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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-01
j. S. Civil Service Discriminates Against
Negro; Fails To Give Race A Square Deal
lEnterprise No. Rnrnnnl


ment Of Labor to BE- used D. offset
against the complaint that there ~
race pre- iudiee aud discrimination in
the civil service Much use Of these
facts was made IN the Ease nresiicn.
tial campaign, ! am sorry a. sar. hr
Negro spelihinders. 20 appcnse the
grievance Of the Nc9to complainant
] replied t. the f8ofnoff ~ tho
editor Of the Times stating that those
fifty thousand Jobs for the most part
consisted Of soldiers. sni.0r Ian.frrr
messenger. iaBurers charV0mrn
and caretakers and dld nos touch tta
merits of the complaint that thr race
was Disseminated against .n thn r'as-
sitied sergices SIS reioIuder re-
mains unpublished
Several years aga the whole race
was dashed into fury over fIrrrF
nation in the government DEPART.
ments at Washington Ifr iair Neea.
II. Thomas laid down Bis iife as !
sacrifice on this altar
Governmental seereestion Croun
hpaes
During the LAT hienniun haif q
dozen heated issues have arisen anl
pushed government segregation ru'
Continued an Pave BID
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Owns Shoe Plant With
$4,000 In Equipment

GRAFTON, w. Va. - With the
most modern shoe repair shop in the
city and $4,000 in equipment, the
n. r. higgins establishment here on
Main Street, is an example Of bust
ness efficiency.
Starting his business in his home
with an old fashioned last, Mr.. Big
gins has developed il into a modern
shoe emporium and not only does q
shoe repair an d cleaning business
but carries large stock of mems
and boys shoes.
Electric Shoe Sinners
Among the modern machinery are
two electric shoe sinners which elm
mates the danger of climbing on the
high stands seen in most places. He
has as an assistant, Harry Fuller, of
ClarlGsburg.
In his determination to keep up
with the latest in footwear and shoe
repairing. Mr. higgins attends the
shoe dealers conventions. He uses
the very newest methods in repair
work, having replaced the old meth
DDS of using tacks with modern
method of glueing on soles.
lie eaters to both races and has "A
large number of customers.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-01
White Men Choose
Colored Wives

NEW YORK CITY - Although
many Colored men have been mar
ried to white women within the past
few years, the reverse in which white
men choose brides from the Colored
race is not usually heard of. How
ever, two such unions occurred here
this week.
Miss Julia Elizabeth Harvey, al,
who lives at GO West 10th street,
became the wife of Hans Olson, AZ,
white, Of East 117th street, on Fri
day. Miss Harvey who is cook. was
born in st. Kits, B. w. /. Olson
came to this country from Copen-
hagen, Denmark.
Gonuzalo Rodriguez, 40, white,
1890 18th avenue, with Miss Joseph
inc Mortimer, IS, PSF West 111th
street, on January 3. Rodriguez is
a native Of Porto Rico and is en-
ployed here as a mechanic. His bride,
cigar binder. though born in New
York City, is the daughter Of Cuban
parents.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-01
Whites Replace Thirty
Detroit Employees

DETROIT. Thirty employees Of
the garbage department have been
discharged for anrxplainable reasons
and their places filled with white
iaborers The eolored citizens. who
largely supported Mayor Murphy,
have called 81 attention 20 the de-
uletion .n The rants ~ the ciiy's col
ored employees bat NJ action has
beer taken
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DIR. Motion Improving

ROCHESTER,, N. Y.-Dr. r. r.
Motion, principal of Tuskegee Insti-
tute, who underwent an operation at
the Strong Memorial Hospital here,
is getting along nicely. He is ex-
pected TO remain in the hospital for
about two weeks longer.
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Journal and Guide Is
Thirty-one Years Old

NORFOLK, Va.-The Journal and
Guide, this sections first weekly,
printed les 3lst anniversary edition
last week. It consisted of 40 passes
of news and advertising. The Young
family have owned and operated this
enterprise for 20 years.
The Guide has more than 20 en-
ployees in its fully equipped print
ne and publishing plant
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-01
N. c. Town Boasts No
Lynching In Sixty Years

KITTRELL, N. C.-While mob
violence runs rampant in other South
ern communities, this town boasts
that not single lynching has oc-
CURED here during the past sixty
years; neither has any resident Of
the whole county been executed for
crime since the electric chair was in
stalled in Raleigh.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-01
Hampton Given New Name

HAMPTON, Na.-The name Of
Normal and Industrial Institute has
been changed to plain Hampton In
stitute by action of the trustee
board
The name of the presiding officer
the principal-has changed,
and Arthur Howe is the first presi-
dent Of Hampton Institute.
The new 100000 Upgrade prac-
tice school viii soon be erected on
the campus TO take the place Of the
sgrade Whittier school now located
some distance from the institute
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White Spikes Rumors
N.A.A.C.P. Dissension

NEW YORK. Rumors that James
Weldon Johnson had quit the Ma
iional Association for the Advance
ment Of colored People because Of
dissension, were branded as false in
statement today by Walter White,
acting secretary Mr.. White said {;
"Rumors that Mr.. Johnson has re-
signed as secretary Of the n. A. A..
G. p. because of discussion, are I'M
fnmndcd.
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Ky. Servants Get $1,000

CONVICTION. ky.-Two servants
Of the late Mayor Frank H. Perkins,
white Mr. Ada Scroggins, cook
and William MURRAY, chauffeur. have
received requests of $4,000 each for
trustworthiness, according TO the will
which has been prohated.
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SERVANTS ARE PALLBEARERs

ST. LOBlS.-Eight servants Of the
family Of Mrs. Gillian N. Travous, n.
white. deceased widow of n former
general solicitor u the Wabash Rail
road, acted a. her pallboarors last
week at the largest services ever con
Quoted at Edwardaville, a wealthy ex.
elusive suburb.
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Retired Army Officer
Civan 5000 Position

BOST0H.--Larkland Hewitt. retir-
ed lieutenant colonel Of the National
Guard is been appointed as as
sistant E, miner 10 the office Of the
state bar commissioner through the
influence = Governor Allen, al a sal
airy Of s 90
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cember 4, but eratuitOusIy appended
statistics to the effect that $4,000
Negroes are on the federal govern
ment payroll, with an aggregate sal
AIRY Of more than S64, 100000 dollars.
Figures of Special Agent Merely
Campaign Bait
These facts were compiled by the
Negro special agent in the Depart
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Boyd to Confer in Denver

DENVER Henry Allen Boyd, sec
rotary q tha SUNDAY School Con-
gross. ~ Nashville. wiIl speak at the
fnn Baptist Church on January 3.
f0Hn Hhieh - Wi.l hold cons
ference with the local committee the
MAYOR and the officials of the Denver
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-01

the report Of the
Civil Service Reform
League, eXtolling
the progress Of the
civil service reform
movement for the
last so years. There
upon | wrote The
Times pointing out
t b e failure of the
civil service machin-
cry to give the Ne
gro applicant a fair
deal on the basis of
his merit. The edi-
tor was good enough
to publish my article
in the issue of De-
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w With Ono Vote

BOSJ BY lhe narrow margin
OF one Robert r.. smith was
declared lected 20 the Common
Council indm Ward q over his white
opponent Arthur Harrington. last
week
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-01

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(By Kelly
Miller)-Several weeks ago the New
York Times carried an account Of
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Best, Advertising Medil
Its Kind in the Paci
Northwest
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Popular and Widely
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at SIS
at $50
at $40

Seconds Elevators the Mems Clothing Department.
Second FIoor-The Hecht Co.
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FEW FARMERS ABLE
TO PAY u. S. LOANS
Only $4,000 Of 100000 Re-
ceived by Government From North
west Area Fit by Drought.

The second successive season Of
drought has hit Northwestern farmers
so hard that they are finding 1t diff
cult to repay Government loans of last
Spring.
Approximately 100000 in loans
was due September 80. but on october
2 only $l47000 had been returned to
the Agriculture Department from farm
ers in North and South Dakota, Mime
sofa and Montana.
George L. Hoffman, director Of the
seed loan Office. now is in that region
studying conditions. Many farmers,
whose previous loans are now due, have
been forced to seek additional funds
TO retain their stock.
Senator Robinson, Democrat, Ar
kansas, discussed loan collections with
Secretary Hyde and President Hoover
and was assured that leniency would
be exercised. Arkansas, one of the
States hardest hit by last years
drought, received the largest amount
of the S67,O00,000 appropriated by the
last Congress for drought and storm
relief. 1t now leads in repaymentS,
having paid off $260,l58 up to &C.
tober .
The total amount repaid by all
States is S1,648,950. About $48, 600, 900
was loaned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
GANGS RENEW WAR;
z SLAIN IN CHICAGO
Former Henchman of McEr-
lane and O'DonneII Is One
of Victims.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, october IA new flare
UP of killings apparently has broken
the peace that has reigned for months
In the internecine gang strife on Chi
cago's South Side. Two men were slain.
James L. Quigley, said by police to
have been a former partner OF Frank
McErlalle and Edward Spike" O'Don-
nell, but more recently to have been
their enemy, was enc OF the victims.
The other was George Wilson, SO, once
a policeman. He was found on South
Side street last night pierced by ma
chine gun and pistol bullets.
Body Taken From Canal.
Quigley's body was fished from a
drainage canal at Lockport yesterday.
He had been shot to death. Police be-
lieve his death might have had some
connection with the killing of Eddie
Fitzgerald, chauffeur for McErlane and
McErlane's sweetheart, Marian Miller.
Fitzgerald was dragged from a saloon
and shot to death last Spring by trio
of men, one of whom was identified by
witnesses as Quigley. Later an attempt
to STAY Quigley with machine guns was
made McErlane and O'Donnel were
suspected of the attack.
The police said their theory gained
weight last Thursday when McErlane's
automobile, SCARED with bullets, was
found near his stronghold. Inside was
the body of Miss Miller. She had been
shot to death, as had her two dogs.
NcErlane himself is missing and the
police believed he, too, might have
been slain They also advanced the
theory. however, that McErlane might
have killed the woman.
Formed His Own Gang.
Quigley, the police said, recruited a
gang of hoodlums of his own after
withdrawing from the McErlane-
ODonnell combination, and began to
encroach on the beer territory of his
former associates.
Wilson was a small-time liquor ped
dler, the police said. He was found by
three girls and was taken to hospi-
tai, where he died. He was arrested
several years ago on a charge Of extor-
ton and more recently for participa-
ton In a robbery. He was believed by
police to have been member of the
Druggan-Lake West Side gang.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
SPEED MARK ON VOYAGE
CLAIMED FOR LEXINGTON
Airp1ane Carrier Reported to Have
Made More Than Al Land
Miles Per Hour.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, October 12-W. H.
Tierney, an official Of the General Elec-
trio Co, said yesterday the Navy air
plane carrier Lexington, electrically
driven, set world speed record last
week on a voyage from the Bremerton
Navy Yard, on Puget Sound, to Los
Angeles Harbor.
The vessel reached q maximum speed
of 1877 knots or slightly more than Al
land miles per hour during the voyage,
he reported This speed, he said, is the
fastest ever attained by a vessel as large
as the Lexington, which Is 896 feet long.
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TOWER is DEDICATED
Future Facade of New Church
Built by Rev. C. E. Coughlin.

DETROIT, october IL (P).-High dig
nitarieS of the Roman Catholic Church
participated yesterday in dedication of
a charity crucifiXion tower at the Shrine
Of the Little Flower, from which Rev.
Father Charles E. Coughlin broadcaStS
his religious features.
An extensive radio hook-up carried
the ceremony to Rev. Father Coughlins
audience. Contributions from listeners
were largely responsible for erection of
the 100000 marble tower. 60 feet high,
which eventually will form the front of
q new church.
Radio brought to the ceremony the
blessing of Right Rev. Michael j. Gal
lagher, Bishop of the Catholic diocese
of Detroit, from his hospital sick bed
The dedicatory services were conducted
by Right Rev. Joseph F. Schrembs,
Bishop of Cleveland Gov. WILDER M.
Brucker spoke.
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tax was one of the reasons for price
wars and underselling of retail gasoline.
Asserting dealers who purchased
gasoline on which no tax had been paid
were able to engage in "cut-throat
competition" the company said this
condition, "if not remedied, threatens
to demoralize the Oil industry Of Cali
fornia again"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
ANOTHER CHICAGoAN KILLED.
Body of Grape Dealer Found in Indiana
Woods,

DYER, Ind, October IL OP.-The
body of Anthony Ialongo, 40, South
Chicago grape dealer, was found by
hunters in woods near Griffith, Ind,
yesterday.
He had been shot through the head
twice; his skull was crushed.
Police believe he E;cs slain by gang
sters who called him . Whiting, Ind.
Friday on the pretense that one of his
trucks, delivering load or grapes, had
been involved in a traffic accident.
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SURGEON TO Be HoNoRED
Johns Hopkins Professor to Receive
Bigelow Medal at Boston.

oASSAoW AeuoA at boSCon.
BALTIMORE, Md, October IL R-
One of the highest honors in the sur
gical world is to be conferred in Boston
in February on DR.. j. M. T. Finney of
Baltimore. 1t was announced YESTERDAY.
At that time the Boston Surgical
Society will award him the Henry ia
cob Bigelow Gold Medal The award
is based on scientific contributions and
distinguished services in the field of
surgery.
DR.. Finney is the clinical professor of
surgery at the Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity School OF Medicine and will be the
fifth recipient Of the Bigelow Medal.
commemorating the career of DIR.
Henry Jacob Blgelow, a pioneer Boston
surgeon,
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ST, 900 REWARD OFFERED
FOR GAS TAX EVADERS
Non-Payment Causes Price Wars
and Underselling, Standard

Oil Co. of California Believes.
BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. October 12-The
Standard Oil Co. of California today
announced standing reward of 81 900
for information leading to arrest and
conviction of individuals or firms for
non-payment of gasoline taxes to the
State. =.
The reward will be paid as many as
20 times, the company said in an
nouncing its belief non-payment of the
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.MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

the diet. Daily exercise In the fresh
air Is important, too.
Sometimes, even with careful atten-
ton to diet and health, pores seem to
become coarse and enlarged and milady
finds 1t necessary to give them special
treatment. Such pores indicate a slug
giSh skin and one effective way to
arouse them to activity is to massage
the face every day so that the. cifcula-
ton Is stimulated. Occasionally pat
the face rather brisk1y with the finger-
tips or use one of the electric face pat
terms made for that purpose.
After cleansing the face well with
either cream or warm water and soap
always use mild astringent. This has
double purpose-it closes the pores
and thus keeps them from becoming
clogged with dirt and 1t also stimulates
the pores to activity. The following In
gradients make very mild astringent
which may be used regularly each day:
Rose water, ! ounce; cologne water,
ounce; sulphate OF zinc, 40 grains.
Apply with absorbent cotton after
cleansing the face and also before using
foundation cream and makeup.
Any one whose pores have tendency
TO be large must be especially careful
about the nightly cleansing Of the skin.
1t Is a good plan first to use q good
liquid cleansing cream, one which will
penetrate deeply into the pores. Re-
move this cream with soft tissues and
then steam the pores open by using
warm water. Wash well with q pure
soap and then rinse well first in warm
water and finally In cold water. Alter
nate rinSings In hot and cold water viii
stimulate the skin also. As final treat
ment after tkae nightly cleansing rul,
the face with q piece of Ice wrapped in
TO the sides of nose and the chin or
any other part where the pores show a
tendency to become enlarged. Remem-
Der that the best slogan in the quest for
clear, fine-textured skin Is absolute
cleanliness, both externally and In
taFpa1lv -
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Straight TaIksto Women AboutMoney
by MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN.

We know Of women who have never
been able to live their own lives, be-
cause dependents have crippled and
hannpered them. We know that many
Of those dependents could have been
self-relant If they had had the will.
Before q woman undertakes to sup
port others she should satisfy herself
thoroughly that they cannot support
themselves. Age does not make Q
difference except In extreme cases.
Too often q woman slaves away ut
her job, and at the end Of her
existence she has q few crumbs left
for herself and lot Of other peoples
receipted bills.
If folks become public charges one
should not assume that she must
shoulder the public's obligation. It is
enough for most women to support
themselves without attempting to sup
ply the wherewithal Of life to one or
more others.
In some instances women ind that
their earning capacity Is equal to the
task of providing for others, but in
the vast majority Of instances it Is
not.
There are some mothers who must
support their children until they at
tain working age, but we fail to
sympathize with their prolonging their
own servitude to afford their children
all sorts of advantages" that mean
protracted and often unappreciated
sacrifices on their part.
We have often found that the senti-
mental side Of Q woman has been i'm
posed upon by So-called dependents.
She Is permitted to assume any or all
obligations without limit. Gradually
their dependence becomes q permanent
relationship. and she is enslaVed for
life.
"A woman who earns her living has
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SPRINCTIME
By D. C. PEATTK.

Every time that Spring returns the
world is, in effect, created again. To
be sure, dead matter il not turned into
living flesh and blood or green vege-
tative tissue, at least not directly.
Nevertheless, something rather miracu-
lous occurs, and nowhere does one real
lie 1t more than in pond or even q
puddle Of melted snow water or run
OF from the rains Of February. There,
in a shallow, muddy cup that in two
months time will be baked dry, life Is
swarming. The beautiful black and
silver clouds Of frogs eggs are visible
even In roadside puddles: the bitches
are shot over with a frail, gaseous,
almost evilly beautifully scum Of the
most primitive plants In the world
the algae, which were probably on this
earth q hundred million years ago. And
If you look well into any body OF water
you may see the eggs OF mosquitoes or
and rivers the fish eggs are Matching
and the first tiny silver darts Of min
now babies seek out the mosquito wrig-
glers to devour them.
Presently, of course, there viii be
frogs in place of the animated ink
spots with tails that we call tadpoles,
and q little later in the season nature
wakes up the kissing, ugly copperheads
to eat the frogs. Such is the famous
balance of nature, and 1t Is, from q
human standpoint, heartless in its op.
Grafton. Wasted fertility and the In
convenience Of being eaten, which the
terest to the law of the balance Of ma
ture. But II you upset that balance, II
you could kill all the copperheadS, you
would have a plague Of frogs such rs
Egypt suffered for the sins of Pharaoh,
and it would not be as funny as 1t
sounds.
So, after all, there are sermons in
stones and books in running brooks,
and there are biological lessons In the
March rain puddle.
Aristotle, the first biologist, went
down to the seashore to look for the
origin of life in what he called the
the tidal mud. He was looking In ex-
actly the right place, or one of the
right places; and it appears that II you
put together Spring sunlight, q little
March rain water, some primordial Viz
giria or Maryland mud and the eartt's
envelope Of gases, which we call the
air, you will very soon have your pull
die, your tiny universe, swarming with
living animalculae as the Milky Way
Is clotted with suns and worlds
Does this mean that there Is some
thing in the medieval schoolmens no
ton of spontaneous generation? Evil
IDENTIFY it does not, for If you boiled or
otherwise sterilized air, earth and
water and put them in sealed jar, no
life would ever appear. But It does
mean that the mystery and miracle
casual gaze.