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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10

Whites Conduct Rites
For Colored Janitor

PETERSBURG, Va.--Thomas NJ.
Jones, for 8 years ianitor Of the
First Baptist Church, white, died
here on Thursday and was buried at
the church which he had served, the
pastor, the Rev. Prudel, officiating,
assisted by the Reverends H. l.. Holt,
J. b. Brown, S. A. Brown, and H. F.
Miller.
More than 800 persons attended
the funeral, over half of whom were
white. Members of the congregation
bore all of the funeral expenses and
furnished 65 automobiles for the fu-
neral party. The deacon board and
trustees were honorary pallbearers,
members of the Bible class were ac-
tive pallbearers, and the choir sang.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Jones cele-
brated his 18th anniversary at the
church at which time he was present
ed a gold anchor and 500 in gold.
For the past five years although he
has been paid a full salary he has
only visited the church to oversee
the work
He is survived by widow and two
daughters, teachers in the Carter G.
Woodson School, Hopewell, and a
son, a graduate in medicine from
Howard University and now practic-
ing in Connecticut.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
FIGHT AGAINST
PERRY HOWARD
IN MISSISSIPPI

JACKSON. Miss. - new ont
break against Perry w. Howard. ma
tional Republican committeeman of
Mississippi has broken out in his
home state which will require con
siderable attention for the Southern
leader before the next campaign.
The fight this time is from Mr..
Towards own ranks and a number
of charges have been hurled that it
is believed will result in his ousting.
The most serious objection the
Mississippians raise is that Mr.. How.
ard does not live in Mississippi at
all but spends his time and makes
his home in Washington, d. c., al
though he controls the purse strings
of the campaign funds.
Mississippians are also seethinp un-
der the report, according to the
Southern Register, that Mr.. Howard
received $4,000 during the pre-con-
vention campaign in 1920 and used
less than $4,000 of it for campaign
expenses, and that many of his dele
gates had to borrow money to get
back home from the 1920 national
convention,
1t is also said by the Register, that
Mr.. Howard did not use the $4,000
campaign fund received by him in
1928 for the Mississippi campaign,
but left every one of his delegates
to pay his own campaign expenses
though most of them were unable to
do so and it is said that other large
CT ms, ~ L
1923 for campaign purposes, which
We're not accounted for.
No Patronage
Considerable objection TO Mr..
Towards leadership is also raised
because he has obtained no patron
age considerations from the present
administration.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
N.A.A.C.P. SENDS
SHARP PROTEST
TO WAR DEPT.

NEW YORK. September 9. - A
letter to Acting Secretary of War
+. II. Payne has been sent this week
by the National Association for the
Advancement Of c o lored People,
which sharply protests the extension
of the War Department policy by
which Negro combat units are being
broken up and distributed and made
into work and mental units.
The latest order which draws the
N.A.A.G.P. fire is one dated Aug
ust Il, from the Adjutant General
Office in Washington moving the IA
nous and renowned 10th Cavalry
less all armament, animals and all
organizational equipment" from Fort
Hnaehnca in Arizona to various sta
tions in Kansas. Virginia and New
York. The N.A.A.GP. letter says in
part:
While the eolored people, and
especially the colored press, were
somewhat treasured by your definite
statement in your letter of August
| | as relayed in our press releases,
that the Department did not contem-
Pia'e hu'i'shuE any Vi oHe louf press
ent regiments Goth and 10th Caval-
r& cath and 18th Infantry they
have become greatly alarmed over
these recent moves which they inter-
pref as reducing all Negro soldiers to
the rank of menals.
I'm your letter of August 1 you
state: The reduction in strength and
the rendering inactive OF units of the
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
BLACK MECHANIC
SAY s RUSSIA
BANS PREJUDICE

PAR1S.-Robert Robinson of New
York City, whose recent experiences
in Russia were heralded through the
press of the world, is spending his va
cation in Paris. Robinson was the
tool-maker, who was attacked by
two white Southerners, also in the
employ of the Soviets. The two
white men, Lewis and Brown, after
a trial lasting for six days were sent
eneed to ten years Imprisonment but
after making the humbIest apologies
the sentence of one was reduced to
deportation. and the other pardoned
and permitted to remain.
Robinson attributed the attitude
of the white American workers, 1886
in number, to sheer jealousy. He
said he was the only Negro mechanic
and as the Russian people are very
partial to Negroes, and as he was.
moreover, a member of an oppressed
group, the Russians showed him spe-
cial attention, which inflamed many
of the white Americans. Lewis and
Brown, both attacked him at once.
while he said that forty others stood
by and only looked on.
Most of the white American me-
chanics have returned, said Robin
son. Many of the remainder still do
not relish his presence among them
but that "there is nothing else for
them to do but to stomach it until
they return to the States as the Com
munist government is very firmly OPP
posed to color prejudice or any other
form of injustice against Negroes. -"
Robinson said that three other Ne
gro mechanics accepted work under
the Russian government but that
they declined at the last moment.
In passing through Germany, Rob-
inson, who is very dark. had another
experience. In the compartment in
which he was, three white Americans
were placed enroute. Not knowing
that Robinson spoke English--he was
reading a French newspaper-they
protested against his presence and
declared that the Germans, knowing
that Americans do not like Negroes,
had placed him there purposely to
spite them.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
GENERALIZATION Of NEGRO TROOPS
IS seen AS Discriminatory MOVE
Re-opened Norfolk
Bank Meets Success

NORFOLK. Va. - Officials Of the
Metropolitan Bank and Trust Com
pany. which recently re-oponed for
business, express themselves as be-
ing highly pleased with their first
months operation.
The entire uptown business and
professional community responded to
the appeal for renewal of their con-
nections. Numbered a m z the
hundreds of new depositors are
Greeks, Jews, Gentle whites, Japan
csc. Chinese and Filipinos. as we'll as
churches, lodges, business firms and
individuals have started new ac-
counts.
"At the close of business one
month from the day we opened" said
William NJ Rich, president, "the
books revealed more than $4,000
new money on deposit with us. and
this in time when everybody is
talking about money being scarce
Besides we have been able To make
quite a few conservative loans to pa
irons both new and old, while the in
stitution's net earnings were best in
several years. With such good will
and cooperation as this shown dur
ing our first month under the re-
organization, we see nothing but sue
cess ahead
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
NEGRO CHOPPERS
FORCED TO. FLEE
FIR @ M H @ M ES

NEW YORK, September S.-The
flashing of the Rev. J. +. Bates of
Lincoln County, Georgia, and his
wife, and one w. l.. Johnson bv two
white men, of Lincoln County. Geor-
gia, early in July, has been called
to the attention of the United States
Department of Justice by the Nation
al Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
Information reaching the N.A.A.
C.P is that the Rev Bates, who is u
share-cropper and farmer ON the
farm of j. L. Mason, was whipped
after he demanded an investigation
by the coroner of the death of a
small child of w. l.. Johnson, his
neighboring share-cropper. The
body of the johnson child, who was
an invalid, was buried without the
coroner seeing the case. despite the
fact that Bates and Johnson sought
the coroner's investigation. After
the burial, suspicion arose that the
child had been beaten to death and
the matter was again called to the
attention of the authorities who re-
fused to disinter the body and dis
missed the case.
1t is thought that for his activity
in demanding coroner's investiga-
ton Bates was beaten, as was his
wife and johnson. The opinion is
expressed guardedly in the commu-
nifty that the johnson child may have
been killed by persons who did not
Continued on Page 80
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
Give Up $500 For
Fake Pullman Jobs

NORFOLK, Va. - More than 200
people are out of pocket money of
various sums of money from 50 to
$40 each which they deposited with
the president of the Pullman Service
Company, a white man named Con-
slant, who promised women jobs as
maids and cleaners and men rs por-
ters and walters with the Pullman
Company.
Persons who were taken in by the
gchemers reported this week with suit
cases packed ready to go to work
but were confronted with two vacant
rooms from which the fake company
had flown. Even the telephone, which
was afterwards found to never have
been connected, was gone. Those
who were without the necessary fee
borrowed it or pawned their goods
to get it.
Bird Had Flown
Appeal had been made TO the po-
lice department, but To date the man
has not been apprehended. for he
had a weeks start ON the officers.
The sum of 1000 is the sum lifted
from the unsuspeeting applicants.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
COL 0RED FARMERS LASHED IN GEORGIA
Protests Breakup of Tenth CaUal,
Dean Cook Bequeaths
$4,000 To Howard U.

WASHINGT0N.-Howard Univer-
sitv was remembered in the will of
the late Dean George w. Cook, who
stipulated that the university with
which he was connected for 90 years,
should receive $4,000 from his es-
tate.
Bequests were made to relatives,
but the main portion of his estate
goes into a trust fund and the in
come is to be paid monthly or quar-
terly to his wife, Mrs. Coralie F.
Cook. At her death, the income is
to go to his son, George, Jr. Sub.
sequently, the estate is to be divid-
ed among the last-named's heirs-at-
law
Executors of the estate without
bond) are Mis- Cook and the Wash
ington Loan and Trust Company,
No estimate of the total of the es-
tate is available.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
SAVOY RETIRED
AT TE R SIXTY
YEARS SERVICE


WASHINGTON - Completing 60
years and two months of continuous
service in the State Department, Ed
ward A. Savoy, better known as
Eddie" chief messenger for the
Secretary of State. rs placed on
the Civil Service retired list, Mon
day, with an annuity of S9S month
for the balance of his life.
Mr.. Savoy was born on MAY 2,
1855, and was brought to this city
in July, 1871. by Hamilton Fish, then
Secretary of State, and appointed as
a laborer in the department In
June, 1884. he was appointed as as
sistant messenger. He was promot-
ed to the grade of messenger in 1898
and served with the Peace Commits
sion at Paris, France, in the fall of
that year. Edward Gwin, who was
chief messenger to the Secretary of
State, died in 1901, and Mr.. Savoy
was promoted to fill the vacancy.
Since then. he has occupied desk
near the office of the Secretary of
States office and served as usher to
thousands of distinguished visitors,
including rulers of foreign countries.
Mr. Savoy is known by practically
every diplomatic official stationed in
Washington. by members of Con-
gress and other officials. From them
he has received many tokens for his
uniform courteous treatment.
The veteran messenger really clos
ed his active services when Secre-
tary Stimson went to Europe the
latter part of June, as he has been
on leave of absence since then. His
successor viii be selected from the
regular corps Of messengers who
have had long service as his assist
ants.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
Woman Is Manager
OF School Cafe

LOS ANGELES. - Mrs. Enola
Chism, has been appointed manager
of the cafeteria at the Ascot School
located at Ascot street and Vernon
Avenue.
Mrs. Chism succeeds an Arkansas
woman, former head of the cafeteria
who was dismissed after having been
charged with discrimination against
colored pupils as the result of an in
yestigation conducted by the Indus
trial Council. After a number of dis
criminatory incidents had occurred,
the Industrial Council SIX e d the
Board of Education to appoint col
cred woman as manager in charge of
the cafeteria. The appointment of
Mrs. Chism. followed.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
PASTOR VICTOR
IN NEW ORLEANS
CHURCH FIGHT

NEW ORLEANS -- The Rev. r.
S. Sharpe, pastor of the Tulane Ave.
nue. Baptist Church was returned the
victor here last week when seven
ousted church members we're denied
an injunction in civil district court.
The ousted members mad been en-
gagged with the pastor in contro-
Versy over money matters. A tenn
porary restraining order issued sew.
eral days AGO, was recalled and set
aside by Judge Hugh c. Cage. Trou-
bic between the pastor and the dis
gruntlod members had been brewing
since his election To the pastorate
here eighteen months ago, the seven
having opposed his election
Quotes Baptist Law
In their petition the ousted menu
bers set forth that they had been
onsted unlawfully. Replying to the
courts query as to how members
might be ousted from a Baptist
church, the Rev Sharpe quoted from
the Standard Baptist Church direc-
tory "0ffenses may occur Of such
an aggraVatng character as 10 re-
quire, when fully proved. that the
church should at once withdraw its
fellowship from the offender with
out any other attempt to labor with
him. notwithstanding all confessions,
penitenee and promises"
Counsel for the ousted members
produced revised edition Of the
church directory, but the Rev. Sharpe
declared that his church was not
governed by that edition but by tho
old one.
In handing down his decision.
Judge Care said An injunction
would not issue To prohibit some-
thing that has already been done.
Injunction denied
Leading Church
T he Tulane svenue Baptist
Church is one Of the leading churches
Of this city. having a membership
around the 500 mark.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
Curtis Mosby Bankrupt

LOS MISUNDERSTANDING his LA
bilities at approximately $4,000 and
his assets at about half that amount,
Curtis Mosby, former owner of the
Apex Mite Club, Tuesday filed vol
untary petition of bankruptcy in the
II. S. District Court
Mosby's bankruptcy petition fol
lows long financial tangle begun
some two months ago when the own
er of the building sought and secured
a Judgment against Mosby for S4,-
600 alleged 10 be due for unpaid
rent
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
Discrimination Suit
Settled Out OF Court

AKRON, Ohio.-The suit for five
hundred dollars brought against the
A. and p. Lunch Counter by DR.. G.
w. Samples for alleged discrimira-
ton has been settled satisfactorily
odt of court, according to an an
nouneement made here last week.
Dir. Samples, who is the presiding
elder of the C. M. Z. Church, was
represented by Attorney Chester K.
Gillespie.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
PASTOR CLAIMS
5, BISHOP RUINED
His DAUGHTER

HARTFORD, Ala. = The Rev.
James B. Glass, pastor of circuit
of three A. NJ. L. Churches near
here, has signed an affidavit telling
his reasons for entering into a con-
tract to accept $4,000 from his pre-
siding bishop, the Right Reverend
K. A. Grant who he charges is the
father of his daughters child.
The Rev. Mr.. Glass declares that
he has been pastor in the denomi-
nation for thirty years, has been
married for over forty years, and has
three daughters and one son.
A year ago when his daughter, OIL
lie, then 10, was about to become a
mother, the girl accused Bishop R. A.
Grant.
The Rev. Mr.. Glass said that he
set about trying to bring the bishop
to justice and to compel him to sup,
port the child. As a result of such
effort and with the purpose of keep
ing the scandal from the church, as
we'll as to follow church doctrine, y
he entered into the contract with
Bishop Grant, whereby the bishop
was to pay $500 in cash and the bal
ance in equal installments over a
period of ten years; $170 was to be
paid on November first of each year.
1.-THE contract was in no wise for
personal gain and not to release
Grant in any way" he stated.
The Rev. Mr.. G lass said that
Bishop Grant at no time denied the
act charged, but sought to avoid dis
cussion of it and to stress the neces-
sity of keeping the matter out of the
courts.
Bishop Grant was in town March
Ia and Is, 1880, he said, and the
child was born to his daughter De
eember IL, 1880.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
Harlem Women Help
Striking Miners

NEW YORK CITY,-Among The
agencies contributing to relief funds
for the miners in the Kanawha Val
ley district of West Virginia is the
Harlem Housewives League which
last week shipped food and clothing
to Charleston, West Virginia, to be
distributed among the black and
white miners who have been on strike
against wage reductions and unsatis-
factory living conditions.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
Given Jobs in Chicago

CHICAGO.-Sevaral hundred men
were put to work in the South Park
system Monday morning as part of
an arrangement between the park of
ficials and representatives of Gov
ernor Louis Emmerson's relief COM
mittee.
The governors committee had
made available a fund of $4,000
from which the men will be paid.
This effort TO see that heads of fam
lilies obtain some kind of employment
is a part of the program of relief
formulated after the communist evic-
ton riot several weeks ago.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
Drill Team Wins Trophy

HONG Bt.ACH-While more than
10000 spectators looked on and APP
plauded. the colored drill team of
Benjamin j Bowie Post, number
22s, Tuesday won second prize in
the state wide competition for drill
teams conducted by the American
Legion as feature of the state con
vention which opened here Monday.
First prize went to the Los Angeles
Police Post.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
Oklahoma Business Men
Are Found Not Guilty

EUFAULA, okla. - Two promi-
nent Muskogee business men were
ordered dismissed when found not
guilty of having passed bogus
cashiers check. The two defend
ants, Louie Peyton and r. A. Boot
en-, had been accused of issuing the
check for $3.50 to w. l.. Belt.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
Ruasia Seeka Carver

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE. Ala. =
Prof. George Washington Carver,
one Of the foremost agricultural
chemists in the world, has been Of
fered a position by Soviet Russia to
aid in developing the eountry's ag-
ricultafal program, it is rumoFed
here
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
Police Guard Families
From White Hoodlurns

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Armed with
riot guns and tear gas bombs, po-
licemen held an all-night vigil when
600 white hoodlums protested the
moving of three families into an
apartment house in white neigh
borhood,
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
Governor Won't Appoint
Colored Judge In Calf

Los ANGELES, Because
he did not appoint a Negro Judge
among the several white ones after
repeated promises, Governor James
Rolph, Jr., is being sharply criticized
by a number Of local citizens.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10
Pawnbroker Robbed

HOT SPRINGS. Ark.-Two white
men who lured Timothy Cain, pawn
broker away from his shop and rob-
bed MIN Of valuables totaling S3l7.
last Wednesday, were caught by the
police after chase through several
cities.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-10

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
BLUE RIBBON MALT TO INACCURATE NEW
 RADIO FEATURE

Coincident with the changing of the Blue Ribbon Malt companys program time from 10:15 E.D.S.T. to 10 E.D.S.T. over WABC and the Columbia Broadcasting System, the Blue Ribbon Malt company an- nounces change in radio feature.
 Ben Bernie, the old maestro and his Blue Ribbon Malt orchestra will provide the program. Bernie and his lads are well-known to radio audi ences having appeared on the air as sustaining feature over the Colum- bia Broadcasting System His in- imitable style and unusual rhythms have pleased radio audiences and it is our guess that he will please you. Let's give the little boy great big chance. He hopes you like him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
On the Air Today
NEW FEATURE TO
 START TONIGHT
Lure of Tropics to Be Heard From WEAF at
 ' D. m.

The haunting strains of Indian, Spanish. Central and South Ameri- can native tunes will be featured during the Lure of the Tropics pro- gram to be inaugurated over an NBC-WEAF network beginning to- night, from FOO to 7:3O p. m., EDIT, with Justin Ellie directing the presentation.
 Ellie, prominent Latin-American composer, and former student at the Conservatory of Music ao Paris, spent ten years, among the primi- tive tribes of Latin America learn ing their tribal melodies and scoring them for orchestral and vocal rem dition. Several of these unique chants will be heard.
 Included in the forthcoming in- augural broadcast of the series will be the Hymn to the Plumed Ser pent; Invocation a La Luna, Indian Dance and Ritual, Legenda Del Ci- bao and other unusual selections.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
VW R0 76O " V@ kilOcycles
 
395  Meters
New York

5 p. m.-Pacific Vagabonds. 5:9O D. m.-Little Orphan Annie sketch. 5:45 p. m.-Stock reports. 6 p. m.-Raising Junior sketch 6:15 D. m.-Orchestra.
 6:30 D. m. -Orchestra.
 6:45 D. m.-Lowell Thomas. D. m.-Amos n Andy-sketch 7:15 p. m.-Gus Van.
 7:30 D. m.-Phil Cook. 7:45 D. m.-Phil Cook. 7:45 D. m.-Ramblers. 8 D. m.-Whiteman's orchestra. S:30 D. m.-The Epson Downs track
 -Clem Mccarthy.
 S:45 D. m.-Polly Preston's Adven-
 lures.
 9 p. m.-Symphony orchestra. 9:30 p. m.-Sketch. 10 D. m.-The Life of Joan of Arc
 Drama. With Margaret Anglin. 10:30 D. m.-Clara, Lu and Elm. 10:45 p. m.-Boswell Sisters, songs. II D. m.-Slumber music. 11:30 p. m.-Organ. 12m.-White orchestra. 12:30 a. m.--Buck orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02

Margy, the Steno, wise-crackine heroine of the NBC-WJZ comedy dramalogue, heard each Saturday evening. may battle with Miss Blake the cool office manager, but she obligingly has set out to find the lat ter a boy friend. How she goes about this will be revealed in the episode to be heard from 7:30 to 7:45 p. m. Saturday, June $.
 Seraphina Strelova. soprano. will share musical honors with Joseph Knecht's orchestra during the "On Wings of Song" program over an NBC-WEAF network on Saturday June 6, from 12 to 1 p. m. knecht formerly conductor of the old Wal dorf- Astoria orchestra, is well known to the radio audience.
 Beginning Wednesday night, June 10, Erno Rapee, noted conductor will direct a thirty-five piece con cert orchestra during the Palmolive hour, a regular weekly NBC-WEAf r feature every Wednesday from 9:30 to 1O:3O. p. m. Rapee will conduct until Wednesday. November IS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
WEAF x,,.:ss,.: :ss |: New York
New York

Is D. m.-Children's program. 5:30 p. m.--Talkie. 5:45 D. m.-Mountaineers D. m.-Interview by Jim Corbett. 6:30 p. m.-Who's Behind the Name
 Edwin A. Alger. 6.45 p. m.-Black and Gold Room
 orchestra.
 6:55 D. m.-Baseball scores. D. m.-Lure of the Tropics. 7:30 D. 'm.-Sketch p. m.-Concert S:30 D. m.-String orchestra; Alfred
 Wallenstien, conductor. 9 D. m.-Musicale 9:3o p. m.-Earle Spicer. baritone. 10 D. m.-Orchestra. II D, m.-Snoop and Peep-sketch 11:15 D. m.-Little Jack Little, songs 11:3O D. m.-Calolway orchestra. 12m--Vallee orchestra. 12:30 a. m.-Continentals music.