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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-11-16
Kresge Store Sued
For Refusing Service

CHICAGO. ILL.-Suits for re-
covery of damages for violation
of the Civil Rights Bill have
been filed against the S. s.
Kresge Loop store at State and
Madison Sts., by Attorneys Irwin
C. Mollison and William H.
Temple of the Chicago N. A. A.
c. legal redress committee, in
behalf of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
J. Stadeher, 300 E. 54th ST. Mr..
and Mrs Stadeher were refused
service at the lunch counter in
the store by waitressse, who
were serving white patrons all
around them.
Mr. Stadher complained to
the manager, who expressed
surprise, stating that nothing of
the kind had ever happened be-
fore. When Mr.. Stadeher de-
manded that the manager order
the mattresses to serve him and
his wife the manager replied in
an evasive manner, but did not
take any steps to see that the
couple were served.
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.KU KLUX CHEFS
HEAD BLACK SHIRTS

ATLANTA = Henry J. Norton
Of Atlanta has announced plans
for nationwide organization of
the American Facisti Order of
Black Shirts. with an official
personnel which he said would
include for the most part for
MFR high ranking members of
the Ku Klux Khan.
Norton's announcement, which
listed him as president Of the
organization. said a membership
campaign would be launched in
S6 principal cities Of the country
with the aid Of newspaper adj
yertisements. National head
quarters will be in Atlanta.
We now have $4,000 card
members" Norton said. ours is
a militant movement for white
supremacy, for patriotism and
to fight communism. We believe
in free speech. but lawful free
peech. We are a benevolent
frsternity."
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Winning Out

a sOJOURNER from the South
seems to feel that the black people
there ARE winning out" This is
a strange and ridiculous conclusion
and we believe that the narrator
Of this bedtime story fell into the
fatal error of permitting his I'M
observed to be larger than his OBJ
served" The only way to hear the
heart-throbs Of the Bourbon South
is to journey into the rural districts
There the majority is to be found.
there is where naked prejudices
can be seen and all of the fine an
giles of the so-called race problem
can be estimated. A casual sur
vey of the South from the vantage
point Of the larger cities leads no
where. Most lynchings occur near
some fair-sized town, peonage and
murder is hidden in fields and the
woods and is rarely paraded but
it Is there and no close scrutinizer
would believe after studying the
problem that we were winning
out" When we win out in the
Southland Stone Mountain shall
have crumbled to common dust and
the memory Of Robert e. Lee win
be departed. The south still cher
ishes the Confederacy.
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Southern Commission
Reports Findings On
Tuscaloosa Murders
NEGRO TOWN ASKS
100000 LOAN

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, =
citizens from the all-Negro town
of Boley. from Wowoka and Hol-
denyille, held conference here
Tuesday morning with John
Carolock. white. state chairman
of the Public Works board, to
present proposals for federal aid
for Boley,
Several weeks ago, Clark Fore
man, advisor on the economic
status Of the Negro in the Of
flee Of the secretary of the in
terror who administers the Pub
lie Works. spoke favorably of
the advantages to be derived
economically by Negroes in self
sufficient communities of their
own.
The fund would be used to
install gas mains in Boley, to
construct a sewer system, to es-
tablish state hospital, pave
two miles Of streets. build a
state fair ground, park and coli
scum, and to improve the water
system.
Boley, Incorporated IN 1905,
has a population of 1900, and
an assessed valuation Of $685.
600.
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workers. accounts for a great
percentage Of the recent Increase
in dependent Negroes.
Whites Get Back To Work
In a Southern city, held by
officials as fairly typical. 1900
cases of unemployment were
cited by relief workers in Sep
TENDER. or this entire number
of such cases. 1900 white per-
sons secured work; only 200 un-
employed colored returned to
work. This Federal study showed
that the proportion should have
been so per cent white and 10
per cent colored, based in total
population figures.
Farmers And Servants Suffer
Preliminary surveys have
shown not only that colored ten
ant farmers are losing out in
greater proportion to white ten
ant IN acreage curtailment, but
that the codes requiring in
creased wages have not affected
The two occupations which en-
gage more Negro labor than all
of the combined professions and
fNofffn,,ad IN T1ara rrt,.ol
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night. I was in the act of call
ing sinners to the altar when in
the right hand corner of the
church, near the piano, the an
gel appeared-not only to me,
but in plain ivew of most of
those ii, the packed audience.
One women. sitting in the rear
Of the chmcn first saw the an
gel and cried out. Then she
rushed from her seat with out
stretched hands to embrace the
heavenly visitor. But she fell
insensible in the corner. Rev.
Dotson, pastor of the church,
also saw the angel, as did many
whose names I did not procure.
just two weeks ago, while 1 was
preaching at st. James Baptist
Church, 721 Stambaugh Street,
Columbus, Reverend Hiram Gore
pastor, more than 200 persons
saw the angel. Its appearance
was translucent, and only the
bust Of the apparition was seen
each time"
Rev. Burton, who is known as
1.-The Georgia preacher" declar-
es that the angel has followed
him for many years. but of late
has become nlore realistic.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-11-16
No Eggs or Butter
For Negro Welfare

PHILADELPHIA = Oatmeal,
eggs, macaroni and processed
butter are for white unemployed
only in certain Southern cities,
and colored unemployed cannot
have these items in their relief
order in these cities, a recent
booklet issued by the Urban
League shows.
In the relief orders for coll
ored, there are nineteen items
while in those for whites there
are twenty-four. Each food or
der is plainly marked "colored"
and white"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-11-16
Government Announces Plans
To Aid Negro Workers

WASHINGTON Through the
method of constructive expert
mentation." the Federal Govern
ment Is setting into operation
plans to improve the economic
and social status Of the 10000
600 colored persons IN America.
This group comprises the coun-
try's largest racial minority.
The operation of the numer-
Gus MIRA codes has caused the
displacement of colored labor
and the substitution Of white
workers to become the uniform
practice in er-expanding areas
and portions Of the North and
West.
In the face Of the diminishing
State appropriations for unem-
ployment relief throughout the
country government studies
show marked increase in the
number of Negroes on relief
rolls. Thousands of these per-
sons held jobs before the MIRA
codes we're put into operation.
The Negro Retirement Act. !"
put into operation by countless
employers designed to substitute
white labor in place of colored
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REPORT STATES
OFFICERS AIDED
MOB LEADERS

ATLANTA, Ga.-Of the four
Negroes recently shot BY lynch
ing mobs in the vicinity Of Tus-
caloosa, Ala. three Of them IA
tally, one was undoubtedly in
nocent and all the other three
possibly SO, according to q re-
port made public today BY the
Southern Commission on the
Study Of Lynching, after q care
full investigation of the whole
situation. No convincing proof
of guilt was found in either case
County officers. charged with
the protection of these men. eli
ther connived with the mob.
says the Commission, or else
exhibited inexcusable inefficien-
cy and stupidity" 1t is suggested
that certain Of these Officers bez
impeached by the Supreme Court
OF Alabama and removed from
office by the governor, II found
guilty OF either charge.
The courts of the community
have failed completely In their
duty, according to the Commits
sion. Both nobs were made up
largely of Tuscaloosa people" it
says. Many in the community
know their identities, and really
vigorous investigation would have
been productive of indictments"
The community has been in a
state Of extreme hysteria, ac-
cording to the Commission, in
duced partly by the efforts of
the International Labor Defense
to force it's way into the case.
Much of this hysteria," the
Commission says, twas traceable
to unreasoning fear that COM
munist agencies had actually
organized among the Negroes a
conspiracy of violence, outrage,
and insurrection. AS a matter
of fact, the Commission found
no evidence whatever of any
such spirit among the Negro po-
pulation or of any sustained ac-
tivity on the part of commune
lists to organize them.
With regard to the commune
ity's effort to excuse itself be-
cause of communist interference
the Commission fires this telling
shot: '9The Tuscaloosa commune
ity could hardly have placed it.
self in a worse light than it did
by insisting that the Negroes
defense be left in local hands,
and then permitting them to be
murdered"
In conclusion, hope is express
CONTINUED on Page Two)
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TUSKEGEE BOARD
REFLECTS MOTION.
FOR PRESIDENT

NEW YORK-(By the Assoc
ciated Negro Press)-The board
of trustees Of the Tuskegee
Normal and Industrial Institute,
met here at Chase National
Bank. Friday and heard reports
from Principal Motion and
Treasurer VIM. H. Carter, which
indicates that the institution Is
making progress despite the de-
pressed conditions. The school
is crowded to capacity with stu
dents, having 800 more this year
than last. Financial reports
showed an appreciation of more
than a million dollars In the
securities comprising the endow-
ment funds, over this time last
year, when due to the deprccia-
ton Of stocks and bonds a heavy
shrinkage had been suffered.
DR.. r. R. Motion, who has
been principal Of the institution
since coming to Tuskegee, was
invested with the title of pres
ident.
The colored trustees present
included DR.. Motion, W. H. car
ter. Warren Logan, C. A. Bar
nett and Richard Harris.
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Negro Must Build and Maintain
Own Business, Says Bishop Shaw

pennies and dimes and our dol
lars for enterprises that mean
employment for our people.
THE Jew is established in a
certain line of endeayor. He has
specialized in merchandise. The
Italian has likewise developed his
talents; the Chinese, and other
races. 1t does seem to me that
since we are doing the washing
and the cleaning at laundries
and cleaning plants, we would
organize and control the bust
ness. We are already trained
and especially prepared for that
work. We could give our peo-
pie decent pay and develop a
line of independence that will be
by citizens everywhere.
Going to heaven is a fine
thing to keep before u.s. the
declared, ''but it should
never he forgotten that we are
living on earth. We must take
charge; we must lead, or we Will
be led by strange voices from
whom we may not get the full
est protection. Our people are
bound, to learn, to follow in
those directions where opportun-
ity and protection are offered.
What we need is men and
women with courage and deter
to save us from the
peril which we confront. I am
with President Roosevelt In all
Of his plans. But we must help
him work his plan. Whatever
you may think of it, there are
many Of those high up who are
opposing the Presi-
dents idea of a New Deal"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-11-16
Nazis Taboo Anything NegrOid
InFuture Mothers Of the Race

every man of good race, every
heroic Aryan, marry only a
blond Aryan woman with blue
eyes that look you in the face,
long oval face. rosy white skin,
slender nose, and small mouth,
and that in any case, he marries
only virgin.
sThe OLD Germanic laws fav-
ored virgin marriages and looked
unwillingly on marriages with
widows.
we demand that the blond,
blue-eyed man does not marry
q woman of the brunette type
Mediterranean type) with long
body, short legs. dark hair,
hooked nose. full lips, large
mouth, hirsute. and DISPOSE
ton to corpulence. We demand
that the heroic Aryan blond
blue-eyed man does not marry a
dark negroite with the familiar
Negro head and lean body.
ION the contrary, the Aryan
heroic man marries only his
equal, genuine Aryan woman,
only a virgin with a blameless
past. He does not marry girl
who goes out much in society,
theatre, sport, or readily shows
herself at all in public. and not
a girl of the higher professions
who has to sit a great. deal and
through this becomes hysterical."
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NEW YORK r Nazis prefer
blonds. Brunettes. whether they
De italian, spanish or French,
are taDoo Hlgn yelIows OF eth
er the Japanese. Negro, or Chin
csc variety are beyond the pale
or selection. Seal-sKInned browns
and velvet blacks are out OF the
question.
IN tine building Of the new
German race. tine infusion Of the
piooa OF darker races into the
hooge-podge OF Germanic races
OF the past is to be blotted out
and an Aryan concert CD sub
stituteo whereby German men
(Aryan) Will only select Aryan
blond (Arayan) women with
wnom to mate.
Information on the future of
love- making in Germany is con-
tanned in an article published in
-Das Wissen der Nation" the
Nazi publication on race prob
lens, and is reproduced by the
American Cow-lsttee of the In
ternational hslief Association.
The Guide to Love" reads in
part:
Want Virgins
THE race and the woman
must not be left to themselves,
but the Aryan women of good
race must be guarded by her
Aryan man. We demand that
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-11-16
CHICAGO COPS SUED
FOR BRUTAL ACTS

CHICAGO, Ill.-Following re-
ports to the Chicago Branch
N. A. A. C. P. of the brutal
treatment accorded to Mrs. Kate
Smith, 1887 w. 18th Street, and
her son Harold Smith by two
white police officers attached to
the Maxwell Street police sta
ton. Attorneys Irwin c. Mollison
and william H. Temple of the
Branch legal redress committee.
have filed suit for damages
against the two policemen, and
made complaint against them to
the Civil Service Trial Board.
When 1t was learned that Mrs.
Smith had reported her case to
the Chicago N.AA.CP. and that
legal action would be taken
against the policemen, she re-
ceived several anonymous tele-
phone calls warning her not to
press the charges.
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Appearance Of Angel Causes
Stampede at Midnight Revival

CLEVELAND, o. = The ap-
pearance of an angel at mid
night revival meeting Wednes-
day night at Mt. Nebo Baptist
Church was the cause for a gen.
eral stampede of the col9red
worshippers in the little church.
Many Of the worshippers were
rendered helpless and PROSTATE
in the aisle and on the pulpit
platform. The sight Of the hea-
venly apparition was the signal
for concerted rush for exits
from the edifice. Doors and
windows were smashed as the
worshippers fled screaming from
the building. Nearby residents
telephoned for police and turn
ed in a fire alarm. When Off
GERS arrived they found groups
Of the worshippers excitedly dis
cussing what they had seen. The
Rev. Mutual Burton, youthful
evangelist and gradu-
ate of Simmons university, calm
ly told the officers of the ap-
pearance of the angel. Here is
the story in Rev. Burton's own
words:
1T was Just a little after mid
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-11-16
Two Tired Show Folk
Try Suicide Route

LOS ANGELES = Despondent
over love affairs, two well known
colored actresses sought to end
their troubles by drinking lysol
Saturday. Ellen Kennard, singer
and dancer, former member OF
the Change Your Luck" Com
pany is in a critical condition
in the City Hospital from an at
tempt to end her life by drink
ing lysol following quarrel
with her lover who deserted her
for another lady friend. Mrs.
Dolores Mitchell, wife of Billy
Mitchell, New York theatrical
celebrity. died after drinking ly-
sol in an apartment here after
receipt of a letter from her
husband refusing reconcilia-
ton.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-11-16
Win Right To Vote In
Democratic Primary

PENSACOLA, Fla. = Pensacola
citizens have won their fight for
the right to register and vote
in the Democratic primary by a
decision of the Florida Supreme
Court, just rendered. The case
started in 1923 and was financed
by local citizens in the Voters
League, by the ePnsacola branch
of the N. A. A. C. P. and by a
contribution from the national
office of the N. A. A. c. P. The
case was known as H. D. Goode
VS.. Bell, Johnson and Riera.
election officials. The State SUI
preme Courts decision was on
the basis of the victory of the
N. A. A. c. P. in the first Texas
white primary case in the Unit
ed States Supreme Court in
1927.
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CHICAGO NAACP.
WAGES CAMP AIGN.
ON PREJUDICE.

CHICAGO - Prejudiced Dixie
ideas invaded Chicago and are
now on their way out as the
Negroes Of the city are joining
hands with the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement Of
Colored People and are staging
a great fight for equal rights.
The principal battle being
fought by the Chicago N. A. A.
c. P. is against social insults in
public places. The battle takes
n discriminatory practices in
restaurants, theatres, department
stores. railroads and other public
places. The Chicago branch led
the fight which eliminated in
the closing Of the doors of the
Visitors Tourists Service which
Disseminated against Negroes n
the sale Of "all expense tours"
to the Worlds Fair.
The purpose of the N. A. A.. c.
P. in a circular distributed to
thousands of people in Chicago
is to effectively combat prejud-
ice in America and 1t is dedi-
Gated to the task of establish
ing common justice and equality
of opportunity for all citizens.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-11-16
KATY RAILROAD
APPOINTS NEGRO
TRAFFIC AGENT

DALLAS. Tex Significant of
the ever increasing part Negroes
are playing in the business and
economic affairs Of the country
was the appointment last week
OF Claude Rice of Dallas, as spe-
cial traffic department repre-
sentative in charge Of colored
travel on the Missouri Kansas
Teras lines. So far as is known
the Katy. as the MKT is IA
nliliarly known in the South
west, is the first railroad in the
country to appoint a Negro to
such a position.
According to the announce
ment Mr.. Rice will devote his
entire time to the promotion of
colored travel over the Katy
Lines, extending from San An
tonic to Houston and Galveston
in Texas, to Kansas City and
st. Louis. Not only will he be
active in serving colored travel
ers by arranging their itinerar-
les anG providing information,
looking after reservation, etc.,
but he will act as official escort
for special parties of colored
travellers moving over the Katy
Lines, and see that they receive
every comfort and convenience.
Mr.. Rice is no new member
of the Katy family. He came
to the railroad three years ago
as messenger for M. H. Cahill,
chairman Of the board of dir
ectors and president.
The Katy is a popular route
for colored travellers because of
its wide reputation for courtesy
to all It's patrons and for its ex-
cellent service.
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USES LAST BULLET
TO KILL HIMSELF

Los ANGELES. - A sniper
who, police said, stood in his
back yard and took pot sfots
at human targets with a rifle
killed an 18-year-old colored boy
Saturday and then inflicted fat
al injuries to himself when au-
thorities surrounded him.
The sniper was identified by
police as John Brown, 60-year-
old Negro, and his victim was
Albert Macarthur. Brown barri-
caded himself in garage when
police advanced and used the
last bullet in his rifle to kill
himself. Authorities said he APP
parently became insane sudden
ly.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. = Declar-
ing that the salvation of the
Negro in America lies in his own
hands; and that until the Negro
becomes a power in the CONNER
cial world by beginning to work
among themselves as operators
OF business, the pooling and put
ting to work of pennies and
dimes" which have hitherto gone
into unproductive ventures OF
dead commercial value, Bishop
B. @. Shaw Of the A. M. E. Zion
Church gave out a warning that
the Negro must do his share in
bringing about change of con-
ditions, under the proposed New
Deal"
In his terse address the Bish-
OPP declared, 1.-THE safety and Sc
curity of the American Negroes
lies in the developing and main
tanning business and industries
of his own"
I'VE can operate and control
dry goods stores. grocery stores.
We can do general merchandise
ing business for ourselves and
employ the services Of our own
people to superintend ayid carry
on these businesses.
II don't see that the MIRA is
meaning very much to us, while
I have not made a complete sur
vey Of how this order has affect
ed our people. I do know that
many Of us who labor with our
hands have lost our jobs and
are not being paid the wage OUT
lined under the code.
I'VE need to help ourselves;
we can do it by pooling our
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-11-16
Professor
Gets High Honor

ATLANTA, GA.-Shearley o.
Roberts. teacher of psychology
at Spelman College and More
house College, was elected an
associate of the American Psy-
Geological Association at it's re-
cent meeting in Chicago.
This recognition is accorded
only to persons who have done
advanced work in psychology.
Mr.. Roberts who received his
Bachelors and Master of Arts
degrees from Brown University,
is a member of Sigma xxi, honor
science society.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-11-16
Rev. LeaItad Resigns
St. Paul Passionate

ST. PAUL, Minn.-Rev. A. H.
Lealtad, rector of st. Phillips
Episcopal Church, Mackubin st.
and Aurora Ave-, rendered his
resignation as rector Sunday.
For more than twenty-five
years Father Lealtad has served
as rector at st. Phillips Church,
and devoted a number of years
to active service at st. Thomas
Church in Minneapolis.
He is one of the best liked
clergymen in the Diocese and at
tended most of the important
meetings in order to bring pro-
gressive ideas from the other
group.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-11-16
Victory Insurance Co.
Cuts Officers Salaries

CHICAGO, mL.-The board
Of directors of the Victory Nut
ual Life Insurance company, at
a meeting last week, approved a
reduction in officers salaries
which will effect saving of So
900 annually. This is a part of
the company's program of re-
trenchment in order to dis
chargt obligations bequeathed
to it by the old Victory Life In
surance company.
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EDlTORIALI
PRESIDENT ROOsEV

pRHsIDFHT R00SHvFY .rss
uhola .aaa i 81 increase the MR.
chasing mower 81 4 American vyo,.lr-
80 Who Vii, i t,,rn srard tha,r
.o,,,,,,os w,th A,,os,.,oo,, s,r,,s
I n, I..ss race nreiueIice & eradscat-
es from All employment offices. =
big snare of INCREASED pay rolls
is notgoing to find its way to the
cash registers Of American stores,
but win start on a journey whose
destination Is n various European
countries.
The money earned IN this coun-
try by foreign-born workers and
sent to their home countries reach
es staggering sum every year.
This is largely possible because Ne
gro workers are permitted to re-
main idle while these foreign work
ers are given preference for the
Jobs.
pace nras,,,s,ca 10. cost Anav.,ca
MANY fines tha world war faht
+ q time now - l,ft tb;s huge
burden from She backs Of An,eri-
can housewives If Negro labor Is
given the onno,.t,,n,tv 4 4 r,obtf,,,lv
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