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The Washington times., 1932-01-13

that comforting messages sent
by his wife and daughter in
Honolulu were withheld d from
him.
In faraway Hawaii, the center
of a social turmoil revetberating
across the peaceful Pacific. Mrs,
Grace Hubbard ForteScue, his
wife. faced in the middle of her
life a charge of numbering q
native in vengeance for a brutal
assault on her daughter. The
possible penalty on conviction is
death.
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
Safe BdLks Robbers,
Take Smokes, CdEldY

Robbers early today looted a
Sanitary Grocery Store at Eighth
and F Streets Northeast and
after making a futile effort to
open the safe, escaped only with
cigarettes and candy.
Leslie Cox, manager, said there
was only a small amount of
money in the StrongboX.
The Washington times., 1932-01-13

smaller Amer
/ c a n cities
which have
seldom heard
it before,
S h e h a S
signed a con-
tract with Ar.
thur Judson,
Inc, of the
- " ! u LII Via
Concerts Cor.
p o r a t ion,
which W i'll
c arry t h c
CT a S sizes to
Main Street
through the
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
Mississippi Tornado
Kills /, Injuries Many

ABERDEEN, MISS, Jan. IS
UNSO.-Death and desolation
remained today in the wake of
q tornado which swept the coun.
tryside. One woman, Mrs. Frank
Simmons, 48, was instantly killed
and her four children Injured
when their home collapsed. Aber-
deem hospitals today sheltered
more than 80 injured persons.
BUTTE, Mont. Jan. 13 Q.N.SO
AEontana's 75-mile an hour gale
Vss followed today by suh-zero
weather. -
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
D. c. Society Beauty Maid
Slain in Middleburg

Mr.. Boeing was broken up and
Authorities believe that robbery
is in seclusion at the home of
Mrs. Katherine Elkins Hit.
was the motive for the crime,
as Mrs. Illsley is known to have
had a large assortment of Jewels
in the house and that on the day
after New Year Mrs. Illsley re-
ported that her home had been
robbed while she was visiting
friends in Warrenton.
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Mary Garden to Tour
U. S. Main Streets

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Mary
Garden, enroute to Europe for
three months at the Paris
Opera Comique, will devote much
of the next three years to
bringing good music to the
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
Rum LGrity Denied
BY Border Official

Fred A Bradley, collector of
customs at Buffalo, N. Y, denied
charges of laXity in dealing with
liquor smuggling across the Can
adian border when he appeared
today before the Senate Inter
state Commerce Committee.
The Washington times., 1932-01-13

l II g M a e
West, actress,
or $4,000
for legal ser.
vices, it was
d sci oS e d
W h e n h e
filed a notice
of trial in
the supreme
court.
T h e $40.
900 asked is
the balance
of the $15,-
900 fee for
Burkan's ser.
The Washington times., 1932-01-13

for a job to-
day. Sir Reg
inald Wolse-
ley and Lady
Wolseley ar
rived on the
w it e Star
liner Baltic,
He with an
avowed inten-
ton of find
ing employ
m e n t she
with the hope
of great hap.
pineSS.
Sir Reginald
desires work
The Washington times., 1932-01-13

Community Concert Service.
The educational movement is
being sponsored by wealthy
men of the smaller towns.
She also will sing occasionally
in radio under the contract.
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
NATIVES TO MEET

The Society of Natives of the
District of Columbia will meet
Friday night at 8 o'clock at the
Washington Club, Seventeenth
and K streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1932-01-13

ueSITeS WOTK "IN NHNIANFAHD
in a library. He's fed up with
calling floors for indeciSive ele-
vator riders. The baronet is
sued a signed statement:
Because of the great distance
separating my wife and me so
soon after our marriage, 1 quite
misunderstood her. am sorry.
/ hope to atone"
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
Iowa Baronet Starts
Looking for Good Job

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 13 G.N.SO.
The British baronet who ran an
elevator in Iowa started looking
The Washington times., 1932-01-13

MAE WEST NlCSS III uG"
Tending the actress in the
Pleasure Man" prosecution a
few years ago.
The Washington times., 1932-01-13
Mae Vests Counsel
Sues for Fees

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Na-
than Burkan, attorney, is SUI
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11
Urban League Alleges
Discrimination Shown

NEW YORK.-Charges Of discrim-
nation against colored people by the
various relief organizations of the
city, in awarding emergency Jobs to
the unemployed, were made last
Wednesday BY S. A. Allen, industrial
secretary of the New York Urban
League at the leagues annual meet
ing at its headquarters, 202 West
136th Street.
Mr.. Allen was supported in his
contention by the recently released
statistics of the Emergency Work
Bureau, in which he quoted the lat
est figures of the bureau as show,
ing that of the 100000 white work
ers registered, 28,500 or a little
more than p per cent received jobs.
while 1,500. or only 10 per cent of
the 5000 colored registered with
the bureau were supplied with work
He also pointed out that conserv-
ative estimates places the total num-
Der of eolored who are unemployed
in this city at Approximately $4,000.
although only 5000 have been reg
istered. Mr. Allen also contended
that reliable sources that registration
/ Of colored persons was discouraged
by the Emergency Work Bureau.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11
Four Great Americans
GEORGE WASHINGTON
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
BOOKER r. WASHINGTON

February marks the anniversaries
of four great Americans. George
Washington first president of these
United States and Abraham Lincoln
the great emancipation, were white.
Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist
and Booker T. Washington, educator
were men of color.
If e"ar a situation called forth a
man of destiny, 1776 was the occa-
sion-and GEORGE Washington, the
man. No crisis ever demanded more
profound knowledge and ability-not
only in one special field. but in all
functions of government. No man
ever came nearer to fulfilling in &C
complishment all that was required
of him than George Washington.
Honor his anniversary.
Abraham L inc col n represented
qualities which we consider outstand.
ingly American. He was a practical
idealist. His faith in the principal
of freedom and his consistent fight
to maintain it won him a perpetual
place among the worlds immortals
Let us face the problems of today
with the same perseverance as Lin.
coin faced the problems of his day
Honor his anniversary.
Frederick Douglass stands today
as noble character as America ha.
ever seen. He was a man of simple
ity, honesty and perseverance. II
his unflinching zeal, fighting for the
principles he believed right and just
Douglass won the respect of an en-
tire nation. In that same spirit LEI
US all fight the good fight. Honor
his anniversary.
To Booker T. Washington, man o.
courage, intelligence and integrity
we pay tribute. We find inspiration
in his character and achievements
No man can stand for us as fine
exemplar of American ideals. Homo
his anniversary.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11
The Color Line In Industry

Do not get the idea that | think
these traits are peculiar to the
Negro. They are just as pronounced
in white people. However, on ac-
count of prejudice and the thought
less habit of judging all by the acts
of few, the Negro, as race, suf-
fers more from these characteristics,
than does the white.
In addition to these, there is type
of Negro who continually carries
chip on his shoulder; who is inclined
to argue at the least provocation. He
appears to assume that every remark
made to him by white man is with
the idea of oppression, and conducts
himself generally in rather a COM
bative manner. While | am glad to
say that these men are in the mi
nority, their number is sufficient
for recognition. They are the hard
est to control and the most difficult
to fit into the scheme of things.
The Negroes lack of responsibility
seems to be caused by several out
standing reasons. Among these is
the inclination to the belief that the
progress of the Negro is being DELHI
erately held back by the white peo-
pie, and that it is a useless waste of
effort to take initiative along the
| right lines to overcome it. There is
also the belief that the Negro can
progress but a short distance any,
way, and that any attempt to go be-
yond a minimum is likewise a use
less effort.
The Negro has harder row to hoe
than the white He has more to over
come in order to be accorded his
rightful place in industry. 1t would,
therefore, seem apparent that he
must take the initiative in proving
his right to equal consideration. His
salvation is at stake.
/ believe the Negro can overcome
a considerable portion of his diff
culties, and promote himself to a
higher place in industry, if he can
be taught to believe that each should
remember that he carries not only
his own responsibility, but that of his
group, and also of his race in gen
eral. That by his conduct his fell
lows and race are going to be judged,
and that the whole will advance only
as the individual does. That nothing
is impossible, and that the higher
place which can be reached is well
worth the effort.
The Negro in industry finds him
self largely in an unenioyable status,
There is no reason why this should
always be so.
Industry has no high place for the
irresponsible. 1t does, however, of
fer an unlimited field for responsi.
bility. If the Negro can develop
this to a high state of efficiency,
think he will find that the color pref.
udice will diminish, if not disappear
Educating the youth and the less.
informed along the lines of RESPONSE
bility, | believe to be the most neces
sary function for those engaged il
the welfare Of the Negro, and his ad
vancement in industry. | cannot lay
100 great stress on this.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11
By c. Strout
District Superintendent of Pacific
Steamship Company

From experience based on my con-
nection during the last few years
with Negroes in our employ, and
coming in contact to some extent
with others of the race in various
walks of life, do not believe there
is any particular difference in human
makeup, lines of thought, or other
characteristics in general, between
the Negro and the white.
The color line in industry is the
big thing to be overcome. 1t appears
to me that it is inevitable that the
Negro assume the greater burden in
the elimination of the color line
prejudice. He is the one who has
the most to gain, and from my per-
sonal point of view, it is, after all
is said and done, his battle.
| am convinced that the group of
Negroes with less education, COM
parable to the same group of whites
does not appreciate or value the ne
cessity for responsibility in the de-
gree they should, and to the degree
necessary for their own betterment
This, in my opinion, is the greatest
drawback to the Negro in making
progress. The lack of responsibility
manifests itself by indifference in
performance of tasks assigned, care
lessness in regard to conduct ano
personal appearance, general disin-
clination to be thorough and pains.
taking, and habitual inclination to
shirk
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11

Almost every proposition that has
been sold to colored people by their
own people has left bitter taste in
their mouths. They have laid out
their funds in the hope of helping
the trace" but, alas, they are find
ing out that they have been building
up certain individuals who were cold
and indifferent in the races welfare
and were primarily interested only in
themselves and their families. This
is a sad commentary but it is true.
Most of the stock that the poor, col
ored people have bought in their own
concerns has resulted in no dividends
to themselves, a few Jobs to a neces-
sary few individuals while the fat
salaries have gone to the promoters,
the big shots and their families.
They have resulted in imposing
buildings laden with mortgages and
bonds, trips to Europe, oriental rugs,
paintings and high powered cars and
the like. These hard times are re-
vealing the truth about these affairs
and the public might as well open
up it's ewes and observe the big NE
groes" who are fat off the money of
he little fellows who wanted to help
the race.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11
League Reports
Move to Displace
Negroes Continue

NEW YORK. - (SpeciaD - In a
statement issued from the office of
T. Arnold Hill, director of the De-
partment of Industrial Relations, Ma
tional Urban League, it is charged
that in various large cities of the
country, organized and unorganized
effort is still being put forth by mis-
guided and malicious individuals and
groups to solve the problem of white
unemployment by displacing colored
employees.
Edward S. Lewis, Secretary of the
Baltimore Urban League is the latest
to inform the National Urban League
of such efforts. The President of
one of Baltimore's exclusive depart
ment stores has informed Mr.. Lewis
with a proposition which would re-
lieve unemployment in Baltimore.
The proposition was simple-merely
the discharge of the fifteen Negro
employees and the employment of
white men in their places. The
President tried to explain that fiji
teen men would still be out of work,
but his visitor was adamant believ-
ing that whenever white men could
be employed, they should be employ
ed no matter at whose expense. The
spectre of fifteen colored men, hun
cry and anxiously looking for work
did not phase this woman who has
her prototype throughout the coun-
try according to Mr.. Hill.
In this particular instance the
President of the store refused to ac-
cede to the customers wishes, which
cannot be said to hold true in many
other similar cases,
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11
:: Editorials =:
Fat Off Race Appeal

When a white man sells stock in
his concern he tells the buyers that
they are getting in on a good prop
osition out of which they will make
money. When a colored man sells
stock in his concern, he tells the peo-
pie that they are helping the race
and that they are building up bus
mess that will not only reap hand
some rewards but that they will also
be building up for the children. In
the white mans appeal there is only
the idea of business for profit. In
the colored mans approach the ar
gument of race is cleverly injected
and the appeal is based upon just
as much sentiment and emotion as it
is upon business gain and profit.
There is commonsense in both meth
DDS. The white man does not have
to talk about his race. 1t is already
dominant and established in world
affairs. The colored man, who has
done little in the business world,
must appeal to race pride as well as
profit. In a few years the colored
man will not be compelled to talk
about race and if things continue on
as they are he will not be permitted
to, and that is the point of this writ
ing.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11
N.A.A.C.P. On Guard

Recent announcement that the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People viii stand
guard, so to speak, at the door Of the
Supreme Court of the United States
to see that no racially preiudiced
judge gets on that bench of last re-
sort without d fight, is comforting.
If this organization had done
nothing more than to help bar
Judge Parker from the Supreme
Court and call attention to the
Importance of this AUGUST body
as a bulwark Of human justice,
It would have justified its exis-
tence. As long as there is an hon
est and fair court of last appeal,
IL will be possible to eounteraot
TO some degree the prejudices of
narrow community action. and
to protect minorities against the
oppression of msjorities.
The general threat of carrying
cases TO the Supreme Court is hav-
ing a profound effect upon judges
throughout the land.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11
Here S A Brain Teaser
An EASY Problem For Smokers To Tackle

problem printed
by Enterprise This tackle it right
guest much he paid
replied,
and One-ha each them
getting per offered
same which said
Unfortunately they've
problem there the box and what
gasth price o. the
The printed n Enterprise.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11
Stand Up, Young Man

A you're man, up and coming, wor-
ries about his knocks and his burdens.
This humble writer, feeling sorry
FOR him, drops this word of encour-
agement:
Since time began men have slain
their saviors in one generation and
worshipped them in the next
Jesus stands above the grand army
as the "noblest figure that history
ever knew"
1t is nothing strange that one
should disagree, nothing new that
men should abuse, nothing unusual
that men should become angry.
Every man. seeking the truth and
laboring on principle. must look NOT
ct the wealth or prominence or sta
ton Of the prophet who speaks and
urges conviction, but purely at the
soundness of his principles. He
should he weighed according to the
scale of right or wrong and by none
other.
This young friend, despairing at
financial reverses, is preparing to
turn back, cuss the world and run to
cover as waiter or porter.
Maybe he is right-honest he GER
tainly must be; but his field is big
enough and important enough to give
him bread and meat and honor if he
would only turn deaf ear to unfayor-
able criticism, refuse to swerve to
the right or left, keep straight ahead
and by and by the Fight will begin to
shine down the road.
Stand up, Young friend of genius
draw yourself together: forget the
burdens Of the past and press for
ward 60 the happiness Of the future
THE NORTHWEST ENTERPRISE
Is the best Sc Negro Newspaper in
the u s a.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11
Answer To Last Weeks Problem
"a M.Ias pa~ Hour

Brain Teaser "a miles hour
is people Immediately miles hour
Woonasket matter, If it is
miles, the took hours and three hours coming
covering Dividing five gives "a
mi as speed.
the going
and coming back, covering Dividing here
vi
the The
the Speeds getting 20 miles
PER hour, andc concluding s
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11

THE NORTHWEST ENTERPRISE
Is the best Sc Negro Newspaper il
the u s a.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11
Democratic Weekly Is
Published In Louisville

LOUISVILLE, KY. - The Demo-
cratic Colored Voice, a new weekly
paper, made it's appearance on the
newsstands here this week.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-02-11
Hurrah For Fisk

Fisk University is to be commend
ed for turning down the Columbia
Broadcasting Company's request to
limit its weekly programs over the
air to spirituals.
Our white folks find it difficult to
comprehend that we colored people
are like other folks.
Mr.. Taylor Gordon, concert sing
err, tells of a London tea at which
an English noblewoman, almost with
out introduction, rushed IN to him
and breathlessly said: "Will YOU let
me see you do the black-bottom?
J. A.. Rogers, journalist, found
MANY Continental whites who believe
that every colored person is a dancer
or a minstrel.
Effort is made in the United
States to keep colored people in their
place in the public mind.
On the stage and screen, we are
asked to put on an apron, or white
coat, or ragged garments, to use
broken Eng ish. have a loud laugh,
eat watermelon, gnaw at chicken
bones, shoot craps or run from
ghosts.
Despite the success of Mr.. Roland
Hayes as an international concert
singer. the Columbia Company wants
the Fisk a capella choir of college
students to sing spirituals mainly.
The Fisk reply is adequate. 1t
says in part:
While Fisk University has always
been famous for the singing of spi-
rituals, it has by no means confined
itself to that type of music. Nearly
all programs ever presented by Fisk
singers included music other than
spirituals The very excellence of
the spirituals, as sung by Fisk, is due
largely to the fact that we have al
ways included in our courses of study
and on our concert programs the best
music of the whole world.
Milford chronicle., 1932-11-11
WILDWOOD
Revival Services At MiIlwOOd

Revival Services AC MllIWOOu
Beginning Sunday, November 1S,
at 2:9O p. m. and Sunday evening at
Z p. M, a special program has been
arranged for the first week. Rev. E.
H. Collins of Harrington M. E..
Church will be the afternoon speak
er. Each evening at 1880, except
Monday and Saturday, delightful
song service will be helding, singing
the old gospel hymns. Prepare list
of request hymns and present them
to the pastor, and we will sing
them for YOU. .,-.
The speakers for this week will
be the Rev. r. S. Hodgson, Milton,
the Rev. R. G. Conner, Glendale and
DR.. w. e. Habbart. district superin-
tendent of Dover District The pas
tor urges that each member set
aside every social engagement until
the meetings close. Let us make
these weeks a united effort for
Christ and His Kingdom. Yes, make
it crusade for Christ. The LORD is
depending on you. Don't fail Him in
the harvest.
Milford chronicle., 1932-11-11
FRANKFORT

James w. Clark, proprietor of the
! Orange Filling Station, has returned
from delightful tour to the Hud.
son River Valley He was accom-.
panied by Mrs. Clark.
Squire and Mrs. James B. Long
celebrated their birthdays Tuesday
There was family dinner at theiI
home. Those present were Rev. and
Mrs. w. L. Hess, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Stevens and son of Selbyville,
Mrs. Stevens presented her father
with an angle food cake decorated
with candles appropriate to the oc-
casion.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Milby spent the
week with friends in Milford.
The Frankford New Century Club
met at the home of Mrs. Carlton
Fooks on Friday evening, Nov. 4th,
with a large attendance.
Mrs. Robert Long, president, pre-
sided.
The meeting was opened by all
singing "Our Delaware"
The collect was read by Mrs. Jas.
c. Milley, followed by the Lords
Prayer, repeated in unison.
The club was very glad to receive
Mrs. ID. Viehe, Mrs. w. l.. Hess,
Mrs. Homer Bartnor and Mrs. Jose
phine Polk as new members.
After the business the meeting
was in charge of Mrs. Daniel Carey,
the topic was, Sons and Daughters
of Delaware"
Some very interesting facts of
Delaware were read by Mrs. Ray
mond Long.
Some parts of the lives of General
Dagsworthy and John M. Clayton,
two outstanding men, born in Days
boro, Del, was read by Mrs. Nor
gan T. Gum.
The lives of some of our famous
women were given by Miss Sallie
Hall.
The club then adjourned to meet
Dec. 2, with Mrs. Dale Lingo, Mills
boro.
Mr.. and Mrs. William e. Powell
and family spent the weekend with
relatives in Darby, Pa.
Miss Ruth Watson and two of her
class mates at the U. of D., Newark,
Del, spent the weekend here with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton H.
Watson.
Milford chronicle., 1932-11-11
How One Woman
Lost 10 Lbs. In a Week

Mrs. Betty Luedeke of Dayton
writes: 81 am using Krushchen to
reduce weight lost 10 pounds in
one week and cannot say too much
to recommend it."
To take off fat easily, SAFELY
and HARMLESSLY-take one half
teaspoonful of Kruschen in a glass
of hot water in the morning before
breakfast go lighter on fatty meats,
potatoes, butter, cream and pastries
it is the safe way to lose unsightly
fat and one bottle that lasts
weeks costs but a trife. Get it at
Pettyjohn's Pharmacy or any drug
store in America. If this first bottle
fails to convince you this is the
safest way to lose fat-money back.
But be sure and get Kruschen
Salts-imitations are numerous and
you must safeguard your health.