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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-09
Oklahoma Has Interraclal
Dance

OKLAHOMA CITY, OkIa--The
first interracial dance ever held In
this state. took place when a send
off celebration was staged at Forest
Park, here, for the delegates to the
National Nominating Conyen ton in
Chicago.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-09
Seek Colored
Receiver For
Douglass Bank

CHICAGO-A committee of Chi
cagoans has been seeking the ap-
pointment of colored man as re-
ceiver for the closed Douglass Ma
tional Bank In move led by Will
liam D. Allimono, local accountant,
The name of A. M. Burroughs, an
attorney has been mentioned.
The committee has been active in
seeking the endorsement Of various
organizations and officials for Mr..
Burroughs, contending that inasmneh
as 95 per cent of the deposits in the
bank were those of eolored people
and that the stockholders and OIL
cials were 100 per cent eolored, that
Negro should have the opportunity
of administering the affairs Of the
defunet institution.
Board Opposed
Richard Hill, Jr.. president and
Anthony Oyerton, chairman of the
board, could not be reached over
the weekend for statement. Mr.
Allimono said however, that he
doubted whether the former officials
favored the appointment of Negro
since they stated that an appoint
ment of Mr.. White, a white man
who Is now serving as receiver foi
several closed national banks, was
only an appointment as acting re
ceiyer" and that permanent Off
cial would not be named until thu
bank examiners had made a repor
upon the assets and liabilities Of TIN
institution.
Appeals TO Senator Glenn and Con
gresham Depriest were made. MI
DePriest informed the committee
that receiver bad been named, bn
that he was proposing the names o
several colored lawyers with tn
hope of having one of them serve a
attorney for the receiver. Senate
Glenn advised that the receiver, h
understood, was already named.
Mr. Overton is said To be endeaY
oring to interest group in reof
ganizing the bank a week ago h
told the Associated Negro Press tina
if sufficient capital could be founi
to reopen the institution, he woui
aid to the best OF his ability stel
ping out when the revival was az
eomplished to permit the eleetio
of whatever new officials were dc
sired.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-09
Victims Killed To
Collect Money
On Insurance

YAZOO CITY. Miss. - Evidence
pointing to wholesale slaughter
pact and the existence of a murder
farm near Yazoo City in which five
colored persons are believed to have
been killed in diabolieal plot of
dentist to collect several thousand
dollars in insurance, Is being inyestl-
gated by District Attorney Hugh IL.
Gillespie, following the finding of the
mutulated body of Norville Sanders,
and the confession of his staying by
DR.. Lawrence Packer, white dentist.
Sanders body was found by police
in rumble seat of an automobile
parked in front of Packers home.
The discovery of the body was made
when il WAS noticed that blood was
lrickling down the side of the auto
mobile. DR.. Packer was arrested AZ
a suspect and admitted that he
killed Sanders as the outgrowth OF
an old grudge.
Trace Crime
Officers said they found Packer,
his brother. and another man, Spen-
Ger Howard, in the dentists home.
The bedroom of the house, according
10 police, disclosed a blood-soaked
mattress. Sanders head was badly
crushed and his body severely cut
aud bruised. District Attorney Gil
lespie said that he was carefully
investigating the strange deaths
, of four other Negroes, upon whose
: lives DR.. Packer collected insurance
following their "strange and sud
Continued on Page ~
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-09
Richmond Drive Nears
Quota

RICHMOND, Va.-The Negro diyi-
sion of the Health and Recreation
Center has more than half filled its
quota of $1,000 in the drive for cash
subscriptions for operation of the
center.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-09
Ex-Slaye Seeks Family
Of His Former Master

MEMPHIS, Tenn Retired as a
rector in the Episcopal Church, the
Rev. D. f. (Merrill) Johnson Is
anxious to locate descendants Of his
old master, DR.. A. p Merrills ram
iIv
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-09
Blessed Her Out OF $4O2

wAsHINGToN.-The old trick of
ablessing money" numbered another
victim last week, when a gypsy wo-
man called on Henrietta Jones. a
sick woman Of the 800 block OF |
Street, S. W, and relieved MRS.
Jones Of s402, pretending to effect
q cnre
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-06-09
Negro Can't Live
"A Hours In Dc.
Without Insult

WASHINGTON, D. CIT is inn
possible for colored person to live
in Washington, D. c., for twenty
four hours without being insulted."
Charles Edward Russell told the N.
A.A.C.P., in convention here, last
week.
Mr.. Russell, who is chairman of
the inter-racal committee of the Dis
hict of Columbia, told his audience
of the work of his committee and to
the surprise of many out-of-town
delegates, and no doubt to the irrita-
ton and discomfort of SNUG Wash
ingtonians painted an ugly and dis
heartening picture of conditions in
the capital.
He said that his committee had
found conditions in Washington to
be nothing short of appalling. III
colored man in Washington es'
capes for twenty-four hours with
| out being insulted,' he said, che does
so by locking himself up in his room
or among his own people,
Much Discrimination
The inter racial committee hai
found in this city an ever presen
effort to make the Negro feel tina
he is inferior. There is, Mr.. Russell
pointed out, continual effort t.
mark off all facilities to keep an,
person of dark skin from coming Il
contact with white people.
Signs are erected in public park
and Fairgrounds making it know
that Negroes are to keep out; an
Mr.. Russell said that as fast as hi
committee can move these signs fror
one place they spring up in another
It has been discovered by this con
mittee that there are stores in VAST
ington where Negroes cannot pun
chase goods.
: II has also been brought to llgf
, that there is not downtown tn
, alter in the city of Washington I
which colored people are ADMITTED
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REVOLT N|PPED
I IN ARGENTINE

T BUENOS AIRES S, Dec. IT
NN.S0 The Argentine Congress
was to decide today whether to
declare state Of siege throughout
the nation following outbreak of
D. revolt. r, e
It was anticipated the measure
would be passed.
Former Presidents Irigoyen and
Alvear were to sail for Martin
Garcia Island aboard a warShip.
They will be detained there as a
result of their arrest on charges Of
plotting against the government
OF President Augustin p. Justo.
Arrest of the two former execu-
tiveS stood out in a wholesale
roundup of radical party leaders
for participating in the short
lived revolt.
It was charged Alberto Guemes,
provisional president of the radi-
cal party, who was also arrested,
had organized a legion of Euro
pean former service men to lead
the rebels. It was planned, ac-
cording to government sources, to
kidnap President JuSto.
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BLAINE HOPEFUL
+ FOR WET ACT

With the most prominent
leader of the Senate drys in
harmony with the vets on part
of the language to be included
in a repeal resolution, prohibi-
ton was put on the shelf in
the Senate today until the middle
Of next week.
The Senate Judiciary Subcom-
mittee which is attempting to
report out a compromise reso-
luton for repeal of the Eight
zenith Amendment adjourned
temporarily after Senator Borah
(R0, of Idaho, agreed with the
other four members on the Ian
guage to be used for the protec.
ton of the dry States.
Chairman Blaine (R), of Wis
consin, wet leader, explained this
language would protect the dry
States from the use of liquor
within their territory but would
not prevent liquor from being
shipped through the arid States
to wet States.
Blaine said the harmonious
progress being made by the sub
committee led him to hope that
a repeal resolution would be re-
ported out in time for Senate
action at this session.
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Y D 7 T LIKELY
!. BY MIDDLE
Of WEEK
to Pass Wednesday
or Thursday, Speaker
Garner Predicts

Democratic leaders of the
House today turned thumbs
down on suggestions that "gag
rule" be invoked to speed
passage of the Collier 80 per
cent beer bill and decided to
throw it wide open to amend
ments when it is brought up in
the House Tuesday.
Speaker Garner and Representa-
tive Collier CD Of Mississippi.
chairman Of the Ways and Means
Committee, said the House would
be given ample time to consider
the bill.
Speaker Garner says he expects
the beer bill to pass next WedneS-
day or Thursday.
swine Bloc" Calls Truce
The possibility of retaliation by
hackers Of the light wines provi.
sion, which was knocked out Of
the bill. was dissipated when Rep
reSentative Lea CD0 Of California
announced the present intention
of the wine bloc" is to make no
further fight until the bill reaches
the Senate.
Under present plans the House
will be. allowed general debate
Tuesday and an effort made to
pass the bill the following day.
Chairman Collier said:
my present intention is to
call the bill up under the rules
Of the House and not ask for a
special rule. I will consult men,
bers Of the committee, however,
on methods Of procedure"
$500, 200, 900 Tax Estimated
The majority of the committee
estimates the first year revenue at
5000, ,0OO,OOO with a possibility Of
1t reaching $30O.00O,0OO. The re-
port also cites testimony eStimat-
ing that $4,000 persons would be
employed in brewerieS, 225, 900 en-
ployed in retail distribution, and
others in associated industries.
The report also estimated that
brewerieS would spend $3.50, ,000.-
900 to rehabilitate and modernize
their plants the first year.
Three minority reports asSail
the bill as a violation of the Con-
Stitution. Representatives Ragon
CD of Arkansas, Sanders CD of
Texas, and Cooper CD of Ten
neSsee maintained that it violated
the Democratic platform pledge,
because it legalizes product not
permitted under the Eighteenth
Amendment.
Stiff Fight Expected
A stiff fight is expected on
many features of the bill, includ-
ing the rate Of alcoholic content.
Continued on Page ?. Col. 81
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GARNER URGES
3-DAY RECESS

Despite growing indications Of
the necessity for a special session
Of Congress soon after March 4,
Speaker Garner still is holding
out for adjournment Of Congress
for Christmas only from Friday
next until the following Tuesday.
He said: 49,. ... ,. -
'It is my idea that anybody
who has q job be mighty happy
to have a three-day vacation,
and the eight or ten million
people who are out of jobs
would be mighty happy to have
work for those three days.
81, can't understand members
Of Congress, who just left their
homes, knowing cOnitiOns, want
ing a two weeks vacation. Many
of those 1 have talked with
don't want to go home. They
are afraid they might meet
some of their constituents who
would want to know why they
were not on the job"
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
70 RACE HORSES
DIE. .|NF|RE

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill, Dec. IT
QN.S).-Twenty race horses,
valued at 100000 perished to-
day in a fire that razed a large
stable on the Hawthorne farms
on the Samuel insult estate.
The fire was believed due to
defective wiring or spontaneous
combustion.
The most valuable horse lost
was Procession, brother of Top
Flight, worth 100000, according
to G. w. Dunn, trainer.
Two high priced animals, Big
Star and Dewey Fly and four
colts were rescued. Big Star
established a track record for the
mile at Sportsman'S Park last
season.
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
Weeks Car LOGdings
ShOW 26,245 Drop

Loading of revenue freight for
the week ended on December 10
totaled 521,216 cars, according to
reports filed today by the rail-
roads whit American Railway AS
Sociation. This was a decrease of
26,245 cars under the preceding
week and a reduction Of 92,405
cars under the same week last
year. It also was a reduction of
223,137 cars under the same week
two years ago.
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TRAITOR Give n
10-YEAR TERM .

LEIPZIG, Germany, Dec, II
UN.S0 .-One of the strangest
dramas Of the World War came
to a close today when the Su-.
preme Court sentenced August
Jaeger, 42year-old chauffeur Of
Erfurt, Thuringia, to 10 years in
dail on charges of high treason. :
Jaeger, a tractor and truck
driver along the front lines dur
ing the war, was charged with be-
traying to the French plans for
the first German gas attack in.
a915.
His disclosures were Spurned by.
the French high command as
Fantastic and unbelievable" Evi-
dence introduced during his trial
indicated that Frances failure to
act upon Jaeger's revelations cost
the lives of 10000 British and
French soldiers.
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SNOWF ALL
TO LAS
THROUGH
NIGHT
Eight Inches by Noon Results
In Radio Calls for 5000
\ Men to Clear Streets
picture on Page 81

King Winter held Washing
ton in his icy grip today as the
heaviest snowstorm in 10 years
'blanketed the city.
Snow had fallen to a depth
Of eight inches. shortly after
noon and Weather Bureau fore
casters said it would continue
to filter down thEoughaut tha
day apdt night.
Mindful Of conditions that &C
con1panied the 2S-inch snow fall
which led to the crash of the
Knickedbocker Theater the night
of January 28, 1922, District Of
ficials instituted emergency meas
ureS.
Snow Ordered Cleared
Col. John w. Oehmann, Dis
trict building inspector, issued an
official order requesting owners
Of all large buildings, particularly
those with flat roofs, to clear
the snow away.
G. B. Gordon, director Of the
District sanitary engineering de.
partment, issued a radio call di-
recting 5000 men to report to
work Immediately to keep the
streets as clear of snow as pos
sible and prevent any paralysis OF
traffic.
Traction lines also mustered
the full force of their emergency
crews and all storm equipment
to meet the situation.
More than 1000 Of the work
erS impressed into service by the
District were unemployed, being
on the rolls of the Board Of Pub
lie Welfare. Mr.. Gordon made
it clear in the broadcast made
over Stations WRC, WJSV and
VOL that none except those on
the rolls were to report for duty.
200 JObless At Work
Approximately 200 unemployed
persons were kept at work at
the Capitol, keeping through
fares, walks and steps clear,
while 20 men with tractor
equipped with a brush were en-.
gagged at the White House.
Two hundred employees of the
office of Public Buildings and
Public Parks went to work at
6 a. m. with 1S motor and horse
drawn plows, seeking to keep
park drives and walks free from
snow. They were assisted by
200 unemployed laborers. )
Because of hazardous grades,
Frank T. GartSide, chief Of
parks, closed Rock Greek and
Potomac Parkway to automobile
traffic from P Street, N. W. to
the Zoo. The closing order be.
came effective at noon.
Northeast storm warnings
from the Virginia CapeS to Bos-
ton were ordered by the Weather
Bureau today following a re-
ported disturbance off the South
Carolina Coast.
The disturbance viii increase
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. y
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ADD
NEWVCTIM

NEW YORK, Dec. II Q.N.SO.
Another gang murder challenged
police today on the heels Of the
discovery Of a sack murder vic
tim at the very doorstep Of police
headquarters.
The body of a well dressed man
was found lying face down in the
gutter of Deer Spring Road q
short distance from MoSholu
Parkway in Van Cortlandt Park,
the Bronx.
In the pockets of his suit were
found O. pawn ticket made out
to John Rosa and the key to a
hotel room.
The earlier victim was Joseph
Weskefsky, 30.
The only clue detectives had
was a scrawled note held in the
victims lap. It read:
Here is your infOrmer. If
we had time we'd lay him In
your lap"
Weskefsky was known as a
burglar and had served two
prison terms.
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
film STAR GETS
NEW THREATS

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. II O.N.S0.
A maniac again has threatened
Bebe Daniels, actress wife Of Ben
Lyon. J...
Search for Albert Holland, "a,
ex-soldier and insanity patient,
who escaped from an Arizona
asylum, was in progress today
after Miss Daniels had received
two letters, one with a local post
mark, demanding that she send
him money. Lyon said their
home was under heavy guard.
Holland was committed to a
California asylum a year ago
when he sent Miss Daniels threat
ening letters and later attempted
to enter her San Francisco hotel
room.
He escaped from the California
institution. was recaptured, and
was sent to the Arizona asylum,
from which he also escaped re-
Gently.
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
Filler Hits Freight,
3PerSOnS Injured

RIVERSIDE, Calf, Dec. II
QNS0 Three persons were in
jured slightly today when the
Pacific Limited of the Union
Pacific railroad crashed head-on
into a locomotive Of a freight
train on a siding here. The in
.jured were James E. Brown, Of
Whittier, Calf, mail clerk on the
limited; woman passenger
whose name was not disclosed,
and Arthur Kitchen, 2l, Rock
Rapids. Ia.
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BURNS TO GET
HEARING BY
WEDNESDAY
Gov. Moore to Hold Public
Extradition Hearing; Georgia
.PurSuers Cool Heels

TRENTON, N. j., Dec. II
Q.N.S. Gov. A. Harry
Moore announced today that
he will hold an open hearing
next, Wednesday at 2 p. m. to
determine if he should grant
extradition of Robert Elliott
Burns to Georgia, where he is
wanted for escaping from a
chain gang.
At this hearing it is expected
many prominent persons will ap-
pear in behalf of Burns, whose
story, II Am a Fugitive from a
Chain Gang" recently was pro-
duced as a motion picture.
Representative Mary T.. Nor
ton, Of New Jersey, today wrote
Governor Moore, urging that he
refuse to return Burns.
Warden Harold Hardy, jr., Of
Troup county, and r.. B. Garter
county Policeman, Georgia ,Jfsi
GERS arrived here last night.
Both expressed surprise over
the ''ballyhoo" surrounding arrest
Of the long-sought fugitive, who
capped his escape from a troup
county road gang by turning
magazine editor, then author,
and lecturer at a motion picture
based on his book relating his
experiences in the Georgia prison
camp. Warden Hardy said:
BURNS is just another
prisoner to u.s."
Burns, who for. two years had
conducted an art shop in East
Orange, near here, was sentenced
originally to serve 6 to years
for participation in a 81 holdup
in Atlanta.
4 Years to Serve
He still has four years and six
months of the sentence to do,
Hardy said, but expressed belief
no additional term would be
added to his sentence because Of
his escape.
1t was just a year ago that
the telephone in the Interna-
tional News Service office rang
and a voice said:
'This is Robert Burns. I.
have escaped from . Georgia
chain gang and will gladly sell
my story to yOu."
Hiding With Minister
He was in hiding then at the
New Jersey home of his brother,
the Rev. Vincent Burns, who be-
came the escaped convict's man
ager and publicity man. Burns
told his story to the writer and
then demanded q sum of money,
which was paid. He said then:
81 have . book coming out
sOOn,) and this publicity will be
. big help to it. I ought to make
some real money out Of it."
He was asked:
Aren't you afraid that the
State Of Georgia will get sore
about this and come after yOu?"
He laughed:
.''TO tell you the truth, / don't
think that Georgia Is trying
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
] ALL BROTHER
Of KREUGER

STOCKHOLM, Dec. II ON.S).
Torssen Kreuger, brother Of Ivar
Kreuger, whose suicide in Paris
was followed by an amazing
revelation of international finan-
cial frauds, was sentenced today
to three and one-half years at
hard labor after his conviction
OF fraudulent bankruptcy swim
ding.
TorSSen built UP a capital of
more than $35, ,O00, 900, the prose
cution charged, by false book
keeping in connection with the
HoegbroforsSen Pulp Company.
He made futile attempt to
shift the blame to his dead
uC0@eEs
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
Bomb Rocks Havana,
ThrOlUn by TlUO BOvs

HAVANA, Dec. II Q.N.S0.
The public health department
headquarters was seriously dam
aged today by an exploding bomb,
which rocked the city and near
by suburbs. A soldier on duty
at the building said he saw two
boys throw the bomb. He fired
at them without effect.
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
Billion and O. Half
| Seen Deficit for 1888

Uncle Sam was $1,142,4 ,47S 900
Sin the hole" today as a result
of the crediting of $4l8, ,764, 900
to the sinking fund for debt re-
tirement. Secretary of the Treas
ury Mills estimate for the deficit
for the entire Gear ending next
June was $1,644,344,000.
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
Hindu Monk Begins
Cast Unto Death"

BOMBAY, Dec. II QN.SO-m
an attempt to make Mahatma
Gandhi abandon his campaign
against untouchability, Adhva Dut
Swami, Hindu monk, today had
begun s protest fast unto DEATH =
The Washington times., 1932-12-17

chants in Beverly Hills (the
best dressed and most cosmo-
politan town in the United
States) say they can't sell the
"scream stars" a single French
importation. Instead of Christ
mas night perfume, it's "Jockey
Club" made in Des Moines, and
it doesn't smell bad at that.
The leading men h1ve all
switched from a French to a
New Jersey hair tonic. Every
shoe store is knocking the
"French heels" off it's shoes.
These French berets that some
"near" men are wearing have
crocheted boudoir caps. Oh,
~
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
WILL ROGERS Says:

SANTA MONICA, Cal, Dec. III bet you France
pays. In fact, she has already started paying Mer-
The Washington times., 1932-12-17

been discarded for crocheted boudoir ct
France is paying.
Copyright, 1854 by McNauEht Syndicate
Smyrna times., 1932-06-29
DELAWARE READY
FOR BIG PAGEANT
Event HOnOring Bi-Centennial
of Birth of George Washing
ton to Be Held Tomorrow
DOVER IN GALA ATTIRE

The George Washington pageant
will open in front of the State
House at Dover, at 2 o'clock, stand
ard time, tomorrow, Thursday af-
afternoon. Dover is in gala attire
for the occasion. Business houses,
private homes and public buildings
have ben decorated with flags and
bunting. The pageant with its
portrayal of episodes in the life of
Washington will begin promptly at
two o'clock, standard time. 1t will
be preceded by a band concert
from 1 o'clock to o'clock, the
concert being given by the Fort
DUPONT military band. Arrange
ments are being made for erection
of a public speaking broadcasting
equipment in front of the State
House, which will carry the voices
of those taking part in the page
ant for block or more so that
everyone on or off the Dover Green
can hear the various parts. Traf-
fic arrangements to accommodate
the large number of automobiles
expected to be driven into Dover
the day of the pageant will be in
charge of State Police under Su-
perintendent C. c. Reynolds, Cap
tain Henry G. Ray and Lieutenant
Earl Cole. There will be ample
parking space in Dover and on the
Former Congressman
Sol Bloom, director general of the
National Washington bicentennial
which has been in
charge of the gigantic task of in
celebrations in every State
of the Union has indicated that he
may attend he Delaware celebra-
tiOn in Dover. Mr.. Bloom has
written Mr. Robinson that if he is
unable to witness the pageant he
will send a representative. The
afternoon will be devoted solely
to the pageant, and to the band
concerts. There will be no address
es of any kind. In the event of
inclement weather the pageant will
be held at the same hour the fol-
lowing Friday afternoon.