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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-16
Carey Loses $4,000 Will Case
jim CROW SCHOOL
BILL INTRODUCED
IN CALIFORNIA

LOS ANGELES, GAIA bill,
which, if passed, would provide for
the legalizing of race segregation
in the California public school sys-
tenn, particularly in the case of
Mexicans. has brought forth sharp
denunciation by prominent edu-
Gators. The measure known as As
sembly Bill No. 433, was introduced
by Bliss of Santa Barbara. The
bill went before the Senate Com
mittee on Education this week.
Denounce Measure
Frank A. Bouelle, Los Angeles
superintendent of school condemned
the proposal as "prejudicial." 1.-THE
fundamental principle of our sys-
tenn of education is to educate all
res d e n t nationalities in our
Schools" he said, land thereby
point the way for better citizen
ship to all. Any law. opposed to
that idea is preiudicial and would
tend to accentuate racial entangle-
ments rather than to build up solid
citizenry among our school children
generally"
Hc hHeTlCdH uellIllLlOH O1 Ine
public school is a school that serves
the children of all residents regard
less of race, color or creed, said J.
l.. Van Norman, chairman of the
Board of Education.
Would Affect Many
The Bliss bill is an amendment to
the present State school law and its
apDarenflv innocuous charactor on
abled it to pass the Assembly with
only cursory examination The
measure would permit the establish
ment of separate schools "for In
dian children, whether born in the
United States on not and for chill
dren of Chinese, Japanese or Mon
golian parentage." The amendment
consists in the insertion of the
words, whether born in the United
States or not"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-16
"A COLONISTS
ACQUITTED BY
FRENCH COURT

PARASITIC fourteen defand.
ants, thirteen black and one white.
brought to Nantes. France. from
French Guiana, South America,
charged with rioting and the muir
der of six persons, among whom was
the encouragement of the COLONY.
were acquitted after fervid plea
by Henry Torres and CASTOR Mon
eryille. attorneys, the former white.
Rioting followed in the colony of
Guiana after the alleged poisoning
OF Jean Galmot. white, deputy and
ex-conviet. who was known as a pro-
tector of the humble working people,
who happened to be nearly all Ne
groes. Because of the high feeling
IN the colony the case was trans
ferred here, the number of defend
ants and witnesses brought totalling
more than 100.
The case was one of the most sem
sational ever tried in France and at
tracted great interest. When Gal
mot's widow appeared on the stand
all the defendants broke down and
wept. All were freed, since in the
great mob that rioted and pillaFed
the town, including the home of the
mayor, it was impossible 10 Identify
anyone with exactitude.
The riot followed Galmot's fun
eral. One astonishing fact brought
out in the evidence was that the chief
Of police. expecting a clash, had or
dered all his men to remain indoors.
The French press showed much
sympathy for the defendants Friends
of the accused gave a banquet in
their home the day following the ae-
quittal. Two OF the prisoners were
women.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-16

IS STUDYING
NEGRO BUSINESS

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Envy and
emotional considerations contribute
more to the failure of Negro bust
nesses than any other factor.
This was the opinion expressed by
j. A. Jackson, business specialist con-
nected with the Department of Com
merce, addressing the Colored Funer-
al Directors Association, Tuesday
night at the Marion tearoom, goth
and cambridge Streets.
Business is conducted on the ba-
sis of cold, hard dollars and cents,
not emotional considerations" he
continued. "The Negro also has en-
tirely too much envy in the conduct
of his business.
1.-THE Negro needs proper bust
ness balance. He experienced seven
fat years during the war period, but
he did not prepare for the lean
years through which he has just
come. If this depression through
which We have just passed does
nothing more than make the profess
sional Negro realize he is part and
parcel of the Negro masses, to real
iLN ilC Sdiiilot cAiSt W1tH Ifle
masses are hard-pushed, it will have
been worth something" Mr.. Jack
son said.
The advantages of cooperative
movements were emphasized by the
speaker when he urged serious con-
sideration of the trade association
movement.
"Up until four years ago Negro
business was hardly considered by
the United States government" he
stated. To-day the government is
paying more attention to Negro
business"
Deploring the lack of business en-
deavors within the group, he OBJ
served that of the employable Me-
groes today forty per cent were en-
gagged in personal service, five per
cent in the professions and only
three per cent in business.
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charging that his wife called him
niger" each morning when he
arose
Hodges, through his lawyer,
Charles Jones. Of Newark, has en-
tered the litigation as counter
claimant on the ground OF miseon-
duet.
Night club hostesses and enter
tanners have been Hodges's constant
companions since he abandoned her
on January II. last. Mrs. Hodges
charges.
She is living with their son, Will
liam, IL, at 1873 Grove Street, Mont
clair, while Hodges resides in his
fashionable home ut 1872 Claremont
Avenue, Montelair.
Mrs. Hodges is asking temporary
alimony, pending settlement of her
suit for a separation.
Il did not bring up the color
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AZ, 354 In Louisville

WASHINGTON. - fC.NS.1 =
The population Of Louisville. Ky, is,
according to the 1880 census, 3o7.-
745-260.347 white persons and a.
354 Negroes.
The white population shows a ten
year increase of 1876 per cent, while
the Negro population (Which num-
bered 40,0S7 in 1920, shows an in
crease of 1871 per cent.
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Harlem Stages Parade and Coronation
Ronoring Ras Tafari Abyssinian Emperor

huge, drafty barnlike structure, used
for many years as a boxing arena.
The elevated ring, with its bright
overhead lights, remains. The ropes
are gone, but the canvas once trod
by Tiger Flowers and Kid Chocolate
is still there.
The lack of fire and warmth was
literal. So when Rev. Simon Peter
Washington Drew and Rabbi Went
worth Mathew arrived at II a. m.
they found the place cool and damp.
Drew, armed with a flashlight,
Mathew with a shovel, retired to the
cellar and in an hour they had con
quered the furnace.
The promoters converted the
prize-ring into combined pulpit and
rostrum. They decorated it with
flowers, palms, ribbons and the flags
CT the United States, Abyssinia and
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court AWARDS SUIT FOR LEGACY
TO NY ANTI -GARvEY FACTION
Forces Dry Agent to
Drink Up Evidence

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Logan, a
white undercover agent of the dry
law enforcement forces, was sent to
make buy from Emmerson Mays,
who was suspected of selling liquor.
Logan made the buy, but when he
returned to headquarters the only
visible evidence that he had made the
buy was his intoxicated condition.
When questioned as to his expert
ence, Logan told his superiors that
he went to the home of the suspect
and asked for a pint of liquor. He
was served, and when Mays OBJ
served that there was something
fishy about the deal, he pulled his
revolver and said:
~ am a Negro selling whiskey and
you are a white man. Now drink it,
damn you; drink every drop of it,
or I'll kill you where you stand"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-16
Warns Hoover Not to
Make Hurley Leader

CHICAGO.-1f Patrick Hurley
of Oklahoma, secretary of war, is
made national chairman for Repub-
licans, Herbert Hoover will lose
many vote in the 1882 election" is
the warning published this week in
an editorial in the Kansas City Call
At the feet of Mr.. Hurley, the
Call lays responsibility for the in
equitable treatment accorded colored
Gold Star mothers last summer, and
it believes that for President Hoo
yer, who shared in the discrimina-
ton against the mothers of colored
soldiers who died in France, to ap-
point Hurley to leadership of the
Republican party would be "the
same as championing his (Hurley's)
acts and attitudes.
What Judge Parker was to Hoo
yer in the Senate, Hurley will be to
him at the polls" the Call editorial
concludes.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-16
LAUDS
PROGRESS OF
NEGRO SCHOOLS

TUSKEGEE, Ala.-Speeial trains
bringing prominent personages from
all sections of the country together
with representatives of foreign gov
ernments arrived here this week to
Join in the program celebrating the
tlftieth anniversary of the founding
of Tuskegee Institute. The celebra-
ton began Sunday with religious OBJ
servance in the large institute chap
Ell. Thousands. of visitors were
thrilled by the singing of Negro spr-
ltuals and folk songs by chorus of
500 students. DR.. Rush Rhees, presi-
dent of Rochester University, deliv-
cred the anniversary address Mon
day. Other speakers were DIR. Will
liam Jay Schieffelin of New York.
chairman of Tuskegee's trustees
Bishop w. T. Vernon of the A. M. f.
Church; Bishop r. f. Jones of the
M. E. Church; DIR. James Hardy Dill
lard, president of the Slater and
Jeanes Fund boards; DR.. George
Denny, president of the University
of Alabama; President J. r. f. Lee
of the Florida A. and M. College /:
President John w. Davis of West
Virginia State College, and Alvin J.
Nicely, executive secretary of the
Tuskegee Alumni.
President Hoover participated in
the celebration Tuesday when he ad-
dressed the assembly by direct wire
from the White House. His address
was rebroadcast from the Institut,
Chapel over nationwide hookup OF
both National and Columbia systems.
From the study of the White House,
where President Lincoln signed the
emancipation proclamation, the chief
executive in his address paid glow
ing tribute to the worth of Negro
schools, especially the worth of Tus-
kegee institute. Hoover praised DR..
Booker T. Washington as one of the
nations greatest benefactors in lead
ing the colored race toward literacy.
and said the progress of the Negro
since slavery "has surpassed the
most sanguine hopes of the most ar
dent advocates"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-16
GIRL HELD AS SLAVE IN OKLAHOMA
OFFICERS RESCUE COLORED MAID
TNSLAvED' N DOCTORS home
Invalid Had Hunch,
Got Up and Walked

DIES MONIES, Iowa.-Letha Will
son, 81, an invalid since horse
threw her in 1910, and confined her
to bed, suddenly got up and walked
across the floor of her boudoir.
The doctors verdict was that she
would never walk again. When as
sisted by two women, she can walk
about the house. It is said now that
in time she will walk as well as ever.
When interviewed she explained
that she felt something come over
her and that she knew she could
walk. Relatives beheld her accom-
plishment in establishment.
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NEW YORK.-Hailie Selassie I.
King of Kings, Lion of the Tribe of
Judah, Star of Ethiopia, Ras Tafari
and Emperor of Abyssinia. received
new honors in Harlem Sunday.
He was compared to st. Patrick,
Moses and Poeahontas. and was en-
Enthusiastically but unofficially crown
ed supreme monarch of 468, 900, 900
of the darker races"
A fair sized crowd assembled for
the occasion heralded as nation
al parade, a monster religious and
public meeting, in honor of his I'm
perial Majesty"
Advance publicity and talk failed
to warm up the Harlemites. Only
about 200 paid the 40-eent admis-
sion fee.
Rabbi Fires Furnace
The Olympic Hall, 20 e. 135th
Street, scene Of the celebration. is a
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-16
Glee Club Serenades
John D.; He Sings

DAYTONA ACH, Fla
"a. N. P.)-Members of the Be-
thune-Cookman Glee Club serenaded
John d. Rockefeller at his palatial
winter residence at Ormond Beach,
Fla.,. this week. In the party were +:
President Mary Mcleod Bethune,
Prof. w. A. Sykes, Miss Josie W..
Roberts and Mrs. w. M. Brown, Of
the music department.
Mr.. Rockefeller cordially received
the party into his home and Joined
them in singing Home Sweet
Home" and other old favorites. He
presented his guests with brand new
dimes.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-16
ALABAMA PLANS
LEGAL MURDER OF
EIGHT YOUTHS

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. - Ignoring
the pleas of the International De-
partment League of Labor Defense
for change of venue in the cases
of nine colored BOYS charged with
attacking two Huntsville, Ala, white
girls, eight of the defendants were
sentenced to die in the electric chair
in trials before two jackson Coun-
ty juries which lasted but three days
and in which each of the boys de-
MED the charges.
Sees Frame Up
The labor defence body, in a tele-
gram, charged that the defense at
torneys declared themselves in ia
vor of speedy execution and termed
the trials on framed up assault
charges"
The EIGHT boys condemned to die
were Charlie Weems, 81 and Ozie
Powell, 16, Atlanta; Glen Montgom-
cry, II, Monroe, Ga; Haywood Pat
terson, II, Andy Wright, II, Clar-
ence Norris, II, and Eugene Will
lia1ns, 10, Chattanooga, and Willie
Robertson, 10, Columbus, Ga. Roy
Wright, Ia, of Chattanooga, was
turned over to Juvenile authorities
held he looked older.
We're Blamed for Attacks
The youths were on trial for an
alleged crime committed March "a.
They were said to have encountered
seven white youths and two white
girls in overalls tone Is and one
The nine were said to have fought
with the white boys in an empty
freight car, running five of them
off and knocking out the others.
They were then alleged to have at
tackled the girls.
Acted Speedily
Two iuries were used in the
trials, one celebrating on the case
of five at once and the other two
at once. In the case of Weems
and Norris the Jury was out but an
hour and So minutes. The court
room was damned when the guilty"
verdict was announced. 1t was fol-
lowed by wild and rowdy demon
stration.
While the attorneys went through
legal skirmishes in the court house,
National Guardsmen, with bayonets
glistening in the sun, kept back
thousands who gathered from this
mountain section and sought adj
ministraton to the hearing.
The crowd, estimated at 10000,
was in a curious mood and only the
presence of National Guardsmen
kept spectators from tanning every
available space inside the court
house. All persons seeking admis-
sion to the court house yard were
stopped after the seating space in
the court room was exhausted. The
crowd tllronged the streets sur
rounding the square and into the
side streets.
The throngs began coming in
from every direction before day
break in automobiles, trucks, wag-
ons and buggies and on mules, while
hundreds plodded in over the noun
tain roads on foot.
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Atlanta Life Income
Near $4,000, 900

ATLANTA, Ga.-The pre- m m
income of $1,734, 241 and from in
yestments Of $68,959 and from other
sources of $99,199 gives the Atlanta
Life Insurance Company an active
income OF. nearly $2,000,000 for the
past year.
The company paid to policy hold
ers 1853, 602 last year and has as
sets of 81, 691, 767. Among it's as
sets are $102,62 of real estate,
$205, 169 in first mortgage loans
and $1,2t3,000 in bonds.
N. B. Herndon is president of the
concern.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-16
HARLEM PUSHES
MOVE AGAINST
LYNCH LAW

NEW YORK ClTY.@"The south
ern states are not competent to deal
with lynching. Federal laws are urg-
entity needed In this manner A.
Philip Randolph, head of the Broth
erhood of Sleeping Car Porters, as
sailed the aged southern custom, last
Monday, in support of the efforts of
Senator Duncan T. O'Brien to bring
about resolutions in the state legis-
lature asking Congress to pass Fed
er3l laws to suppress lynching.
With two resolutions already be-
fore the legislature urging the en-
dorsement by New York of call
for anti-lynching laws on the Federal
escutcheon, prominent white ami
Negro leaders rallied to the support
of Q'Brien, who said: ~ am resolved
to get one of the resolutions passed
if possible. 1t doesn't matter which.
The thing that matters is that New
York State must go on record as urg-
ing Federal laws to combat lynch
ing"
Mob Sympathy
In condemning the very often CAM
ouflaged efforts of the South to
suppress lynching with state and mu-
niclpal force, the Senator said:
State and county officers in the
South too often have proved them
selves in sympathy with the nobs
and unwilling to arrest those who
take part in lynchings. Even when
such officers make arrests convic
tons seldom are obtained" The
Senator further held that Federal
officers who were not obligated
through ballots to the local voters in
such towns should be able to use a
free hand to prevent the flaring of
mob law.
In speaking of O'Brien's stand.
George w. Harris, journalist and
former alderman, said: "If law and
order are not to prevail because a
defendants face is black, and if ev-
cry defendant is not to have his day
in court, the Constitution is a scrap
of paper as worthless to white citi-
zens as it is to Negroes" One of the
resolutions urged by O'Brien now is
N committee in the New York SEN
ate.
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Curley Joins Business
League and GINA. Staff

NEW YORK.-tA.N.P.)-Albon
L. Holsey, secretary of the National
Negro Business League, announced
Wednesday that C. BENJAMIN Cur
ley, nationally known business expert
and founder of the Peoples Credit
Union, has Joined the New York Of
flee staff of the newly incorporated
c. M. A. Stores as one of the vice
presidents. He will also assist in
carrying on the enlarged program of
the National Negro Business League.
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A Marathon Sermon

DELTA, Mo.-A preacher here
delivered a sermon that was six
hours and half long. Part of his
audience was white. Not one of the
assembly left the building while the
record sermon was being delivered.
The preacher gave his name as r. N.
Witte.
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SOS, 900 For South
Carolina College

COLUMBIA, S. C.-(C.NSD-
Appropriations totaling nearly
S125,000 passed the South Carolina
House, being debated in the state
senate. The house bill carried $685.
502 for the Colored State College;
$24,506 for the Reformatory School
for Negro Boys, and $500 for the
Negro State Fair.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-16
Garvey Faction Moves
To Have Him Back

GARY, Ind.-A movement to have
the ban placed against Marcus Gar
yey six years ago when he was de-
ported as an undesirable citizen of
the United States, removed and al
low him to return here, has been
started by units of the u. N. |. A.
favorable to the deposed leader, it
was announced last week.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-16
Many Lose Savings as
Boston Bank Closes

BOSTON, Mass.-Many people
here lost their savings when the In
dustrial Bank and Trust Company,
a white institution, closed its doors
here, several days ago. The bank is
situated in settlement thickly set
tied by Negroes, and number of
business men of the section were
caught in the crash.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-16
White Prisoner Found
Guilty by All-Negro Jury

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio. - Patrick
Freed, 81, "voodoo" gunman, who
admitted that he had come from
Kentucky by command of the
Lord" with the sole purpose of kill
ing Mrs. Mollie Gilbert, was found
guilty of shooting with intent to kill
by jury composed entirely of col
ored persons. here, Thursday.
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indianapolis Increased 27%

WASHINGTON. -(CNS)-- The
population of indianapolis, Indiana,
is 364, 161-320,0 64 whites and 49,
967 Negroes; 81 ,263 males and 22,-
704 females, an increase of ~ per
cent.
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The Olympic Hall, 20 e. t35th
Street, scene Of the celebration, is a
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-13
AMERICAN INDIAN THEME or
TEN THOUSAND CLUB PROGRAM

Ten Thousand club members are
TO enjoy an especially fine pro-
gram OF Thursday, April IS. when
Rev Charles Wilson Baker will
speak on his experiences among the
Indians of the Southwest.
Rev. Baker is a particularly in
teresting speaker and his account
of his work among the various
tribes is a fascinating one. For
eight years ne worked with the Kla-
nlsth River Indians in Northern
California, in Humboldt, Del Norte
and Siskiyou counties, while for
three years he was with the Nava
jos, his work carrying him into
New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and
Utah with headquarters at the San
Juan Mission hospital in Farming
ton, Mexico.
In addition to the tale of his ex-
periences, Rev. Baker has a valu-
able and beautiful collection Of In
dian curios, many of which were
gifts from his people These will
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-13
TWO HOSTESSES
GIVE LUNCHEON

Mrs. Herbert Lowdermilk and Mrs.
c. E. Porter were joint hostesses at
an attractive bridge luncheon held
on Saturday at the Lowdernilk
home, 663 Len Rey avenue.
Luncheon was served at small
tables, and a charming color scheme
was carried out in the appointments.
One table was covered with a yell
low cloth and the other with green,
gay-colored napkin rings holding
the matching napkins. In the cen
ter of each table was tall black
vase filled with violet and flame
colored sweet peas. The dining
table. from which luncheon was
served in buffet fashion, was equal
ly attractive with its lace cloth and
black glass bowl filled with the same
colored sweet peas.
Mrs. Fred Cross won the high
score prize, and Mrs. Porter the low,
the guests being Mrs. Cross. Mrs.
William E. Wyeth, Mrs. Don Dovey,
Mrs. Ernest Sanders, Mrs. NJ. j.
Horton and Mrs. Wesley He'll
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-13
DOUGhNUTS ARE @
BETTER If COOKED
4 few AT A Time
Likewise Coffee Has More
Delicious Flavor When
Roasted in Small Lots

Experience shows that if too
many doughnuts are put into the
hot fat at once, the cooking process
is hindered. The temperature of
the fat is reduced and the dough-
nuts become greasy.
A similar situation occurs when
coffee is roasted in bulk. 1t is diff
cult to apply the heat evenly, and
as n result some of the coffee
berries may be overdone and some
underdone. Such variation in the
roast causes disappointing varia-
ton in flavor.
Hills Bros. overcame this by in
venting and patenting a process
Controlled ing-that roasts
every coffee berry evenly. With
automatic control of heat and speed
of operation, a few pounds nj u
time pass through the roasters.
Uniformity of roast and unequaled
flavor is the result.
Hills Bros. Coffee is always fresh
when you buy it because it is packed
in vacuum. This process takes air,
which destroys the flavor of coffee,
from the can and keeps it out.
Coffee will not stay fresh in or
dinary cans, even if air-tight. Gro
GERS everywhere sell Hills Bros.
Coffee. Ask for it by name and look
for the Arab on the can.
Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc, Los
Angeles, Calf: Gl93l