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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-12

over 133G. Seven countries now are building more than 00,000 tons of skipping, with the United
 Kingdom in the lead with 550.000 tons, then the United States, 301,-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-12
NEW YoRK.cALrFoRNA
 BACKBONE AIR MALL LINE

New York The New York. Chicago Pacific Coast airwny car. ried approximately forty per cent of all air mail in the United States the first half of the year, estI- mates United Air Lines.
 This 2,730 mile airway Is flown by the National and Boeing Air Transport. Mail is transported be- tween the Atlantic and Pacific sea- boards with the loss of only ons business day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-12

Sought for five days, Sam Day, 1g, surrendered at Tcxarkana, Tex, in connection with tie murder of Sheriff Walter Harris, 50, in q still raid. Day was taken to Little Rock, Ark, for safety. Tine above picture. taken some time ago. shows him posing with two pistols.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
Harmon FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES
: 1880 AWARDS FOR Achievement
Angry White Breaks
Up Church Service

MEMPHIS. Tenn.-Angered be.
cause he was tired of SO much
preaching" Charles MeFerrin. n 60
year-old white man. armed with a re-
volver, broke up the services of the
Negro Baptist church in his neigh
borhood.
According to the statements of the
terrorized worshipers, as the congre-
cation was singing "There win BE
no Mourning on the Other Side" the
white man appeared in the front door
of the little church with his gun,
and said, "There will be no mourn
ing on the other side, but there is
going to be plenty of it here if you
don't clear out of this place" The
Rev. Andrew Simmons led his flock
out of the rear door and to the po-
lice station, where the officers were
advised of the occurrence.
McFerrin was arrested and charg-
ed with drunkenness, disorderly con
duct, carrying a pistol and disturb
ing public worship. He told the Of
ficers, 81 like preaching sometimes,
but too much of it is just simply too
much. The police would not break
it up so | came over and ran them
out. was just tired of so much
preaching"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
Family Skeleton
Seen In Alternately
Kidnapping Case

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 81. -
Whether there is a family skeleton
and whether some of the bones of
this skeleton will rattle before the
Orthwein kidnapping case is over.
has added an element of expectancy
in this nationally interesting drama.
Despite the fact that Pearl Aber-
nathy traded what he thought was
the freedom of his son, Charles, for
the safe return of the heir to the
Busch millions, both father and son
were arrested and the sons bond
was fixed at 100000.
Many Rumors
Many rumors whispered over tea
cups present strange angles to the
case. Will one of the old Southern
romances of servant and master crop
up to explain why Pearl Alternately
thought he could square things with
the wealthy white father of the boy
his son was accused of kidnapping +?
Why did young Charles Alternately
pick out this place for a robbery?
All of these questions may or may
not be answered as the really true
story unfolds itself in the courts.
Pearl Alternately was once butler in
the Busch home, and thereby may
hang tale. friend say.
Pleads Not Guilty
In the meantime, Charles Aber-
nathy pleaded not guilty when given
a hearing Friday. He also an
nounced that he would repudiate the
confession alleged to have been sign
ed by him.
To a reporter for the st. Louis
American, Pearl Alternately, the
father, refused to talk at length
about the details of the crime but
conversed at length about the food
he was given in Jail and gifts given
him by DR.. T. M. Sayman. white,
millionaire soap manufacturer.
'I've stopped worrying over it, for
after all it is life," he commented.
"But I'd give anything to have one
of those pans of food that they fed
me in the jail. Such horrible food
you can't imagine how bad it was
That Jail would do credit to me-
dieval dungeon"
He went on telling of his release
on the 100000 bond signed by DR..
T. M. Sayman, millionaire soap man.
ufacturer. -
Continued on Page 81
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
7 men NAMED FOR HARMON AWARDS
California NphOLds Ban On Negro Residents
Lynch Law Menaces
Homes, Say Women

acknowledgements the an
eient excuse used by lawless mobs
that lynchings We're necessary for
the protection of womanhood, a
number of Southern white women
met here Wednesday and organized
the Georgia Association of Women
for the Prevention of Lynching.
"The real victim of lynching," a
resolution adopted by the group
averred, ''is not so much the per-
son done to death but constituted
and regularly established govern
ment. This crime is greater
menace to our homes, our children
and our country than any other"
While the Georgia women were
organizing a fight against lynching,
the State Interracial Commission
was addressed by Ben T. Watkins,
chief of Macon police, who termed
lynching "the blacklist blot smeared
on our history, but crime which
any determined police chief can
prevent"
Mentioning race prejudice as one
of the causes of lynching, the chief
advised that as added precautions
against mob law vengeance, every
Jail in the state should be equipped
with tear gas bombs and sub-ma-
chine guns.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
U.S.. Report DiscIoses 4ONatiOnaI Groups
Are CentraIizing Strength OF CoIored Men
Enterprise News Bureau)

WASHINGTON, D. Chat the
Negro is rapidly setting up for him.
self the organized machinery which
will eventually provide the group
with a taken-for- granted place in
the industries and commerce of the
country is revealed by reports from
the United States Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce.
There are more than 40 national
bodies listed in the files of that Of
flee. Many of these were named
in the last edition of Commercial
and Industrial Organizations" to-
gether with two hundred and fifty of
local associations of the same type,
and the Forthcoming edition of the
publication will contain an even
larger number distributed through
the different chapters in alphabetic-
al arrangement.
The known organizations pretty
we'll cover the field Of business, and
many Of them are doing quite effee-
tive work in their respective fields.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
Court Decision
Favoring Colored
Is Reversed

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 28.-
A fight for rights to occupy proper
ty which they purchased in South
eastern Los Angeles was lost by Ly
dia G. Montgomery, Albert w. and
Pinkie Wilson, Coiored, in ruling
handed down Friday by the District
Court of Appeal of the Third APP
pellate District. The court in its
opinion ruled that Colored persons
who buy properly in the area with
knowledge of an agreement entered
into by some 1875 white property
owners, restricting the use of prop
erty to persons of the Caucasian
race, are bound by the agreement.
Case Was Appealed
The decision was handed down on
the appeal of Thomas S. Littlejohns
and. others from judgment of Su-
perior Court sustaining demurrer
interposed by Francis Henderson and
others after the property owners had
instituted an action. The Appellate
Court reversed the lower courts
judgment and ordered the lower
court to override the demurrer.
The property owners entered into
their agreement June 7, 1928, and
their agreement was recorded on
September 20 of that year. There
after, it was charged three signers
of the agreement conveyed the
property to its present owners. The
property, according to the COM
plant, was occupied by the new psr-
chasers and C. A. Williams, Mrs. c..
II. Williams and c. Parker.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
Disabled War Vet
Gets Kitchen Scraps

RALEIGH, N C.. Daniel nut
Crimson, disabled World War vet
eran. whose claim for compensa.
tion is in the process of adjudication
and who for two months has been
an inmate in the National Soldiers
Home, Hampton. Va, found no de-
mocracy in Raleigh, Tuesday.
Hutchinson was en- route to his
home in Charleston, S. c. His funds
gave cut and he sought aid from
the local Red Cross which informed
him that their help to transients
was restricted to one meal
He accepted the offer for meal
and was given meal ticket to VIII
sons Cafe (white).
"Niggcrs Eat in Kitchen"
Upon presentation OF the ticket
in the dining room he was informed
that "Nlggers must eat in the
Kitchen"
Hutchinson reluctantly took n
seat in the kitchen TO await his
meal.
When the scraps from the dining
room came back. plate of this was
arranged for the disabled veteran
The soldier asked for the ticket
and informed the proprietor that he
did not wish the scraps.
Ordered Out
The request was denied aud the
veteran was ordered out Of the
kitchen.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
BLACK No More >
Described As Filthy

CHICAGO. (By Roger Didier) -
Schuyler's first novel, "Black No
More" has just been published by
1t is satire. brilliantly con-
ceived. 1t tells the story of Negro
doctor who discovers a formula for
changing Negroes from blacks to
blondes.
But the defects of "Black No
More" are found in the author
method and manner of treatment.
Mr.. Schuyler Is a low-bred ruffian
when he starts writing. Certainly,
Dubois, Morton, and other of our
leaders are proper subjects OF attack
or ridicule, if anybody has a MINI
to set on them. But | know of no
would strike the foul blows that
Schuyler does.
Lewd Description
To question the theories of DR..
Dubois is one thing, to question his
morality under thin disguise. an
other. To disagree with Dr. Motion
has become almost fad with GER
tain groups, the members of which
certainly have a right to their vi
ews, but lewd description of his per-
son is unnecessary and unfair.
Throughout his book, Mr.. Schuy-
Ter has resorted to the lusty bar
room style which is feature of
everything he writes. Ever since a
blow upon the head persuaded him
that he could initiate the vigor of
Mencken, he has busted himself per-
fecting a shocking style. Chief
among the ingredients are illusions
of the rankiest dirt. and filth, all
unnecessary and revulsive. l would
not want my wife. mother, or sister
to read BLACK No More"
Everybody is funny, ridiculous to
George S. Schuyler. Maybe it is
better to be funny and ridiculous
than it is to lack Judgment or to
be foul, vulgar and conceited.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
Dire Need Pinches Hundreds OF Colored
Settlers In SOuth's Drought Area
(Enterprise News Bureau.l

WASHINGTON, D. C. 49, Though
daily papers in their constant ac-
counts of suffering in drought
stricken areas Of the South seldom
every mention the Colored victims,
it remains that the larger percent
age of the victims are Negroes. Hun
dreds of Colored persons have made
appeals to Red Cross Bureaus.
Children Among Sufferers
One of the most touching letters
received, among many hundreds, is
the following written by a woman
from a North Carolina community
81 am member of the Baptist
church and seeing so many little
children without clothes, makes me
study what to do. There are SO
many that can't come TO Sunday
school on account of having nothing
to wear. Lots Of even grown girls
and Women-hard- working people
are suffering for coats or sweaters,
dresses, or shoes, to half keep them
comfortable,
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
80 Breadlines In New York

NEW YORK-There are 80
breadlines and other free mass feed
ing centers in New York City and
on conservative estimates they are
serving more than $4,000 meals a
day, it was reported this week by
the Welfare Council Committee on
Unemployment. OF the 90 bread
lines four are in Harlem, where it
is reported $4,000 free meals are
served daily to unemployed Colored
men and women. Homeless men and
women are also provided free lodg-
ing.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
Judge Harrison
Chicago Parole
Officer Arrested

CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.-(SpeciaD-
Kate, I've been tipped off by some
one in the pardon board not to ae-
cept any money today" Harrison
is said to have told a white woman.
said to be his go-between. put the
money back in the bank and hold it
until later"
This statement alleged to have
been made by William Fl. ("Judge"O
Harrison, member of the board of
pardons and paroles, led to his ar
rest Saturday. He is the second Chi
cago politician placed under arrest.
Bishop A. j. Carey. member of the
Civil Service commission, accused of
illegal practices has several times
had his trial postponed.
Bond of $500 was furnished by
Major Adam Patterson, an office
associate.
After a four-hour grilling, he is
said to have confessed and signed a
confession involving several other
persons. He was arraigned in NUM-
cipal court Monday. Judge John IL.
Lyle, Thompson candidate for
mayor, presided.
Continuance was granted until
February 10.
Tuesday, Governor Emmerson is
sued an order Diminishing Mr.. Harri-
son from the parole board. The an
nouncement read: "The board well
comes any inquiry which will halt
the practice of obtaining money I'M
der false pretenses."
Judge" Harrison was taken in his
office by member of the states
attorneys office who was not aware
that his investigation of h e
Judges" office was known.
However, the above remark made
by Harrison to the woman, who, it
was said, was to have paid him some
"marked" money on account. caused
the prosecutor to announce that his
investigation will expand to take in
the entire pardon and parole sys-
tenn.
The investigation so far, it is said,
has disclosed evidence that Judge"
Continued on Page 81
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
Radicals Admit
They Stand For
Social Equality

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. &c.
Complete social equality and inter-
marriage of races were admitted to
be part of the program which the
Communist party had adopted in its
campaign to enlist Negro members,
it was brought out in the report of
the Fish Committee to investigate
Communist activities, which was
made to the House, Saturday.
1t was through the testimony of
William z. Foster, recognized as the
outstanding Communist in the Unit
ed States, that the committee Sc
cured the authentic attitude of the
Communists on these questions.
Foster Specific
Covering this point part of Mr..
Fosters testimony was as follows:
Mr.. Eslick-Now, you used this
expression, "The Communists are
leading the fight for complete equal
ity and self-determination of the Ne
groes." Do you believe in the social
equality of the Negro and the white
man?
Mr.. Foster-I do, most assuredly.
Mr.. Eslick-Do you believe in in
terracial marriages between Negroes
and whites?
Mr.. Foster-I believe that any
person has right to marry whom
ever they please, without regard to
the color of their skin :. that there
is no basis in science or anywhere
else for the assumption that the Ne
gro is in any way inferior to the
white man. Furthermore, whether
you like it or not, the amalgamation
of the races is taking place in the
South, as well as in every other
country where races are in contact
with each other.
Mr.. Eslick-So you make no dis
tinction between races?
Mr.. Foster-No, sir.
Major Activity
While the Communists are aiming
their efforts in America at all ex.
plotted and dissatisfied groups. they
have for some time instructed then
CONTINUED on Page p
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
Girls Attempt To
Escape From
Industrial Home

BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. %. -
Urged, they say, by what they call
hard treatment twenty-four in
mates of the Industrial School for
Colored Girls at Mevale, escaped in
two breaks Monday an d Tuesday
nights of this week.
All of the girls, who gained free
dom by descending IA fire escape.
were captured and returned to the
institution.
For more than year Melvale has
been under fire and there have been
numerous "revots" and attempts to
escape during this time. Statewide
public attention was focused on the
institution when Juvenile Court Judge
J. 5. WaXter- calling the place the
worst in the country-announc he
would commit no more of the eity's
charges to the place.
A that time girls were found eat
ing with their fingers and using I'M
sanitary utensils. They were with
out proper supervision and almost
all of them We're suffering from dis
ease brought on by sexual abnor-
mality.
A short while after this Mrs. Marie
O. II. Bauernschmidt, secretary of
the Public School Association, white,
visited the place and found such
distressing condition that she brought
the matter to the attention of the
Urban League with the result that a
committee was appointed to help
work out "A reform movement.
As a result of these efforts a
thorough survey was made and sub
mitted to Governor Richie. In his
budget, submitted recently TO the
state legislature. the governor rec
commended state-owned and CON
trolled institution for colored girls.
Melvale is privately owned.
The first of the latest outbreaks
at the institution took place Monday
night when fifteen girls broke out
window and went down a fire escape.
They were rounded up the next
morning and brought back to the
home. The following night nine girls
repeated the act. They also were
apprehended.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
Boston University
Erases Color Line

BOSTON, Mass.-Color discrimi-
nation at Boston University's Sar-
gent School of Physical Culture
was banned by President Daniel
Marsh in a statement issued last
week to Butler K. Wilson, head of
the local branch of the N. A. A..
C. P.
The statement reads:
Whenever the buildings of the
school are used for social purposes
the whole group concerned-class,
school, or other unit-shall be in
vited and admitted without discrimi-
nation. Any group that wants to
have an invitation affair must go
outside for rooms, if the invitations
are to go only to selected persons.
''In this ruling, the dean and the
Sargent faculty have unanimously
concurred. This means that there
will be no discrimination against
any students on account of color,
race, or creed, in any social func-
ton held in the school properties.
Of course, as l told you before, the
curriculum and the school building
are for all alike"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
DECISION REVERSED AGAINST
PROPERTY owners INLOS ANGELES
Woman Falls Dead From
Hunger In Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Nd. - The grim
claws of hunger and exposure
claimed another victim here this
week when an aged woman walked
into the home of Hobert Brodas, 922
w. Paramount street, and fell I'M
conscious as they were hastily pre-
pairing her something to eat.
At the University hospital where
she was pronounced dead, it was
found that she was suffering from
lack of food and exposure. She was
unknown to the Broddas family and
was described as being 70 years old,
weighed los pounds, was dark brown
in color and had mixed grey hair.
Bread Lines Grow
Bread lines and crowds about well
fare stations are growing daily re,
porters found this week.
Police stations are continuing their
custom of giving shelter to as many
as possible each night.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
Medals And Gold
Are Awarded For
Unusual Ability

NEW YORK. Jan. 27.--An agri-
culturist, social scientist. musl-
clan. a business organizer. a writer
an educator and mission worker
in Africa were named by the Har-
mon Foundation Committee yester-
day to receive William r.. Harmon
awards for distinguished achieve
ment among Negroes for 1880 All
seven named are men and they will
receive each a gold medal and $500.
They are: Hall Johnson. native of
Athens, Ga, and graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania. for ori-
ginal musical compositions used in
THE Green Pastures.
Albion H. Holsey of the Tuskegee
Institute, native of Athens. for his
successful experiment in establish
ing the Colored Merchants Associa-
tion and cooperative stores among
Negroes
Henry A. Hunt of Fort Valley,
Ga, High and Industrial School, re.
cipient of the award for education.
He has developed a training center
for Negroes.
James Langston Hughes of West
field, n. j, for his book Not With
ont Laughter"
Thomas Campbell Monroe of Tus-
kegee Institute, first Negro farm
demonstration agent.
Charles S. Johnson of Nashville,
Tenn, recipient of the award In sci
ence. Among his research works
is The Negro in American Civil
Zation."
Henry G. Mcdowell native of
Meriden, Miss, missionary at Galan-
gus. Angola, Portuguese West AZ
RIGA.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
DIR. Gamers Son-in-law
Stays Self With Gun

NEW YORK. - Wilfred Johnson,
husband of Helen Garner, daughter
of the Rev. A. c. Garner, pastor of
the fashionable Grace Congregational
Church, committed suicide Thursday
morning at his home, $50 W. l36th
Street.
The Johnsons lived with the Rev
Mr.. and Mrs. Garner at the parish
house.
Mrs. Johnson left the sleeping
quarters Wednesday night to stay
in another room with her four-month.
old baby, who had a cold. About
7 80 a. m. Thursday the household
heard muffled report and, on en-.
tering the back room occupied by Mr.
Johnson, they found that he had GOV.
cred his head with pillow to deader
the sound and had shot himself.
1t is rumored that Mr.. johnson
was involved in a number racket and
rather than bear the humiliation OF
exposure, took his own life.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
Gust State House Help

COLUMBIA, S. C.-J X.
Hamblin, speaker of the House of
Representative of the State of
South Carolina, announced Tuesday
morning that all employees about
the state house will be white men.
For years it has been the custom
to employ a large number of Ne
groes as janitors, messengers, ct
cetera, but according tn Speaker
Hamblin's announcement these will
be replaced by white men this year
due to the fact that too many white
men are out of work.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29

"There are dozens of little chill
dren that haven't had any shoes or
clothes bought for the winter. Some
orphan children; some wdow-wo-
mems children; and some that have
parents, who are suffering. too.
1.-THE people that had money in
the bank lost that, too, when the
bank went broke.
There must be hundreds of pieces
Of clothes thrown away in the cities
that the poor people here and else
where would be glad TO get. Whether
you can give us a little or a lot, it
will meet the need of these folks
who are suffering here"
While figures on the number of
destitute Colored people are not now
available, the flood relief give some
light on how widespread drought
suffering is among members of the
race. In the flooded area Of Ar
kansas in 1927 the victims, CLASH
fled as TO color, numbered 1877, 900
Continued on Page p
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29

The National Negro Business League
is admittedly the oldest such organ
ization and the youngest is its foster
child, the Colored Merchants Asso-
citation. Many of the others are
limited in scope to functioning in a
field restricted to a given line.
In the interest of public informa-
ton as to the number and range of
Negro commercial associations. and
with view Of facilitating the eff
forts of those who desire to approach
the Negro market through the most
expedient channel to the different
lines, the list insofar as is known to
the Department of Commerce is
presented for public information.
49, NATIONAL TRADE BODIES.
Associated Publishers. Association
of Beauty Culture Schools Assoei-
alton Of Presidents, Managers and
Secretaries Of Colored Fairs, Colored
Merchants Association, National
Beauty Culturist League, National
Continued on Page 3D.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-29
Cohen Left No Will

NEW ORLEANS.-(ANP)-The
widow and eldest son of Walter l..
Cohen comptroller of customs and
leader in Republican politics for
many years, who died December 20,
applied to Judge Hugh c. Cage in
the civil district court to be APP
pointed administrators of the estate.
The Republican leader died with
out leaving a will and an inventory
will be taken to determine the value
of the succession property.