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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-24
Thanksgiving Day
BH Edith Iohnson. Everett, wash

felt that they had much to be deep
ly thankful for. and gave due rever-
ence to God for his blessing.
Today we observe Thanksgiving
in much the same manner. Espe-
cially in the matter of the huge
feast. We heap our tables with all
the fine food that we can afford and
then gorge ourselves to misery, be-
moaning the fact that our stomach S
won't hold more. We. that is the
most of us, have forgotten. the mis-
sion and meaning of this day as the
Pilgrims saw it. We should be just
as thankful as they were in their
day. The same God Is providing
us with the necessities of life as
protected and provided them. This
year especially, we have much to be
thankful for. This year has been
one fraught with much economic
stress and suffering and we are
lucky indeed If we too have not suf-
fered. So then. let us have thought
for the great God who is so bounti-
full. Let us, In the midst of our
merrymaking and feasting, give a
wcrd of prayer to Him who has
brought us through another year.
Let us pause and consider our many
blessings and give God our reverence
and thanks.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-24

In the year of sixteen hundred
and twenty a few people who later
became known as Pilgrims settled
in a place designated as Plymouth
Rock. These same Pilgrims under
went many hardships and much
suffering, especially during that
first year. They were blazing the
trail of a new civilization and deal
ing with group of people unused
to frontier life. SO great was their
suffering that they lost many of
their small group due to the ex-
posure and difficult lives which they
were obliged TO undergo.
Their homes had to be built of
logs which had to be hewn and
shaped and they had very poor tools
with which to do so. After they had
constructed a few of these such
homes, they were obliged to go forth
in search of food The men went
into the woods with which they
were quite unfamiliar and brought
game such as wild turkeys. ducks
and deer. In the Spring they plant
ed gardens. Corn was the chief
article which they attempted and
succeeded in raising. OF course.
there were other foedstuffs which
they grew and harvested.
They also had the problem of
meeting and dealing with the In
dams of which there were many at
that time. Prior to their coming
the explorers had dealt so badly
with these Indians that they We're
somewhat hostile. After much per-
suasion, these Indians were con-
WINGED that these were a peaceful
and friendly people. They helped
them with their crops and went
hunting with them. In fact, they
did all that they could to assist this
group of God fearing people. They
were a God fearing people, for.
hadn't they left their own native
and comfortable land because they
were in search of religious freedom
They demanded the right to worship
in the manner that was close to their
hearts and not after some plan that
was handed down to them from
some dignitary.
After these Pilgrims had been in
America for year, and when Au-
tumn came, they decided to set aside
a day for Thanksgiving to God.
They wanted to thank Him for spar
ing them throughout the year and
for allowing them to prosper to the
extent which He had and for their
many bounties. That day they went
early to church and offered praise
and THANKSGIVING. 1t was a great
day. They invited the Indians to
join them in their observance of the
day. A feast had been prepared of
wild turkey and other choice edibles
The Indians came laden and with
much game and food, there was much
feasting and prayer. The Pilgrims
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Five Largest Cities
! With Negro Population

NEW YORK. - "Where are the
five cities with the largest Negro
population in the world?"
No; not in Africa, and not in our
own South Every one of the five,
New York, Chicago. Philadelphia
Baltimore and Washington, and they
rank in that order-lies north of
the Potomac in the white United
States. .l
That somewhat startling fact
stands at the head of a pamphlet,
Recent Trend in Race Relations, ="
prepared by the industrious com
mission on Interracial Cooperation,
of Atlanta. Ga.
Negroes are moving North;
North and South they are moving
into the cities; in the cities and in
the country they are moving up;
and the pace is ever faster and
faster. Last month distinguished
Negro poet, James Weldon Johnson
spoke on invitation at the University
of North Carolina. Leading whites
and blacks sit down together to
discuss the problems which bind
them together in every Southern
state. Even in the fifteen years
since the 'Interracial Movement was
born7in the heady aftermath Of
war, when race riots were common
and race war seemed possible
sphrase-mnch has been accomp-
lished. For instance. there We're
ninety-one public high schools for
Negroes in the entire South in
1915 there are more than thou
and today.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-24
Political Progress

The campaign this year delights
the heart of any person who takes a
long view of the future.
Not only was the Negro vote di-
vided between Republicans and Dem
ocrats; it was also shared by Social
lists and Communists.
Communists not only raised the
race issue as it has never been raised
before in political campaign, but
they nominated a colored candidate
for the vice-presidency and had him
stump the country.
Many of US are still Republicans,
but some of us are Democrats, Com
munists and Socialists. 1t is no long
er possible to tell our politics by our
color.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-24
Answer To Last Weeks Problem
One Had $4,000, One $1,000

The solution printed in Enterprise
does require finding
The important thing relationship
amounts OF which the the
plans proposed
critical reading OF the problem will show that II Mr. As
plan adopted he (Mr AI1 much
buy real Beeeh's
plan adopted, the other
half much whole
problem Is simply find numbers implic
y), such that when added
the is after five
SUCH econd
experimenting
problem
$4,000 had $1,000.
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Three Court Fights
Loom In Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY. - Three big
court cases which involve human
rights and the race question, are
scheduled to be fought out here.
according to the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People.
The first of these is the case of
Jess Hollins, railroaded to a death
sentence on a charge of raping a
white girl. The second is that of
Charles Dumas, also charged with
rape and sentenced to be electro
cuted. The third is the statewide
battle for civil rights growing out
of the driving of more than 200
citizens from their, homes, farms
and jobs in Beckham County in
July, 1907.
Prisoners Contribute
According to Roscoe Dungee, ed
itor. even prisoners in the state
prison have contributed to the de-
tense fund of Hollins and 1919. "a
has been raised. The national Of
flee of the association gave 500 to
his fund. In the case of Dumas,
the accused man told Mr.. Dungee
that he was forced into "confes-
SION when Officers came to his cell
and told him that he would be killed
if he did not confess.
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Let Us Give Thanks

4 Let us give thanks that however
gray the industrial skies appear,
they have no such gloom as in those
days of the depression-men called
It a panic-of 1887
3 Let us give thanks that those
skies cleared to the usual sun of
prosperity, as they are clearing now.
II we will regard the signs Alright.
= let us give thanks that the
wheels of the mills are not motion
rless. thatf building operations have
not ceased; that ships are not idle
at their docks; that the nation is not
prone - ae
Let us give thanks that the COM
bined millions of the country are
united in one magnificent sweep to
help the poor and to relieve what
ever distress old winter may have
decreed-in vain.
Let us give thanks for our country
for its peace and tranquility and
opportunity to serve.
Let us give thanks for the ma
tion-wide holiday that brings to-
gether kin and friends in one great
reunion of the year, when for the
moment care is banished and happi-
ness reigns in so many households
in the land.
Let us give thanks that we are
able to give thanks, and that provi-
dence has led us on. from the days
of the Pilgrims to the strength and
majesty of the present.
LET US GIVE THANKS.
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Follow virginia and the nation
will go right" declared DR.. w. A.
Picker, white, Virginia state Reg
istrar of Vital Statistics, in reading
a paper before the Third Interna-
tional Congress of Eugenics which
met in New York recently.
DIR. Picker urged other states to
pass rigid laws against racial inter
marriage, and for the creation of
public opinion against social and
school intermingling of the races,
which, he said, leads to marriage
and ultimate destruction of race pur-
ity.
Garvey is the Picker ideal. Ne
groes, he thinks, should be encour-
aged to go back to Africa.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-24

DR.. Andrew King treats all spinal
and nerve diseases.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-24

The growth of liberalism and indie
pendence among our people is and
ought to be a source of great JOY to
those who think. There is no reason
why we should be a one-party group.
There is every reason why we should
comprehend every phase of national
life.
Today we are conservative with
the Republicans, liberal with the
Democrats, progressive with the So
cialists, and radical with the Com
mnnists.
And if Nat Turner, Frederick
Douglass, Alexander Walters, and
Blanche X. Bruce looked down on
the 1882 election, they could hardly
help being satisfied with what they
saw.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-24

Time was when Virginia had ideas.
That was as well the time when it
gave us presidents. When Richmond
fell and the Confederacy with it,
the best that was the Old Dominion's
crumbled and decayed.
Typical of its degeneracy is DIR.
Plecker. Nothing else can explain the
mad doctrines of man, who in the
face of evidence showing races have
mixed for thousands of years, starts
movement to keep them separate.
Black Dravidian and Red Indian
Black African and white Spaniards-
Black Egyptian and Palestine Jews
everywhere in the world, Africa
has mixed its blood with the races
of the earth, and to continents like
America, whittier Africans did not
voluntarily migrate, they were car
ried as slaves and by force were
made to inter-breed with the white
race.
If God hadn't meant races to min
gle socially and mate, He would have
made it impossible for them to con-
summate that association by bearing
children.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-24

Ancient spellbinders, who in mass
meetings told voters that the IRE
publican party is the ship, all else
is the sea- found that their audi
ences listened politely, but mentally
were giving them the ha hal
Publication of the party payrolls
was another means by which voters
were able to debunk the professional
politicians. Nothing has cramped their
style so much this year as the public
knowledge that the big shots were
getting so much per speech or per
month to crate.
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Urge Establishment of Daily

LA GRANGE. Ga. ~ That the
group must build a large daily
paper in which it may express itself
freely, was the statement of Bishop
r. A. Carter at the Georgia Annual
Conference, here last week.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-24

1t seems logically reasonable that
one would prefer to get good quality
and courtesy that only Negro
dentist is most likely to give Negro
patrons rather than take chances.
The care Of ones teeth is vitality i'm
portant, and if your daughter or your
son needs dental advice and treat
ment, as matter of good business
the ethical, sanitary, conscientious
Negro dentist is the logical man for
the patronage.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-24

As brilliant as that seems, never
theless, there are still some Negroes
who are attracted by the glittering,
enticing lights and the smooth talk
of the street spoilers of takers. On
nearly every corner they are to be
found painted on windows, startling
ly low prices that go up as soon as
You go inside, and with quality and
courtesy proportionate to the price
you pay.
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Gets 81, 500 Damages

CHICAGO. - Mrs. Irene Brown
was awarded $500 damages last
week for beating administered to
her by her employer, Jacob Gold.
berg, white.
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DR.. Plecker must know these things
as well as any sociologist. We think
he does. We think he knows that
100000 Negroes out of IL 900, 900
are the product of race mixings.
Why speak such hokum and bun
combe as he gave the Eugenics Con-
gress?
We think it is another racket.
Registering vital statistics in Vir-
ginia is a tame Job. DR.. Picker puts
little pep into it and earns his
salary check at the expense of the
Negro.
incidentally, races are more mixed
in Virginia than in most states of
the Union. DR.. Picker ought really
to be more careful, especially if he
was born in Virginia himself. It's
hardly likely that of his 16 great
grandparents, all of them had Anglo
Saxon blood only.
The Washington times., 1932-03-10

Mrs. Lindbergh, dressed in a
black dress and fur-trimmed coat
took a short walk in the near
zero weather with her mother
Mrs. Dwight Morrow, and Mrs
Breckenridge.
Colonel Lindbergh took a longer
stroll with his terrier, the dog
that failed to bark an alarm
when his little master was snatch
ed from his nursery crib on the
night of March /.
Police maintained their optim.
ism regarding ultimate solution
Of the kidnapping mystery by re-
porting Continued progress"
They indicated that Henry
, ''Red" Johnson, sailor sweetheart
of Betty Cow, Lindbergh nurse,
would be detained in Newark, N.
j., for some time.
state troopers continued to re-
check the poor white section Of
the Sourland Mountain region
near the Lindbergh estate They
searched abandoned ShackS, the
homes Of the dwellers, and the
shadowy caves and caverns Of
the isolated area.
I It was reported the search was
connected with the alleged trac-
ing Of the wood in the ladder used
by the kidnapers to timber eft
over from construction work at
the Skillman village for epilepticS.
The Washington times., 1932-03-10
TwO Physicians and Woman Foreigner
Call With Clues; Results Not ToIt

Q.-Have the police located
anyone who was on the private
lane leading from Lindbergh's
home to the main road the night
of the kidnapping?
A.-No.
Q.-What are the Developments
at Skillman?
=. A.-The investigation is still
going on.
Q.-What is the status Of
Henry johnson? Where is he?
Is he implicated in the abduc-
ton in any way?
A.-Henry Johnson is still
under investigation in Newark.
This investigation will still take
four or five days to complete.
Q.-HavG the investigators es-
tablished any contact with the
kidnapers or their representa-
tives? If they have, how is the
The Washington times., 1932-03-10
Anne Braves Zero Weather in Walk;
Indy Exercises His Pet Terrier

The village is near the Lindbergh
estate.
SpitaIe Won't Talk
Spitale and Bitz, the two off.
cially designated ambassadors,
who were reported to have been
seen in Erie. Pa, were glimpsed
here between secret expeditions
into the land of shadows. Spitale
said graphically:
"Any nwS that I nave will
go to the public as soon as is
reasonably possible"
If and when the Lindbergh baby
is restored it was considered prob.
able that he would be delivered
to the residence Of Mrs. Dwight
w. Morrow, his grandmother. in
Englewood, N. j. His parents
have spent most of their time
there with only week-ends at their
isolated home in Hopewell.
One of the favorite amuSements
Of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, jr.,
was to stand before the grand.
father clock in the Morrow home
and try to sway to the left and
right with the swinging Of the
brass pendulum.
"Tick-tOck, tick.tOck," he would
say.
Wherever the little fellow is,
there is probably no grand
father clock.
The Washington times., 1932-03-10
PARIS GETS TIP
ON KIDNAPPING

PARIS, March 10 U.N.S0-The
network of "tipS" in the Lind
bergh kidnapping case spread to
Paris today when a typewriter
letter was delivered at the Amer
lean Legion headquarters here ad
vising Comdr. Sedley Peck that
the writer had treason to be
lieve" the missing baby might be
found in Larchmont, Westches
ter county, N. Y.
The letter said:
'The writer, who wishes to
remain unknown, has sound
reason to believe there is a pos
sibility of finding the child of
Colonel Lindbergh in Larch-
mont or LarchmOnt Manor.
"The baby was taken from
HOpewelI Tuesday night, posi-
bly, to Stamford, across the
water in a naphtha launch,
and then to Larchm0nt, possibly
to q small house built in 1925
or 1926.
'NOthing absolute about this
clue, but it is worth following
up. 1 suggest cabling the Lind
berghs: Concentrate on search
of a LarchmOnt or LarchmOnt
Manor house built about 1926.
There is a slight possibility
stamford is on the autOmO-
mobile and railroad route to
Hartford and is an important
point for landing of motor
boats and small craft"
The Washington times., 1932-03-10
State Police KnOw Nothing of RumOr
Lindv Is in T ouch With KidnaDers

A.-No knowledge of such
action.
Q.-Is there anything further
which can be divulged concerning
the status Of Henry RED" John
son?
A.-Nothing other than stated.
Q.-HaS Henry Johnson'S hand
writing been checked against
post card messages intercepted at
Newark, South Orange and Hart
ford?
Ayes, it is not the same.
Q.-Why didn't johnson keep
engagement with Betty Cow on
the night of the kidnapping? .?
What was the nature Of his tele-
phone conversation with Betty
Cow that night?
A.-No answer.
Odd Mrs. Lindbergh receive
special delivery letter posted at
Hartford shortly before Johnson's
arrest? If so, what did it con-
tain?
A.-INO dI1SWCEs
Q.-Where was Accouche, Sec
ond dog in the household, on the
night of the kidnapping?
A.-Only one dog in household.
Q.-What interval elapsed be-
tween discovery Of the kidnapping
and police notification?
A.-Approximately 20 minutes.
Q-Not from any impertinent
motive, but because the press be-
lieve it may shed some light on
the case. especially as to who
might have had knowledge Of the
schedule Of the Lindbergh house
hold, can you tell us a summar-
lied account of Colonel Lind
bergh'S movements on Sunday,
Monday, and Tuesday up to the
time of the kidnapping?
A.-No answer.
Q.-How many dogs were there
in all on the Lindbergh estate?
Please give this information IN
as much detail, as to location,
character, type, ETC., Of each dog
as possible.
A.-One white, black-spotted
fox terrier.
The Washington times., 1932-03-10
PUPILS SILENCE
AIDS MOTHER .
Of L|NDY
Their Way of Comforting
Grandparent As She Goes
About School Duties

DETROIT, March 10 (I.N.S.) },
Midsemester examinations, de-
linquent laboratory notebooks
a, lecture on sulphates!
For nine days Mrs. Charles
Lindbergh, ST., has carried on
at her post in the chemistry de-
partment of Cass Technical
High School while the world
searches for her only grand
child, the victim of kidnapers.
Thus she passes seven hours of
her day. Many more hours are
spent waiting and hoping des.
perately for news.
Lindy's Face Everywhere
= Silent, determined, the grand.
mother has carried on. She has
aged 10 years in the last nine
days, her friends said today.
Impossible for her to forget
on the walls of the high school,
along the corridors, on the man
tel in the office of BENJAMIN
Comfort, principal, are pictures
Of Mrs. Lindbergh's son. They
are smiling pictures, some of
them etchings, some prints, some
photographs.
They were pictures done just
after he leaped to fame in his
flight across the Atlantic.
BY tacit understanding, neither
teachers nor pupils speak of the
lost baby to its grandmother.
Pupils Show Sympathy
But the students by doing little
errands for her, by being obedient
and quiet in cla; try to show
their sympathy.
Mr.. Comfort said:
"That is all we can do for
her. To mention it would only
make it harder. She appreciates
our silence and our efforts to
protect her in every way"
Characterizing Mrs. Lindbergh
as one of the most brilliant
teachers on his staff, the prin.
cipal said he was grateful when
she returned to her post last 1all
after a leave to teach at Con-
Stantinople, Turkey. He said:
1--WE do not know whether
there are any new clues and
we don't want to know. We
just want to help her by asking
no questions, hoping that some
time soon there will be good
news.
"Mrs. Lindbergh has the
admiration Of every member of
my teaching staff. We think
she is showing remarkable
courage. This tragedy has a
personal significance for us and
we are just about sick over the
whole thing.
$50 you understand why we
are doing the only thing we
can for her. It is the only way
we can be of service to her. It
is as though this thing hap
pened to a member Of our own
family"
The Washington times., 1932-03-10

Ayes.
Q.-Do police know If Spitale
and Bitz have been in Chicago
or Detroit since Saturday?
A.-No knowledge Of this.
Q.-When did Colonel Breckin.
ridge return from New York and
did you learn what his mission
was there?
A.-No answer.
Questions and answers at con-
ference follow:
Q.-What was the purpose Of
the investigation conducted in the
vicinity of Herkimer, N. Y, by q
New Jersey State policeman2
A.-No member Of this depart
ment conducted an investigation
in Herkimer, N. Y.
Q.-HaS there been a continuous
search, since the kidnapping,
through the woods. farms, houses,
ETC.. in the area surrounding the
Lindbergh estate, or has there
been at some time a lapse in the
search?
A.-Search has not been con-
tinuouS. Previously searched, but
we are now re-checking the area.
Q.-Colonel Schwarzkopf was
understood to have said:
The present condition of Mrs
Lindbergh's health is such that
we cannot interfere with the
privacy Of the family"
Is this correct quotation? If
not, what was the statement
Colonel Schwarzkopf made along
this line? If it is correct, kindly
The Washington times., 1932-03-10

contact being carried on? BY
persons, letters, newspaper adver.
tiSements, or phone?
A.-No.
Still Making Progress
Q.-Who is the woman, Emelia
Tobeska, who came to he Lind.
bergh home Wednesday and
talked to investigators through
an interpreter? What did she
have to say and what was the
purpose Of her visit?
A.-She came to offer informa-
tion. This is now being inveSti-
gated.
Q.-May we have an answer to
the communication submitted to
you by the New York Evening
Journal, which you said you
would hand to Colonel Lind
bergh?
A.-The Colonel says the strain
would be too great at this time.