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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-06-18
COLORED CLERKS
BOYCOTT ]. CROW
u. 5. CAFETERIA

WASHINGTON. - Brushing aside
any resentment they may have had
when the Jim Crow cafeteria was es-
lablished In building d of the census
bureau, scores of government en-
ployees can now be seen daily. stink
ing like exiles through their private
door into the Isolated lunch room
The small segregated aecommoda-
ton room set off by beaverboard. in
December. when the steam tables
were opened. Is Just one of the many
for colored government EMPLOYEES
which have sprung up during the
Hoover regime.
On the opening day. one male en-
ploye who dared the ire of his chiefs
and the. possible loss OF his job, lined
up with the whites In their more
spacious section. His repeated re-
quests for food were snubbed by
those In charge. A chief clerk hap
pened to walk In to view the open
Ing, and an appeal was made to him
to receive regular service.
The protester met with the prompt
ana curt response, Your place is on
the other side. and you can't do any
thing about it,"
There are several hundred eolored
employees In the section, and praeti-
cally all began to boycott their es-
pecially prepared dining room. The
not dog wagons which daily park In
the vicinity began to do booming
business. With the beginning of
March, few of the "hinkty" en-
ployees were observed to begin mt.
ronizing their side of the beaver
board.
The attitude of most of the en-
ployes has prevented many of the
Uncle Tom" class from patronizing
The governments segregated cafe
terra. But. despite this fact, several
scores are being served there. al
though they eat outside.
One disguised employe said. .I
wouldn't eat in that place even IL
froze over"
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Color Conditions In South Africa Rival
Those Found In Worst Sections OF Dixie

of colored people called the Cape col
ored, quite distinct from the black
natives and the Europeans"
These, he says. are the descend
ants of the first generations of Dutch
colonists' and the female slaves stolen
from the Hottentots. The Hottentots
were small, with Monaghan faces, a
light color but woody hair. These by
birds, placed as they are between the
contempt of the "pure" whites and
the natives, constitute a caste apart.
They also have absorbed the Malays
that the Hollanders brought from
the Pacific in the 18th century. As
among the mulattoes in the United
States one finds singular caprices of
racial intermixture, children with
blue eyes and blond hair like the
whites, but who are scarcely consid-
cred as belonging to the human fam
lily.
He adds: 1.-THE $4,000 mulattoes
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DERBY WINNERS
LIFE THREATENED
BY CANCSTERS

BOSTON, Mass. - Josepb Ken
nedy. West Indian porter who came
into public notice last week when he
won the $lb0,000 grand prize of-
fered by the Irish Sweepstakes on
the English Derby. got his first taste
OF dangers and tribulations of wealth
this week when he received an an
onymous letter threatening his life
II he did not turn over $4,000 of
his winnings to Boston Gang.
The little porter, who never in
life received more than one letter
per week. and that from his wife and
family in Jamaica, received nearly n
thousand letters and kilograms in
the first three days following the
announcement of his winning. Most
OF these letters were appeals for
charity, or advice on how to invest
the money, but two among them
were black mail letters, threatening
his life if he did not turn over $50.
600. The police were notified. but
at first were disposed to regard the
threatening letters as from cranks.
until Kennedy reported, after re-
turning home. that the house had
been entered and rifled, every draw
err and trunk opened and dumped
out. and the contents combed thru.
1t Is believed that the maraudcrs
were searching for the winning tick
ct, which Kennedy kept secreted in
his bible until he later turned il oyer
To the proper authorities.
Friday morning five well Dress
ed white men called on Kennedy in
a fine car, and invited him 10 90
with them to look over beautiful
country estate, which they said they
would sell him at bargain. A plain
clothes officer who had been de-
tailed TO watch Kennedy sauntered
up TO investigate and the five visit
or sped off in the car.
Kennedy and his wife, Genevieve.
have one son and two daughters. the
oldest 7 years old, all presumably
born in the u. S. A., as he has lived
here about ~ years.
OF the 100000 which Kenne-
iy gets. $4,000 will go on income
tax 70 the Z. S. Government and
$1,000 TO state Of Massachusetts.
unless Kennedy had the money
come to him in the West Indies.
Kennedy viii not lose the 500. 600
n taxes TO the Federal Government
and the State of Massachusetts, on
MS win. He is still a British sub
Iect, not an American citizen. His
family Is living in Jamaica. a Brit
sh possession, and joe intends to
Join them there shortly.
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HAMPTON FIGHTS jim CROW HOSPITAL
Chicago Rated Second In Negro Population
Probe Jim Crow
In Ohio Schools

NEW YORK. = An investigation
made for the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People by Attorneys Claybourne
George and Charles w. White of
Cleveland shows that in defiance of
decision by the S6preme Court of
Ohio colored children are being seq
regated in separate classes in the
Bowman School at Mansfield.
Some of the colored people in
Mansfield are reported to approve
the segregation. The attorneys state
that "all The people we talked with
seemed to agree that segregation and
discrimination generally in Mans
field followed the migration from
the South. 1t has steadily grown
worse since segregation in the Bow
man School was instituted. The
school difficulties are attributable in
no small measure to the short-sight-
edness of many Negro parents"
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LINCOLN STATE BANK
CLOSES ITS DOORS


CHICAGO.-News of much dis
comfort to colored residents of the
Southside was the failure of the
Lincoln State Bank at 331st and
State Streets to open its doors We'd
nesday.
The closing of the bank was de-
cided upon Tuesday night at a meet
ing of the board of directors because
of expected Withdrawals Wednesday
due to the general scare caused by
the closing of many other local
banks. A bank examiner was called
in and the closing of the institution
was made official
This action, taken to protect the
depositors, will result In a reorgan-
ization almost at once, President
George Liebrandt said.
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Negro Reds Disturb
DePriest Meeting

CHlCAGO.-Twelve reputed COM
munlsts, one a woman, were in jail
Monday for disturbing an address by
Representative Oscar De Priest.
The Negro representative of the
First Illinois District was addressing
a meeting held by the Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
last night. The "Reds", all Negroes
but one, distributed literature and
created disturbance as De Priest
arose to speak. A police call brought
order and the disturbers were jailed.
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WHITES AGAIN
URGE RACES
BE SEPARATED

HAMPTON INST, Va.-White
residents of the city of Hampton who
failed sometime ago to secure spe-
eial seats for themselves In Ogden
Hall, Hampton Institutes chapel,
have made second effort to humili-
ate the institute.
This time newly remodeled Dixie
Hospital, established principally for
colored patients, and located in the
remodeled Hampton Normal School
property, is to have Jim crow waiting
rooms for colored and white.
Although the hospital is primarily
for colored people, it is planned to
have 1t serve also those of the whites
who care to come in, and the original
plans call for a white waiting room
In front of the hospital and Negro
waiting room in the rear
This was subsequently changed
and both waiting rooms made side
by side, but separate.
Hampton Institute Alumni ;,
aroused as they were several years
ago when whites of Hampton village
and vicinity attempted to come upon
the institutes campus and segregate
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Blanc ct Nor' Paris Sex Problem Picture
Parallel OF Broadway's Brass Ankle

from the Bureau of Vital Statistics
in Richmond--namely. the white
wife of white man presenting him
with a Negro baby, her own.
The Dissatisfied Wife
The play, entitled "Blanc ct Noir"
white and Black is by sacha Gui-
try, well-known actor playwright,
and depicts the story Of the wife
of a rich merchant NJ Desnoyers,
near the Spanish border, who. an
gered by her husbands inattention,
declares to get even with him.
She begins by flirting with the
white bell-boy, but finding him a no.
vice quickly leaves him. In her room
at the hotel the voice Of a singer
floats up to her from the restaurant.
and she is attracted to him without
seeing him.
1t is Allan Smith, a Negro singer.
She sends him a note asking him TO
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new YORK PROBABLY IS FIRST i
AND PH|LADELP HIA IS THIRD
Invested $500; Has
$4,000 Tire Business

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. - An
$500 investment plus work. advertis-
ing and push has grown into a S25.-
600 tire. battery and radio business
for John N. Cofer.
Mr.. Cofer. who also has acquired
an apartment house which is valued
at 500 900. came to this city from
virginia ten years ago with $1,000
cash and started into business.
His tire and battery exchange is
IN the heart of white business dis.
triet and much of his trade comes
from whites. His apartment house is
located on Ohio and Hommock Ave-
nues and is filled with high class ten
ants.
Just 30 years old. Mr.. Golfer has
visions of a much larger business and
is constantly expanding his service.
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STUDENTS PROTEST SEPARATE
WAITING ROOMS IN HOSPITAL
Oklahoma Governor
After Hubert's Scalp


LANGSTON, Okla. = Declaring
that efficient and energetic Presi-
dent lack T. Hubert was injecting
northern ideas of education, at
Langston University. the state COL
lege for colored students, and that
he was "too expensive to the state
of Oklahoma" Governor Murray is
reported to have suggested to the
board of regents at the recent meet
ing that the present president be re-
moved.
President Hubert, who was born
in Georgia, because of his northern
college training, was described bv
the chief executive as southern
born Negro with a Chicago veneer"
which was not good for the best in
terests of the students. the state and
the. institution. The board recessed
without taking any action.
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Enterprise News Bureau)


NEW YORK.-The study of mis-
cegenation has definitely won its
way onto the stage of two nations,
with Brass Ankle" appearing on
Broadway and "Blanc ct Noir' now
showing In Paris, both dealing with
the racial problem from sexual
standpoint.
The difference between the two
offerings is that France takes the
problem lightly and presents it as
comedy throughout, while America
takes the tragic version, ending in
the murder of two of the principals
The French version, according to J.
A. Rogers, noted writer and cores
pendent now in Paris portrays a
scene, however, much more likely to
happen in America-John Powell,
head Of the Anglo-Saxon Society, in
his exposure of miscegenation in
Virginia, gave many instances culled
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Dixie Negro Rebels
To Get Pension

COLUMBIA, S. C.-The Id Ne
groes who, by actual service ian the
Confederate army during the war
between the states, are eligible to
receive pensions from the state of
South Carolina were made happy by
the announcement made by A. j.
Beattle, comptroller general, that the
pensions would be paid in a few days.
The announcement stated that the
vouchers were being sent Monday to
the probate judges throughout the
state, from whose offices the money
will be given directly to the PEN
sioners. Each one of the veterans
will receive $50, according to the
report from the comptroller generals
office.
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Bury Woman Face Down;
Discovers Murderer

AIKEN, S. C.-Three days ago a
woman was found shot to death with
no clues as to her murderer. Friends
had her buried face down, declaring
that whoever killed her will answer
for it."
As the sun was setting on the third
day the woman's husband came to
the police station and confessed that
he was the slayer and was carried
to the state penitentiary, where the
prisoners are watching carefully to
see what will happen to him before
he is brought to trial.
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enterprise News Bureau)

PARIS. (By J. A. Rogers)-In
the United States it was the English
and the Dutch principally who
brought the Africans to live among
them; in South Africa the Dutch
and the English went to live among
the Africans. In both instances these
whites have run true to form.
Max Mascot, one of the editors of
lie Journal of this city, has been
writing of color conditions in South
Africa and with the exception of
the local color he could we'll be
speaking of North America. Never
theless, in tht case of the mulattoes
one finds a unique condition. He
says:
among the disdainful whites,
gentlemen dressed all alike in Brit
ish style, noble ladies with eyebrows
trimmed to a narrow line and who
would be nearly Partisan were it not
for their large hats, circulate a crowd
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MOTHERS HEAR
PERSHING LAUD
NEGRO SOLDIER

PARIS, France.-A different key
note dominated Major General John
j. Pershing's (U. S. Al speech
about colored American soldiers.
than that in his writings in his Mem
oirs of the Worlds War, when he
addressed mothers on their arrival
in France last week.
Gives Them Praise
Instead of uncertainty in express
sions about their soldiery as in his
book, the former COMMANDMENTS
Chief of the American Expeditionary
Forces, unstintingly praised the col
ored soldiers. emphasizing that they
had proven themselves equal to any
fighting man in the world. He sight.
ed the battle of San Juan Hill in the
Spanish-American War, as an exam
pie.
Given Rousing Welcome
A rousing welcome was given the
mothers and widows on their arrival
from Cherbourg. They were receiv-
ed by Col. Richard T. Ellis and his
staff. Mrs Amanda Mitchell of
Washington, D. c., and Col. Ellis
headed the party out of the train
as Noble Sissle's band. played "On-
ward Christian Soldiers" The en-
tire party came to attention outside
when the band played "The Mar
seillaise" and 1.-THE Star Spangled
Banner" as beacon lights and Gamer
as did their work.
The band then played "The End
of the Road" and started the wom-
en- to their quarters in a motor bus
with the tune Happy Days Are
Here Again" This left the visitors
smiling and happy.
Ambassador Walter E. Edge and
Mrs. Edge, Consul Gen. Leo j. Keena
and Mrs. Keena and Mrs. Laurence
V. Benet of Washington and Paris
were among the distinguished group
which welcomed the Pilgrims.
Distinguished Group Attends
Among those at the tea where
Gen. Pershing spoke were Colonel
and Mrs. Richard T. Ellis, Naval
Captain Delafonde, representing the
French Government; the Rev. Jo-
seph Bryne, an official of Cath
ole missionary order, who also
spoke; the Rev. Clayton Williams,
assistant pastor of the American
Church in Paris, and Canon Bell
shaw, assistant to the dean of the
American Cathedral Church of the
Holy Trinity.
The American Negro colony in
Paris was represented by Cameron
White, violinist and interpreter of
spirituais; j. A. Rogers, author and
journalist, and Noble Sissle, musi-
clan.
Out-of-town guests included Colo
mel B. o. Davis, Negro American Ar
my officer, and C. C. Spaulding,
president of banks in Raleigh, N. c., |
and Durham, N. C.
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Wins
CASE AGAINST
S.P. RAILROAD

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-An imme-
date saving of $4,000 to the gov
eminent and a final saving that is
inealeuable Is the result of a deci-
sion won in the United States Court
OF Claims last Monday, by Louis r.
Mehlinger. Negro attorney In the
Department of Justice, In case
brought by the Southern Pacific
Company.
The court gave the railroad COM
pany a Judgment for $493.71. 1t had
sued for SIS, 499S2. If the court
had not sustained the contentious
advanced by Mr.. Mehlinger, the gov
eminent would have to pay full com4
mercial fares for the travel of GER
tain classes of persons in the military
establishment
The court held that the govern
ment Is entitled to landgrant deduc-
tions from commercial fares for the
travel of members of the Officers
Reserve Corps. military prisoners
and guards, Navy nurses, and engin-
eer officers of the war department
travelling under detail for purposes
connected with river and harbor work
or attending meetings of the Califor-
mia Debris Commission.
Mr.. Mehlinger has been In the De-
partment of Justice for eleven years.
He resigned the chief clerkship at
Howard University, was reinstated in
the Treasury Department and imme-
dfately transferred to the Depart
ment of Justice as an assistant to
Perry w. Howard, then a special as
sistant to the attorney general. La
ter he was promoted to assistant at
torney. then an associate attorney,
and was made an attorney shortly
before the resignation of Mr.. How
ard In 1928.
He Is graduate from the How
ard University Law School. He was
a student there while Chief Justice
Booth was the dean.
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Father Sends Son To Jail

ATLANTA. Ga. - Charles Leslie
Jr. was arrested by officers as he
was stealing some suits from a press
ing shop owned by his father. When
the trial was held, Leslie Sr. was
present and advised the Judge that
he thought "a year or so in jail will
do Charlie good" The judge accom-
modated the father and Charlie was
taken to the Fulton County jail,
where he will remain "a year or so.
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Mrs. Moten Heads Women

ANNlSTON, Ala. Mrs. II. II. Mo-
ton of Tuskegee Institute was elect
ed by reclamation president of the
Alabama Federation of Colored Wo-
mems Clubs for the third time at the
33rd annual session held here.
Sixty-three clubs were represent
ed and $1163 collected, most of II
to be spent toward maintaining the
Margaret Murray Washington Home
for Girls at Mt. Meigs.
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Preacher Shot To Death

OKLAHOMA CITY, okla.-A shot
from the dark fatally wounded the
Rev. w. j. Brown, Friday night as
he walked onto the porch of his
home with his wife. He took up the
ministry three years ago after be-
ing crippled in an accident. He was
a Baptist.
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Depression Routs Jim Crow

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.-For the
first time in the history of the Apollo
Theater at New York Avenue and
the Boardwalk, colored patrons were
allowed to use box seats.
The famous Duke Ellington and
his crack radio orchestra made their
first appearance to this city at the
Apollo Theater in vaudeville show,
causing an overcrowded house.
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Robson Quits Hairy Ape"

LONDON. - Paul Robson, the
prominent actor and singer, has had
to withdraw from his play 1.-THE
Hairy Ape" because the part he
played was too strenuous and made
him almost a ply cal wreck at the
end of two weeks.
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Blake Estate $4,000

CHARLOTTE, N. C.-The estate
of Caesar r. Blake Jr., deceased
fraternal leader and insurance man,
left to Mrs. Blake, was stated as be-
ing $4,000, this being real estate
and personal property. The dead
man was insured for $4,000, exclu-
sive of his fraternal assurances. He
died May 16.
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BANK is
SAFE AND SOUND

CHICAGO.-In an interview Mon
day with President Anthony Overton
relative to the Chicago banking sit
uation he stated to reporter that
the depositors of the Douglass Ma
the stability of their institution for
in addition to its liquid condition it
has back of it the Federal Reserve
system and in addition its CORE
spondent bank, the Continental and
Commercial, which is the largest and
strongest bank west of New York,
and one of the strongest banks in
the world. He further stated that
the present situation was direct
result Of the abortion of the Fore
man banks by the First National
group which left a number of the
outlying banks without the support
of correspondent. This transac-
ton, said Mr.. Oyerton, will in no
way affect the Douglass National as
its connection has always been with
the Continental and Commercial
bank.
Douglass National Progress
Mr.. Overton said: 1.-THE Douglass
National is an institution In which
every Negro should take a distinct
pride. During the first quarter OF
this year it was the only National
bank in the city of Chicago to show
an increase in its deposits. This Is
a record worthy of note and every
one should glory in its achievement
During the years OF its operation 1t
has weathered every storm and has
under the leadership of a sound and
banker rendered dis
tinct service to the people of the
South Side"