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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-25
oUGHTA RE A LAWYER

Miami, Fla - A bandit held up W. R. Williams, taxi driver. and took S1.55 from him. He handed Williams back ten cents for street car fare and then got in the taxi to difve off in t himself. Williams started arguing. told the bandit . hard luck story. and inc argument finally wound up in Williams set tlng hls taxi back.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-25
Upward Trend Evident In State;
 Hartford Leads
NOrwak and New Haven Follow Waterbury Listed With Cities Showing Jump Over February Figures - Compilation Below Same Period Year Ago @

over their third months figures of 1881. These were Danbury, Derby, Hartford, Meriden, Torrington and Wethersfield.
 East Hartford and Wethersfield were added to the survey in March, but no comparison of their build ing figures with those of February was available from previous files.
 Comparative permit values for March, 1932, and for March, 1881. are reported by the railroad as fol- lows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-25
Freight Traffic On
 New Haven Road

According to a survey of the Freight traffic department of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad company, building operations here for March showed a sharp drop. Torrington was one of the six cities to register q gain over last year. Waterbury's per mits were for $i4,sO0 worth of building while in March. 1881, the amount involved was s1ed.05o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-25

American exports to the Far East increased i3 per cent last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-25

Britain's rayon business con- tinues to increase.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
Race Leaders Say
Simmons M a d e
Jim Grow Speech

CHICAGO.-(SpeciaD = To Ros-
coe Conklin Simmons, we'll known
colored politician and orator, goes
the distinction of having seconded
the nomination of President Hoover
More than a score of delegates WED
for the honor, but when Illinois was
reached on the roll call Chairman
Schnell surprised everyone when he
exclaimed, 81 recognize Roscoe
Conklin Simmons to second the NOM
nation of President Hoover"
With dignity, eloquence and wit,
Mr.. Simmons assembled the platform
and soon sent the crowd swaying by
his persuasive oratory. At the end
of the allotted five-minute period the
chairman raped to denote that the
speakers time had expired, but the
convention went into rebellion and
vociferously demanded that the ora
ton be not interrupted. Finally
when the eloquent Mr.. Simmons con-
Guided his epoch-making address with
Continued TO page ~
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
Host Lodge Says
Times Too Hard
For Convention,

Los ANGELES. Calif.-(Speciai)
Golden West Lodge No. Sc, Improved
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
of the World. host for the 1892
annual grand lodge convention of the
order went ON record at its regular
meeting Tuesday night asking the
Grand Exalted Ruler, j. Finley. Will
son, of Washington, d. c.. to post
pone the scheduled meeting of the
national body scheduled to meet in
tbs city August % to 81. The local
lodge unanimously adopted resolu-
tions citing reasons for postponemcnt
Of the convention.
This move on the part of the local
lodge follows action already taken
by other California lodges. Resolu-
tions adverse to holding the 1892
convention were adopted several
weeks ago by Pacific Northwest
Lodges notably Puget Sound Lodge.
Seattle and Mt Tacoma Lodge Ia
coma.
ssentn eut against holding the ron
vention increases rs the date nears
for the annual meeting. Leaders de
clare it would be a foolish gesture for
Negroes to spend large sums for
pompt and display in face of the hard
times now existent.
Resolutions adopted by Golden
West Lodge asking postponement of
the convention cite among other
causes for their action: continued
depression, large number of colored
unemployed and lack of preparation
to take care of the convention. The
next move Is up to the Grand Exalted
Ruler from whom word is expected
at any time. Wilson's cabinet must
decide on one of the three following
moves: ID refuse TO postpone the
convention; 90 postpone to a later
date; 90 call it off and the ma
tional executive committee select
another meeting place.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
Los Angeles Elks
Seek To Postpone
Grand Lodge Meet
Denver Negro Death
Rate Reported Low

DENVER, Colo.-The report made
by DR.. A. d. II. Kaplan, director Of
the Bureau of Research of the Uni
versity of Denver. to the delegates
to the third annual convention of
the western branch of the American
Public Health Association, on Thurs
day stands out in vivid contrast 10
the usual Findings of commissions
sent out to study housing and other
urban health conditions.
Only one death occurred in the CD
births recorded in the Negro section
of the city. The Nero infant death
rate is only 63 per thousand rs
against 81 for the entire city. An
infant welfare station in the heart
of the district, and favorable housing
conditions are responsible for the
low rate.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
Wilson Says Convention
Will Not Be Called Off

WASHINGTON, d. G.-Grand TX
allied Ruler J. Finley Wilson. of the
lB.P.O. Elks OF the World stated
Wednesday, that he would not post
pone the scheduled Elks Grand
Lodge session to be held in Los An
geles, Cal. in August, since it had
been decided by law to hold it there.
and because the California Elks
wanted the convention, this year, in
spite of agitation against holding the
convention.
The grand exalted ruler declared
that he would not act to postpone
the confab unless so encouraged BY
the various lodges, in his own words
''Unless there is a general desire for
postponement, or calling it off until
1888" The statement was made aft
er a correspondent had questioned
Mr.. Wilson about the convention as
result of considerable criticism Of
the order. by outsiders, and other
organizations.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23

ed by expert knowledge of the law,
that Judge HUMPHREYS cannot fail
to release Divine.
Father Divine's Followers Many
Probably no religious leader has
come among us in this century with
as many followers as has this man
who for more than two years fed
and clothed hundreds of whites and
blacks free of charge at his Sayville,
L. l., home. In New York alone,
his followers number into the thou
sands. Churches where he speaks in
the city overflow with people as ear
ly as a. m.-just twelve hours be-
fore the actual start of the sched-
uled services. In Newark, N. J.
5000 people crowded the large city
auditorium to hear him. Who can
tell how many more will be added on
his release from Jail?
Divine's case grew out of COM
plants made against him by white
residents of Sayville. Long Island,
who declared that his house of wor-
ship called Heaven, was a nuisance.
An injunction was obtained against
Divine holding service and he was
arrested on the public nuisance
charge.
From many sources, it is reported
however, that the chief cause of ill
will against Divine was not the noise
his followers made, but the noise of
his money. Although he did no
work and took up no collections, he
seemed to handle more money than
anybody else in Sayville. Nobody
could trace the source of his money.
This fact and the strange power he
welded over bis disciples caused him
to assume the proportions of mys-
terry man and to become dread to
the community.
Several of his followers, including
white university graduates, took the
stand during Divine's trial and tes-
titled that they believed he was God.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
ePriest Says
South Solving
Race Problem

ELIZABETH CITY, N. ca be
lief that the race problem in Amer
lea will be settled upon southern
soil was expressed here Sunday by
Congressman Oscar De Priest as he
addressed an audience of GOO, which
included several whites.
Speaking under auspices of the
Welfare League, Mr.. De Priest said !;
"The problem is one which will
not be settled in two or three dec
AIDES; it probably will take two or
three centuries. The Negro can
hasten the day Of settlement only by
cultivating his own self-respeet and
by so conducting himself as to COM
mand the respect Of his white neigh
bors.
"Southerners who have the most
to say against social equality gen
orally are the people who should
have the least to say about it, for
they have not practieed what they
preached; the South has had sunlight
segregation and midnight cohabita-
ton.
Look al the Negro race today j:
we came to America black and now,
as resulting of the meddling of
white men, black men and black
women are becoming searcer every
day.
"The Negro must learn to use
the ballot box to get his rights. If
lived in Elizabeth City | would or
ganize my race block by block and
put them on the registration books.
| would register 1000 te $500 Negro
voters in Elizabeth City.
"And | wouldn't commit them to
either the Republican or the Demo-
cratic party; between a southern
Negro-hating Democrat and a lily
white southern Republican | would
as a rule choose the Democrat.
81 wouldn't attempt to elect mem
bers of my own race to office; |
would throw the strength Of my race
to the best white men regardless of
their party label When the best
white people are convinced that you
are for them and when you have
won their confidence and respect by
demonstrating your ability to think
right and vote right, you are in a
position to command their eoopera-
ton"
The speaker closed by warning
against vote selling and urging his
listeners to pay their poll taxes
and vote. He held high tribute to
w. o. Saunders, local white news
paper publisher and editor.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Against a
background of the Potomac River,
trim Coast Guard cutters, tall three
masted schooners, river steamers
and barges, the picturesque camp of
the B. E. F. Bonus Expeditionary
Forces) nestles on broad expanse
of greensward at Anacostia, across
the river.
Mister James Crow, pestilence of
the south, is conspicuous by his alb
sence here in this orderly setting,
where black and white alike share
the hardships of hunger and impov-
erished circumstances in brotherly
solicitation and keep the watch on
the Rhine together, eating and drink
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
COP. Pledges Equal
Rights For Negro

CHICAGO.-The following is the
Republicans platform on the Negro
adopted at the national convention ::
"For seventy years the Republican
party has been the friend of the
American Negro. Vindication of the
American Negro citizen to enjoy
the full benefits of life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness is traditional
in the Republican party, and our
party stands pledged to maintain
equal opportunity and rights for our
Negro citizens. We do not propose to
depart from that tradition nor to
alter the spirit or letter of that
pledge"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
First Soldier To
Win French Cross
Honored ByU.S.

WASHINGTON, D. C. = After ID
years the United States government
has recognized the valor of Need
ham Roberts of Trenton, N. j., and
has conferred upon him the Purple
Heart.
The honor is a new citation that
is given only to wounded veterans.
The award is in the form of a medal
and citation. The citation comes
from the secretary of war. Roberts
was wounded in action May S, 1918,
while serving as sergeant of Com
pany c, 369th Infantry, which was
attached to the 18th Division of the
French army.
Sergeant Roberts and Henry
johnson of Albany, N. Y, were the
first Americans of any race to re-
ceive the French croix de guerre.
They were on guard together at a
small outpost on the. front line
trenches near the German lines and
during the night raiding party of
Germans attacked their outpost.
The grim battle in the DARK, in
which Roberts and Private johnson
put to rout a number of German
soldiers, was described by Col. Will
liam Hayward in a letter to Mrs.
Edna Johnson, wife of the private.
He said:
"Your husband and Sergeant
Needham Roberts were on guard to-
gether at a small outpost on the
front line trenches near the Ger
man lines and during the night a
strong raiding party of Germans,
numbering from IL to 20 Judging
by the weapons, clothing and para
phernalia they left behind and by
their footprints, stole across No
Mans Land and made surprise at
tack in the dead of night on our two
brave soldiers.
cat the beginning of the attack
the Germans fired volley of bull.
lets and grenades and both of the
boys were wounded. Despite Their
wounds, the two soldiers waited
coolly and courageously and when
the Germans were within striking
distance, opened fire; your husband
with his rifle and Roberts from his
helpless position on the ground with
hand grenades. But the German raid
ing party came on despite theil
wounded and in a few seconds oul
boys were at grips with the terrible
foe in a desperate hand-to-hand en-
counter, in which the enemy out
numbered them ten to one.'
Colonel Hayward told how that
after Roberts had been overpowerec
and was being throttled by the raid
ing party, Johnson came to his as
sistance with a bolo knife and how
that the onslaught made by the boy
caused the Germans to gather theil
dead and wounded and stink away
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
Robson Gets 81, 500 A
Week

NEW YORK. n. Paul Robe
son. whose work in the revival of
SHOW Boat is winning praise of
metropolitan critics who assert his
presentation is superior to that of
Jules Bledsoe, originator of the role.
also draws bigger pay. Robeson's
salary is $500 Der week. one of the
top wage points in the show Bledsos
as "Ol' Man River drew only $500
per week
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
odd Jim Crow" Is Barred From Camp
OfWar Veterans Seeking Bonus Pay

ing from the same mess hall and
fountain.
They laugh together and cry to-
gether over thoughts of the desti-
tute loved ones left behind when
they began their long and hard
trek to the Capitol of the United
States and their salvation in the
much-hoped-for bonus payment.
Here is found pathos and humor,
drama and, above all, a keen and
serious spirit of determination,
backed by surprising good order
and fine spirit of honest purpose.
For it must not be forgotten that
these men are soldiers, represent
CONTINUED to page a
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
Federation OF Women
Postpone Convention

WASHINGTON. - Because of
stringent financial conditions and the
fact that the National Association of
Colored Women's Clubs meets next
year in conjunction with the Nation
al Council Of Women at the Century
of Progress Exposition in Chicago,
announcement has just been made
from the executive offices that the
biennial meeting of the Association
has been postponed until next year.
Although the national meeting is
postponed, State and local organiza-
tons are urged to meet and to en-
gage in increased activity as de
manded by the times.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
Now Here S a Puzzler

Here problem surprising solution
conversation and his architect:
like house built with one
and with each and every one oil
these windows facing south.
architect: Why, it can't be done!
The mani: But a feeling that
The (after minutes though). Oh yes. But you
ought to consult architect
how the house be built to the mans spee
fications?
The answer printed next weeks Enterprise.
Last weeks Brain s a.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
GOUern1n't a cards
World War Hero
Medal And Citation
Judge Who Sentenced "Cod-Man" To Jail
Falls Dead. Followers Believe hA "Curse"

NEW YORK.-Four days after he
had sentenced Father Divine, the
man whom some white people call
God, to prison for one year as a
menace to society, Judge Lewis
Smith of the Supreme Court, drop
ped dead.
Disciples of the strange religious
leader had predicted that death
would come upon the bold iurist who
went beyond the evidence produced
in court and the charge there made
to justify his severe sentence on Di-
vine. He is the second official to
meet death after sentencing Divine
to prison.
Detective Morris, after two days
brooding over his part in the case,
committed suicide in the hospital
yard at Central Islip.
There are many who remember the
prophecy of the religious leader who
at one time before the trial had
gone very far, is said to have re-
marked, that any one who took the
witness stand and falsified against
him would have bad luck. Still Others
declared that they knew that no one
could prosecute the good Father Di-
vine and get away with it.
Lawyer Thomas Pleas
Things looked black indeed for
the little man who kept his mouth
shut all through his trial, refusing
to give Justice Smith any informa-
ton on his past life. Divine SEEM
ed certain to spend year and prob
ably more in jail until Attorney
las. C. Thomas of Is Park Place,
New York, went before Judge Hum
phries of the Supreme Court in
Brooklyn on Saturday morning and
made an earnest and touching plea
for a Certificate of reasonable
doubt" Decision on this plea has
not been given at this writing, but
it is believed that Attorney Thomas
made such a forceful appeal, back
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
Needy Wife.Had Phone;
Charity Refuses Aid

BOSTON.-Aid for the wife and
six children of former Lieutenant
Ansel A. Colebrooke of the Massa-
chusetts National Guard was refused
last week when 1t was found that
the lieutenant had been working in
New York and had been sending his
wife $40 each week. The wife had
applied for charity and was using a
telephone in the house. A charity
Investigator made the findings.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
DePriest Home Robbed
Of Valuable Jewels

WASHINGTON.-Mrs. Oscar De-
priest, wife of Congressman De-
Priest, of the First Illinois district,
reported to police headquarters last
week the loss of two valuable pieces
of jewelry from her home, 419 U
Street northwest.
The jewelry missing includes two
diamond rings an engagement ring
with a three-carat center diamond
and three small diamonds; we'd
ding ring with a five-diamond set
ting with an inside engraving, O.S.D.
to NAV. June %, 1928. The
iewelry is valued at several hundred
dollars.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
Hoover To Receive
Rebels; Will He Pose

WAsHINGToN-United confed-
crate Veterans and other organiza-
lions of former rebel forces will be
received at the White House by
President Hoover during their con-
yention here the week Of June "a,
it was learned last week.
The President has also accepted
the invitation of their commander
in-chief to review their parade here
on June 25
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
Mrs. B. ]. Davis Dies

ATLANTA, Ga. - Mrs. B. j.
Davis, wife of the president of the
National Negro Press Association,
died here Friday night as a result
of a stroke Of apoplexy.
Mrs. Davis is survived, besides Mr..
Davis, by a son, B. J. Davis, Jr,
and a daughter, Miss johnnie Cath
crime Davis.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-23
Hoover Makes
3-Minute Speech
At Howard i.

WASHINGTON = II Herbert Hoo
yer, President of the United States
delivered the commencement address
to 402 graduates of Howard Univer-
sity, in the sixty-fifth annual com
mencement of the school, before an
outdoor audience numbering APP
proxmately 1000 persons, including
the students. The Presidents speech
was a short one, recurring only three
minutes.
The President arrived on the cam
pus, in keeping with the custom es-
tablished by his three immediate pre-
decessors, Calvin Coolidge, Warren
Harding, and Woodrow Wilson, &C
companied by an escort of secret
service men, while the crowd stood
at respectful attention, and took his
place on the platform beside Presi-
dent Mordecai Johnson, Mrs. John
son, DR.. John William Cooper, Uni
ted States Commissioner of Educa-
ton, while the crowd applauded, and
the University orchestra played the
professional march.
Text of President Hoover's
Address
at is an inspiration to come into
this great institution of higher edu-
cation for the Negro race. Nothing
that the Federal Government has
done reflects more credit upon it for
the meeting of an obligation than
this institution to bring to great
segment of our population the means
of overcoming handicap for which
they were not responsible, and Of
leveling upward for them an equa
CONTINUED on Page a.
Evening star., 1932-08-21
Hay-Making Studied

THE job of making hay while the sun shines
is an easy matter for the average agricui-
turist. Federal experts are trying to make hay
when the sun doesn't shine. In many parts OF
the country large areas are available for the
production of forage crops which would prove
ideal for the stock rasers of those areas If only
there could be certainty that the crops could be
matured and cured for Winter storage ana
feeding Under natural conditions, this assr-
ance is lacking. Therefore, some form OF arti-
fetal drier is needed which will dry the crops at
a cost sufficiently low to permit the forage crops
thus dried to compete on cost basis with other
forms of feed. Considerable progress has been
made along this line, and not only Is the Amer
lean Government interested in the experiments,
but the work is being watched and aided by ex-
perimental work by other governments and by
business interests in this country.
Evening star., 1932-08-21
Illustrated By DOROTHY URFER

imbbed the gossip of the girls thereabouts. Ap-
palled, he could hear them saying:
"Of course she's q darling, but so tefr1Dly
old fashioned! Out of tempo with the times,
she's retarding her SON." Hes just rs bad!
His ideal isn't his mother, but himself; he sees
Bobby reflected in her. and falls in love WITH
himself"
Suddenly he hated his mother. He hated
her for petting him and pampering him, for
limiting his mental vision and stunting his
social growth. Then he hated the girls. He
hated them for their gossip their lack od
sympathy and tolerance.
And finally, he hated himself He was q
cad to think such wicked. such traitorous
thoughts He was not worthy of his darling
mother; he was not worthy OF the WonderIu
girls; he was not worthy of anything or OF any
body He was nauseated with life. He"
And then she came up to tee on. and ne
smiled. Her forearm was beautiful, the way the
muscles nexed and rippled.
When one afternoon a week later, ne re-
turned home from the shop, he founo ms
mother watering the potted plants on the We
randa Hastily he pecked at her cheek. HOW'D
you leave Aunt Sara?" he asked.
She's better" replied Mrs. Fenton. gently,
looking at the sprinkler. "Shes well now. Shes
quite WELL"
He rushed upstairs to hisToon, and when he
came down to dinner she saw he had on new
suit-a rather gay tweed affair, mod1snly cut
and becoming
He said, hastily eating his food. that he was
going to a party that evening at the Gentry's.
by the way mother" his fork trembled now
do YOU like Eva's friend?"
Il think" responded his mother steadily bus
her gaze lowered to hide wet lids, she's precious.
Awfully precious"
He neglected, somehow, to kiss her as he
ran out to the car Don't stay up for me,
mother" he called as he stepped on the starter.
Might be a little late. By.
His car tore away, impatiently, and few
minutes later he had Jerry in his arms. She
clung to him. that look of fierce triumph and
possession in her brown eyes.
You love me?" she caroled softly.
Love you?" he repeated, passionately kissing
her warm little mouth "Of course! Why, I've
always wanted girl like you!'
Evening star., 1932-08-21
Dismal SqcambLarge

THE Dismal Swamp. favorite hiding place for
runaway slaves of Virginia and North Caro-
lima before the abolition of slavery. is stretch
of land only 81 feet above sea level and having
a maximum length of about 80 miles ana .
breadth of 10 miles
Its forest of cypress, juniper, gum and cedar
give 1t considerable commercial value.