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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
Hotels
Refuse Service To
Negro Diplomat

LONDON. - Charles f. Mitchell
recently appointed Minister to Lii
IBERIA by President Hoover. and his
wife had taste of British preju-
dice when they were refused accom-
modations in several London hotels
while on their way to Liberia.
This added to the list which in
cluded Paul Robson, George S.
Schuyler. author of BLACK no
More" a recent novel. who recently
landed in England, and Robert s.
Abbott. of Chicago.
If he were of Italian descent his
friends say, our country would have
been aroused and d e m d @ a
prompt apology just as Italy de-
manded from us few weeks ago.
The Spectator. a London journal.
has published very fine article of
the color question IN Great Britain
in view of the fact that so many
of His Majesty's subjects are of the
darker race.
e The New York Sun, i'm an editor
ial, has published very fine arti-
Gle on method of solution that Eng
land will use in attempting to solve
the problem.
II seems that France Is the ideal
nation SO far as the color question
is concerned. This is further attes-
ted by the recent appointment Of
M. Diagne as a member of the
French Cabinet.
Whether Ambassador Mitchell will
take up the question with his coun-
try and demand that Uncle Sam take
England to task will decide his abil-
ity as statesman and as fearless
and 0utspoken American citizen.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
Union Official Gusts
Colored Man from Job

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Declaring
that eve don't take 'Niggers' into
our union" business agent for the
Metal Workers union of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, caused
Maurice Barcourt. Colored metal
worker to be fired from his job on
the new Waldorf Astoria hotel build
ing last week. Barcourt was ap-
preached on the job by the agent,
who demanded to see his card. Bar
court showed card of membership
in the Metal Workers Industrial
League, but was told that it was no
good as this organization was not
affiliated with the A. F. L. When
Barcourt offered to join the union,
he was contemptuously told that he
was unwelcome because of his race.
Less than an hour later Barcourt
was fired from the job, he was told
that the white workers objected to
working with him.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
Jesse Binga Held
In Jail Hospital

CHICAGO.-According to reports
from officials at the Cook County
Jail. Jesse Binga, former president
of the defunct bank which bears his
name, and now under indictment for
embezzlement and fraud, is improv-
ing in health at the Jail hospital. Bin
ga. who was taken in custody from
a sick bed at his home two weeks
ago, and lodged in the county Jail
hospital. has been unable to furnish
the $55,00O bond REQUIRED, and it is
rumored that he will continue in
confinement until the date of trial.
Indictments against the four associ-
ates in the bank, Harry Scott. Tho
mas r. Webb, Inez CAVITY and Dewitt
Curtis. on whom the grand jury voted
true bills, have not been returned
as yet.
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a picture opposite certain Negro
actor" who, she said, was the hand
soonest man she had ever seen. Once,
in Saks' Fifth Avenue shop, when
the clerk waited on a well-dressed
Colored woman before she did on us.
Again, when one of our friends, a
dilettante artist, modelled Negro
girl.
Southern Ethics Barbaric
These antics brought home to me
afresh the injustice and barbarity of
Southern ethics. For even worse
than what they do to the Negro is
the effect they have upon the whites
who mouth them. They create in the
white a bloated egotism which is
both dangerous and disgusting and
which has no place in this age.
During these spells of superiority
my sister was converted into an ugly,
loud-mouthed shrew. Each time she
went into one | was tempted to tell
her | was in love with Negro and
watch her explode into restful eter-
nifty. She offered me fearful ex-
ample of what | might become. Her
egotism kept her upset and miser-
able. She got no joy out of life be-
cause she could never stop thinking
of herself and how wonderful she
was. | had enough characteristics
CONTINUED on back page)
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Adams, editor of the Birmingham
Reporter" who came all the way
from Alabama especially for this &C.
casion, so he said. Mr.. Adams gave
the elder a great send-off and placed
him on a pedestal Higher than
Pixies Peakw Becton, of course, re.
turned the compliments along with
brief old history of his life. Now,
"Ain't that thing sticky"
Consecrated Dime Still Reigns
In his sermon Sunday morning,
Elder Becton declared that his
"Consecrated Dime Method" has yet
to be defeated (sez heD, and it is
still performing more and greater
miracles every day. For instance,
during his eight months stay in
Philly, some lady who had been sep
arated from her husband for at least
eleven years, got him back on the
same night she used the "Conse-
Grated Dime Methodw
One wonders whether that idea
will bring back Mrs. Becton. Prob
Continued on back page)
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Maryland To Repeal
Jim Crow Laws

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-The House Of
Delegates by vote of 80 to 10
passed resolution to repeal the
Maryland Jim Crow car law this
week. The measure will provide for
the withdrawal of the special accom-
modations in railroad and interurban
cars for Colored passengers. and the
abolition of separate waiting and
comfort rooms at railroad stations.
The movement for the repeal of
these discriminatory regulations was
enthusiastically supported by the
Colored citizens of the state and the
passage of the repeal act is consider
ed a signal victory for the liberal
element of whites in the state.
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Black Rapist Is
Found To Be White
Business Man

KEYSTONE, w. Va.-Another
rape case which brought two inno-
cent Colored men within the shadow
of possible death was exploded here
last week when it developed that "a
light complexioned Negro" de-
scribed by a white girl as the man
who shot her companion and GRIM
lnally assaulted her. turned out to
be white married theatre owner
With whom her companion had
staged a duel over her affections.
Following the duel, which is said
to have taken place in an isolated
section, the girl drove the wounded
man to the county hospital, and al
though passing through two good
sized towns, failed to notify police.
When questioned by officers, who
made an investigation of the hospital
case, she told them the rape" story.
Two Arrested
Officers secured blood hounds who
took up a trail which led from the
spot where she said the crime was
committed to the home of two men
who were arrested and placed in
jail.
On Tuesday, police investigation
caused the arrest of the white mar
ried theatre owner who had also
been shot in the fracas. The youth,
although critically shot, did not re-
veal the name of his antagonist I'M
til the police found the other wound
ed man. He had been treated pri-
vately by a physician.
The white girl and the theatre
owner have been arrested and their
trial has been set for April. The man
is charged with shooting the girls
companion.
Another version of the affair is
that the badly wounded young man,
sutton, came upon the girl with
the married theatre owner at the
secluded spot where the duel was
staged.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
Owner Of Negro Town
Dies In Carolina

METHOD, N. Gerry O'Kelly,
founder and practically owner of this
town. and regarded as the most
wealthy Negro in Wake County. was
buried here Monday in the grounds
of the Berry O'Kelly high school, the
institution which will stand as a
monument to his life and work.
The auditorium of the modern
school building was packed to its
utmost when Superintendent of Ne
gro schools Newbold paid his last
tribute to the man who had been
confidant and friend of Booker 7.
Washington, julius Rosenwald. white
Chicago phlanthropist and DR.. r.
r. Motion.
Was Builder
The late Mr.. 0'Kelly, whose
wealth was said to be. around the
million dollar mark. was rated in this
section as one of the captains of in
dustry and builder. He was born
in Chapel Hill. Orange County. 10
years ago. While yet young man he
started wholesale business in part
nership with C. II. Wood, and soon
became one of the leading business
figures in the county.
II was around his general store
that this town grew TO be the out
standing Negro community in the
county, and in 1890 he was appoint
ed postmaster, a position which he
held at the time Of his death.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
Negro Schools Show
Improvement In Texas

AUSTIN, Tex.-Notable improve
ment in the educational conditions of
Negroes in Texas is revealed in a
report lust issued by d. B. Taylor
of the State Department of Educa-
ton. covering the last seven years.
The greatest gain noted is in the
number of accredited high schools
for Negroes. which increased from
seven in 1925 to a total of 81 in
1880.
Meantime the high school enroll
ment went up steadily from 10,743
in 1924 to 1876 in 1929-30, or
gain of 78 per cent. In the tenth
and eleventh grades the enrolment
increase reached 126 per cent. As
against 700 graduates in 1925, there
were 1901 last year.
The elementary grades showed an
increase for the period of about
seven per cent, the total enrolment
in these grades being 172,3SS in 1924
and 1S4,354 in 1880, a gain which
about keeps up with the increase in
Negro population.
The number of college trained
teachers increased from SOP to ll79.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
Jim Crow Signs
Taken Down In
Penn. Station

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Jim
Grow" signs are no longer in evil
dence in the new Pennsylvania Rail
road station at Thirtieth and Mar
ket streets. During the past week
the signs "for white only" and "for
cOlored" have been removed.
Several weeks ago the local Ne
gro newspaper disclosed that sep
arate toilets for white and colored
were being maintained by the COM
pany. Officials of the p. r. r. we're
consulted on the matter and a copy
of the paper which carried an article
about these lavatories was mailed
to General W. w. Atterbury 1t is
said that the marked copy never
reached the president of the COM
pany.
1t was then that John M. Mar
guess. Exalted Ruler of Quaker City
Lodge No. 720. wrote a letter of
protest to Atterbury. In his letter.
Mr.. Marques said, do away with
the discrimination or we shall boy
colt the Pennsylvania Railroad and
all of its subsidiaries. We will tell
the delegates and visitors, who are
expected in this city next August
with their objective the 32nd Grand
Lodge of the Independent Benevo-
lent and Protective Order of Elks
phia if there is no transit conven-
fence other than the 'Pennsy'."
Officials of the company immedi
ately got in touch with Mr.. Mar
guess and he was assured that ac-
tion would be taken at once. M. w.
Clement, vice president in charge
of operation, wrote Mr.. Marques
and in part said, 1.-THE Pennsylvania
Railroad has always endeavored to
give courteous treatment to the col
ored people, and 1t is its intention
to continue to do so.
1.-THE Pennsylvania Railroad Is a
large employer of Negro labor. We
have always understood that they
were satisfied, and we regret that
publicity was given this affair, ra-
ther than waiting for an explana-
ton of the actual facts
Attention was also called by Mr..
Marques in his letter that many
Negro citizens had complained of
being sold seats over the wheels on
the Pennsylvania Bus Lines. In an
swer to this charge Mr.. Clement
wrote:
IAN investigation of your COM
plant covering sale of tickets on
Greyhound Buses has developed that
there are no instructions in force
to sell seats over the wheels to col
ored people. On the contrary. every
effort is made to avoid discrimina-
ton"
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German University Refuses To
Gust Colored Student From Club

HEIDELBERG, Germany.-White
Southerners at the famous university
here have failed in their attempts to
GUST Milton S. j. Wright. only Col
ored student, from the foreign stu
dents club.
Twenty of the 35 American stu
dents signed petition to bar him,
but Prof. Brinkmann, German,
head of the club. ruled that since
Wright was foreign student, he had
the same rights as the white Amer
leans or any of the hundreds of other
foreign students. rt
Joining i'm the prop.ganda against
Wright were the white South Afri-
cans. The Americans told the Ger
mans that Wright was not an Amer
lean but an African; the South Afri-
cans, in their turn, denied that he
was an African.
Ex-President's Kin Courteous
Wright has received warm support
from some of the other white Amer
leans, among them, Ward Taylor, a
descendant of President Zachary
Taylor. Recently Taylor was invited
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
Georgia Life Worth Million

ATLANTA, Gs.-(ANP)-T h e
semi-annual statement of the Allan
Ia Life Insurance Company showed
an income totalling 1891 ,623.89 and
payments to policyholders of $37 l.,
315.43. The assets of the company
as listed amounted to 81 ,691 1852. 80,
representing an increase of $780,
900.
Not one of its 800 or more en-
ployees had been discharged or suf-
fered any reduction in salary.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
Eats In Jail Better
Than Hard Times Outside

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Forty prs-
oners in the local Jail preferred
good coffee and beans in jaiP' to
freedom and hard times. and as a
result open jail doors failed to tempt
them to escape.
When the officers were making
their rounds Wednesday night they
discovered two doors opened.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
Famous Usher Dies

NEW YORK.-(ANP) Mrs. Ella
Burrell, for many years chief usher
of the Fox moving picture houses,
died Monday after brief illness.
Mrs. Burrell was in direct charge
of number of girls serving in the
larger houses belonging to the Fox
corporation all over Greater New
York.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
Oil Farmers Get $500, 900

KILGORE, Tex.-(ANP)-Negro
farmers in this vicinity have received
more than a half million dollars in
lease money from large oil compan-
les since January /, according to re-
ports circulated here.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
Civil Rights Bill In
New York Assembly

ALBANY, N. "a civil rights
bill, which would compel public util-
tiles to employ colored people. and
which was introduced into the As
sembly by Assemblyman j. E. Steph-
ems, is now in the judiciary commit
tee of that body. The bill. which has
the support of the N. A. A. C. P.
and other civic bodies. has an excel
lent chance of passing, it is said.
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Bojangles Heads School

NEW YORK. - (ANP) - An
nouncement was made here this
week of the formal organization of
a new school of the dance. having
as its principal sponsors Bill "Bo-
jangles" Robinson, the worlds great
est tap dancer, and Ted Shawn.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
Played Wrong Card

GOULD, Ark.--A card party here
Monday night at the home of Mrs.
Bertha Rush had disastrous end
ing when two of the guests became
enraged and began fighting.
Anna Lee Wright, one Of the play
ers, failed to lead hearts as her part
ner, Cora Ensley, indicated and in
stead led with lamp which landed
on the Ensley woman's head.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
Whites Attack Laborers

LEESVILLE, La.-Twenty work
ers were driven from their labor at
a highway construction camp near
here Tuesday by a band of white
men who demanded that the Jobs be
given their own race. A few days
ago a band of men fired on another
construction camp, wounding two
men and causing others to flee the
camD
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26
This Is Part Four Of the Story
OF The Fall Of a Fair Confederate

Texas white girl of thirty, happily
married to a man of the so-called in
ferior race since 1928, tells how "she
fell from grace" The writer, whose
family is yet unaware of her leap in
the dark" while unnamed, is sup
posed to be Mrs. George s. Schuyler,
wife of New York newsman, lee
turer and author of the new volume,
BLACK No More"
Part w.
ANONYMOUS
Republished by permission of the
Modern Quarterly
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Continued from Last Week.

Continued from Last Week.
My sister was violently anti-Ne-
gro. On several occasions she
shamed me by Haunting her preju-
dice in public. Like most Southern
ers, she had complex on the sub
ject and the least thing stirred it up
and started it to churning out South
ernisms. Behind such violent out
bursts there seems to be a desire
to loudly reiterate that the Negro is
inferior and that Southerners are
justified in their oppression of him.
Once she broke up dinner party
because one of the guests, a very
blond and Nordic movie star. ex-
pressed a regret that lowing to
American prejudice she could not do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-07
GRAVEL PUMPING
JOB COMPLETED
Material Dredged From Po-
tomaC for New Road to
Mount Vernon.

The 81 100000 job Of pumping sand
and gravel from the bottom of the
Potomac River to form road beds for
the new Mount Vernon Memorial High
way across the arms of water between
Washington and the old homestead was
completed today.
E. A. Schmitt. engineer in the United
States Engineer Office. said today the
gagged on this work with the dredge
Talcott, is being brought to the Wash
ington Navy Yard today. where the
IS foot. 25-ton equipment will be taken
off, loaded on railroad cars and trans
ported to Jacksonville. Fla
The Welatka will then be taken 10
the United S ates Engineer wharf in
East Potomac Park to load equipment
necessary for repair, which will be done
at the Newport News Drydock & Ship
building Corporation at Newport News
Va. This will take about 80 days. and
the Welatka, which has been around
Washington for more than year. will
then proceed 10 Jacksonville, her home
port. to engage in maintenance dredg-
ing on the st. Johns River there.
Yesterday the fill at Little Hunting
Creek, the last of the water fills for the
Bureau of Public Roads. was completed
and inspected by officials. who found
the work satisfactory This was an ex-
ira job. entailing 5000. 600 Work on the
fills, which began in November. 1929,
was done at the basin. at the Railroad
and Highway Bridges. Gravelly Point
Inlet. Reaches Run, Four-n1ile Run and
Big Hunting Greek
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-07
NOTED NEWSPAPER
WOMAN is BURIED
Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball McElroy
Laid to Rest Beside Husband
in Arlington Cemetery.

Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball McEiroy. for
half century a nationally prominent
newspaper woman. was buried this
afternoon in Arlington National Gene
terry beside her husband Col John
McElrCy, late editor of the National
Tribune. Burial followed funeral
services at Hysongs funeral parlors,
1900 N street
Mrs. McElroy, who died Sunday. was
married to Col. McElroy in 1925. She
was the widow of Henry Martyr Ball.
She began her newspaper career on
the Kansas City Star, serving at one
time as correspondent in Mexico City.
Later she wrote for the washington
Star for % years. While here she
earned the distinction of being the first
woman writer to be admitted to the
House and Senate press galleries. She
became associate editor of the National
Tribune in 1902 after leaving The Star.
Mrs. McElroy is survived by a sister.
Mrs. Myrtle Worrell Buckles. who lived
with her at 1412 Sixteenth street. and a
brother, George H. WCrrell of Califor-
mia. -Four nephews and four nieces also
survive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-07
VAN DUZER SEEKS
PEACE ON TITLING
Traffic Director Attempts to Recon
cile Auto Manufac-
turerS.

William A. Van Du2er, director Of the
Department of Vehicles and Traffic,
conferred for more than two hours to-
day with representatives Of automobile
manufacturers in an effort to iron out
differences over proposed new rules of
procedure for titling automobiles.
Called as Preliminary.
The conference was called as a pre-
lude to a meeting Thursday between
Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby t.af-
fic officials and representatives Of the
manufacturers. at which it is believed
rules and regulations satisfactory to all
parties concerned with the new title
law will be approved.
The first conference between Com
missioner Crosby and the manufac-
turers' representatives last week ended
III a deadlock The dealer representa-
tiveS took a strong position in favor OF
the new method of titling and the
manufacturers Offered vigorous objec-
tons.
Declared Burdensome.
The new rules. prepared by Mr.. Van
Duzer, provide that the title certificate
shall originate with the manufacturer.
The manufacturers contended that this
method would be burden on them and
contrary TO the titling procedure in
the more than 40 States having title
laws
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-07
POLICE FIND INTRUDER
HIDDEN IN ICE BOX
Samuel Ross Is Held for Investi-
cation of Entry Into
Grocery.

Samuel Ross, colored. picked out a
nice, cool hiding place last night when
police began search for him after
being informed man had broken into
a grocery store at So NJ street south
west.
Sam, who is 10 and lives in the
600 block of NJ street southwest, hid
in the ice box.
Policeman E. w. Daniels was pa
trolling his beat near the store when
a man told him some che had broken
in. Officer Daniels was then Joined
by Policemen j. F. Bowers and F. E.
Dodson. all of whom entered the store
through a rear door and began
search for the intruder
They found a hammer and Ratchet
on the floor, but nothing out of order.
Then one of the policemen noticed
a handle in the ice box at peculiar
angle. On opening the door to the
box they found Ross shivering inside.
He was held for investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-07
MAINE COMPANY SUES
M'LEAN FOR PROVISIONS
Seek to Recover $4,269.57 for
Goods Furnished to Bar Har-
Dor Home.

The ]. H. Butterfield Co.. in the gro
Gerry business at Bar Harbor, Me, today
filed suit in the District Supreme Court
to recover $4,269.57 from Edward B. NC
Lean, Washington publisher, for meats;
groc2 ries, fruits and vegetables turnShed
to his Bar Harbor home and to his prl-
vate car, Enquirer, during the Summer
OF 1923.
Through Attorney Frederick Stohl-
man, the grocery company says it relied
on McLeans promise to pay when IT
furnished the goods between July Il
and September II, 1928, but he has
neglected to make payment.
Mclean appeared in court a Few Gays
ago when the sale of the Washington
Post was under consideration and as he
left the court room was served by deputy
marshals with number of subpoenas in
debt cases on which they had not been
able to get service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-07
AIRCRAFT INSPECTION
FORCES INCREASED
Commerce Department Undertakes
Most Thorough Program
on Record.

The most thorough inspection Of air
transport lines ever undertaken has
been begun by the Aeronautics Branch
of the Commerce Department as a re-
suit of the increase of its airline inSpec-
ton force from to II inspectors and
the dividing of the United States into
four inspection zones, each in charge OF
a crew.
Each of the four inspection crews is
composed of two inspectors who are eX-
pert pilots qualified to pass on such
matters as equipment. personnel and
the adequacy of landing facilities on
the routes operated Thc third man Is
an air line maintenance inspector, eX-
perienced in the maintenance OF air
craft and equipment.
Each crew is strictly responsible for
the inspection of all lines and divisions
of lines in its territory.