davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-22

EVANSTON, In-Despite the fact
that all four of Northwesterns reg
ular backs have minor injuries,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-22

IOWA CITY, Iowa Randall
Hickman and Jerome Kriz, Iowa S
injured halfbacks, will be ready to
play against Minnesota Saturday.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-08-20

Premier Lavars appointment of
Blaise Diagne as Under-Secretary of
State for the Colonies is made most
significant because Diagne is contin-
ually in the public eye, owing to the
International Colonial Exposition
now in progress in Paris.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-08-20

It is estimated that there are
eleven billions of dollars in cash
money in the banks of this nation.
For the most part 1t all belongs to
the white man. What the Negro
owns by way of savings is practical
Ay negligible, comparatively speak
ing. According to estimate, all the
savings of Negroes In Philadelphia
put together would not build the
Delaware River bridge! These facts
emphasize two things, the poverty of
the Negro and the advantage of the
white man.
Now, because the white man owns
the wealth and sources of output,
most naturally he owns the jobs and
sources OF living. Whoever owns the
wealth OF a nation, most logically
controls the industry of the nation.
To the capitalist in the present ar
rangement of society belongs the
privilege Of hiring and firing. His is
the right to say who shall work or
who shall not work In his factory
and on his job.
OF the $4,000 Negroes in Phila-
delphia 1t is estimated, that of those
who work not more than five per
cent are employed by Negroes them
selves. This is not exceptional but
illustrative of conditions among Ne
groes throughout the nation. II both
illustrates and proves the contention
of my argument that Negroes all
over this nation are in the bread
line. At present we have nothing
practically to give each other to do.
This being true the whole race is
put in the position of beggars. When
ever we need a job for ourselves or
cur children, necessity compels us
to go to the white man for it. We are
n the bread line ourselves and the
prospects are that our children will
remain in 1t and continually beg the
white man for charity. We are de-
pendent upon him and his doles for
subsistence. We must await his
whims, take his leavings and be sat
isfied with his insults and contempt
If he does not employ us we are I'M
employed! He takes us according to
his own conscience. In this bread
line the manhood and womanhood of
our race are continually crushed;
our energies dissipated and our OPP
portunities for advancement blockedi
But while all of this is true there
are other reasons why we are in the
bread Inc which are clearly within
our control. The chief among these
reasons is the fact that we are salts
fled to remain there! We put forth
no intelligent, efficient, and coopera-
tive effort to get out. The Negro in
America exhibits an alarming salts
faction with things as they are. We
wait for the white man and let him
do what he wills or pleases. There
is no other race under the suns of
heaven like situated as the American
Negro who would content himself
with our present status. In Charles
ton, S. c., the Negro is fifty per cent
OF the population; he constitutes
seventy per cent of the unemployed
In Minneapolis he is fifteen per
cent of the population and consti
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(Enterprise News Bureanl

AAIAAAtA BA AoN ANLNe D0hCaOJ
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Several
interesting changes have taken place
during the last ten years in the rank
of states according to the number of
eolored inhabitants in each.
Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama
occupy first, second and third places,
respectively, as in the year 1920, but
North Carolina has taken fourth
place away from South Carolina
willie Texas assumes rank five. there
by forcing the Palmetto State down
to sixth place.
As in 1920, Louisiana, Virginia
Arkansas, Tennessee, Florida and
Pennsylvania occupy seventh, eighth
ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth
rank, but from here down the line
are several important changes which
further indicate the migratory move
ments of our racial group during the
past ten years.
New York has crowded Maryland
out of thirteenth place and sent her
down to sixteenth; Illinois has pried
Kentucky from fourteenth place and
relocated the Blue Grass State to the
seventeenth seat in the rear, while
Ohio jumped from sixteenth place in
1920 to fifteenth in 1890, taking the
rank formerly held by New York
which moved up two places as prev
iously shown.
Missouri moved neither forward
nor backward and appears contented
with eighteenth rank in the list of
states, but New Jersey snatches
nineteenth place from Oklahoma and
sent the Gusher State back to twen-
tieth.
Then Michigan which was former
ly in twenty-fourth place passed the
District of Columbia, West Virginia
and Indiana and motored into TWEEN
ty-first place, putting the District of
Columbia in twenty-second, West
Virginia in twenty third, and Indiana
in twenty-foulth instead of twenty
third as in 1920.
California euchred Kansas out of
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Negroes In United States Race Of Beggars
With About 50 Per Cent In Bread Lines

tuteg seventy-five per cent of the I'M
Employed In Pittsburgh, Pa, he Is
eight per cent of the population and
constitutes forty per cent OF those
who appeal to the charity Of the city
for aid IN Philadelphia we are
seven per cent of the population and
constitute thirty-five per cent Of the
unemployed.
These are representative facts and
illustrations of conditions prevailing
throughout the nation; and yet what
are we doing about it? So far as
know, with all of the brain power
and education we boast of, in not
one of these centers to which | have
made reference has there been called
a single meeting of an economic of
industrial character that has been in
any sense representative In our
great conventions of both religious
and fraternal character, these facts
which lie at the very center of our
economic and social existence are
scarcely referred to to say nothing
about discussed constructivelyi
l know that there are causes for
this condition am willing to admit
all of that, but nevertheless we can
not escape the stigma that attaches
itself to us because of our helpless
ness. The causes that underlie our
condition are partly outside of the
control of our group and partly
within our control. We are not di-
rectly responsible for those that we
cannot control. but neither heaven
nor earth can justify our neglect of
those we can control.
In speaking of those which are
outside of the pale of our control
would remark that first of all the
natural sources of wealth in this ma
ton are practically all controlled by
the white man. Now the natural
sources of wealth in any nation are
the farm lands, the forests, the min
eral resources, the oil and gas fields.
These all are practically one hundred
per cent for all practical purposes,
in the possession of the white man.
Negroes do not own farm land
enough in the United States to be
considered. 1t is estimated that the
holdings of the entire race amount
to about twenty million acres. I re-
peat, that we are in the bread line
as we are largely because of our own
indifference and content to remain
there No man cares for our soul,
because we fail to care for ourselves
II Negroes would become dissatisfied
with themselves and put forth an
honest effort to get out of this con-
dtion, they would find help both in
heaven and lon earthi God helps
them who help themselves.
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Shift In COIOred Population From Dixie
To Northern States ShOwnBy US. Census

twenty-fifth place, dropping it gent
" into rank twenty-siN, the position
formerly held by Massachusetts,,
which quietly surrendered to the
Golden West.
As in 1920, Delaware, Connecti-
cut. Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado
ranked respectively in twenty eighth,
twenty ninth, thirtieth, thirty-first
and thirty-second place, but Arizona
jumped over Rhode Island and Min
nesota and settled in the thirtythird
seat from the front.
Wisconsin hurdled from thirty
eighth and thirty-fourth passing of
the way little Rhode Island, Mime
sofa, Washington and New Mexico
which now are holding down bleacher
seats thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty
seven and thirty-eight.
Oregon and Montana are still
sleeping as in 1920, in numbers
thirty-nine and forty.
Unimportant changes have taken
place in the extreme rear. Wyo-
ming now occupies forty-first rank
having DISPLACED Utah Maine is still
in forty-third, while New Hampshire
took forty-fourth from Idaho whose
shift back to forty-fifth rank tum-
He'd South Dakota back to seat forty
six.
Vermont held on to forty-seventh
place, but Nevada grabbed forty
eighth from North Dakota, which
with only 81 Negro inhabitants, now
occupies rank fortv-nine, or the low
est position possible.
But it will be noted in this con-
nection that the brother" has not
overlooked single state, and prob
ably only few counties.
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Murder In High Places

Over year ago, Edward Pierson.
auditor of the National Baptist Con-
ention. was killed 1t was believed
be an inside job, but last week.
he Rev. A. NJ Townsend and the
Rev. w. j. Westbrook, alleged murd-
n conspirators, were set free.
A little further South, second
crime startled the country last sum-
ner, when Miss Mary Booth, Tuske.
gee Hospital head nurse, was shot
down on the campus at night by I'M
;nown assassins who fled.
Despite the fact that Tuskegee is
a small self-contained community
and that rewards were offered, de-
tectives were unable until last week
to feel warranted in arresting any
suspect.
Crime in high places is no differ
ont from crime in low places except
that the criminals are APPARENTLY more
difficult to discover and convict.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-08-20
Census Figures

After the taking of a census by
enumerators all over the country.
as was last done in 1880, the next
step is to compile and assert the
data into groups and to draw va
rious deductions, based on the
changes apparent during the ten year
period since the preceding census.
This process is now being carried out
at Washington, and the newspaper
correspondents at the National Cap
itol are varying the monotony of the
summer news vacuum by putting
their various interpretations OH the
figures released by the Census Blu
reau
A special to the New York Times
last week set forth the fact, that
according to these figures the white
population of the United States is
tagging behind in it's numerical in
crease, compared to the other races
shown in the classification table. .
These other races enumerated as
part of the population are classified
as Negro, Mexican, Indian, Chinese,
Japanese, Filipino, Hindu, Corean,
and less than a thousand persons
comprehended under the term OF
"All Other" The falling birth rate
and the restrictions on immigration
are credited with having lowered
the rate Of increase of the white
population from sixteen percent reg.
istered between 1910 and 1920, to
1877 per cent in the succeeding de
cade.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-08-20
Talk Too Much

Men of prominence of the colored
race in America make the mistak,
of talking out of turn and of talk
ing too much. They place little or
no knowledge of, and the belch forth
with their lips tripping at rapid fire
wherever and whenever they assem-
BILE before a group of whites. Almost
invariably they say the wrong thing
they almost always say their little
piece in the wrong manner and be
fore the wrong people. There are
too many insignificant individuals in
Our race who sally forth whenever
the opportunity presents itself and
pose as leaders of an entire race OF
people. They utter dictums and doc
trines that show them to be unin-
formed, unbalanced and unprepared
to assume their roles. This sort of
thing does us infinitely more harm
than good.
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Exploiting Misery

While the world is undergoing
one of the worst financial depres-
sions that history records, while
banks are crashing and industry
crumbling a great group of our peo-
pie are taking advantage of this sit
uation by Fostering well disposed
white people for aid and relief for
the poor in turn are using the money
to further their own personal ends.
This relentless exploitation of both
the poor and the rich should be
dealt with summarily. There is too
much human suffering, too much
starvation and actual physical want
for crooks and thieves to misrepre-
sent and graft. This condition is
being frowned upon by the recog
nized charitable bureaus and insti.
utions and it is both hoped and ex-
pected that the miscreantss will be
laced in durance vile for this pal
able fraud upon society.
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EDITORIALS
Earthly Treasures


The old colonial settlers, devout
churchmen, used to have a law
against bear batting. Careful phil
osophers contend that the ban
against the game was started, not
because it gave pain to the bear,
but because it gave pleasure to the
spectators.
This doctrine persisted through
out the nineteenth century. Relig-
ION was not regarded as sincere &C
companied by suffering. Pleasure
was branded as sinful. Ordinary
comforts were frowned upon as
worldly.
Happily, the twentieth century
brought a change. Men began to un-
derstand that the things created by
nature for mems use were not sinful
to use them within moderation. The
automobile took vogue. The tele-
phone and the electric light have be-
come universal.
People of color have been the last
to change. The Caucasian of the
south taught them to clay up their
treasures in heaven" And they lis
tened and believed, while the eau
casian took the earth.
But now they too want their just
share of Creature comforts" in adj
dition to their share of the hereafter
And that's where much of the mod
ern friction comes.
AZ slonp ne Won were satisfied to
take what was coming TO you in a
promissory note, payable in heaven,
IL was all right. So were you. But
wanting some of these earthly-ah,
that's the rub.
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English
Word Often Misused

Word Often Misused
Use almost to express nearly.
Do not say, ole turned down my
offer" Say, "He rejected my of
Ter"
Word Often Mispronouneed
Au fat French, meaning expert.
skillful) Pronounced o-fe, 0 as in
mo" as in "bet" accent last
syllable.
Balloon, two Is
Word Study
REYELANT; bearing upon the
case in hand owe should be will
ing to face honesty all of the re-
levant facts"
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Black Cabinet Officer

1t is no news, but it has not been
mentioned in this column before
France has BLACK Cabinet Off
Ger. And, what's more, he functions.
When he is to appear in public, in
his official capacity, he does so. And
he is taken for granted.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-08-20

SO far as the Negroes of this coun-
try are concerned the figures of the
last census may he regarded as indi-
cative of a normal growth in num-
bers, together with a lessened death
rate and more general distribution
of population over the whole country.
The Number Of the group in Nor
thern states had increased 90 per
cent, on by nearly 3 million people,
due LARGELY to migration from the
South DESPITE this the Southern
states reported an increase of five
per cent ia their Negro population,
the figures for 1880 being 9.361.-
577, which does not include those
Hho escaped notice by the enumer-
ators. As the number of the race
in the North was given as 2,409.2l0,
IT win be seen that the majority of
Che group still remain IN the South
land
For everg Negro in the North.
there are probably four remaining
D the South, striving to work out
fhe problem of existence.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-08-20

In America, the land of the free
and the home of the brave, the only
governmental position in any way
NEAR the Cabinet has been taken
away from the Negro-the Register
ship of the Treasury, because some
one objected to Negro signing
United States money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19
NEW BALL PROVING
BIC AID TO GIANTS
MCGraW'S Preseason Pre-
diction Anent Pitching
Is Being Verified.
BY GAYLE TALBOT, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

VOHN j. McGRAW predicted in the
training season that the new ball
~ would have marked influence
on the National League race and
made his plans accordingly.
"All I need" the Giants pilot said at
San Antonio, "is pitching, and I'll get
that with this new ball It's going to
make a big difference You'll see"
How well McGraw sized up the situa-
ton is admirably illustrated in the
standing today. Largely because Of hurl-
ing, the Giants are running powerful
second in the National League. bare
half game behind the st. Louis Cardi-
mails.
McGraws moundsmen have gone the
route in IA out of "a games, the high
est average in either league Second in
that respect are. the Boston Braves,
whose pitchers have started and fin
ished ID out of 25. The Philadelphia
Athletics, with Is complete games out
of "a, hold the best record in the
American.
Another Giant, Bill Walker, pitched
the full nine yesterday in setting the
Cardinals down, 6 to g. The crack left
handler allowed only six hits and none
OF the runs of him was earned. The
victory gave the Giants two out of three
from the 1880 champions.
Brandt's Sixth Straight.
Ed Brandt. the Braves big southpaw.
who could win only victories out of
fl games in which he participated last
year. scored his sixth straight triumph
at the expense of the Pittsburgh Pr
rates, to /. The lone score off him
was the result of homer by Phillips,
the Pirates rookie catcher
Led by Babe Herman, the Brooklyn
Robins enjoyed field day against the
luckless Cincinnati Reds. The score
was IA to 4 and Herman cracked a
homer, triple. double and single.
Don HurSt's pinch single of jake
May drove in the winning run as the
Pnillies scored twice in the ninth to nose
out the Chicago Cubs, to f. Buzz Ar
lett hit his seventh homer of the year In
the second inning.
The Chicago White Sox turned the
neatest trick of the day in the Ameri-
can League, when they rallied for six
runs in the ninth round to beat Boston,
to 8. Sinons, pinch hitter, drove
In the winning runs with a lusty double,
after two were out
There was no sign Of iet-up on the
part of the Athletics, as they continued
their whirlEjnd tour Of the West. They
straight victory. 10 to z, taking a ffrmer
hold on first place and sending the IN
dams down to sixth. Foxx Simmons
and Cochrane each got three hits.
The New York Yankees kept pace by
scoring 20-to-8 victory over the De-
troit Tigers and squaring their four.
game series. 1t was wild one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19
LOSING STRING CUT
BY NAVAL HOSPITAL
Rallies to Hand G.. P. 0. It's First
Defeat-D. C. Repair Team
Drops Another.

"Out Of it? Not by a long shot"
chirped Manager Carl Newman yeSter-
day as his Naval Hospital charges walk
ed of the west El!ipse with their first
victory of the season. And the leading
G. p. o. tosSers were the champs in
itial victims
Annoyed by gossip that the champs
Of 1880 would be the tail-enders of 1881
in the Government League, the Sailors,
after three defeats. rallied in slam bang
style TO give G. p. o. its first defeat,
9 to 8, and send the Typos into a tie
with the Union Printers.
Newman shifted King, his first sacker,
back to the backstop post and Horns
berger, heretofore the catcher, to left
field, and the Hospital club clicked.
The victimized pitchers were Pete In
gram, who last year hurled the Sailors
to the pennant. and the southpaw
nemesis, Bob Lyon.
But while Naval Hospital finally won.
d. c. Repair, the Departmental League
champ, again found Commerce too
strong and bowed, to O. Kearney,
winning pitcher, allowed only six hits.
Possibly the Calvary Baptist manage
ment is murmuring, Il wish school
would let out in hurry"
Calvary, perennial champs of the
Georgetown Church League, always IS
a lager during first part of the season,
but manages to get Bozey Berger, Buck
Kilroy, Ray Davidson Buckley Buscher
Ell al. in time to win out. This season,
however. its two nearest rivals, Ed
brooke M. E. and West Washington,
have been piling up whale of lead
Neither has been defeated. Eldbrooke
winning three ~ 7
over Metropolitan Baptists.
Crane, first baseman of the Terminal
nine, is pretty handy chap to have
around. Needing a pitcher, Crane was
sent to the mound and allowed the
Constructioneers only five hits, winning,
6 to 3.
And it's no easy thing to turn back
Hamel jenkins, Booker, Jewett, Clark,
Ortell ct al.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19
SandIOt Ball

GOVERNMENT LEAGUE.
Yesterdays result-Naval Hospital. O.;
G. P. o., 8.
Today's game-Union Printers VS..
Navy Yard.
Tomorrow's game-Interstate vs.. G.
P. o.
DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays result-Commerce. 4; D.
c. Repair, 2.
Today's game-G. p. o. VS.. Agricul-
tlre.
Tomorrow's game-City Post Office
VS.. Treasury.
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays result-Terminal 6; Con-
structioners, g.
Today's game-R. r. Y. M c. A. VS..
Big Print Shop.
Tomorrow's game-Washington Ter
minal VS.. Loeff1er.
GEORGETOWN CHURCH LEAGUE.
Yesterdays result - Eldbrooke, o;
Metropolitan Baptist, /.
GAMES WANTED.
North Capitol Savings Bank, Sunday
Call District I'LL.
Columbia Cleaners, Sunday. Claren-
don 2065.
Bethesda A. c., Thursday and Sat-
urday. Call Bradley 80.
Indian Head Juniors. Atlantic 3667-J
Columbia Heights, Saturday. Georgia
275l-J.
Kanawha A. c., tomorrow. Decatur
1882.
Alpha Delta Omega, Saturday, pref
erably with Union Printers. Call Alex
andria 1700 after O'Clock
Washington Orioles Address lao
Eleventh street southeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19
TURNESA HAS A So
ON BRITISH LINKS
Sets Mark in Gaining Early
Lead Over Big Field in
Leeds Tourney.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
r EEDS, England, May 19.-Joe
Turnesa, American professional,
today carded a 90 in the first
qualifying round of the $1,000
Leeds professional tournament to take
an early lead over the big field.
Turnesa's fine 60 was record for
the course. He turned the first nine
in a regulation SO, but came home in
80. The old record was 70.
Turnesa won the Leeds tournament
last year. .
The American got his SO despite three
puts on the last green and trapped
tee shot at the fourth.
Tony Manero and Horton Smith. who
finished third in the $500 Southport
tournament last week, took 76s.
Joe Kirkwood, the New York trick
shot artist. was closest to Turnesa with
a "a.
Marco Churio of Argentina who
played so well at Southport, temporarily
held second place behind Turnesa with
q TO-
Kirkwood got his IA despite two IS
and several SIS. He was in constant diff
ficultieS of the tee, seemingly unable
to cure himself Of hooking his wooden
shots, but pitched and putted magnifi-
Gently to make up for his lapses up to
the green.