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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-25
FIGHT RADIO DECISION
Independent Manufacturers May
Make Appeal to Congress.

Independent Manufacturers May
Make Appeal to Congress.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, June 25. - A
fight against the Radio Corpora
ton Of America in the next session
Of congress was predicted today as
the probable result of the federal
radio commissions decision that
the corporation was entitled to re-
tain its communications and
broadcasting licenses.
Oswald F. Schuette, executive
secretary of the Radio Protective
Association, termed the decision an
insult to the intelligence of the men
who wrote the radio act of 1927 and
said the independent manufacturers
he represents would appeal to con-
gress for protection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-25
GRAB R0BBER SUSPECT
Ernest De Wese, Arrested In Texas
to Be Returned Here.

With the arrest of Ernest De
Wese, 80, in Galatin, Tex, Indi-
annapolis detectives said the robbery
Of Schnull & Co. warehouse April
26 has been solved.
De Wese will be returned to face
robbery charges for the theft Of
1891 from Emery Migrant, 2249
Brookside avenue, manager Of the
warehouse. Timothy Harris. SO, Of
1922 Deloss street, is held in con-
nection with the robbery.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Police Enter Binga
Home With Doctors
And Nab Banker

CHICAGO. March l6.-,Iesse Bin
ga, former president of the defunct
Binga State Bank, was arrested here
last Thursday and charged with en-
bezzlement of some 100000 from
the institution which he headed.
The probable arrest of Mr.. Binga
had been rumored ever since the
bank closed. Warrants were reported
to have been gotten out for him on
various charges. Reports that he
could not be found and that he was
in local hospital we're circulated
along with the story that he had
transferred all of his earthly be-
longings" to his wife, who, according
to reports, was rich in her own right.
Thursday, however, rumors of ar
rest became fact when Deputy
Sheriffs Ralliban and Feeney waited
for the banker at his home, 5922
South Parkway, and took him into
custody. He was rushed to the Cook
county Jail and bond was set at
$4,000.
Four Employees Held
Along with Mr. Binga. four of his
former employees were taken into
custody and charged with embezzle-
ment. They were Miss Inez CAVITY,
secretary to Mr.. Binga, who, accord
ing to members of the board of di-
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Harlem Slogan Is
Spend Money Where
You Can Work

NEW YORK, March 18-(Special)
The Negro business men of Har-
lem, 300 strong. have started an un-
precedented drive for more and bet
ter business in Harlem. To back up
this pledge they are offering $4,000
weekly to be given away in the form
of profit-sharing plan. anticipating
that such methods will reduce ex-
penses of householders and decrease
unemployment. The organization is
known as the Harlem Business Mems
Club and it's members consist of some
of Harlem's oldest and most progress
sive business men.
The business men also have launch
ed drive for employment of Me-
groes in all places benefitting by Ne
gro trade. Newspapers, churches and
lodges have Joined in the campaign
adopting the slogan "Spend your
money where you can work."
The statement from the Harlem
Association follows: New York has
the greatest Negro population in the
world. With the promised coopera-
ton of the Urban League, the Ma
tional Business League, the Harlem
Housewives League and the churches,
Continued on Page A.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Frank Plea For
Liquor Upsets
Baptist Conference

PHILADELPHIA, March IT. -
tSpeciaD-A plea for tho return of
good beer and good whiskey was
made Monday afternoon by local
clergyman.
Pew. X. }. Langstor, pastor of
Zion Baptist Church, hal concluded
an exhaustive summation of the con-
.ributions the Christian Church has
lnede to civilization, speaking be-
fore the Baptist Ministers confer
ence, held at Jones Baptist Taber-
nacle, list street above Woodland
avenue.
zone contritu, ,on that the church
has made which the world is not sat-
isfied with is Prohibition Rev.
Smith Price, pastor of Wayland
Temple, stated from the floor of the
conference.
'If you want to bring back good
times and cause the bread lines to
vanish, bring back good beer and
good whiskey," he continued. There
were murmurs Of disapprovai
throughout the body. But the clergy
man continued.
"There are many who feel just as
feel, but they're afraid to say it
publicly. I'm not afraid to express
my convictions. | have never believ-
ed in Prohibition. The churches, and
particularly the Methodists, have
gone out of their way to put Pho
a.. (Cantirued on Page 3.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Urban League Says
Unemployment Less
On Pacific Coast

NEW YORK, March 1s.-Rumors
of better times are not borne out by
reports respecting unemployment
among Negroes. While there are n
few instances of Improvement there
is no indication that unemployment
has receded from the high peak it
has maintained throughout the win
ter.
The most favorable reports come
from the South, but these are most
ly prophecies of good times rather
than illustrations of them. Atlanta
and Houston have had feeding sta.
tions, a practice not as common
South as North.
Northwest Is Bright Spot
On the Pacific Coast, Los Angeles
Negroes have lost jobs heavily. the
employment of thirty-five coloreo
men as janitors in new office
building being the only outstanding
encouraging feature in recent
months. In Seattle and San Fran
cisco bright spots where the Negro
population is relatively small. un-
employment has not yet become
troublesome.
Omaha Easy
Denver is maintaining the good
record to which is has been accus-
toned for four months or more. On
aha still feels the depression but Ne
groes have experienced some relief
in the revival of business at the
stockyards. Kansas City and st. Louis
are greatly burdened with unemploy-
ed of both races. Minneapolis and st.
Paul are numbered among the more
favored cities.
Chicago and Cincinnati are strug-
Cling with hordes of unemployed, tn.
latter city showing Negro rremploy-
ment relatively four times as much
as this races population ratio. De-
troit and Cleveland have shown fluc.
tuations lately that make analysis
difficult with Negroes apparently
little, if any. better off than month
ago.
Coal Miners Off
Toledo, Columbus, Youngstown
and several Ohio cities show heavy
percentages of Negroes receiving re-
lief, with no signs as to when the
burden will lift. TIE coal mines ana
steel mills in the Pittsburgh district,
the industries employing the largest
number of Negroes, are still far be-
low normal.
Buffalo is yet numbered among
the heavier sufferers, and Boston
reports unemployment among Ne
groes serious. New York gives no
suggestion of Improvement as relief
funds for Negroes and whites are
rapidly diminishing and new funds
are sought.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Negro Workers Hold
First Conference
In Germ any

HAMBURG, Germany (By MaiD
The first international conference
of Negro Workers of the World was
held here after England declined to
permit its sessions in London and
took necessary steps to prevent Ne
gro foreign delegates from landing
on British soil.
There were delegates from Gold
Coast. Nigeria. Sierra Leone and 9TH
err African places, who arrived in
London with passports and were fol-
lowed and harassed by Scotland
Yard detectives until their stay Tiers
became intolerable.
At the conference here special res
olutions were passed against lynch
ing, against the white terror in Ala
bama, U. S. A., protecting against
the Mcdonald government for re-
fusing permission to hold the confer
ence in London, against the South
African and other governments for
refusing to grant passports.
The new international committee
was elected, consisting of James W.
Ford u. S, Al, l. Hawkins GU. s.
Al George Padmore (U. S. AZ, G..
Reid West Indies), Tom Marsh, (Ni-
peria), G. Miller (Gambia), Albert
Nzula (South Africa. Representa-
tives of Haiti, Liberia and East At
RIGA are to be added.
The conference went on record for
equal pay for equal work regardless
of race. nationality or sex. immediate
establishment of an eight-hour work
day and seven-hour or six-hour work.
dav in unhealthy occupations.
Negro and white workers were
urged to stand together against the
exploiter and to defy the attempts of
capitalists to create race hatred.
Headquarters of the bureau here
are located at 8 Rotesoodstrasse.
The Russian Soviet Republic was
referred to as the Fatherland of the
Workers throughout the world.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Carolina Mutual
Now Has Assets
OF $3,7S3,6l9

DURHAM. N. c., March 18.-The
North Carolina Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company closed its 32nd ami
versary in better shape than ever be-
fore in its history. Collections we're
more than $2,000,000; increased its
assets $223,000; increased its sur
plus 100000, and increased it's con-
tingent liability fund $4,000.
Facing the hard times of 1890.
the force doubled their energy and
swatted hard times with hard work
and economy. As result, every item
OF overhead expenses was reduced.
The company has paid more than
$1O,000,000 in claims since its or
ganization and during 1880 the eff
cheney of its personnel was increased
from ID per cent to 20 per cent.
When John Merrick, founder and
first president of the company, died
IN l9l9, the company's assets were
$155,7l4. When DR.. A. Nj. Moore.
second president, died in 1923. the
company's assets were $1,945.522.
Proof of how the founders and for
mer officers trained and organized
their successors is shown in the re-
suits of the 1880 report. Assets now
are $3,783,6 $40.
The company issues all standard
forms of life insurance, namely: en-
dowment, twenty-pay life, whole life
and industrial. 1t has on deposit with
the insurance department $780, 900
as special guarantee fund.
The North Carolina Mutual is the
first life insurance company to ma
ture a twenty-year endowment uol-
icy, having paid $4,000 in cash for
endowments to its living polieyholc-
ers.
The company is advised by one of
the most efficient, independent ac-
tuarlal firms in America and EMPLOYS
the methods of all other well regu-
lated life insurance companies. Bus
mess is valued and a legal reserve
maintained on outstanding policies.
The premiums collected by all Negro
life insurance companies do not ex-
coed 20 per cent Of the premiums
collected by any one of the large
white insurance companies. If the
company were able to double its vol
ume, it could easily give employment
to more young men and women COM
ing out of college.
The N. c. Mutual employs 1000
men and women. Most of the print
ing is done by Negro presses and
most of the advertising is done
through Negro newspapers and Pc
riodieals. The company is not only
offering protection to its policyhoid-
ers. but employment and encourage
ment to those coming from our edu.
cational institutions.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Victory Life Ins.
Is Now Million
Dollar Business

CHICAGO, March 18.-The finan-
cial statement of Victory Life Insur-
ance Company for the year 1880
shows that despite the general bust
ness depression which encompassed
the entire world during the year, the
company was one of the few life in
surance organizations in the country
that showed a net increase in its
volume of paid-for business.
In addition to this accomplishment
it increased it's premium income by
$4,000 and its assets by S150,000.
1t now is million-dollar corporation
with total admitted assets of $685.
904.
The agency force accounted for a
volume of $5,681, 085 in paid-for bus
mess, bringing the total amount of
insurance in force to more than $16,-
100000.
The company paid in death claims,
matured endowments and other val
ues to policyholders the sum of
$4,000, making total of claims
and values paid since organization of
$4,000. This figure, together with
the sum paid in salaries and commits
sions to employees, agents and med,
zeal examiners, reflects the large
part this organization is playing in
the economic life of our group.
In a recent statement made by
President Overton, he said:
1.-THE progress made by Victory
Life in its six wears of operation re-
fleets the result of an efficient and
conservative management and the
endowment of the confidence of the
public in making this progress pos
sible."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
JESSE BINGA, CHICAGO BANKER JAILED
Walter White Elected
N.A.A.C.P. Secretary

NEW YORK.-Walter White, who
has been acting secretary of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People during the
years leave of absence of James
Weldon Johnson and since Mr.. John
sons resignation January lat the
regular meeting of the board of di.
rectors was elected secretary to sue
coed Mr.. Johnson by unanimous vote.
Mr.. White has been an executive
of the N. A. A. c. P. since February
|, 1918. Among his achievements
have been Investigations. often at
great personal risk, of 43 lynchings
and eight race riots, among them
being the Arkansas riots of 1919.
The information Mr.. White obtained
in Arkansas led to cases of the col
ored farmers being carried to the
supreme courts of Arkansas and of
the United States, freeing IL men
from death sentences and 67 from
life and long-term imprisonment.
Last year Mr.. White conceived,
planned and led the fight which re-
suited in the defeat of the nomina-
ton of Judge Parker to the United
States Supreme Court, campaign
which has been called the greatest
major political demonstration by the
Negro since the Civil War.
Since he Joined the N. A. A. C. p.
staff Mr.. White has written numer-
Gus magazine articles and the follow
ing books: Fire in the Flint, 1924,
and Flight, 1926, both novels, and
"Rope and Faggot" a study of
American lynching, 1929.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
PROHIBITION TOOK AWAY GOOD
LIQUOR CLERGYMAN SHOUTS
Harry Burleigh, Now GA
Still Packs Them In

PASSAIC, N. Harry Burleigh,
noted baritone singer, rendered a de-
lightful program of spirituals at the
First Presbyterian Church. white,
here under the auspices of Bethel A.
M. E. Church, of which the Rev.
James S. Brown is pastor.
The church was packed to capacity
by both colored and white, and Mr..
Burleigh with his vibrant baritone
voice delighted and gripped his audi
ence. He was introduced to the mu-
sic lovers by the Rev. DR.. George II.
Talbot, pastor of the First Presbv-
terrain Church, as a man of high
standing and one who has done mar
velous things in music.
Mr.. Burleigh, who is sixty-four
years old, has toured Europe and
America as a concert singer and
is widely known for his interpreted
tions of Negro spirituals.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Woman's Confession Of Guilt Saves
Ignorant Youth From Electric Chair

of eriminally assauIting the white
wife of a sailor and had been SEN
fenced to die in the electric chair.
He was identified" from a lineup
on January 6 as the man whom Mrs.
Dorothy Skaggs said had attacked
her, pulled her into an alley and
crminally assaulted her. She went
on the witness stand in the first trial
and swore to this. 1t was eorrobo-
rated by a signed confession obtained
by police and, following conviction,
the sentence of death was passed.
The conviction and sentence to
death of Harper occurred January
20 and week later the verdict was
set aside by Judge A. r. Hankle, who
presided at the first trial, on the
ground that full disclosure of the
facts had not been brought out at
the trial.
Sensational Development
Among the sensational develop
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Pastor Who Couldn't
Pray Or Whistle
Is Out $4,000

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 49,
Judge E. +. Langford in second cir
cult court dismissed the case of the
Rev. w. A. Lewis against Ira r. Bry-
ant, editor of the Young Allenite.
Rev. Mr.. Lewis in a previous hear
ing was awarded $4,000 in his $l0,-
100000 suit against Bryant for libel.
Rev. Mr.. Lewis took exceptions to an
article that appeared in the Young
Allenite several months ago, in which
he was given place within the group
of preachers who could neither pray :,
preach, sing or whistle.
In addition to that, he was accused
of taking a check turned over to him
by Bishop A. j. Carey for use on a
mission church and fraudulently sign
ing the names of the trustees of the
church to the note and using it for
his personal benefit.
In the trial it was brought out
that all officers denied Rev. Mr..
Lewis claim that through the pastor
of the church he had been authorized
to sign their names. Editor Bryant
had insinuated that Lewis manner
of handling the check had some relaA
ton to his disappearance at the gen.
eral conference when the time came
for him to appear in person before
the Episcopal committee to support
his charges that had been filed with
said committee against Bishop A. J.
Carey.
It developed that after signing the
officers names to the check, DR..
Lewis had used it to open up an ac-
count with the Peoples Bank and
Trust Company. DR.. Lewis stated in
his testimony that he did not know
whether he cashed the check or whe-
ther he deposited the check to his
account or to his church's account
in the Peoples Bank.
Bank Proves Fraud
Certain officers of the bank, in
attempting to help DR.. Lewis, also
stated that they never had heard of
such a check, but when these Off
GERS were served with writ from
the court and forced to produce the
banks record, it developed that DR..
Lewis not only had signed the names
fraudulently, but had appropriated
the money to his own use.
In view of the fact that Rev. Lewis
had no new evidence with which ro
bolster his case in second attempt,
and because the defendant, Bryant,
had fortified himself with steno-
graphic report of the first trial,
which he planned to use as foun-
dation for building up charges even
more serious against DIR. Lewis thar.
that of fraudulently signing a check.
DIR. Lewis seemingly saw the wisdom,
of absentine himself and leaving no
course for the judge and his counse,
as well. but to agree that the case
should be dismissed with the cost of
court, to be borne by DIR. Lewis.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Marian Anderson Scores
In Greensboro Recital

GREENSBORO, N.C.-Marian An
derson, world famous contralto and
one of the rare voices of the times.
heightened the esteem of her Green's
boro admirers this week in a pro-
gram at A. and T. College and won
the warmest kind of applause from
a large and appreciative audience.
At the close of the program the
audience refused to move from their
seats until Miss Anderson had sung
two encores. The second was the
"Cuckoo Song" with which she de-
lighted the audience.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Oklahoma Youth
Wins $4,000 Suit
Over Oil Lands


MUSKOGEE, Okla, March 16.-
Leonard Ingram, wealthy Greek freed
man, won verdict of $4,000 dam
ages against Phillip A. Lewis, for
mer trustee of his estate, here last
Friday. The suit was for 100000,
whJch amount Ingram alleged his
estate shrunk during Lewis man.
agement between 1924 and 1926.
The man, ward of the govern
snent because his forebears were
slaves of Creek Indians. drove to
'the trial daily in his $4,000 gold
plated automobile. Lewis filed no.
tice of appeal.
The judgment had been sought on
the grounds of alleged mishandling
of the freedman's half million dollar
estate, which now has dwindled to
approximately $4,000.
Lewis is regarded as one of the
weathiest Negroes in the state.
In giving his decision, Judge Pol
ock severely rebuked Ingram con-
corning his lascivious manner of liv-
ing, one item of which was his gold
plated automobile. 81 recommend
that you take off those clothes and
get into some overalls, such as farm
ers wear, and that you do lot OF
earnest work on your farms, and
think alone so that you can come to
some decision concerning things. The
ordinary boy Of your age never would
have gotten into such troubles. This
money, in my mind, has been curse
to you"
The $4,000 verdict was based on
two items of $4,000 which Lewis
paid himself as trustee and $4,000
which he paid another man for mixed
legal and trustee fees. II also was
brought out that Ingram was induced
to go to Europe for a time on the
ground that che may be killed here. /"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19

they are so vociferous in their de-
nunciation of minor forms of social
equality. The Negro offers them
too powerful a temptation for them
to take any chances.
In all human beings there is an
inner urge, | think, to be Just, and
the Southerner by suppressinq this
has created a complex in himself
which exaggerates all of his emo
tions in regard to the Negro and,
in consequence, swift metamorpho-
sis from Negrophobe to Negrophile
is possible. 1t is noteworthy that
some of the Negroes staunchest
friends today are Southerners. La
Dor rivalry which the poor white
feels offers an obstruction Of which
the wealthy white is free.
Meets an Intellectual Negro
But during all this time had new
er met an intellectual Negro. | came
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Colored Increase Faster
WAY Out in Kansas

WASHINGTON, ID. C.--The total
population of Kansas as OF April | A.,
last, was 1,380.999. comprising
961,29l males and 919,708 females.
or an excess or 1883 males over
females.
There are in the State 1,792,347
white persons, 66.344 Negroes, and
21.SO8 other colored. the last includ-
ing Mexicans, Indians, Chinese, Jap
anese. Filipinos, etc.
Compared with the population in
1920. the white population shows an
increase of 40 per cent only, while
the Negro population shows an in
crease of 14.5 per cent. In 1920,
the white population numbered L.
708,906, while the colored popula-
ton numbered 57,923.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Enterprise News Bureau)

NORFOLK, Va. - What punish
ment will the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia mete out to Dorothy Skaggs, II
white woman, whose false testimony
sent William Harper, 20, to the very
shadow of the electric chair? and
who and what will be done with the
police officers who she said deliber-
ately planted the luckless lad in the
lineup for her to pick him out for
the sacrifice of death.
These questions hung on the minds
of a breathless throng of white and
colored men and women who heard a
white jury pronounce Harper not
guilty after one of the most sensa-
tional rape" trials ever heard "
this country, which ended here Sat
urday.
Sentenced to Die
Harper who was a friendless and
ignorant youth, was on trial for the
second time. He had been convicted
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
Colored Juror Sits
In Oklahoma Court

PERRY, OkIa.-A Negro on the
jury In the February term of court
here has caused much comment be-
cause of the high type of Judgment
exercised by him during the trial of
two major cases. murder and bank
robbery, in which the defendant was
found guilty.
G. T. Talliaferro, merchant, who
has lived here for more than 80
years. is the juror who served at the
trial of white youth who received
Is years in connection with an at
tempted bank robbery, and that of
another white man charged with
manslaughter.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-19
negro F|NANCIER, a EMPLOYEES
ARE ARRESTED FOR HUGE fraud
Richmond Group Has
$780, 1000 in Realty

RICHMOND loss in realty
values recently reported has been
restored by the board of equaliza-
ton, it was learned Saturday.
The new assessment books indicate
that the property owned by Negroes
carries total of $2.730,360, of
which $1,112,000 is in land alone
and $1,61S.360 in buildings. The
records show that the group owns
the most land in the North side of
the Madison ward, $719,940. In the
jefferson ward which has the lowest
evaluation. $1S,525.950, colored own
$20S,490 In realty.