition arranged by the
art department received much favor
able comment. Mrs. E. Blackburn is
head of this department. Mrs. G. M.
Blumauer, Mrs. Ohler, Miss Hilsop
and Mrs. Bremen were judges. The
silver trophy cup went to the Rose
bud Study club. The cup must be
won two years out of three. for per-
manent possession. The second prize
was won by the Oregon Bellies. third
prize the Old Rose club. The indi-
vidual entry first prize was won by
Mrs. H. Thompson, second prize by
Miss Jennie Dora Grayson.
The Oregon Federation of Colored
Women will be hostess to the North
west sectional federation July and
at the Williams avenue Y. w. G..
A yachting party has been ar
ranged for the night of July 8.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
THE METHODIST
PLAN FOR UNION
Is APPROVED

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 4-P.
n. S.)-At the joint session of the
bishops of the A. NJ. f. and A. NJ. f.
Zion churches. held in Avery Mis-
sion Temple, this city Friday, a re-
port of the joint commission on or
ganic union of the A. M. E. and
A. NJ. e. Zion churches was read by
DR.. John r. Hawkins, financial sec
retary of the A. NJ. +. Church and
secretary of the joint commission.
At the conclusion of the reading
of the section referring to the name
of merger church organization-Th
United Methodist Episcopal Church
"a prolonged storm of applause was
given by the more than 1000 per-
sons attending the meeting. The
tentative plan for the episcopal dis
triets was roundly applauded, as
well as suggestions for ALLEGATION of
officers for the first four years of
the proposed organization.
To Have Three Weekly Papers
The report of the commission call
ed for combination of the Is episco-
pal districts of the A. M f. and the
IL districts of the A. M. E. Zion into
a total of thirty episcopal districts
for the United Episcopal Church. 1t
also arranged for a publication
board calling for three publishing
houses. These to be located in
Philadelphia, Pa, Charlotte, N. c..
and Nashville, Tenn. The report
provides for three weekly church
publieations-The Christian Record
er. The Star of Zion and another to
be located in the southwest. possibly
Dallas, Texas, and to be known as
the Southwestern Herald
Plan To Go To Local Churches
1t suggests the appointment of a
special commission to thrash out the
legal problems in connection with
property rights. The plan calls for
the organic commissions report to
be sent first to the board of bishops
of each church connection for con-
sideration. and then with their ap-
proval and Tevisions to the General
Conferences of the A. M. Z. Church
in Chicago and the A. M Z. Zion
in st. Louis in 1928.
Following the action taken in
these conferences the amended and
approved plan is to then go to the
various annual conferences, quarter
ly conferences and local churches in
the two church organizations for
approval or rejection. Should a
majority of those annual and quar-
terly conferences and congregations
approve the plan, a special General
conference will be called possibly in
1880 to work out the final details
preparatory to the organization of
the first regular United General
Conference in 1892.
Stupendous Commercial Transaction
This movement is regarded by
many as the biggest concerted or
ganization effort ever undertaken
Continued on Page p
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
By J. A. Rogers
enterprise Correspondent)

Enterprise OOTIespOHueuII
MARSEILLES, France.-Next to
Constantinople, Marseilles has, per-
haps, the highest percentage of Ne
proes of any European city. There
are two black regiments, in addition
to many other Negroes in the white
regiments. Marseilles is the head
quarters of French Army Corps.
There are also Negroes from Africa,
the French and British West Indies,
the United States, Madagascar and
elsewhere. Many of them 'ysre
brought here during the war, Whine
others came as sailors. Coloree folk
are so many that one almost 1ancies
himself back in Negro heighbor-
hood in America, except that per-
son of lighter complexion is rare.
As can be imagined, then, Mar
seilles Is an excellent place to study
what we in America call race rela-
tions, and before | say anything on
that I would like to say word
about the city itself.
Marseilles, a city Of nearly a
million souls, is more than 200 years
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
EIks Compromise On CO1Ue1tiO11
OF the Right Stuff


II you believe the path of
youth Is always strewn with
roses and that they do not have
mighty moments of sorrow, con-
slider the case of young Thomas
Reginald Clancy, high school
graduate at baltimore, Md, who
delivered his valedictory while
his mother lay "A corpse.
Nor was this all that added
to the weight OF sorrow for this
young man, for he also had to
miss the inspiration that comes
i'm achievement with a GOOD
MOTHER LOOKING ON. His
mother was not only dead, but
had been hurled by fate in the
maeistrom of n misguided life.
But, with his heart aching,
he carried on and delivered his
address. That's the kind of
thing which produces men out
of the ordinary. Hard work
makes hard muscles; hard en-
perienees often produce extra
ordinary men H THEY ARE
MADE OF THE RIGHT STUFF.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
WATCHERS MEET
DIXIE TRAINS TO
STOP MIGRATION

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, July c.
CPCNB) Regardless of the legisla-
tive enactments of Southern States
which make ID unlawful for any
labor agent to recruit Negro work
ers for any city outside of the state,
the South is daily losing vast num-
bers.
Situation Acute
So acute has become the situation
in Birmingham and New Orleans
that local authorities have launched
vigorous campaigns to check the ex-
odus, which, according to the labor
commissioner of Louisiana, has
reached a "crisis" in New Orleans
among the building trades in which
the Negro is factor whose services
cannot be dispensed with.
An appeal was. recently issued to
the Negroes by the director of in
dustrial relations of the Chamber of
Commerce in which Negro labor was
reminded of the fact that the South
is the home of the Negro and that
be is always assured of the best
treatment here"
In Birmingham the situation has
reached the stage that the Chamber
of Commerce has appointed agents
70 watch all outgoing trains in an
effort to dissuade the Negroes from
leaving the city.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
Recluse Found Dead
With Head Split Open

WALLACE, Idaho, July T. His
head split open, apparently by a
blow from an axe, George w. Ram
bic, aged Wallace Negro, was found
dead last night at his little cabin
near the city limits on Nine Mile. a
victim of what county authorities
have termed a murder for rob-
berry"
Opening the door of the cabin,
which is nothing more than shack
about IL feet long and eight feet
wide, officers found the mans body,
face down, in a pool of blood in
front of the door. Investigation dis
closed that his skull had been split
open.
Rambie, man S4 years old, had
apparently been dead four or five
days. He was last seen in Wallace
Saturday and authorities are of the
opinion that he was murdered either
Saturday or Sunday night.
An hour after discovery of the
murder Sheriff Weniger took two
Negroes, a man and woman, into
custody for questioning. James
(Brock) Robinson. As, was still in
jail at midnight. Lucinda Mitchell,
"a, was also apprehended but re-
leased from custody after question
ing. No charges have been filed
against Robinson, who declares he
knows nothing of the case
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
Count No Account

Josephine Baker, Harlem and
Paris dancing girl extraordi-
nary, is not married to an Ital-
ian Count as reported.
IL WAS a press agent stunt,
she confessed. First, the man
to whom she was reported we'd
is not a Count, except In the
'movie" they are making; Sec
ondly, neither is married or
likely TO be.
10 Baker, the ~ year old
ghl who could barely earn $50
a week at home but earns $3,-
900 a week in Paris, has learn
cd fast.
Announcement of her movie
wedding i'm her newest picture
was worth a few lines, il that
i'm American newspapers. An
nOuncement of the fake mar
riage was worth first page men,
tion for three successive days
I'm every American Journal and
column TO page in the
feature section Sunday.
No, "Jo" il not so slow or
stupid either.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08

Wreaths ana ,,,,oath.s .sss,l.
soontas ns. - ",ea'ns OF neavy-
een'eu towers waiting on the main
land to be hung over the necks of
honored arriving guests. An or
cnestra playing Aloha" with a feel
ing that brought tearsl Then no.
ticed the returning Hawaiian prin-
cess whom they had gathered on the
dock to welcome. Fat, brown, good
natu;ed, in a shapeless cotton gown,
she leaned over the railing with arms
oS'ssresenea' - ealing soft little words
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
WOMEN'S CLUBS
END SESSION
IN YAKIMA


YAKIMA, Wash, July 2.-Elec-
tion of officers of the state fedora
tion of colored women's clubs Fri
day afternoon resulted in the retain
ing of Mrs. Nettie AsberTy of Ia
coma as president for the coming
year and Mrs. Anna Scott Of Seattle
as first vice president. Yakima was
honored with both the second and
third vice presidents respectively.
Mrs. John Wood and Mrs. F. l.,
Dubois.
Other officers elected were: re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Minnie Bell.
Seattle; assistant, Miss Carrie Whit
lowe, Everett; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. G. c. Sims. Yakima; treas
urer, Mrs. Susan Curd, Seattle; as
sistant, Mrs. Amanda Jackson. Ev-
erett; organizer, Mrs. Arelia Penn.
Seattle; statistician, Mrs. Cynthia
McCabe, Tacoma; historian, Mrs. 1.
B. Green, Seattle; chaplain, Miss
Helen Smith. Tacoma; auditor, Mrs.
NJ. Baker, Seattle.
In the afternoon discussions on
educational topics, Mrs. Asberry
stressed the need for raising the
$4,000 educational loan fund fer
boys and girls. Half of this fund
has already been subscribed An
other project fostered by the discus
sion was the Sojourner Truth Home
located in Seattle, an institution
similar to the Y. w. c. A., for col
ored women. This is to be support
ed by the federation.
One action taken unanimously at
the session Friday was that of vot-
ing to buy a tree in the state park
which the federation of women's
clubs is fostering. They also voted
to affiliate with the state legislative
council of women.
Prizes Awarded
Interest in the evening program
centered in the awarding of prizes
in, the contests. The Sempre Fidelis
club of Seattle was awarded the low
ing cup for the third consecutive
time for the best art display. Miss
Mary Remy, superintendent of the
women's building at the Washington
State fair, made the award and CON-
plimented women of the federation
on the display.
The hope chest went to Mrs. Glen
dard Norwood of Everett who raised
the most money for the educational
fund. Her contribution was s7S.41.
The contents OF the hope chest are
valued at $3.50. Miss Margaret Ru-
ther of Tacoma won second place
with $3.50, and Miss, Sarah Oliver
of Seattle third place with contri-
button of $47.6O.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08

Al ne dCllOn OI the DOtfu came dIteT
bne year and eleven months of pro-
bounced agitation and elaborate
preparation on the part of Randolph
! and a group of workers who had as
sociated themselves with him.
According to articles hitherto pub
lished in the Messenger magazine,
MIR. Randolph was first interested
in movement for Pullman porters
I'm August, 1925, through one Will
liam Des Vernoy. porter OF some
years experience, who had become
disgruntled. Previous to this time,
other persons In Chicago are said
to have sought to interest the Mes
senger editors, but they declined to
move. After the August, 1925,
meeting things moved along swiftly,
largely due to Randolph's publicity
in certain more or less radical sec
tions of the white press. Socialist
and Communist friends gave him
their active support and with that
portion of the white press which he
was able to handle and certain white
speakers, Randolph succeeded in
creating in the mind of many por-
ters the idea that he could succeed
In producing correction Of evils to
which they thought they were sub
jected
Randolph attacked the porters
from two angles-racial and econ
omic. He was going to make the
porters Just as much respected by
travellers as white employees were,
and he was going to see that they
got the same pay.
Conservative porters aud organs
of public opinion regarded Mr.. RAN
dolph's scheme as futile. The Light
and Heebie Jeebies Magazine of Chi
cago, was one of his most consistent
opponents, holding from the first
that Randolph, even though he was
sincere, he could not do what he
was promising porters he would do
and that, therefore, IL was unwise
and unfair of him to solicit funds
from porters to support a scheme
that was bound to fail.
Randolph claimed an organization
with 5000 members which, IL each
member paid the $500 requisite for
Joining, would have netted him $4O,-
600. II in addition each of these
members were credited with twelve
months dues out OF the 23 months
of the so-called Brotherhood life, he
should have collected $4,000 from
this source. besides $11 900 receiy-
ed from the defunct Garland Fund.
Thus thousands and thousands of
dollars of porters' money was coll
lected, no reports made to them, and
no advantages gained for them.
Randolph leaves the porters as he
found them, except for these thou
sands which he and his co-agitators
collected and expended.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
Letters From Anna Louise
Strong In Honolulu

Editors Note-( These letters were
originally written for a circle of
personal friends. This fact should
be borne in mind, and win make
them all the more attractive and
valuable).
| do not know how much you care
about Honolulu. 1t has its Importance
as the first step iniexpansion of the
American Empire Westward. :.
Here on the President Madison, adrift
lin the vast expanse of the Pacific
one realizes how far-f,ung that en-
pire is. Navy women at the next
table going to Guam, distant isle
one weeks journey by little steamer
{ east from Manila. Nothing there
but a naval station. Somewhere
selse on the map of the Pacific lie
our Virgin Islands. And haven't we
annexed something or other down
towards Samoa? Anyway, we are
one of the big powers claiming
rights" in the Pacific. Honolulu is
first stop in our empire.
Brilliant color of land and bay
and hillsi had forgotten that land
could look so wonderful. We
came in yesterday at dawn, with
white and blue surf to right and left,
golden sands, rain-vivid green hills
from which the last rising clouds
were disappearing into gorgeous
blue sky. just as twenty years ago,
boat-loads of Kanaka boys were div
ing for coins around the ship, or
climbing her sides to dive from the
topmost deck for a few. But the
standard Of living has risen.4 A few
coppers used to buy dive; now
they ask q quarter. So we
came slowly up to the dock.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
Colored Youth to Be
Among Honolulu Fliers

oUKLAND, Cal, July There's
going to be a colored boy among
those who attempt the flight to Ho-
nolulu and c. e. Matrin, 3771 Lati-
mer Place, says he's 1t. Martin al
ready has ordered the plane, which
is being built after a design of his
own, and the date of his hop-off is
being kept secret. because he wants
to beat the others to it.
Martin has been flying planes of
various types around Oakland for
years. He got the flying bug back
IN 1914 when he helped Lincoln
Beachy at the Emeryyille race
track. His ambition at that time.
lor he was only IL years old, was
10 carry gasoline for Beachy.
But despite his love for machin-
cry and airplanes in particular. he
kept up his studies and was gradu-
ated from the University high school
In 1922. ~
During the war he studied avia-
tion at the Berkeley aviation school.
and, he says, now has a rating by
the war department as America Is
youngest and best Negro authority
on aeronautical engineering. A few
years ago he was associated with
Emmett Tanner, daredevil stunt
flier
4 hope to make the hop-off some
time In August" Martin said. "The
nlane ought TO be ready some time
before that
Martin said he would make the
flight alone.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
Jim Young Goes to Prison

SPOKANE. Wash.--Jim Young,
proprietor of the Spokane Pool and
Billiard parlor was taken to Walla
Walla prison Tuesday to serve
one year sentence for conviction in
superior court here on a narcotic
charge.
Young was convicted on a charge
of attempting to smuggle narcotics
into the county Jail for Brock John
son, colored, held ON a charge of
murder. He was sentenced to serve
from one to 10 years
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-08
Woman Sent to Jail

LONGvIEW. Wash.-Mrs. Doro-
thy Jackson, colored, was sentenced
to 80 days in the county jail Friday
night by Justice M. p. Kerr on con-
viction of third degree assault
charge filed by Mary Ross, also
colored. The two staged battle
on Commerce avenue Friday after
noon, attracting considerable atten.
tion. and were arrested by Long
view police. The Ross woman was
the complaining witness.